TEMPERATURES RISING: Readings will continue their slow climb up today with highs in 20s across the state under partly to mostly sunny skies. Temperatures will rise into the upper 20s through the 30s on Thursday as warmer air continues to flow into the state. Some parts of southwestern Iowa could see readings in the lower …
Iowa Weather Report January 13th 2015: The Slow Climb
SLOWLY MODERATING: Temperatures will be on the upward swing as we move through the rest of the week. The bottom will be this morning and the peak will be sometime late this week and into the weekend where readings could easily get into the 30s and perhaps even a few 40s. Skies will be partly …
Iowa Weather Report January 12th 2015: Bottoms Up
BOUNCING OFF THE BOTTOM: Cold arctic high pressure will settle into the state today. It will bring readings down into the single digits and teens for highs across the state. Skies will be mainly sunny with a few clouds over the southern and southeastern counties of the state early on. Tonight the high pressure moves …
Iowa Weather Report January 11th 2015: A Short Blast
BRUSH WITH SNOW, MORE COLD AIR: A storm system will move just to the south and southeast of the state but it will be close enough to bring some light snow to the far southeastern counties of the state. Some light accumulation of an inch or less is possible southeast of a line from Bloomfield …
Iowa Weather Report January 9th 2015: Cold Air, Keeps On Coming
No Video Today COLD AIR KEEPS ON COMING: Another bitterly cold day across the state today with readings in the single digits to the lower teens for highs with partly to mostly sunny skies. Some blowing snow is still possible in open areas that may cause some travel difficulties. Readings tonight will drop back below …
January 8th Road Condition Update – 11:15 PM
Here is a look at road conditions across the state at this hour. At this time I-35 northbound has reopened between US 30 / Ames and US 18 / Clear Lake, however the southbound lanes remain closed. Blizzard Warnings (orange) and Winter Weather Advisories (purple) remain in effect for the northern half of the state …
January 8th Ground Blizzard and High Winds
We have an ongoing ground blizzard taking place here in Iowa this evening causing many issues including total white out conditions and a no travel advisory being declared for the northern 1/3rd of Iowa. Anywhere from 45 to 50MPH wind gusts have been common with a few reports as high as 60MPH from such places …
Blizzard Blows In
A Blizzard Warning has been issued in the northern counties of the state through this evening into the early morning hours. A Winter Weather Advisory has also be issued for the counties along the US Hwy 30 corridor and in the eastern counties of the state through the evening and overnight hours. Strong northwesterly winds …
Iowa Weather Report January 8th 2015: More Arctic Chill Coming Down the Hill
MORE COLD AIR: Another clipper system will be moving through the state today. This system will be moisture starved but it will have enough to bring some snow shower activity to the northern and northeastern counties of the state. Most accumulations will be an inch or less. The main story with this system will be …
1/5/15 Snowstorm Central Iowa Reports
Welcome to winter 2015! The areas first significant snowfall of the season arrived through the day yesterday delivering between 3 to as much as 7 inches of snow to south central Iowa. The snow came down quite intense at times creating near white out conditions in areas. It was this snow that lead to a …