Winds are expected to remain brisk this evening before slowly diminishing below Wind Advisory criteria. By Thursday, strong and gusty northwest winds will return Thursday with the highest winds expected during Thursday evening. Sustained winds of 30 to 40 MPH with gusts to 50 MPH are possible on Thursday. This will create difficult driving conditions …
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Upcoming Changes to Storm Prediction Center Convective Outlooks
Written by Henry Luker, Lead Forecaster Out of the many new features that will help the Iowa Weather Network run severe weather coverage for the upcoming season, the Storm Prediction Center is doing the same to continue serving their mission of protecting life and property. But before we go on to discuss those changes, I …
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 …
DIRECTV Dropping Weather Channel
It has come to my attention that DIRECTV is going to be dropping the Weather Channel in the coming days. This is not surprising given the fact that the Weather Channel has delved more into reality programming and less into actually showing satellite maps and radars. While a storm could be barreling across the country, …
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 …
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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Iowa Weather Report January 4th 2014
EXTREME COLD: Enjoy the cold air while it lasts. Expect highs in the teens for most of the state today before Sunday brings a ugly swarm of very cold arctic air. The National Weather Service has issued Wind Chill Watches and Warnings for much of the state for today through Tuesday. Temperatures on Sunday night …
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 …
List of Weather Alerts in Effect by County (UPDATED 1/4/2013 4:56 AM)
WIND CHILL WARNINGS Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux and Woodbury counties from 10:00 AM Sunday until 6:00 AM Tuesday. Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Clarke, Crawford, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Emmet, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Jasper, Kossuth, …