Category: Drought

Agriculture, All of Iowa, Drought

Iowa Forecast Video 7/12/2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGMGIsMb-sA&w=480&h=360] ISOLATED RAIN AHEAD: There is an isolated shot at some showers and thunderstorms Friday into Saturday, but the chances are about 20-30% at best and not everyone will see rain out of this system. Any rain that does fall will be light with a tenth to quarter inch being the amounts of those …

Agriculture, All of Iowa, Drought

Iowa Forecast Video 7/11/2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d6iXw-c-pg&w=480&h=360] STILL DRY: Not many changes to the forecast today, with continued dry conditions through the end of the week. Late Friday into Saturday could see some isolated shower and thunderstorm activity, but it’s going to be few and far between at this point. Temperatures will warm back to near or over 90 once …

All of Iowa, Drought

Iowa Forecast Video 6/24/2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRtZ7JIJzRM&w=560&h=315] NOTE: There were several issues and mistakes and funny moments, bare with us. DRY WEEK AHEAD: There could be some issues with rain today, but the chances are slim to none after late this afternoon mainly across the eastern counties. The rest of this upcoming week looks to remain dry and becoming warmer …

Agriculture, All of Iowa, Drought

Iowa Forecast Video 3/16/2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouq7bu5GSyI?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] MORE WARMTH: It’s beginning to become a broken record, talking about the record warmth across the state. Readings in the 70s and lower 80s when the average high temperatures should be in the middle 40s, but nobody is complaining. There is still a slight chance of an isolated shower or storm today through …

Agriculture, All of Iowa, Drought

Iowa Forecast Video 10/9/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRCg7E9PsGA?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] RAIN CHANCES: There looks to be some chances of rain across the state over the next few days. However today, most of the rain looks to remain just to the west of the state, that doesn’t mean a stray shower could move into western Iowa, the chances just aren’t that great. Rain moves …

Agriculture, All of Iowa, Drought

Current Burn Bans

Here are the counties across the state that are currently under burn bans due to the dry weather we’ve been having over the last few weeks. Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Greene, Hancock, Howard, Ida, Jasper, Keokuk, Lee, Lyon, Marion, Marshall, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, …