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...
