The last several days across the state have been quite gray and dreary looking for the most part. Despite some snowfall over portions of the state, it has been foggy or there has been blowing snow that has never allowed visibilities to go much more than a couple of miles. This fog got very dense last...
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007
Snow Advisory: Dec. 28
A Snow Advisory has been issued for roughly the southeastern half of the state, areas east of a Nebraska City, NE to Prairie Du Chien, WI. Areas just to the west of this line may still see snowfall, but generally around an inch or less of snow accumulation is expected. Those counties that are within...
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Winter Storm: Dec. 27-28
Yet another low pressure system is going to make its' way across the plains states, leading to another shot at heavy snowfall over portions of the state of Iowa. Snow should begin to enter the state late this afternoon and throughout the night, lasting into the daytime hours tomorrow for much of eastern...
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Christmas Snow Advisory
There has been slight chances of snow in the forecast for Christmas for the past couple of days, but it now looks like areas of at least northwest Iowa will be receiving plenty of Christmas Snow. This area of the state missed out on the snowfall from the previous system that dumped over a half foot...
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Winter Storm: Dec. 22-23
The winter storm that was expected to begin as early as last night has held off its' punch until this afternoon as heavy snows are beginning in southern Iowa. Last night saw a few stray snow showers make their way through the state, with little accumulation for most areas. The bands of snow around...
Friday, December 21, 2007
Winter Storm: Dec. 21-22
Portions of the state are going to be in for a nice winter storm that will effect a lot of their weekend travel. The storm system that has been talked about since the beginning of the week has finally...
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Weekend Winter Storm Potential
Latest model runs continue to put this system up in limbo, but a little more consistency in some models are leading to a slightly better idea than yesterday. Current thoughts conclude that this system may be much quicker in moving across the plains as the low develops over the plains and slides into...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Potent System for Weekend
As mentioned in the previous post, this weekend holds some potential for a significant winter storm to go over the plains states. This system has been featured in the models for a while, but the exact location of this system has still been in limbo even in current forecasts. Nonetheless, the latest...
Sunday, December 16, 2007
A Nice Week... Website Changes
First off, a quick note on some website issues. My gallery pages as you may have noticed are not operational at the moment and I'm currently in the process of unveiling an entire new website and design. I hope to have the new gallery operational by the new year, along with the remainder of the website....
Saturday, December 15, 2007
More Snow!
The whole state doesn't have to worry about it, but portions of southern and eastern Iowa will definitely be on the lookout for some significant accumulations. A winter weather advisory is in effect for areas south of a Nebraska City to Des Moines to Dubuque, 2-5 inches of snowfall is likely in those...
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Semester Nearly Over!
I'm currently in my 5th semester of studies at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. That is until about 5 hours from now when I will be finishing up my final exam in Surface Hydrology & Surficial Processes. Once that is complete I will be completed with all of my work this semester and can start...
Monday, December 10, 2007
Winter Storm: Dec. 10-11 -- Storm Updates
9:00 PM - The freezing rain and sleet has ended for much of the state, at least the majority of accumulations have already occurred. Light freezing drizzle and/or snow may still occur over the next...
Winter Storm: Dec. 10-11 -- Update #2
Afternoon Update: Models from this morning went slightly warmer, or at least the WRF went warmer to become more in line with the GFS as far as snowfall production went. Looked over several of the atmospheric profiles this afternoon with several other meteorology students here at Iowa State and the...
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Winter Storm: Dec. 10-11
Another winter storm is taking aim at the central plains and unfortunately this storm is going to be one that once again is bringing a mixture of precipitation types to the state. A Winter Storm Watch has been issued for areas of Iowa mainly south of I80, to keep up on the warnings check out the link...
Friday, December 7, 2007
Winter Storm: Dec. 8-9
Winter Storm Recap: Mixture of snow with some freezing drizzle over southern Iowa occurred on Saturday and into early Sunday for portions of eastern Iowa. Snow amounts were heaviest over northwest Iowa...
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Winter Storm: Dec 6 -- Storm Updates
8:30 PM Update - Snowfall has ceased over areas of western and central Iowa, with only the eastern third of the state still under a Snow Advisory as moderate to heavy snows may occur through midnight. Once into the early morning hours the snow should taper off to only a light snow before stopping...
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Winter Storm: Dec 6
A winter storm is taking aim at Iowa once again as the active pattern of systems continues... This system is luckily bringing with it only snow, no chances of any other wintery precip types. The snow should begin in western Iowa during the early morning hours and traveling across the state throughout...
Thursday's Potential Snowstorm & A Recap of Yesterday's 'Clipper' Snowfalls
Beginning Thursday morning we should have our next storm system moving into the state, the NWS has begun to issue their Snow Advisories for this storm. To read the latest text for these advisories, please check out the NWS Snow Advisories. This storm is expected to be fairly quick, beginning in western...
Monday, December 3, 2007
Some Quick Snow
A quick system is going to work over the state this evening and through the overnight, mainly effecting northeast Iowa. This kind of system is usually called a clipper due to the quick moving nature, often these systems originate in Canada and are called an Alberta Clipper. This case however is not...
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Dec. 1 Winter Storm Recap
Light to moderate snow still making it' way across the state this morning in one last band behind this system which is currently over the Great Lakes and areas south. This storm is going to continue to give winter storm conditions over the northern Great Lakes and into the northeast over the next 48...
