[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvv3N4fMgQY&hl=en&fs=1] SATURDAY STORM: A few days of quiet weather ahead across the state. The next chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms moves back in by Saturday with a cold front from the west. The chances of severe weather with this storm system are low at this time. Precipitation amounts are likely to be light …
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Iowa Forecast Video 4/27/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQJBvDWdSsw&hl=en&fs=1] COOL AND DRY: After a few days of rain, the state should begin to dry out a little bit with a few days of pleasant weather. However, temperatures will be slightly below climatic norms, with readings in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Friday will see readings rebound into the mid 60s to …
Iowa Forecast Video 4/26/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb7J_7P4geg&hl=en&fs=1] COOL WEEK: Temperatures are likely to remain at or below average for this time of year for the rest of the week (sans possibly Friday), with chances of rain ending later today and maybe a possible sprinkle or two Wednesday but no more precip chances again until late Friday night (west) through Saturday …
Iowa Forecast Video 4/25/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpMURe2_k2I&hl=en&fs=1] WEEK AHEAD: Rain moves back into the state today into Tuesday with showers and isolated thunderstorms. Amounts will be light with a quarter to three quarters of an inch possible. Severe Weather will be well to the south and should not be a factor. Temperatures will be at or slightly below climatic averages …
Iowa Forecast Video 4/24/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbvZYN67gNw&hl=en&fs=1] QUIET EASTER: Today will be quiet and mainly dry over the state with temperature near the climatic average for mid to late April (Upper 50s to mid 60s). There will be increasing clouds from south to north as the stalled front to the south begins to slowly retreating northbound as a warm front. …
Iowa Forecast Video 4/23/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Nty072koM&hl=en&fs=1] QUIET WEEKEND: The Weather this weekend will be nothing like what occurred south of the state on Good Friday. The St Louis metro area was especially hard hit with possible tornadoes occuring across the northern suburbs of St Louis on both the Missouri and Illinois side of the MS River. Lambert Int’l Airport …
2011 Mississippi River Flooding Update #8
The River has crested from LeClaire northward. It will crest later this weekend from Rock Island downstream to Keokuk. The chart at the top shows when the river will fall below flood stage at the locations. The river should begin dropping below flood stage early to middle of next week across the north (given no …
Iowa Forecast Video 4/22/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaR_QOJgw18&hl=en&fs=1] TODAY: Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will traverse the state today. Severe Weather will be just to the south of the state where a lot of rain is also forecast to fall. This storm will quickly move out of the state by early on Saturday leading to a quiet and dry Easter Weekend. …
Iowa Forecast Video 4/21/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMEvjlV8XE0&hl=en&fs=1] GOOD FRIDAY STORM: The next storm will be knocking on the door of the state later today, with precipitation breaking out across western Iowa as early as this afternoon with the eastern counties holding out until tonight or early Friday morning. A Warm front currently stalled over Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama will retreat …
2011 Mississippi River Flooding Update #7
The Mississippi River has now crested in Dubuque and will crest tonight in Bellevue. The river will continue to fall slowly upstream of Dubuque while the river will rise at least another foot to the south. The river crests will be downstream of Keokuk by Easter Sunday and the entire rive will be falling at …