[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm9I6B6BYaU?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] POSSIBLE SVR WX: There is a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight across the Siouxland region south and westward into Kansas and the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. The best chance for severe weather will remain in KS, OK and TX, but any storms that may fire up here may have …
Category: Drought
Iowa Forecast Video 10/6/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi-o2lUEHmk?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] DRY AND WARM CONTINUED: The dry and warm weather will continue across the state for several more days. However, a storm system may begin to bring rain into the state by late on Friday into the weekend. However, up to that point, the state has an elevated fire risk and many counties have …
Iowa Forecast Video 10/5/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfkj8PI-K-4?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] DRY WARM FIRE WEATHER: The weather over the next few days will be dry, warm and seeing the risks of fires across especially the central and western parts of the state. Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches are in effect across the western counties of the state. Other areas in the central …
Iowa Forecast Video 10/4/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeguAfBc9VI?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] DRY WEATHER: It’ll become a broken record with continued dry weather through the upcoming weekend when a frontal system will begin to ease into the state with a threat of showers and isolated thunderstorms at that time. There is a slight chance of rain however Thursday across NW Iowa with the same system …
Red Flag Warning Across NW Iowa
URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 214 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2011 …RED FLAG FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY… .DRY AND MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. AS A RESULT…RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE IN THE …
Iowa Forecast Video 10/3/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MIi5CEAISU?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] DRY WEEK: It will remain dry for at least the upcoming week as high pressure ridge will set up across the area. Temperatures will slowly rise throughout the week with readings likely in the mid to upper 70s to lower and possibly mid 80s across the western counties by weeks end. Skies will …
Iowa Forecast Video 9/24/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7JbglPWvtM?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] UPPER LEVEL LOW: As long as the upper level feature is nearby, we’re going to continue to talk about it, because it’s going to continue to effect our weather. Clouds will be the main rule today mainly east of US Hwy 63, with highs struggling to get into the lower to middle 60s. …
Iowa Forecast Video 9/15/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usc9pOK-nVI?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] COOL WEATHER: The weather will remain rather brisk with rebounding temperatures through the upcoming weekend. After a frosty start this morning, highs should only get into the upper 50s to lower and middle 60s, about ten-fifteen degrees below seasonal averages. Temperatures will rebound to near average by the end of the weekend into …
Severe Drought in SE Iowa
The latest drought monitor shows that severe drought now exists across the southeastern counties of the state with moderate drought extending northwest into central Iowa. Currently 24.71% is in some kind of drought with 9.41% in severe drought or D2. This is the first time any part of Iowa has had severe drought since August …
Moderate Drought Over SE Iowa
If you’ve noticed the lack of precipitation over the last several weeks (outside the heavy flooding rain event in Dubuque a few weeks ago), you’re not alone. Moderate drought as now set in across the southeastern counties of the state with more than half the state being abnormally dry. This is the first time since …