Clear skies and strong winds allowed a nice influx of warm air over the state, highs that were forecasted to be in the lower to upper 80s turned out much warmer. Looking through some of the stations across the state, it seems as if highs ranged from the mid 80s to mid 90s across the state! Northwest...
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
An Equipment Addition
Another new equipment addition has been made before the state of the chase season gets underway. As you know, I've went into a phase of piling up new equipment this spring with the Canon XTi and its'...
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Heavy Rain (Day 2)
Once again, rain showers covered most of the state today, although currently only light rain is reported in a couple of stations across the state. Flooding continues to be a concern today with continued...
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Heavy Rain (Day 1)
Rain started much earlier than forecasted by the models and the NWS, with rain beginning fairly early this morning throughout much of the state. It has continued to rain throughout the day, even heavier than what was previously expected by many forecasts. This heavier and more consistent rainfall...
Monday, April 23, 2007
Heavy Rains
With some decent thunderstorms providing rainfall over the state during the weekend, the threat of heavy rains is once again in the forecast for the next system to pass over the state. A strong low pressure system will move south of the area, allowing for potentially significant severe weather over...
Friday, April 20, 2007
VEISHEA Forecast
This weekend is the celebration of VEISHEA here at Iowa State Univ, this year in collaboration with the universities 150th anniversary of becoming what it is today. This years' celebration features several dozen bands and other entertainment, food and activities around campus. To honor the event that...
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Ledges State Park
Another wonderful day across the state with sunny skies and temperatures right at normal or slightly above. With this nice weather and some free time I planned to head out to Ledges State Park which is just west of Ames and south-southeast of Boone. One of the first times I've got out with my camera...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Still Above Average...
Despite having slightly cooler temperatures yesterday, we still remained above average for the most part. Highs ranged from 78 to 66 mainly from southeast to northwest respectively. The northwest was held down quite a bit by morning cloud cover that kept them near 50 degrees through the Noon hour,...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Almost Hot... Almost...
Yesterday saw the temperatures skyrocket, well above even some of the forecasted highs for the day. The sun came out in full force will completely blue skies and it showed its' strength by quickly pushing temperatures up to the forecasted highs by early afternoon. This left a couple of hours of heating...
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Wonderful Week Ahead!!
After last weeks' episode of winter mother nature is going to make up for her seasonal mistake, by providing us with above normal temperatures throughout much of the week across the state. Today saw clear skies throughout the state, with high temperatures ranging from 62 degrees to even a couple readings...
Friday, April 13, 2007
Recap of 4/10 - 4/11 Snow
Snows were quick to accumulate over portions of northern Iowa during the two day event, with other accumulations occurring as far south as I80. Des Moines set a new record for highest daily snowfall for a single day in April. No other records were broken that I am aware of, however other areas did...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
4/10 - 4/11 Winter Storm (Update #4)
Snow continues over the state into the early afternoon hours, although some areas of eastern Iowa and southwestern Iowa may still be seeing rainfall at this time. Advisories/Warnings remain the same over the state, although total accumulations have been backed down some. The accumulations aren't taking...
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
4/10 - 4/11 Winter Storm (Update #3)
Snow has continued over much of the northwestern half of the state this evening, with some snow totals coming in this evening. The northwest corner of Iowa looks to have 3-6 inches of snowfall already in place, much of the rest of the northern half of the state should begin to see the snow begin or...
4/10 - 4/11 Winter Storm (Update #2)
Once again with a strengthening trend to the system and increasing cold air returning from the northwest, the snowfall forecast has increased and thus changes have been made to advisories/watches and now warnings! Areas of Iowa along the Minnesota border have the potential for nearly a foot of snow...
4/10 - 4/11 Winter Storm (Update #1)
This mornings' model runs were completed a couple of hours ago and an interesting trend has taken place. Nearly every model runs went with a slightly strong low pressure system, thus heavier precipitation & nearly every model slid the cold air and system overall just a bit south. The heaviest...
4/10 - 4/11 Winter Storm
Although the storm isn't completely winter, with a majority of the state seeing mainly rain throughout the duration of it. The headlines of the storm are going to be the potentially heavy and significant snows in the northern portion of the state. This morning has snow falling over mainly the northwest...
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Winter Returns?
The past couple of days have featured chilly temperatures with gusty winds, producing some very cold wind chills over the state. Yesterday's temperatures ranged from the mid 30s to upper 20s for highs, with lows yesterday morning in the mid 20s and mid-teens! This morning saw even colder temperatures...
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Storms Move Through
In the early nighttime hours last night storms quickly developed along the aforementioned warm front in previous posts. These storms began showing up near 9 PM and quickly developed into elevated thunderstorms capable of large hail. Lightning was prevalent throughout the skies last night around these...
Monday, April 2, 2007
Severe Potential (4/2)
SPC has positioned a slight risk area directly over the state today, with the risk of large hail and isolated tornadoes. Warm front, currently just south of the state should move into the southern portion of the state late this afternoon. Strong heating gradient along this feature, with moisture return...
Sunday, April 1, 2007
3/31 Storms -- Another Round Expected
Yesterday saw the strong low pressure system work into the area and produce numerous showers and thunderstorms over the state. Some of which were severe and even tornado warned throughout the afternoon. Storm reports from the state mainly conclude that large hail and damaging winds were the main threats...
