Another storm system is affecting areas of the plains already today, areas of Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska have had heavy snow reports throughout the afternoon. In some reports, thundersnow was mentioned with the snow accumulating over 3 inches an hour. Highest totals so far have been featured in...
Friday, December 29, 2006
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Another Potential Winter Storm
Well if you haven’t been paying attention to the forecasts, another system is making its’ way onto the plains in the next couple of days and has the potential for winter weather once again. Currently, the forecast is varied depending on what model you go with and what TV station or NWS office you...
Monday, December 25, 2006
Merry Christmas!
Hope everybody has a great Christmas and safe travels to wherever you are headed, although most of your traveling may have been done over the weekend. The forecast for Christmas looks good, featuring temperatures from the lower to mid 30s throughout the state of Iowa. Christmas lows should drop to...
Friday, December 22, 2006
Winter Storm Bust!
Well, at least for the portions of Iowa that were expecting a sign of winter this was a big time snowfall bust. The system was there and it put down plenty of precipitation, unfortunately just not in the frozen form of snow. Instead areas of northwest Iowa and much of the surrounding areas ended...
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Pre-Christmas Winter Storm
Update #4 Rain has fallen most of the night and is currently still occurring, the roadways are wet and the ground is very mushy with the large amounts of rain that have fallen over the past 24 hours. Winter Weather Advisory still in effect for the counties of Dickinson, Osceola and Lyon counties in...
Winter Arrives!!
Update #3 As winter official begins with December 21st, winter also arrives with the feeling of ice and the forecast of more ice/snow. Currently sitting at temperatures right at freezing, with light rain falling for the past couple of hours is creating some hazardous conditions finally. Roadways...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Pre-Christmas Winter Storm
Update #2 Light rain occurred off and on throughout the afternoon, total accumulation here was .03 inches. Temperature has slowly dropped since 3 pm this afternoon, we are now sitting just above freezing at 33 degrees. Expect another band of rain to work its’ way into northwest Iowa over the next...
Pre-Christmas Winter Storm
Update #1 The NWS out of Sioux Falls has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for areas of northwest Iowa tonight through Thursday evening. The counties of Lyon, Sioux and Plymouth are under this advisory from 10 pm tonight through 6 pm Thursday; Temperatures just above freezing will halt any freezing...
Monday, December 18, 2006
Winter Storm Nears…
The last couple of hours have been a flurry of Winter Storm Watches that have been issued for much of the western plains states. The watches now extend into northwestern Iowa as Sioux Falls just released their watch indicating a significant winter storm may be on its’ way. Currently the storm system...
White Christmas?!?
Well although there are plenty of people who don’t like the snow, most of them still want a white Christmas and as of now very few have that. So, what does the forecast say about this? Well it shows that some areas of the plains may get there shot at a white Christmas thanks to this next system midweek...
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Strong Winds bring Record Warmth
Areas of Iowa will see gusty winds today as a weather system moves over the state, some areas of the state have been put under a Wind Advisory. Areas of the state under the wind advisory may see winds average 25 to 40 mph with gusts upwards of 45 mph. Other areas of the state may not see winds that...
Monday, December 11, 2006
Surprise! Freezing Fog & Severe Weather!
Northwest Iowa is watching for the potential of freezing fog and freezing drizzle tonight into the early morning hours while central Iowa is watching a line of thunderstorms moving through with one of them being severe warned! Very foggy conditions have hung around much of the state today and should...
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Active Week
At least a little more active weather-wise, a lot more active school-wise as it is finals week! Four finals to get through this week, in fact, 4 finals to get through just in the first half of the week. A final on Monday, 2 finals on Tuesday and I’ll finish up on Wednesday with a 10-Noon final and...
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
December 6th Clipper
A nice clipper is currently on its’ way through the state of Iowa and surrounding areas, initial forecasts for this system indicated that it would likely be too dry for any snowfall to occur or if it did only flurries would be the ones to survive to the ground. This morning a band of snow developed...
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
'Dead Week'
Well besides several colleges being in what they call dead week, the weather has seemingly taken off this week. This is the final week before Fall semester Finals begin, thus ending the semester for most college students by December 15th. I’ll get up a Finals’ forecast sometime this weekend, but...
Friday, December 1, 2006
Winter Storm Ends
The winter storm that went across the central Plains and has been featured in quite a few of the National news programs has finally came to an end. Some areas in Central Missouri reached snowfall totals of 17 inches to go along with strong winds in the area. Other portions of Missouri & Illinois...
Thursday, November 30, 2006
The Big Picture
The storm system that has been skirting areas of Iowa yesterday and today is making quite an impact in the central US. Yesterday, the system produced several severe thunderstorms across TX/MO and prompted a tornado watch over areas of Texas that are now being hit by winter weather that is being caused...
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Winter Weather Advisory
Approximately the southeastern half of Iowa has been put under a Winter Weather Advisory for this afternoon/evening. Areas of central Iowa that have been put under this advisory by the Des Moines NWS are forecasted to have a mix of precip throughout the afternoon, turning over to all snow by this evening....