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Winter Storm: Dec. 1-2 -- Live Updates
5:45 PM Update: Small band of showers working through central Iowa currently, another small area in northwest Iowa and the strongest band of showers in southwestern Iowa. These patches of precip will put down a wide variety, ranging from mostly rain in the south to freezing rain in the north. Expect...
Friday, November 30, 2007
Winter Storm: Dec. 1-2 -- Final Forecast & Links
Final Forecast: Models tonight still in astounding agreement with not only total precip, but even timing. Low pressure track is still slightly variable, however the warm air and its' progress seems to be in fairly good alignment. Given this case, will still likely side towards the WRF and its' solution...
Winter Storm: Dec. 1-2 -- Update #4
5:15 PM Update: The remainder of NWS offices have now upgraded the watches to warnings, as expected for Iowa areas along & south of Highway 30 for a majority are under an Ice Storm Warning. Areas to the north of their are under a Winter Storm Warning; areas under the winter storm warnings are...
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Winter Storm: Dec. 1-2 -- Update #3
Winter Storm Watches are still the only issuances that have been made by the NWS thus far, don't expect any of them to change over until tomorrow afternoon when areas of KS and possibly NE may see the upgrade as the storm begins to affect them by early Saturday. Early Saturday morning is when we will...
Winter Storm: Dec. 1-2 -- Update #2
Winter Storm Watches have been issued from the CO/KS borders through eastern NE and covering portions of MO/IA/SD/MN/WI and IL. Areas under the watch can expect severe winter conditions to become possible within the next 48 hours, potential for heavy snows, freezing rain accumulations along with other...
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Winter Storm: Dec. 1-2
A portion of Iowa got to see a hint at winter last week just before Thanksgiving, with mainly areas of snow falling over southcentral and eastern Iowa. Up to 5 inches had fell with that quick storm, all of it melting in a matter of days. This next system looks to give the entire state a shot at some...
Winter Storm: Round 2
A strong and potent storm system has its' sights on the plains for this weekend, the potential is there for portions of Iowa to receive some hefty snow amounts, along with the potential for sleet and freezing rain; even just plain rain for some areas. A complete forecast of this system with more details...
Thursday, November 22, 2007
First Snowfall of the Season
A day before Thanksgiving, hampering travel plans or allowing some to see a white Thanksgiving for the first time for quite a while. Previous years have struggled to accumulate November snow and actually keep it on the ground for a while into the holidays. However this year portions of the state were...
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Fall Break Begins
Most colleges are going to begin their fall break over the next week for the Thanksgiving holiday, some are getting the latter part of the week off while others are getting the whole week. Iowa State gets the whole week off next week, before returning for one more week of classes, followed by 'dead...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Very Windy!
A majority of the state is under Wind Advisories through the next couple of hours, and have been previously since this morning. A strong cold front has moved through the state and a tight pressure gradient along with it has whipped up these northwesterly winds to speeds up to 50 mph. Since this morning,...
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
One last mild day...
After a surge of warm air came into the state early Sunday morning it has left us with temperatures that have been above normal and felt pretty good for this time of year. Today looks to be the last day with those conditions with the highs ranging from the mid 60s to near 60 across the state. Lows...
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Iowa Halloween Forecast
Missed out on the beggar's night forecast as I've been quite busy with homework and a test this week that is upcoming tomorrow. But, I can't miss out on the forecast for Halloween! Everybody is finishing up the costumes for the big night here in Ames, several costume parties all over campustown and...
Monday, October 29, 2007
Des Moines Chemical Fire
Update: The fire had subsided by nightfall in Des Moines, although around two dozen fire fighters remained on scene to go through the area and put out any hot spots that remained. The fire was fed by...
Monday, October 22, 2007
Not a Terrible Week Ahead...
It could be much worse anyway, with rain only forecasted for the last 48 hours or so of the week instead of Tuesday through Thursday or more like last week. Temperatures won't be above normal, but they shouldn't be far below normal either; mainly a nice fall week as we near Halloween!Lows tonight may...
Friday, October 19, 2007
A Partially Dry Weekend...
After the days of rain and absolutely no sunshine over most of the state it was good to see the sun a little bit today and to at least have some dry surfaces. Yesterday finally had the low pressure system crossing over the state and taking the rain with it. Iowa managed to escape this powerful system...
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Flooding Concerns
Much of the southern half of the state is currently under some type of a flood watch with rains continuing to move into the state. Rain is expected to continue over portions of the state into Thursday night, the ground is already saturated in most areas leading to quick run-off and thus flooding conditions...
Monday, October 15, 2007
Rain, Rain, It's Not Going Away!
Or at least its' not going to until this weekend, which for most of the people in Iowa is all they are going to ask for! For the third weekend in a row on Sunday it rained and rained over a majority of the state. The rain has continued throughout the day today, with cloudy and misty conditions prevailing...
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Iowa State & Iowa Football Game Weather
Check out the latest radar and satellite images off of the Iowa Chaser webpage to view how the weather is treating the two college teams in their battles against top 25 opponents. Iowa State takes on...
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Likely Wet Weekend
Tomorrow is finally Friday! With that comes a nice day that is just waiting for you to enter as you begin the weekend and you better get your fill of it then as the remainder of your weekend may have rain. After lows tonight from the mid 40s to mid 30s from the southwest to northeast, the sun will...
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Dry Until the Weekend
After the cold front passed through yesterday the skies have cleared off nicely and temperatures have leveled off to more of a normal fall day. Another cold front currently just to the north of the state will reinforce the cooler air and bring temperatures down to even below normal for a few days this...
