The Latest Drought Monitor for Iowa that was released Thursday morning shows only the far northern part of the state in abnormally dry conditions. Several counties in northern and northeast Iowa have instituted burn bans because of this. The dry area extends from NE Iowa northeastward into SE Minnesota and NW Wisconsin where D2 drought …
Record Highs Likely Out West
Numerous Record Highs are likely to have broken this afternoon across the western part of the state. Sioux City has already broken their old record high temperature of 87 with a current reading of 90 at 4pm. Numerous other locations in NW Iowa are at or above 90 degrees. More record highs are possible in …
Rain in SE Iowa
Some moderate rain was falling in SE Iowa mainly in Van Buren, Lee, Henry and Des Moines counties. Some other showers were further north as far as Interstate 80. This is part of an upper level feature along a warm front moving through the state. This same complex produced thunderstorms in central Kansas last night …
More on Severe Weather This Weekend
The Storm Prediction Center has a slight risk of severe weather for the northwestern half of Iowa on Friday, the southeastern half of Iowa on Saturday and Sunday as a storm system moves in from the west. The front will stall over the state this weekend leading the to ongoing risk throughout the weekend. Very …
A Few Radar Echoes This Evening
There is some radar echos that are indicating some light rain across northwest Iowa and along the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa this evening. With dewpoints being very low, there shouldn’t be anything more than a sprinkle or light rain with these isolated showers. A few more may pop up along a warm front that …
Severe Weather Possible This Weekend
The Storm Prediction Center has a slight risk of Severe Weather for the northwestern half of Iowa on Friday, and another risk possible in SW Iowa on Saturday and most of the state on Sunday. Up to that point warm weather will reign across the state. Temperatures will be in the 70s and 80s across …
Updated Thursdays Forecast, Warm Day ahead
Weathermap Re updated due to tomorrow warm weather forecasted. Thursday we are looking at a very warm day for this time of year, Mid 70s it looking like a good bet, and if we stay sunny, low 80s would definitely be possible. There may be a pop up shower or even a Thunderstorm anytime during …
Statewide Tornado Drill Tomorrow
Tomorrow ( Thursday ) is the Wisconsin Statewide Tornado drill as a part of Severe Weather Awareness week, All cities and villages will sound their outdoors tornado sirens in the 6 county area. This is done to help prepare people for severe weather season, which is fast approaching. Here is a detailed list of what …
More Wind
Another day of very windy conditions, winds will gust over 40mph this afternoon across the eastern 2/3rds of the state. A few clouds with a few sprinkles were moving across western Iowa and over Wisconsin and Illinois this morning. Temperatures will be held down slightly where the clouds will hold out the longest, otherwise readings …
Back to normal, Forcast.
Weathermap for Tonight, Wednesday and Thursday. We actually have some stuff to talk about this time, First is the cool temps that we are having now, We are in a small short cool northwest flow behind a wintry system to the east, This caused temps to be in the 40s the past 2 days, but …