Mother Nature is giving us a taste of summertime weather on this April Fool’s Day. Readings typically seen in June are being felt statewide today, with temperatures well into the 80s. The warmest readings in the state at 3pm was 88° at Ankeny, Storm Lake, Perry, Carroll, Denison and Clarion. These readings combined with dewpoints …
Welcome to April and Severe Weather
April begins today and it looks like the weather pattern will become active over the next week or so, starting with the storm system on Friday. The “See Text” on the SPC Severe Weather Risk graphic is below. NOTE: It’s very techinical. ….LOWER MO VALLEY TO UPPER MS VALLEY… BAND OF STG-SVR TSTMS MAY DEVELOP …
Very Warm Temperture Report, Highs top the 70s for the first time this season & Least snowiest March on Record.
Greening-up Fields March 31st. Temperatures were very warm both Tuesday and Wednesday, with a warm air mass that moved in after a strong warm front moved through Tuesday, which brought very strong southerly winds, gust as high as 30-35MPH were reported. Tuesday March 30th was actually the day I officially hit 70.F for the first …
Another Warm Day
Temperatures today rose back into the 70s to near 80 across the state today. Winds were lighter than on Tuesday due to a passage of a weak cold front, which is more of a wind shift line. By late in the afternoon, the front had become stalled across the central portions of the state from …
Remaining Mild for Tuesday & Friday, but then Showers and Thunderstorms move in, Cooler for Saturday.
Regional Weather Map. No this isn’t no April Fools joke! Mild, Dry weather will continue for Thursday, Highs will be in the 70s and 80s across the Upper Midwest, But a change is coming, a cold front will begin to move it’s way East Friday & Saturday, braining with it a good chance of showers …
Afternoon Tidbits
Temperatures this afternoon have responded with the strong gusty south winds that have taken hold across the state. Readings are well into the 70s with an 84 being reported in Denison at 3pm. Winds have been gusty all day, with sustained winds between 15-30mph with gusts over 40mph at times. In response to this, the …
Latest NAM/GFS MOS Run
The latest MOS runs have come out and there is large differences in temperatures between the NAM and the GFS MOS Runs especially on Wednesday. For this instance the chart below compares the highs from both the NAM and the GFS for Wednesday and Thursday. Then the map below shows the combined temperatures (Taking the …
Following Spring-Growth, First Spring Flower, and Daffodil bloom of the season! also Tulip Project planted.
First Flower in my yard of the 2010 season, Opened March March 24th. Well it’s the time of year again when I start following the spring time growth! The first flower of the season goes to a purple Crocus flower which bloomed last week March 24th. It is planted on the South side of my …
River Flooding Easing
The List of rivers that are still flooding is a lot smaller than it was a week and even two weeks ago. Here is the latest list with some expirations on some of the forecast points included Des Moines River near Stratford (Wednesday Morning) Des Moines River near Eddyville Des Moines River at Ottumwa (Tuesday …
80 Degrees on April Fool’s Day?
An 80 degree temperature on Thursday? Is this an April Fool’s Joke? It’s no joke as there is a good chance in western Iowa, temperatures on Thursday may hit 80 degrees, readings typically seen around Memorial Day Weekend. This will likely be the warmest day in about 5 months across the state.