The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Slight Risk for Severe Weather for today and tonight for southern Iowa, mainly south of a line from Hamburg to Creston to Muscatine. The main threat from thunderstorms that develop will be large hail. The thunderstorms will likely develop after sunset Friday night and will likely last into …
Table of Highs Today
Here is the table of high temperatures today across the state. Many places reached 70 degrees today. These readings came from the IEM (Iowa Enviromental Mesonet).
Dense Fog Advisory Issued
The National Weather Service has issued a Dense Fog Advisory which is in effect until 4am tomorrow morning for the following counties, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Winnebago, Worth, Wright, Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Floyd, Chickasaw, Fayette and Clayton. Visibilities will drop to under 1/4 mile at times across …
Record Highs Today (3/5/09)
Several locations have set new record highs today. Des Moines hit 74° today breaking the old record of 71° that was set in 1921. Oskaloosa hit 75° which broke the old record of 70° also set in 1921. Moline Illinois tied their record of 69° last set in 2000. Other locations have jumped well into …
Possible 70s?
Morning readings across the state are in the 30s and 40s, way above the average for this time of year. Temperatures today will climb into the 50s and 60s across the state. A 70 degree reading is not out of the question especially in south central Iowa from Des Moines down to Lamoni. Friday will …
Springlike Weather
Temperatures at mid-afternoon have climbed into the 40s and 50s as predicted, all of the snow pack in western Iowa will be gone by the end of the week, if it isn’t gone already. Temperatures tonight will settle into the upper 20s to mid 30s with isolated showers possible as a warm front moves across …
Warm the next couple of days.
weathermap for Thursday Thursday Night, Friday and Friday Night. The next 2 days actually look mild and warm, with high temps in the 40s,. and lows temps staying in the upper 20s, but there will also be priep chances. Thursday there could be scattered light rain or light snow showers, the more later in the …
Quiet Night
It’s a quiet night across the state. A few radar echoes are showing up in NE Iowa, but no stations are reporting precipitation at this hour. With dewpoints in the teens and temperatures in the 20s, any precipitation that falls will be very light, a few flurries at best. The warmup begins tomorrow with temperatures …
Goodbye Winter
Today will be the last day for awhile of winter like cold across the state. Highs today will mainly be in the 30s. A warming trend begins Wednesday with temperatures moving into the 40s to around 50, and then rising into the 50s on Friday. Precipitation will move in this upcoming weekend with chances of …
New Severe Criteria
The Central Region Headquarters of the National Weather Service in Kansas City issued new criteria for Severe Thunderstorm Warnings. The criteria for severe hail has been raised from 3/4 inch in diameter to 1 inch for all NWS Offices in the Central Region, (This includes all the NWS offices that issue warnings in Iowa). This …