The Winter Weather Advisory is still in effect until Noon for Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and Shelby counties and until 6pm for Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, OBrien, Osceola, Sioux, Plymouth, Woodbury, Adair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Guthrie, Ringgold, Sac, Taylor and Union counties. Snow totals have been light …
Mild, Snow chances Friday and Saturday, possibliy a stronger system Sunday and into early next week.
Regional View. We got quite a Active, Wet, couple of days ahead. we got a Weak system and Warm Front moving through for Friday and Saturday, which will bring some light snow, or freezing drizzle and Mild temperatures to most of the Upper Midwest, then Sunday, during the daytime, we will get a bit of …
Rain and Snow Moving In
Some light rain and light snow has moved into the western portions of the state this afternoon. Temperatures have risen above freezing across most of the state except the east and NE, where readings are still in the upper 20s to the lower 30s. Some stations are reporting either light rain or light snow at …
Air Quality Advisory
An Air Quality Advisory has been issued by the Iowa DNR until 8am Friday for the following counties, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Benton, Linn, Jones, Jackson, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine and Scott counties. FINE PARTICULATE LEVELS NEAR EPA HEALTH STANDARDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN THESE AREAS UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING. THE DNR RECOMMENDS …
It Could Be Worse!
Today is the date of Iowa’s all time record low of -47° set at Elkader in 1996. This was a part of a major cold spell that occurred over a 5-6 day period at the end of January and early February. On Feb 3rd 1996 numerous records fell, with Des Moines dropping to -26 (still …
Advisories Issued in Western Iowa
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory beginning at Noon on Thursday through Noon on Friday for the following counties, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and Shelby. There is also a Winter Weather Advisory in effect from Noon Thursday until 6pm Friday for Plymouth and Woodbury counties, and from 4pm …
New Snowfall totals across the area.
Snow Covered Dormant garden February 2nd. Snow showers continued overnight and lasted into middle to late parts of the day, We had some pretty healthy snowfall totals for a weak system like the one that just past. It was bit more then I had forecasted for our area, but accumulations were still on the light …
Series of Storms to Move through
After a 1-3 inch snowfall yesterday into this morning, the state will be in store for several storm systems that may bring more snow along with some freezing rain and rain to the state over the next week. The next storm will move into the state late on Wednesday night from the west. Some freezing …
An Interesting Record
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 115 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2010 …RECORD CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 5 INCH SNOW DEPTH AT DES MOINES IA… AS OF MONDAY FEBRUARY 1ST…THE OFFICIAL OBSERVING SITE AT THE DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED AT LEAST 5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND FOR A RECORD …
Accumulating Snow Beginning to End
Most of the accumulating snow is over the eastern portions of the state late this evening, with only a few light snow showers occurring in the NW and NC parts of the state. 1-3 inch snow totals have been common across the state from this storm system. Roads have become snow covered in many places, …