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...
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
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...
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Fall Photography at Ledges State Park
Finished getting all of my photos uploaded this morning. Came away with a few good ones, didn't turn out as great as I thought it would have. I'm mainly going to blame this on the time of day I took quite a few of the shots, the bright afternoon sun definitely is not a friend when doing landscape...
Fall Photography
Got out Saturday afternoon to Ledges State park near Luther or Boone, IA; quite a few people enjoying the day out there from families to other ISU students. Took well over 100 picture throughout the...
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Weekend Severe Weather
Well as you might have been able to tell with the lack of posts and excitement, the severe weather chances for the weekend have pretty much went to crap. The SPC has gotten rid of any chances for Sunday & Monday over the plains states. Today still has a slight risk out for mainly areas of the...
Friday, October 5, 2007
Svr Wx & Chase (10/5 - 10/8) -- Update #2
Friday Oct. 5, 10:15 AM: Well the severe threat today will be hampered by the strong capping that is overtaking the northern plains this afternoon. Early thunderstorms and cloudcover are working through central Iowa into areas of eastern MN and Wisconsin this morning. The warm front will be focused...
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Svr Wx & Chase (10/5 - 10/8) -- Update #1
Thursday Oct. 3 Update, 10:00 AM: Didn't get a chance to view last nights' model runs so I'm taking the time to do that this morning before all of the 12z runs of the GFS/NAM are in. Tonight and Tomorrow are both under risks for severe weather over the northern plains, mainly northwest Iowa and then...
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Latter Week Forecast -- Severe Weather Possibilities
To start off, the Des Moines NWS and the Quad Cities NWS have issued their statements on the tornadoes that occurred yesterday in Iowa. The tornado in Des Moines & Seymour were both given EF1 ratings, their reports can be found here. The other tornado in Iowa occurred in Keokuk county nearest...
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Recap of October 2nd Severe Storms
Today ended up being quite an active day today on the severe weather front, with 2 tornadoes reported and 4 wind reports also received. Starting with the 4 wind reports that were received, first one in Taylor county at 4:15 PM and a second one at the Des Moines airport at 4:47 PM when several car windows...
Thunderstorms
Our next cold front is beginning to influence the state this morning with thunderstorms slowly progressing eastward across the state. Currently the thunderstorms only cover the extreme western portions of the state, a good cluster of thunderstorms is also located over in the Pocahontas/Humboldt area....
Monday, October 1, 2007
September 30 Severe Weather
Yesterday saw the state under a tornado watch with several storms capable of producing a tornado at one time or another during the evening hours. Areas of northwest Iowa and then southern & eastern Iowa were the hardest hit with damaging winds and hail, as well as at least two tornadoes that traveled...
