Weather will continue to remain dry and pleasant this week. Temperatures today were in the 70s in northeast Iowa to mid-upper 80s in southwest Iowa. The only difference is that the dewpoints have remained in the 50s statewide. This drier air will continue the rest of the week with only slight chances of showers and …
Historical WX: The Tornadoes at Algona and Manson
Tornadoes in the midwest mainly come from the southwest and move toward the northeast, but at least 1/3 of them move from northwest to the southeast. This was the case on June 28, 1979, when 27 tornadoes dropped out of the sky and moved mainly in a northwest to southeast pattern. The first tornado of …
Welcome to Cooler Drier Weather
A refreshing reprieve from the hazy, hot and humid weather has come into the state and is expected to last for the next few days. Temperatures will be in the upper 70s to the mid 80s across the state over the next week, with the dewpoints in and around 60. Today will be quite windy, …
Strong Gust Front for parts of the area.
Storm as it started approaching. Today was a fairly active day across the area. There was 3 waves of storms that moved though, The day started off humid. the First wave of storms was a line of showers and embedded thunderstorms These storms produced some very frequent lightning which moved though early this morning. These …
Storms along the River
Thunderstorms have formed along a line extending from Sabula to Oakville along the Mississippi River, then the storms become more scattered southwest of Oakville to Keosauqua. The storms are racing eastward at 35 mph. Numerous warnings are in effect in Jackson, Clinton, Scott, Muscatine, Louisa, Henry, Cedar and Des Moines counties. Some lighter showers were …
A few Storms
A few thunderstorms have begun to develop in eastern Iowa. A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued until 10pm for the following counties, Clayton, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren and Washington. The threats remain the same as this …
Another Bout of Severe Weather Today
There is a slight risk of severe weather for later today into tonight for the eastern 2/3rds of the state. The main threats from the activity that is expected to develop this afternoon into this evening, would be damaging winds with secondary threats of large hail and a possible tornado. Most of the storms will …
Afternoon Rain
A 30-40 mile wide band of light to at times moderate rain showers were located along a line extending from Des Moines to Sioux City. These showers are moving to the east. Rainfall should remain light with many locations that recieve rain, getting less than 1/2 inch. There is still a slight risk of severe …
Warm Friday, Then cooler condtions.
Weathermap for Friday Saturday and Sunday. Friday, We will start off with some Very warm conditions and Sunshine. ahead of a weather system. I’m going with upper 80s. But it we get more of the warm air mass, I would not be surprised to see a possible 90.F temp With Sunny skies. Saturday, A weather …
New Warning (Clinton) until 5pm
This is the storm I talked about in the blog post earlier, the warning is below: BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 354 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… EASTERN …