Cold frosty morning November 18th Last night Tempetures drop like a rock! and fell to there coldest levels so far this season. as an Arctic High settled over the area lows as cold as the upper single digits were reported here are a few reports! Woodville 8.F Osceola 9.F Spooner 11.F Rice Lake 11.F Clayton …
Coldest Night since March
Tonight will be the coldest night we’ve had since the month of March. Lows tonight will drop into the teens to around 20. Some of the colder valleys in NE Iowa may drop into the single digits. The lows tonight are more typical of mid December or Mid February then mid November. Very little change …
Bland Weather
Very little storm activity is expected to take place for the next few days across Iowa. Temperatures will be in the at or near average for the week, with some lows dropping into the teens on a few nights. The models show a storm (An Alberta Clipper) moving quickly southeast across the state Friday afternoon …
Clipper System
Light Snow November 16th We currently have Light snow falling outside with temperatures in the low to mid 20s all across the area, the snow is sticking! The snow is light and powerdy. This snow if from a fast moving Clipper system moving southeast, Not all of the area is seeing the snow, most of …
DVD Review: Epic Surge
This is a review of the DVD that was produced by KCRG TV 9 in Cedar Rapids. This was purchased along with the book (review is posted below). I watched it early this morning and it took my breath away. I’ve been struggling through a terrible cold, but this DVD made that seem miniscule compared …
Another Day, More Rain around
Another afternoon with scattered showers around. Right now, they are mainly in the SE part of the state roughly from Dubuque to Cedar Rapids to Grinnell to Osceola. Elsewhere skies remain cloudy with a few sprinkles here and there and even a few peeks of sunshine in SW Iowa. Temperatures will head back to winterlike …
Reading Rainbow: Book Review of Epic Surge
Epic Surge, Eastern Iowa’s unstoppable Flood of 2008 is a book by the Gazette (of Cedar Rapids). I recieved my copy today and went through it. The pictures speak for themselves. Numerous shots of the city of Cedar Rapids underwater. Homes destroyed and sandbagging efforts. Very little is said as they let the pictures tell …
Rain Today, cooler tomorrow with snow chances
Image from NWS Early this morning we had Moderate rain showers scattered though out the area with some places picking up two tenths of an inch of rain, what a Flip in weather since yesterdays 1 inch of snow! Friday a cold front will move though. so highs may start out in the mid to …
The Weekend Football Forecast
Purdue@ Iowa in Iowa City 11:00am Kickoff Tailgating: Light Snow/Flurries Temperature in the low 30s, Winds N/NW 15-25mph gusts to 35. Wind Chills in the teens. Kickoff: Flurries, Temperature 32° Winds N/NW 15-25 Gusts to 30 Wind Chills in the teens. End of Game: Flurries Temperature low 30s Winds N/NW 10-20mph. Wind Chills around 20. …
Steady Rain
Steady rain is currently falling mainly south of a line from Waukon to Waverly to Marshalltown and anywhere east of IA Hwy 14. West of that line there is rain but in a scattered fashion with another slug of rain moving into SW Iowa also. The steady rain should cease by Midnight tonight with only …