Winter Weather

Winter Storm Watch Friday and Saturday

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch which will go into effect Friday afternoon and be in effect until Saturday morning (in NC Iowa) and Saturday afternoon (in NE and EC Iowa) for the following counties, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Hancock, Kossuth, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Winnebago, Worth, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Floyd, …

All of Iowa, Winter Weather

December Welcomes You with Weekend Snow

It is now the beginning of meteorological winter, and although the temperatures feel like winter, most of the state (except the NW) don’t have a snow cover. That might change by Friday night into Saturday, with accumulating snow possible. The latest indications show that accumulating snow is possible north of an Algona to Muscatine line …

Gardening, Uncategorized

One mess of a system Tuesday. Some places got Moderate rain while others got up to 5″ of snow!

Heavy snow that fell right after we got moderate rain November 29th. We had one heck of a messy system in the area Monday and Tuesday, going from rain to snow. A strong winter storm system moved across the Upper Midwest bringing significant snows to Northern Minnesota while the warm side hit Western Wisconsin. The …

Gardening, Uncategorized

Rain and Snow likely for Monday some places could get up to 6″ Also much colder and windy by Tuesday.

Regional View Yet another complex winter storm system is on the way for the Upper Midwest for this week. It appears to be following nearly the same path as the last one, bringing significant snowfall possibilities to Western and Northeastern Minnesota, and far Northwest Wisconsin a chance at significant snow. South of the Minor snowfall …

Gardening, Uncategorized

A taste of January. Cold tempeture report.

Real Palm tree, last day uncovered November 24th A winter weather storm system spread arctic air behind it and gave us our first taste of January this weekend. The Temperature fell quickly from 32.F at my location Wednesday Night, to middle 6.F with in hours of the passing of the cold front. Daytime highs were …