Very cool air, typically seen in March or early April has swept into the state this afternoon. Along with the unseasonably cool weather has come strong gusty winds once more. A Wind Advisory is in effect for the western 2/3rds of the state until early this evening. Frost will be likely by Saturday night across …
Lots O’ Rain
A batch of light to moderate rain is continuing to move across the state early this morning. The heaviest rain is in SW and SC Iowa this morning and will mainly stay south of Interstate 80 across the state as it continues moving to the east. There have been a few embedded thunderstorms overnight across …
Severe Thunderstorm Watch #142 until 5am
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch which is in effect until 5am Friday morning for Fremont, Page, Decatur, Ringgold and Taylor counties. This would include the cities of Sidney, Shenandoah, Clarinda, Bedford, Mount Ayr, Lamoni and Leon. Thunderstorms have been firing along and north of a warm front that is currently …
Severe Weather South of 34 This Evening
There is a slight risk of severe weather, mainly for this afternoon and this evening for areas in Iowa south of US Hwy 34. Large hail will be the main threat with these storms as they will be developing along and north of a warm front that will be situated from the Nebraska Kansas border …
Very Chilly end of the week. Rain & late season Snowfall likely, accumulations possible, also Frost and Freezes likely Sat Night-Updated
Regional View. Low shown for effects, may not be actual placement of low. We got ourselves quite a Chilly end to the week ahead, with a good chance for widespread rains Friday and even the possibilities of some unusually late Snowfall accumulations across portions of the Upper Midwest Friday. Updated models now suggest the accumulating …
Windy Again Today, Rain Returns Tomorrow
It is yet another windy day across the state this afternoon. Gusty west winds to near 50mph have been reported. Estherville at 2pm had a wind gust to 47. Sustained winds have been between 20-35mph all afternoon for most of the state. There is a wind advisory until this evening for the northern half of …
Time Lapse Project Update.
Although I’ve been very busy and have not had the time to post pictures of the front of my house. (hoping to restart again this week) I’ve been continuing to take a picture of my garden with my Webcam everyday since January. A big Thanks goes out to Josh at OSNW3 blog for showing me …
Gusty showers with strong winds hit the area today
Clouds from a frontal system May 4th We has some very windy conditions across the area this afternoon. Showers began forming in a line along a strong cold front in Eastern Minnesota and then moved East along with the front. this line swept across Western Wisconsin at 40MPH and brought light rain and strong winds. …
Gusty Showers This Evening
A line of gusty showers and isolated thunderstorms were moving through the state this evening. The line extended from Lansing to West Union to Aplington to Ames to Dallas Center. These showers are moving to the east around 30-35mph. Ahead of this line is the cold front, which will shift the winds to the northwest. …
Some Severe Storms Possible Today
There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms for the rest of the afternoon into the evening hours for the northern parts of the state, mainly north of US Hwy 20. Given that dewpoints are rather low (40s and 50s), large hail and damaging winds will be the main threats with any storms that fire …