More storms have developed in the southern part of the state. In the northern part of the state, there is a line of showers from Decorah to New Hampton to Grundy Center. This broken line of showers is moving east at about 20-25 mph. The heaviest concentration of storms are now in SW Iowa from …
Isolated Showers
Some isolated showers and thunderstorms have developed along the cold front moving through the state. None of the storms are severe, however further development is possible through the rest of the evening as they move to the east. The chances of rain have ended west of a line from Northwood to Rockwell City to Omaha …
Severe Weather was a Bust, a Sunny Cool Weekedn forecasted
Day lilies August 22ND The Severe Weather chances Friday Night turned out to be a total bust! And now any rain chances will have to wait until next Wednesday. We only saw 0.4 of rain this evening. it will not help out much. I did some Math adding up our rainfall totals from June 1st …
More Bloggers Needed
The Iowa Weather Blog has been done by one person since its inception in late June. We are now willing to let anyone else blog on here about the weather in Iowa. Anyone in the state or just outside Iowa (say Omaha, the Quad Cities) to blog on here. Email us at [email protected]. The blog …
Rainfall Deficits for August
After historic, biblical flooding in May and June, the spicket has been off most of August in Iowa. Rainfall deficits in August in Iowa are over an inch below average across the state with some areas getting close to 2 inches down for the month. However for the year most areas are still over 10 …
More rain tonight and part of Saturday
A cold front moving in from the northwest will bring in more chances of precipitation tonight into Saturday in Iowa. The amounts should be no more than 1/2 of an inch but isolated amounts close to 1 inch are not out of the question. Severe Weather is possible north of a line from Cresco to …
Slight Risk of Severe Storms
Image from http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/ Link to Local Watches and Warnings http://www.crh.noaa.gov/hazards/mpx there is a Slight risk of Severe Thunderstorms for all of Northwest Wisconsin, With a Cold Front moving though. they best chance for Severe Weather will be after 1PM Large Hail Damaging Winds and Tornado’s will all be possible with the Severe Weather this afternoon. …
Rain tapering off
Most of the rain is now in the eastern third of the state. Rainfall will generally be light to moderate, with amounts generally under 1/4 of an inch with some isolated 1/2 inch amounts possible. It is very sticky outside with dewpoints well into the 60s and lower 70s. More rain is forecast for Friday …
Rain Chances Increasing
Image from http://michiganwxsystem.%20com/ The chance for rain is increasing for Thursday, Thursday Night, Friday and Friday Night. Tropical-like moisture from the south will stream up and bring the chance for popcorn-like showers and thunderstorms on Thursday, they will be isolated, so only some communities will see the rain. Temps on Thursday will be in the …
Rain Returning
The chances of rain will return to the state late tonight and will stick around through Saturday. There isn’t expected to be severe weather with this storm system, some heavy rainfall is a possibility. Right now August has been fairly dry across the state, and some yards have lost their lush green color. A good …