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Cold Front
The cold front is making its’ way through the state as I write, currently being marked out very well by a line of showers and occasional thundershower. Also coming along with this front is a very sharp drop in temperatures; the cold front came through the Ames area just after 5 pm. The front combined...
Cold Front
The cold front is making its’ way through the state as I write, currently being marked out very well by a line of showers and occasional thundershower. Also coming along with this front is a very sharp drop in temperatures; the cold front came through the Ames area just after 5 pm. The front combined...
Monday, November 27, 2006
Wet & Cold Forecast
A quick forecast for the state of Iowa through the end of the week this week. Starting off with temperature forecasts tomorrow, where lower 50s in the northwest will be in place, but south of the warm front some mid 60s are likely in the southeast portion of the state. Lows tomorrow should be very...
Last Weekends’ Weather
Well just a quick review of what happened over the weekend weatherwise and what is continuing into the week on this Monday and Monday night. Saturday was a good day, seeing ‘decent’ temperatures and overall not to bad of a day from what I remember. Sunday was a different story, waking up to see a...
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Beautiful Thanksgiving Day!
Forecast for the entire Northern Plains looks like it will be quite the day as far as weather is concerned. High temperatures tomorrow will range from the upper 50s and possibly a 60 degree reading in the south to just the mid 50s across northern Iowa. Beings a lot of people are hitting the road...
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Winter Still Coming…
First off I need to mention extreme areas of northwest Iowa as well as adjacent areas to the west are under a Freezing Rain Advisory tomorrow morning. The latest text on that advisory for the nearby area can be found here. This has been in the forecast for quite a few days, each day in which there...
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Thanksgiving Break Forecast!
Well, at least the college students will have all of next week off and I know most people will get the latter half of the week off. So, how about a nice first forecast for the vacation week! Keep in mind with the forecast beings such a long range one that it will likely change somewhat, hopefully...
Friday, November 10, 2006
Snowfall Amounts
Updated @ 1:30 PM Snowfall amounts through the northern portion of Iowa are well above what was expected last night and even this morning. As the system moved through the area, sufficient moisture and some instability in the atmosphere actually allowed for some strong thunderstorms in the state. ...
Thursday, November 9, 2006
Nov. 9 Winter Storm (Forecast #1)
This is forecast #1 for the winter storm possible on mainly November 9th across MN/IA/WI. For now, looks like through Midnight, snow flurries to some moderate snow could occur in SD and in southwest MN. Otherwise rain and rain/snow mix in northwest Iowa. As we head overnight, heavier precip should...
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
McCarney Resignation
Well, the time came, after all of the weeks of talk throughout Cyclone Nation the time came that head coach Dan McCarney announced that he will resign once this years’ games are complete. In case you are unaware of what may have led up to this, a quick review. 2004 & 2005 saw the ISU football...
Monday, October 30, 2006
Drastic Drop!
A strong cold front made its’ way across the state late this afternoon, picking up the winds and dropping the temperatures! Here in Ames, we reached a high of 70 degrees; this occurring at 3 PM this afternoon. The cold front began to push through by 4 and was passed the Ames area by 5 pm as winds...
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
NW Iowa Snow! … New Site Page!
Last night into today featured a fast moving system that brought quite a bit of rain and even snow to areas of the state. Some areas of northwest Iowa actually received accumulating snowfall, with Orange City coming out with nearly an inch of snowfall. Other areas of northwest Iowa also received light...
Thursday, October 12, 2006
First Arctic Air Blast
Well the Arctic air is into the plains! The first official Arctic air shot of the Fall/Winter has made its’ way into the plains and is taking a fairly strong hold with temperatures remaining in the 40s and below for much of the area. For an Iowa summary, this mornings lows were quite chilly! Ranging...
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
October 11 Noon Snow Update
Been watching METAR’s for the past hours and watching to see where the snow has been falling, a quick write up on how the snow has progressed with areas of ND/MN/SD/NE and WI seeing snowfall so far in the past 6 hours. Expect this snow to continue and possibly increase in some areas over the rest...
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Cold Weather!
It has been quite a while since I got a chance to update and I felt especially with the first arctic air making its’ way down into the plains I definitely needed an update. Temperatures here in Ames are expected to drop to near the 40 mark tonight and then barely make it back up to the mid 40s before...
Friday, September 29, 2006
Surprise Severe Weather
Alright, I can call it severe weather beings there were warnings issued on it at least. A ‘decent’ storm came into the area within the last half hour, bringing fairly gusty winds and some decent rainfall. This storm came from the northeast, first forming near the IA/MN border to the north of Spencer,...
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Slight Feel of Summer!
Although the last couple of days have been filled with some clouds, a few sprinkles and some chilly winds. That looks like it could come to an end by this weekend and be replaced with a feel of nearly summer like conditions over the state. Today saw temperatures only rise into the lower 60s at best...
