With the onslaught of the first significant snow of the year, the following link is for road conditions in the state of Iowa. Road Conditions The link is for low bandwidth or Dialup internet connections. The following link is for Higher speed connections, such as DSL, cable etc. High Speed Road Conditions Already this morning, …
Snow in the State
There already is some snow and some mixed precip in the southern and southwestern part of Iowa this morning. This is the storm that will move across the state today and into early Sunday. Amounts have not changed significantly, with 1-2 inches of snow possible east of a Algona to Nevada to Centerville line. Some …
The First Accumulating Snow?
Models are showing a better chance for our first accumulating snow for the season. This will come late Saturday night into Sunday with the possibility of 1-2 inches of snow possible mainly northeast of a line from Algona to Ames to Keosauqua. The rest of the state will see some flurries with little if any …
DVD Review: Un-Natural Disasters
After having an issue with my DVD player, I was able to watch this on my parents DVD player. The first part of the DVD covers the tornado in Parkersburg and New Hartford. The meteorologists and reporters from KWWL relive their experiences of that day and the aftermath with excerpts of the coverage following the …
DVD Review Incomplete
There will be a DVD review of the DVD complication that came with the book reviewed below but the DVD pixelated terribly on my player and the audio was horrible. After cleaning my DVD player it did the same thing, so I will try playing this DVD again at my parents house to see if …
Reading Rainbow: Un-Natural Disasters
This is a book review of Un-Natural Disasters written by former KWQC Chief Meteorologist Terry Swails and his wife Carolyn Wettstone. Unlike the previous book from the Gazette, this book also covers the EF5 tornado that hit Parkersburg and New Hartford 6 months ago along with the Flood of 2008. This book was very well …
A Nice Turkey Day
Thanksgiving will be mostly sunny with temperatures near or slightly above average with temperatures in the 40s to around 50 across the state. A cold front will be moving through the state and the winds will be shifting to the NW through the day. The cooler weather will not hit until Black Friday when temperatures …
Sunny Dry Weather for the up coming days! Missed one day in Severe Thunderstorm days
Tuesday Morning November 25th Heavy Snow formed along a weak low pressure and cold front in Minnesota Yesterday, snow actually came down heavy at times. The snow Fell heaviest in Western areas like New Richmond…Osceola and Hudson. But all areas are reported snow. Snow totals here in Clayton were got 1″ inch of fluffy snow. Dirk …
A Dry Week
Dry weather will continue through the holiday weekend with only a slight chance for a few flurries on Thanksgiving night into early Friday. This won’t amount to much, otherwise temperatures will remain near average for this time in late November with highs in the 30s to low 40s and lows in the 20s. Colder weather …
Holiday Forecast
Thanksgiving will be close to perfect with temperatures in the 40s under mostly sunny skies. Black Friday isn’t as perfect but nonetheless temperatures will be in 30s and 40s across the state. A storm system will be moving to the south of the state and may bring a few more clouds on Friday and possibly …