Only one more day remains of July, then we hit the month of August; which often features some of the warmest temperatures of the year. By the looks of the forecast, it is likely that we come into the month with temperatures in the 90s and a chance of thunderstorms as well...Tonight will remain dry...
Monday, July 30, 2007
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Beautiful End of July
The forecast has some great weather for the end of July, and the beginning of August for that matter. Todays' highs in the mid 80s throughout the state with clear to partly cloudy skies; tonights' lows will drop to the low to mid 60s under the same conditions. Highs tomorrow in the mid 80s to upper...
Friday, July 27, 2007
Life with a Job
Most of this summer has been spent on trips; a Florida vacation in mid-May, traveling the northern plains storm chasing in June. Now as school is nearing and apartment rent to pay, books to pay for, and other things that all require money, including the always expensive fuel-up. That has put me on...
Monday, July 23, 2007
Morning Thunderstorms
Waking up to thunderstorms over central Iowa this morning, with some severe weather occurring overnight near Waterloo. Several clusters of thunderstorms, with a couple of strong storms scattered throughout the line that stretches from Minneapolis to Missouri. These storms are actually moving southwestward,...
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Cooling Off
After sweltering heat for a couple of days and a couple of rounds of thunderstorms, the weather finally looks to cool off for the end of the week. Yesterday saw temperatures once again rise into the 90s over some parts of the state, while others stayed cloudy and raining, keeping highs around average...
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Finally... Thunderstorms!
Slight changes in the forecasted path of storm systems, as well as the system stalling out over the plains has allowed the forecast to change since I last posted. Yesterday had the first round of storms come through, with some developing in eastern Iowa while others moved into the state from southwest...
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Warm Up Continues...
The temperature during the day has slowly rose the past couple of days, where highs are now reaching for the 90 mark today. Mid 80s to lower 90s are the forecasted highs for the state today, from northeast to southwest respectively. By tonight, some cloud cover as well as isolated thunderstorms may...
Thursday, July 12, 2007
One More Cool Day...
The past couple of days have been considerably cooler than weeks previous, with highs only in the 70s for most of the state and lows dropping down into the 50s. Today looks to be similar, but this should be the last day that this occurs as we look to enter the weekend with rising temperatures and increasing...
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Scattered Thunderstorms
Some thunderstorms yesterday over eastern Iowa due to the cold front moving past the state, other thunderstorms also occurred behind the front in central Iowa during the morning hours. Total precipitation...
Monday, July 9, 2007
A 'Cool' Summertime Week Ahead
Well the holiday week is finally over, it brought with it temperatures that were above normal as well as the occasional thunderstorm. Now, the week after looks to bring us with a little cooler than average temperature and less of a chance at thunderstorms. A look back to the beginning of this week,...
Friday, July 6, 2007
Week in Review & Look Ahead
Started the week on the road, heading to Denver, CO to return the vehicles from project TWISTEX, left Ames, IA around 7:30 am CDT and arrived in Lakewood, CO at 5:45 MDT. Ate supper at the Samaras household,...
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Denver
Arrived in Denver just before 6 PM MDT, technically I should be saying Lakewood, CO as that is the town that we are in. The southwest suburbs of Denver is our stay for the night...I'm thinking about getting up fairly early to maybe get some shots of the mountains some time, as I can't be this close...