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
The beginning of Fall!
Well, Fall officially began and although this weekend was somewhat chilly we have returned to some very nice weather that is currently over the state. However, a system moving tonight and tomorrow will likely put an end to that. This won’t be a very in depth post due to time constraints that I have,...
Friday, September 22, 2006
Chase Day (for some)
Well today looks like a potentially dangerous day for areas of MO/AR and IL, with the threat of tornadoes and damaging winds. Strong low pressure system will pull a warm front northward over MO/IL, combined with strong shear values given jet streaks and the potential for severe weather is quite high....
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Rain Today, Chase Tomorrow?
Well today as promised has been quite wet for most of the western and central portions of the state. Rain has been off and on throughout the day in Ames, most of the time being only light. But, over other portions of the state the rain has fell consistantly and heavy at times. Highest amounts so...
Monday, September 18, 2006
Chilly Forecast!
Well before I get into the chilly forecast, this weekend did hold some severe weather over the plains states. Including tornado reports in SD/NE and MN, I did not chase this weekend however so I do not have any reports to inform you of. Now, as for this chilly forecast. Sunday didn’t seem to chilly...
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Saturday Severe Weather
Well as mentioned in previous posts, this weekend holds the potential for a decent severe weather episode across the plain states. SPC has issued their day 3 outlook for Saturday, it was actually issued early this morning. Nonetheless, they have put in a 30% probability for much of western Iowa as...
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Rest of Week to be Nice!
Despite the rainy, cloudy and fairly chilly weekend and first two days of the week, things look to change for the rest of the week. Today, temperatures ranged from the lower 70s in western Iowa to a downright chilly high of only upper 50s in eastern Iowa where cloudcover was much more abundant. Highest...
Sunday, September 10, 2006
ISU/UNLV Recap - Plenty of Rain
Well the game last night was quite the dandy, where once again the Iowa State crowd was foreced to wait until the final play of the game before knowing who would win. Fortunately, this time it at least happened within regulation, but not without controversy. ISU looked decent through the first half...
Friday, September 8, 2006
Iowa State vs UNLV GameDay Forecast & Game Notes
In what will be a ritual for the rest of the football season, here is my ‘official’ forecast for the Iowa State vs UNLV football game that is set to kick off just after 6 PM tomorrow night! But first, the Game Notes: Iowa State (1-0) comes off of a tough earned win against Toledo last Thursday. In...
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Stunning September!
A great day today across the state, with highs ranging from the upper 70s in northwest Iowa to the mid-80s in southeast Iowa with 86 degrees coming out of Keokuk! This occurred with clear skies throughout the day and relatively light winds, which allowed full heating throughout the state. You can...
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Gameday Weather!
The college football season is here, the first game in the Nation kicks of in just under 4 hours from now! The Iowa State Cyclones will kick off their season tonight as well, hosting the Toledo Rockets,...
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Rainy & Chilly… Chase Account
Yesterday featured some very rainy and fairly chilly conditions across the state, if it wasn’t raining you were under some very thick cloudcover which kept temperatures down quite a bit. Highs ranging in the 60s for the most part, with a decent rain coming down it definately seemed like a fall/spring...
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Thursday Chase Update (Report)
I have got a small, rough report up on the Chase Accounts page that I did this morning. Not to much on there now as I don’t have the video from Josh yet and the NWS hasn’t completed their survey on the storm yet. I’ll try to get a full report up by mid-week next week with vidcaps and reports from...
Friday, August 25, 2006
Tornado!!
Yep, finally caught one of those elusive things! On the cell in southcentral MN that put down at least 3 tornadoes, although 1 of them was rainwrapped and we didn’t see. The first two were ones that we viewed from 2-3 miles away to the south of Nicollet, MN as it went to the south and then through...
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Chase Is On...?
Barring some amazing thing that absolutely destroy’s the threat today, it looks like a chase is on for today in what is talked up to be one of the better tornado set ups this year. SPC has introduced...
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
August 24 Chase??
Well it has been something that I’ve been watching since Tuesday, or actually Monday when the first glimpse of the system came into the medium range models. But, I was thinking that it will be occurring...
Monday, August 21, 2006
First Day of Classes Done!
Well they were done quite a while ago actually, I was officially done at 11:50 am today when Calculus class is dismissed. I started up the day at 8 am, going to the Physics building for none other than Phsyics. Rushing along to get to class every hour on the hour, but accomplishing this with plenty...
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Nice Day, Continued Week… College!
Finally another wonderful day occurred, with clear to partly cloud skies over the state and temperatures rising to near 80 for much of the state as well. Much better then the past days where we were looking at very cloudy/foggy days and temperatures not getting anywhere past the mid 70s. These nice...
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Moved In & More Thunderstorms!
Thursday & most of Friday was spent down in Ames putting away and putting together things for my room for the beginning of the school year once again. Luckily no major problems and everything went fairly smooth, the room is pretty much all furnished and organized, just putting up posters and getting...
