The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch effective at 6am Tuesday morning until 6pm Wednesday evening for Osceola, Dickinson and Lyon counties. TIMING…SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT AND WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 …
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Iowa Forecast Video 2/26/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37OLp69iynE?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] WARM SUNDAY: It will be warm and a bit breezy today across the state. Temperatures will be in the 40s leading to some melting of the snow. A cold front will come through late but bring no precipitation with it. It will bring readings back down to the 30s for the beginning of …
Snowfall Totals (February 23rd 2012) FINAL
Here are the snowfall totals from the storm that came through the state on Thursday. These are FINAL TOTALS!! Aurelia 9 Edgewood 6.8 Hinton 6.5 Ireton 6.5 Kingsley 6.5 Aurora 6.2 Strawberry Point 6 Le Claire 6 Early 5.8 Sioux Center 5.2 Holstein 5.1 Cherokee 5 Dubuque 5 Hudson 5 Orange City 5 Sac City …
Precipitation Records From Feb 23 2012 Storm
A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 4.1 INCHES WAS SET AT WATERLOO IA YESTERDAY FEBRUARY 23. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 2.6 INCHES SET IN 1959. A RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM LIQUID PRECIPITATION OF 0.87 INCHES WAS SET AT DES MOINES IA YESTERDAY FEBRUARY 23. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.83 INCHES SET IN 1915.
Iowa Forecast Video 2/24/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVMLbSubBMw?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] A BREAK: Snow will come to an end from west to east early today after dumping in some places quite a bit of snow while others steered clear from the heaviest totals. Temperatures will be cooler as can be expected with snow on the ground. Readings will be in the 30s with lows …
Changes to Advisories, Warnings etc.
Big changes have occurred overnight across the state. The Winter Storm Watch has been cancelled in the eastern counties of the state by the NWS in La Crosse and Quad Cities. The Winter Storm Warning has been trimmed slightly in central Iowa with Winter Weather Advisories continuing. The Winter Storm Warning has been expanded slightly …
Iowa Forecast Video 2/23/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H807y94C7aM?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] FUN!: A sarcastic term for the storm that is on the way today. It’s still up in the air where the heaviest snow will fall and we may not know until it begins falling later today. Winter Storm Warnings and Advisories have been issued. Some estimates of 6-10″ are possible. HOWEVER, some of …
The Area Forecast Discussion From Des Moines
Remember area forecast discussions are very technical and can be hard to understand for those who aren’t weather geeks. HAVE UPDATED FORECAST FOR FURTHER SOUTH TREND IN THE NAM/SREF/RUC/HRRR MODELS ALL TRENDING FURTHER SOUTH MORE IN LINE WITH THE 12Z EC/GEM. THESE LATEST RUNS BRING THE SURFACE LOW FROM SIOUX CITY TO SOUTHEASTERN IOWA…WITH THE …
Wintry Plethora of Advisories and Warnings
NOTE: The area across the Siouxland that is blank with warnings and advisories has been filled in and moved SW to include Sioux City. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for a large section of the state (In pink) with Advisories to the north and south of the Warning area. The …
Winter Storm Watch Thursday Across Northern Iowa
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch from 6am Thursday until Midnight Friday morning for the following counties, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Muscatine, Scott, Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and Winneshiek . There is also a Winter Storm Watch from 3am until 6pm …