Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
Wall cloud near Pennock,MN June 17th 2012 Yesterday I took on the opportunity to storm chase in Western Minnesota with a friend of mine from the region. I seen many experiences yesterday that were inspiring, worrysome, exciting and new. I left Rochester around 12pm and made it to Wasceca,MN around 1pm. I brought along a …
Regional Weather View. A warm front will be causing problems in the Upper Midwest Sunday and Monday as a severe weather outbreak is expected across SD and Minnesota on Sunday Afternoon, with the severe weather threat push north and east for Monday. Tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds are likely. Flooding with heavy rain is …
Image from SPC The SPC has issued a Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms for much of Minnesota, Northern Iowa and Western Wisconsin. This includes the entire local area. A moderate risk is out for Eastern SD and Southwest Minnesota. Storms are expected to 1st develop in South Dakota/SW Western Minnesota later this afternoon along warm …
Radar estimated rainfall totals for Thursday June 14th. Image from NWS La Crosse. Significant storms slammed into the area during the afternoon and evening hours of Thursday, as they developed along a frontal boundary and began moving southeast and bringing sigificant damage from high winds to Southwest Goodhue, Dodge, and Olmstead counties. Before this happened, …
Image from SPC The SPC has issued a Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms in Iowa, Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. This includes the entire local area. A warm front is expected to continue lifting north this morning and brining in a warmer more humid airmass to our area. A cold front will then quickly sweep behind this …
Regional Weather view. A cool airmass behind a cold front that has swept through the region will keep a pleasantly cool and dry airmass in place for a couple days, but not for long, by Thursday a warm front will pushed towards the region sparking thunderstorms chances mainly in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and …
Dark neighborhood in the early morning hours of June 11th 2012 Strong thunderstorms effected the central part of the area late last night and early this morning with heavy downpours close lightning and some significant power outages in the Rochester Area. The storms in question first developed in Mower County, where it produced frequent lightning …
Image from SPC The SPC has issued a Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms for most of the Upper Midwest, including Eastern Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. This includes all of the local area. A strong cold front will push into the region and plow into a hot humid airmass currently over this region. …
Regional Weather View A very hot weekend, a short lasting heat wave is expected as the northern edge of a hot air mass is nudging its way into our region. Widespread Highs will be in the middle 90s across Nebraska, South Dakota, Southern Minnesota and Wisconsin. Dewpoints will also be highs as well adding to …
White Peonies in bloom May 28th 2012 Its been long over due since I talked gardening, and the flowers of mid Summer are well under way this week! Peonies, an old garden favorite! Sometimes instead of going for all the newest varieties of flowers, an old favorite is just as good! Peonies are beautiful and …