Here is the chart for the temperature departures for 2008 in Iowa. It shows that after a warm early part to the year, temperatures fell below the yearly average by springtime and never fully recovered. A slight uptrend brought the levels closer to normal in the summer and into fall, but a cool November and …
Year in Review: Precipitation
Here is the final precipitation totals for 2008 at selected cities across Iowa and surrounding states. Most places in Iowa were 5-15 inches above average for the year. The notable exception is in NW Iowa where rainfall was near or slightly below average. This extends northward into Minnesota and the Dakotas.
Year in Review: A Wide Range
Here are some links to the weather events of 2008 in Iowa and surrounding states. NWS Quad Cities NWS Des Moines
Year in Review: Warning List
It’s been awhile since I blogged about the warning list but now that 2008 is behind us, tabulations have been completed on the 2008 Warnings Lists for Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Warnings. In Iowa, Des Moines led in both catagories (509, 130). Here is where NWS offices that include some parts of Iowa finished 2008 …
The Year Ends
Today is New Year’s Eve. The weather is cooler today than in the past few days. This morning temperatures were back in the single digits above and below zero except SE Iowa were some teens held on. A slight warming trend will take shape as we go into 2009, with temperature near or slightly above …
New Years Forecast!
Weather map for New Years Eve, New Years Day and Thursday Night Weather for the last day of 2008 will be sunny but actually quite cold. highs will only be in the mid to upper single digits. but with high pressure winds will be light so there wont be much of a wind chill. New …
NW Wisconsin gets buried!
our car under 7 inches of fluffy snow! Parts of Northwest Wisconsin are now buried under a thick snow pack. a band of snow formed off of a low pressure system to the south that was stronger then I forecasted. A localized band of heavy snow formed off the low, this snow band extended from …
Wind Advisory This Afternoon
A Wind Advisory has been issued for areas south of US Hwy 20 this afternoon into this evening. This is due to another cold front ushering in cooler weather to the state. Winds could gust to over 40 mph this afternoon after frontal passage. Temperatures will be pleasant so wind chills won’t be a factor …
Winter Storm Today!
Weather map for Monday, Monday night and Tuesday I see a system moving though the area in the Forecast models. This systems looks to be a Strong Clipper system that will develop and move east into Minnesota Monday Night an Tuesday Moderate to Heavy snow appears to be likely on Tuesday. the best chance for …
Year in Review: Tornadoes
The NWS in Des Moines has compiled the list of tornadoes in Iowa for 2008. The data can be accessed here. It shows that Iowa had 105 tornadoes for 2008, of which 60 were classified as EF0’s 36 as EF1’s, 6 EF2’s, 2 EF3’s and of course Parkersburg’s EF5. Only two tornadoes this year were …