Royal Star Magnolia May 7th 2013 Spring growth is continuing this week. Weather has been up and down, we had 2 80 degree days here in Rochester, then Thursday it was only 58.F, there was plentiful sunshine some days and an all day rain 1.20″ fell on Thursday. In bloom this week, Magnolias have bloomed …
Iowa Weather Discussion May 11th 2013
VIDEOS RESUME SUNDAY FROSTY MORNINGS: Possibly the last frost of the season coming this weekend, late tonight and perhaps Sunday night as well in the east as cold air moves in behind a front that will have moved across the state during the early morning hours today. There may be an early morning shower in …
Flood Warning for Mississippi River at Camanche
IAC045-163-ILC161-195-111349- /O.NEW.KDVN.FL.W.0083.130512T0609Z-000000T0000Z/ /CMMI4.1.ER.130512T0609Z.130514T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 849 PM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013 …FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT CAMANCHE. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 8:30 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.8 FEET…AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS …
The Trip to DC 2013
by Jeff Wilcox (MIC Iowa Weather Network) My parents and I went on a trip to Washington DC Sunday through today (Friday). It began on Saturday with a long drive through the countryside to O’Hare International Airport in Chicago for our flight the next morning (Sunday) to Washington National Airport aka Reagan National Airport. We …
Iowa Weather Report May 8th 2013
WET WEATHER RETURNS: Showers and thunderstorms will return to the area today and continue into Thursday as a Upper Low over South Dakota begins to move East. Overall precipitation with this system should remain under a half inch in most areas with locally higher amounts in Northwestern Iowa. Severe weather is not anticipated at this …
Iowa Weather Report May 6th 2013
…Corrected… No Videos this Week due to MIC in Washington, DC FIVE DAY FORECAST Today: Partly Cloudy to Mostly Sunny with Areas of Patchy Fog Early. High’s in the Mid 60’s North to Low to Mid 70’s South. Tonight: Clear. Low’s in the Low 40’s North to Mid 50’s Southeast. Tuesday: Mostly Sunny to Sunny. …
From morning snowcover to temperatures in the mid 60s! Daffodils in full bloom
Snowcover Backyard 8:30am Sunday May 5th Spring is back on track! Today featured an odd contrast in which the day started off with snowcover then the day ended the day with brilliant sunshine with temperatures in the middle 60s! Here in Rochester we went from having 2.50″ of snow on the ground to a high …
Iowa Weather Report May 5th 2013
No Videos this Week due to MIC in Washington, DC SNOW + MAJOR WARMUP = FOG: The National Weather Service offices in the north tier of Iowa have issued Dense Fog Advisories until 10am tomorrow thanks to all of this snow melting and being stuck at the surface. Fog will quickly dissipate after 10am as …
Iowa Weather Report May 4th 2013
No Video Today WE NOW RETURN YOU TO REGULAR PROGRAMMING: Temperatures will return finally after this historic snowfall event into the mid 40’s Northwest to nearly 60 Southeast. The agreement among the models is that rain showers will be prominent throughout the day today with isolated thunderstorms this afternoon, along with cloudy skies. This trend …
Snow Totals for May 2013 Snow Event FINAL
Here are the snow totals from the rare May Snow event May 1st through the 3rd. This post is final as of 8:45pm May 3rd Albert Lea MN 10″ Albia 4.5″ Alpha 1.5″ Algona 6″ Algona 5NE 10.5″ Allerton 10″ Allison 4″ Alta 4.3″ Ames 5.3″ 8SW Ames 4.0″ Atlantic 2.3″ Auburn 3.5″ Audubon 4″ …