As of 11:45pm, light snow was seen on radar from Estherville through Mason City, Decorah, and north of Oelwein. Heavier accumulations were seen from Postville to Oelwein. Scattered showers were also seen from Waterloo through Ottumwa and thunderstorms near Carroll and around Greenfield. Temperatures ranged from 28° at Decorah to 55° and Shenandoah, which pretty much …
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NOAA Weather Radio in Waterloo is Off the Air
The NOAA Weather Radio transmitter in Waterloo (WXL94) is off the air due to a communications or hardware failure, according to the National Weather Service in Des Moines. They say technicians have been notified, but there is no estimated restore time. The NOAA Weather Radio in Waterloo broadcasts on a frequency of 162.550 MHz and …
Record Shattering Warm Day Leading to More Moderated Temperatures Tuesday
After a crazy warm day across the state with temperatures ranging from the upper 60s in the far northern sections to a whopping 90 degrees in some areas in the west, temperatures are beginning to look to moderate back to “above average” from our current “really high above average” level. Des Moines tied the March …
Fire Weather Concerns Once Again for Sunday
The National Weather Service offices covering the northwestern part of the state have issued Fire Weather Watches for Sunday afternoon and evening in advance of elevated to critical fire weather conditions across the area. Southwest winds are expected to quickly increase Sunday morning and be sustained at around 25 MPH with gusts to 40 MPH …
State Boys Basketball Forecast – Day 6
Congratulations to Gladbrook-Reinbeck for dominating class 1A as it exits the tournament with a championship and undefeated record! Other congratulations also to Treynor for winning the class 2A championship with a 24-3 record. Other games today included North Scott and Pleasant Valley advancing to the finals. It will be an interesting day with the consolation …
State Boys Basketball Forecast – Day 5
Not sure how to describe the games from Thursday as they were taking their usual fashion and showing that rankings mean nothing. Two number one seeds, Aplington-Parkersburg and Williamsburg, and a number two seed, Danville, all lost. Only two upper-seeded teams won today with one overtime game and one double-overtime game. Congratulations to the dominating …
State Boys Basketball Forecast – Day 4
As hit past the mid-point of the playoffs tourney, we would like to extend a congratulations to Iowa City West, North Scott, Des Moines Hoover, and Pleasant Valley for advancing to the semifinals! Speaking of the semifinals, semifinalists in class 1A, class 2A, and class 3A will be competing today for a chance to go …
Fire Weather Concerns over Northwest Iowa Tomorrow
The National Weather Service offices in Des Moines, Omaha, and Sioux Falls have issued Fire Weather Watches for tomorrow afternoon due to winds and low humidity leading to extreme fire danger. A strong southerly 20-30 MPH wind in combination with 20-40% relative humidity will lead to dangerous fire conditions. Any fires that are started will …
State Boys Basketball Forecast – Day 3
What a wild day of basketball on Tuesday! I was getting back from work and started writing down scores, and I don’t know how many double-takes I did. The score sheet tonight is ridiculous. Only one upper-seeded team won on this Tuesday. Pella Christian (#7) won by a point over #2 Western Christian, Regina beat Cascade …
State Boys Basketball Forecast – Day 2
Would like to apologize for the incorrect schedule on the graphic for Monday as that was using the girls state basketball schedule from last Monday and not the correct one. That has been corrected and we are finally back on the right track. Would like to extend a congratulations to Gladbrook-Reinbeck, Earlham, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto, Danville, Treynor, and …