Gardening, Uncategorized

Dry Beautiful spring like weather continues through Midweek 40s and 50s likely through Monday, then cooler down closer to normal for Tuesday, but still dry.

Regional weather view. Split and kind of up side down weather pattern across the Upper Midwest for the weekend, warmth and sunshine will be found in the north, while the south will be cooler and getting some snowfall with minor accumulations across Iowa and Illinois. Everyone will be thrown back into the mild pattern by …

Winter Weather

Light Freezing Rain Over Eastern Iowa

From the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities. A BAND OF VERY LIGHT RAIN AND SPRINKLES WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS AREAS FROM VINTON…TO NORTH OF CEDAR RAPIDS…ANAMOSA….AND OVER TOWARD BELLEVUE. SINCE TEMPERATURES WERE HOVERING AROUND THE FREEZING MARK IN THOSE AREAS…THIS LIGHT RAIN WAS FREEZING UPON MAINLY ELEVATED AND EXPOSED SURFACES. …

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Winter Storm Warning for DSM Metro

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has now upgraded the Winter Storm Watch to a WINTER STORM WARNING, effective at Midnight Saturday until 6am Sunday morning for the following counties, Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Madison, Polk, Story and Union. They have also issued a Winter Weather Advisory for …

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Winter Storm Warning now in Western Iowa

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a WINTER STORM WARNING in effect from Midnight Saturday until Midnight Sunday for the following counties, Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby, Mills and Montgomery. Fremont and Page counties are under a Winter Weather Advisory from 6am Saturday until Midnight Sunday. ACCUMULATIONS…A BAND OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO …

Gardening, Uncategorized

Contrast in weather today, Half the area was in the 30s with fog, the other half was sunny with record highs near 50! Also cool photos with story as the fog bank pushed into Rochester.

The last of the snow in our backyard before the fog February 2nd 2012 Quite a contrast in weather today across the region, depending upon where you are, you either had a beautiful day with brilliant sunshine with highs approaching 50 breaking records, or you had fog and low clouds all day with highs in …

All of Iowa, Winter Weather

Iowa Forecast Video 2/3/2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXzQNhLqI1c?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] STORMY DAYS: The storm we’ve been talking about the last few days is now on the doorstep of the state. The amounts of snowfall have come down substantially and have been shifted southward. This is the reason the Winter Storm Watch was cancelled over the northwest and moved into southwestern Iowa. Snowfall will …

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Winter Storm Watch for Central Iowa

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a Winter Storm Watch effective at 9pm Friday evening through 6am Sunday morning for the following counties, Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Dallas, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt, Madison, Marshall, Pocahontas, Polk, Sac, Story, Union and Webster. TIMING…A MIX OF RAIN AND …

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Winter Storm Watch for Siouxland

UPDATE: The National Weather Service in Omaha has extended the Winter Storm Watch to include Fremont, Pottawattamie, Shelby, Mills and Montgomery Counties. The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Winter Storm Watch effective from 6pm Friday evening until 6pm Saturday evening for Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, O Brien, Plymouth and Woodbury …

All of Iowa, Winter Weather

Iowa Forecast Video 2/2/2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XgYc1m4KZs?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] STORM AHEAD: The biggest weather event on the board is the upcoming storm this weekend. It will begin around midday Friday across the western counties and spread eastward throughout the day Saturday before ending early Sunday. It will begin in the form of rain or a wintry mix transferring to all snow over …