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Snow yesterday, Sunny & upper 30 to mid 40+ degree temperatures today.

Hiawatha,IA January 2014 We had a bit of varitiy in weather the past 2 days in our area. Saturday was relatively cold and snowy and Sunday was sunny and beautiful. A a clipper system rode along the edge of the jet stream on Saturday pushing snow into our area from the northeast. Generally 1-3 inches …

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Roller coast continues in tearms of our temperatures. Snow Saturday, models show a westward shift 1-3″ in all area, then sunny and warming to the 30s and 40s by Sunday. Arctic air arrives once again Tuesday of next week. Turning more active long tearm?

Regional Weather View Regionally there will be a clipper system moving through areas of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin where several inches and heavy snow will be seen on Saturday. It will be a quick mover that will follow the jet stream and there will be a very sharp cut off from higher to lower amounts. …

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Potent-fast moving weather system produces rain, strong winds and snow across Eastern Iowa, Widespread 45-50+ MPH gusts reported.

Today brought a variety of weather to Eastern Iowa. We started out the morning with moderate downpours and temperatures in the upper 30s then ended with moderate snow and very strong winds. Today’s weather was all from a small but very potent low pressure system that passed through Minnesota where it produced significant snows in …

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Mid January Warmth- January 12th warm temperature report.

Clark Park in Hiawatha during a warm sunny January 12th day. Today was a beautiful Mid January day with highs that were in the 40s and neared 50.F degrees in some places in Eastern Iowa. The cause of the warmth was a thanks you a powerful warm front which moved through this morning on those …

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From Arctic Air to warmth. Storm system to bring Rain to the south and sleet and snow to the north towards Waterloo, up to 1″ possible. Then everyone feels the warmth Sunday as highs rise to the upper 30s to middle 40s, then temperatures going up and down after this day.

Regional Weather view Weather across the region will be warming up significantly after our outbreak of arctic air last week. Some places will even gone from below zero weather last week to rain this week. A weak weather system moving across Southeast Iowa will bring rain to the 1/3rd of Southeast Iowa, and sleet and …

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Cold Temperature Report- bitter cold temperatures of -20.F reported with wind chills of near -50. Coldest in recent history

Cold Evening January 7th We are now on the upward trend side of an arctic outbreak that hit the region and our area starting on Saturday. According to multiple weather agencies the cause of the arctic outbreak was literally a piece of the polar vortex from the Arctic Circle broke off and moves south as …

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Extreme Cold to ascend on the region late tomorrow. Coldest temperatures in 20s could be seen. Dangerouly cold wind chills likely appoaching -45 to -50.F some areas

Regional Weather View There is only one thing making headlines in the Midwest and that is the extreme cold that is about to ascend onto the region. A bitter cold Arctic Airmass will soon be pledging into the U.S strait from Northern Canada, and a deep snowpack and the extent southward of the arctic high …

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Arctic Airmass now in place for the next several days. Several clipper systems will bring minor accumulatings snows to the area over the week.

Regional Weather View An Arctic Airmass will remain in place over the Upper Midwest for the rest of this week. The entire region will feel the cold airmass with the exception of Kansas and parts of Missouri which will get breaks from the cold with highs in the 40s. The most extreme cold will be …

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December 21st-22nd Winter Storm totals. Heavy snow seen

Snowy scene December 22nd 2013 The area is shoveling out from low end winter storm which hit the region starting late last night in the form of sleet then changing for snow, which fell heavy at times. For the most part the snow started after most people fell alseep and was done by the time …