[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_aWJxg1sC0&w=640&h=480] STILL NO RAIN: The benign dry sunny seasonal weather will continue for several more days. A few good things about this long dry spell. It does get farmers into the fields to harvest much earlier than normal (even with the severe to extreme drought in the state), another is any outdoor activities this …
Fall Color Report #4
Fall Color Report # 4 September 27th 2012. Fall colors are really getting a jump start across Southeastern Minnesota! Warm daytime temperatures are causing trees to rapidly change colors. Cannon Falls and Austin are reporting Moderate color. Here earlier and mid changing trees are producing high color in beautiful shades of orange, maroon and yellow. …
Iowa Weather Report September 27th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw-wvIdRmCw&w=640&h=480] DRY DRY DRY: No real changes for the next couple of days with continued dry weather through the weekend at least across the state. Readings will remain in the 60s and 70s for highs with lows mainly in the 40s (with some upper 30s in cooler locales) The GFS is wanting to bring …
Very dry weather pattern in place next several days. Sunny every day, temperatures in the 70s with calm winds.
Regional weather view. An area of blocking high pressure will bring a long string of sunny calm days to all of the Upper Midwest for the next week. This is unfortunately bad news because it is worsening drought conditions across this region which really needs widespread good rainfall. Look for every day to repete its …
Iowa Weather Report September 26th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTPjT8ga08&w=640&h=480] STILL DRY STILL SEASONAL: The weather is going to be tranquil and seasonal for at least the next week across the state. No real changes are expected with readings staying in the 60s to middle 70s and lows in the 40s through the early part of next week. RAIN CHANCES: The next rain …
Iowa Weather Report September 25th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWjO6AaFa7o&w=640&h=480] DRYNESS ABOUNDS: It’s going to be a very dry week across most of the state. The exception will be the far southern counties that may get grazed by a disturbance today and again later this week which could bring a few showers as far north as US 34 corridor. Any rainfall from these …
Fall Color Report #3
Fall color report 3 September 24th 2012 Fall color is beginning to get a bit of a boast across our area. Color is really starting to increase as the days continue to get much shorter and the sun angle lowers. Now, all areas accept for the southeast is reporting low color. Trees like Ashes, Maples, …
Several More Record Lows Monday Morning
A few more records fell this morning across the eastern part of the state. …RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT CEDAR RAPIDS IA… A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 28 DEGREES WAS SET AT CEDAR RAPIDS IA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 32 SET IN 2002. …RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT DUBUQUE IA… A RECORD …
Iowa Weather Report September 24th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy0lGPmwoWI&w=640&h=480] WARMING UP: A cold and frosty weekend will yield to some more seasonal late September weather the rest of the week with highs coming back into the 70s to near 80. It will stay dry for most of the week although there is a chance mainly Thursday of some rain south of Interstate …
Freeze/Freeze this morning, lows ranged from the lower 30s to as cold as the upper 20s. Growing season has ended for most of the area.
Widespread frost in the back yard on the morning of September 23rd. It was a cold morning throughout the area today as the 1st very cool frosty night of the season occurred behind a system that brought the 1st snowflakes to Northern Minnesota. The cool conditions send temperatures falling into the upper 20s to lower …