[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-6u37sM1Do&w=640&h=480] DRY AND COLD: Looks like a dry week ahead for the state with cold weather becoming the rule. Highs today will be in the upper teens to lower to middle 20s across the area. A bit warmer Sunday with highs approaching the freezing mark in southern Iowa before a cold blast moves in …
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Iowa Weather Report December 28th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzahJc9ikgw&w=640&h=480] NOTE: The NCEP Model Page is still in a chaotic mess, so we again used NCAR through 192 hours and San Jose State University for the other model images. HAPPY BIRTHDAY IOWA: Yes on this date back in 1846, President James K Polk signed Iowa’s Admission Bill into Law making Iowa the 29th …
Iowa Weather Report December 27th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ycndnN3Nkg&w=640&h=480] NOTE: NCEP Model Page would not load (not on my end) so Model Images have come from different sources. Hopefully the error will have been fixed by the time many of you watch or read this post. SNOW ENTERING: Increasing cloudiness today with a new storm that will bring more snow to the …
Iowa Weather Report December 26th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naTSdcTb_TE&w=640&h=480] SNOW AHEAD: The system late this week doesn’t look too fierce but it still may cause a few travel issues Thursday into Friday across mainly the northern half to two thirds of the state. Snowfall with this system will be about an inch at best, with perhaps two inches max over the northwestern …
Iowa Weather Report December 25th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OgJcwPbxZQ&w=640&h=480] MERRY CHRISTMAS: Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone today. The weather will be more the merrier with partly to mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the single digits northwest to teens to lower 20s south and east with light winds. FRIDAY SNOW: GFS is not very bullish on the storm that will …
Iowa Weather Report December 24th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whegegz6UF4&w=640&h=480] GETTING COLD: Temperatures are going to feel like winter for sure now across the state. Highs today will be in the 20s but this will feel warm compared to the rest of the week. A few light snow showers or flurries will be moving out during the morning hours but skies will remain …
Iowa Weather Report December 23rd 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dok7nyD-ZCs&w=640&h=480] SEASONAL GREETINGS: Today will see some increasing clouds with a weak disturbance moving into the state later tonight into Monday. Today will see readings once again in the 20s to lower 30s, with some warmer readings where there is less of a snow pack in southern Iowa. Tonight some light snow or flurries …
Iowa Weather Report December 22nd 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZWUjotxEzU&w=640&h=480] PLEASANT DAYS: Sunshine but cold temperatures will reign this weekend across the state. Readings will be dependent on the amount of snow on the ground. Highs in the southern and southeastern counties may reach 30 degrees both today and Sunday while the heavier snow pack areas may barely get into the 20s, perhaps …
December 20th Winter Storm Report- Significant snowfall accumulations with strong winds 40 to near 50MPH brought blizzard conditions causing some road closures. Southeastern Minnesota will have a white Christmas!
Blowing snow in my neighborhood December 20th 2012 A significant winter storm brought impacted Southeastern Minnesota on Thursday bringing with it significant snowfall around 4 to nearly 10″ of snow and high winds near 50MPH at some locations which caused travel impacts and blizzard conditions at times. The cause of the storm was a low …
Iowa Weather Report December 21st 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=410OJcc2g00&w=640&h=480] BACK TO SUNSHINE: The storm that brought the tremendous amounts of snow and wind to the state over the last 24-48 hours is now off to our east. In its wake, terrible and impassable roads, numerous cars, trucks, semis etc in the medians and ditches and a few fatalities in a large pileup …