A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued that will go into effect at 3pm this afternoon and be in effect until Sunday Morning for the following counties in Iowa, Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Floyd, Chickasaw, Fayette and Clayton. The Cold front that is currently moving through the state early this morning will bring some snow …
Category: Winter Weather
A Real Mess
Mother Nature brought a late Christmas present to the state last night, freezing rain. Freezing rain amounts were generally light except between Cedar Rapids and Dubuque where amounts were generally between two and three tenths of an inch. Roads are very slippery in those areas as well as in many other areas of the state …
Winter Weather Returns
A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued beginning this evening and ending tomorrow morning. This is in effect for the following counties, Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Floyd, Chickasaw, Fayette, Clayton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Benton, Linn, Jones, Jackson, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott, Keokuk, Washington, Louisa, Jefferson and Henry. As much as two tenths of …
Merry Christmas
From us at the Iowa Weather Blog, we wish you all a Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all. In the weather, Christmas will be merry and bright (at least the first part of the day), by afternoon the weather will begin to turn sour as a new storm system is expected to move into …
Snow Tapering Off
It continues to snow this morning in the eastern part of the state, meanwhile the sky has begun to clear out west, with sunshine and brisk winds. Temperatures will drop throughout the day as a new cold push is delivered from the arctic. This will only last one day before a new storm moves in …
The Next Storm
A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for the following counties in Iowa, Appanoose, Davis, Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne and Clayton. This is added to the other counties that are under a Winter Weather Advisory. This will expire tomorrow afternoon. Snowfall of 3-5 inches is expected SE of a line from Centerville to Cedar Rapids …
Another Part tonight
After a light snowfall of 1-2 inches, a more vigorous storm will move in tonight. A Winter Storm Warning is now in effect for Clinton and Jackson Counties, while a Winter Weather Advisory will continue through Wednesday for the other counties that were in the Winter Storm Watch that had been in effect prior. Another …
The Cold Lows This Morning
Here are some of the lows that occurred earlier this morning -21° at Clarion -18° at Sioux City -17° at LeMars, Estherville, Webster City -16° at Sheldon and Spencer -15° at Fort Dodge, Mason City, Atlantic and Marshalltown -14° at Harlan -13° at Charles City, Waterloo, Oelwein and Dubuque -12° at Denison, Carroll, Audubon, Ames, …
Time for the Next Storm
A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued beginning at Midnight tonight for the following counties in Iowa, Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Floyd, Chickasaw, Fayette, Clayton, Jefferson, Henry, Des Moines, Van Buren, Lee, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Benton, Linn, Jones, Jackson, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott, Keokuk, Washington and Louisa. This will be in effect until …
Ground Blizzard
Ground Blizzard conditions continue today with strong gusty northwest winds over 35 mph. This is also creating dangerous wind chills of -30° and lower across the area. Temperatures may not make it above zero today and even Monday. If it does make it above sero it won’t be for very long before the wind begins …