Hot dry conditions August 27th 2013 Today was another hot humid day across the area. The triple digit 6th strait day in a row of 90s. however today the heat peaked at its highest level of this heat wave. Triple digit highs were seen any many officially stations across the area including Cedar Rapids and …
Category: Gardening
Highs Tuesday apporached 100.F at several locations. Heat index values well over 100
Drought conditions leading to brown grass. August 27th 2013 Today was day 3 of out heat wave and highs reached their highest levels so far this year. A ring of fire, or heat dome is situated on top of Iowa which is bringing this late blast of hot weather. Highs began to rise above 90 …
Long tearm heat wave really behings to crank up starting on Sunday lasting through the week. Much of the region has the chance to hit 100.F, 100+ degree heat indexs will be seen dispite the actual highs. Drought will worsen/expand with no chances for rain this week
Weather map An unusually hot late Summer heat wave is poised to hit the region this week as a warm air mass associated with a high pressure system that has been trapped in the southwest slowly begins to push eastward in our area. This feature will keep all chances for rain out of the region …
Welcome to Cedar Rapids
Downtown Cedar Rapids Welcome to Cedar Rapids! I have spent the last week or so getting to know the city as well as the job which allowed me to move to the Cedar Rapids area. I have accepted a job at a local garden center where I will be working in retail/customer service. The move …
Announcement: Moving to Eastern Iowa, Blog re opening soon
I am very excited to announce I will be moving to Eastern Iowa and I will be moving to the Cedar Rapids area. After visiting the city twice I’ve come to really like this area. I will be living in a Cedar Rapids Suburb called Hiawatha. I have been offered a job at the areas …
Blog closed until further notice.
I am announcing that I am am officially shutting down my blog until further notice. Sudden life changes have required me to move out of Cresco and I will be moving to a new area. After everything in my life gets settled in a new area once again I will begin posting. My blog will …
4th of July weekend forecast. Sunny and pleasent through Saturday, next chance of storms Sunday
Regional weather view For the 4th of July weekend we can expect a continuation of the pleasant weather we have been having over the past week. High pressure seen in the map above has been in control of our weather and will continue to be in control. For Southeastern Minnesota and Northeast Iowa we can …
Beautiful Summer-like weather
Front yard gardens July 2nd 2013 The past couple of days have been beautiful across Northeast Iowa and Southeast Minnesota as high pressure from the north has taken over the weather. We’ve had sunshine, low humidity and high temperatures in the lower 80s. This dry steak will significant help out water logged soils, Unfortunately it …
Howard County Fair Forecast!
Downtown Cresco June 25th 2013 Howard County Fair Forecast The Howard County Fair is this week into the weekend from Wednesday the 26th through Sunday the 30th. The following is a weather you can expect for the fair activities. Fair goers can expect a fairly good end of the week for the fair with the expect …
June 21st bow echo, severe winds, hail and flooding. Minor wind damage and 1.00″ hail seen at my location
Radar shot as storms moved thorough North Iowa June 21st 2013 A line of severe thunderstorms commonly called a now echo impacted the entire area early this morning and brought widespread strong winds, isolated spots of hail and torrential downpours and flash flooding across the local area. Thunderstorms first developed in South Dakota late Thursday …