The storm to end one year and begin another is starting to become interesting. The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has upgraded the Winter Weather Advisory to a Winter Storm Warning for Dickinson, Clay and Buena Vista counties. TIMING…RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL …
Category: Winter Weather
Snowy New Year
2012 is going to ring in with a bit of snow across the northern counties of the state. The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a Winter Weather Advisory effective at 6pm this evening until 3am Sunday for the following counties, Emmet, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth, Palo Alto, Hancock, Cerro Gordo, Pocahontas, Humboldt, Wright, …
Iowa Forecast Video 12/30/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5vgcX8YmOE?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] PROGRESSIVE PATTERN: Fast moving systems will continue to move across the region through the weekend. The current one that will exit the state this morning is the second of three. The third one will bring some light snow or a bit of a mix Saturday into Saturday night. This will be followed by …
Winter Weather Advisory Through Friday Morning
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory effective through the morning hours tomorrow for the following counites, Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Floyd, Chickasaw, Fayette, Clayton, Winnebago, Worth and Cerro Gordo. Some light precipitation is currently moving through the far northern and northeastern counties of the state. Some of this will fall in …
Snow Across Northern Iowa Tonight?
Looking more and more like the storm system that will move through the state later tonight into Friday morning will bring some light accumulations of snow, mainly across areas north of US Hwy 20. One, perhaps two inches of snow are possible as the disturbance moves through. Given the ground temperatures, some of it will …
Iowa Forecast Video 12/26/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIr_xwO7cf4?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] CONTINUED CALM: The non-stop good weather goes on through the week with some slight flurry chances near the end of the week (Thursday into Friday). Until then temperatures will remain above seasonal averages for this time of year, with mid 30s to mid 40s possible for highs with lows in the upper teens …
Iowa Forecast Video 12/19/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3V8jUPXEkQ?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] SNOW OR NO SNOW: There will be some snow across the far southern counties of the state late tonight and especially on Tuesday. The amounts are still all over the place but the best estimation now indicates around 1-2″ with possibly heavier totals over SW Iowa. There may be a dusting up to …
Iowa Forecast Video 12/18/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyhLFT_sjKs?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] LIKELY NO WHITE: It’s not looking good for people who want a white Christmas this year. The chances of any snow for the early week system are lower and lower. If any snow were to fall it will be contained to the southern most tier of counties in the state and even then …
Iowa Forecast Video 12/17/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXSBjmzhf78?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] MORE PESSIMISTIC: The models are still diverging with regards to the storm system Monday and Tuesday of next week. The NAM and the GFS are projecting the heaviest snow over northern Missouri into west central Illinois, just clipping the southeastern corner of the state with possibly an inch or two. The GFS and …
Iowa Forecast Video 12/16/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPx61mD6anU?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] MAINLY QUIET: There is only a slight chance of some flurries or light snow showers across far northeastern Iowa later tonight into Saturday morning, otherwise it’ll be dry and quiet across the state through Sunday. Temperatures will remain near seasonal levels with 30s to near 40 for highs and teens to lower 20s …