A storm system featuring a very strong cold front is making its' way into the state tonight and through tomorrow. Behind this cold front, precipitation in the form of snowfall is likely to form as another low pressure system forms and deepens to the south of the state. This snowfall is likely to be...
Monday, January 28, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Mornin' from New Orlean
Sitting in the airport this morning in New Orleans, LA; going to be a nice day here finally after two consecutive days of fog and rain. This of course during my two days that I was free to do whatever I wanted in this city, instead left with only Saturday morning to go around and explore some new parts...
Thursday, January 24, 2008
AMS Conference Ending
The 88th annual AMS conference is coming to an end tomorrow, with a great banquet supper tonight and the final presentations to end by 5 PM Thursday. It has been a fun time thus far, plenty of educational talks along with a lot of 'networking' opportunities for any students. It is a disappointment...
Sunday, January 20, 2008
New Orleans Update
Last day of the student conference at the AMS meeting, with a lot more people arriving today as the actual conference begins tomorrow. Did a little sight seeing today, went through the Riverview Marketplace...
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Hello from New Orleans, LA!!!
Made the trip to New Orleans yesterday and into today, I believe I landed at the airport down here just after midnight this morning. Didn't get to the hotel and into bed until ~3 AM however, and with a morning wake up of 6:30 that didn't leave much time for sleep! The weather down here isn't nearly...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Winter Storm: Jan 16-17
A winter storm is beginning to work into portions of Iowa late this morning and should continue to overtake much of southern Iowa into the early afternoon. Expect the snow to increase in coverage over the state throughout the afternoon hours, making it to northeast Iowa by this evening. Latest model...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Snowstorm & Extreme Cold
Another system is forecasted to hit the state of Iowa on Wednesday and last into Thursday, behind it is going to be true arctic air. If you think the past couple days have been cold, then you might not want to be outside much at all for the remainder of the week. Temperatures in the teens and 20s...
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Winter Again...
We've been flirting with spring-time conditions in the past week or so, with an abundance of melting snow and even a tornado watch that included 3 Iowa counties. Now after that strong system has moved through, pulling down the cold air behind it we are back into the winter regime. Snow showers and...
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Shot of Snow
Snow showers should begin to work into the state overnight tonight, affecting areas of western and north-central Iowa mainly. This snow should however overtake the entire state by mid-day on Thursday and continue into the nighttime hours on Thursday for eastern Iowa. Light to moderate snow showers...
Monday, January 7, 2008
Tornado Watch #001 & #002
Two Tornado watches have been issued early this afternoon for areas stretching from the central plains of KS/MO extending northeastward to the IL/WI borders. These two watches both continue until 9 PM tonight as a strong storm system continues to fire thunderstorms. Three Iowa counties are included...
What A Day!!
Currently as of the Noon hours temperatures ranged from the mid 30s to lower 40s where snow cover still remains over the state, but where the snow is gone temperatures have rose dramatically into the 50s and 60s, with Keokuk reporting a temperature of 67 degrees! Highs over some portions of the states...
Thursday, January 3, 2008
A Warm-up!
After seeing a low of -5 on my home weather station on January 2nd and having some howling winds this morning leading once again to well below zero wind chills it is about time for a warm-up. This warm-up may lead to some good melting of the snow cover that is in place over the state, this snow cover...
New Website!
Just a quick update on a few changes for the Iowa Chaser website, I have moved the website to a new domain and revamped the site to include some new features and more information. Be sure to change your bookmarks and links, any previous pages will give you a page that informs you that we have moved...
