Tracking Weather Across the State
Well folks, here we go again, a slight risk of severe weather threatens much of eastern Iowa. Once again the threat comes from a cold front expected to sweep through the region but there are some differences this time. A preceding warm front will drape across parts of Minnesota and [...]
After a long period of inactivity, a threat of severe weather returned to eastern Iowa today. And for a change it’s a pretty good one with some questions marks. A cold front will sweet through the area this afternoon/evening. It’s expected that surface heating and instability will charge the atmosphere [...]
View Full Album A powerful hail storm struck northeast Iowa on July 24th, 2009. Hundreds of millions of dollars in crop damage was sustained.
Friday will shape up to be an interesting forecast today for eastern Iowa. Much like many severe weather events, many of the parameters are there with many questions unanswered. Models are coming into agreement that overall timing of this system should not be a problem. A cold front is forecast [...]
It’s too small to even highlight a slight risk area, only the Storm Prediction Center’s vague “See Text.” A cold front is forecast to pass through Iowa on Friday. Unlike our current conditions, it’s expected that SOME warmth and instability will return to eastern Iowa earlier in the day on [...]
A rainy morning across eastern Iowa is only the beginning of our rain chances this week. Several chances, especially late in the week and into the weekend, will persist over the region. At this time, the overall severe threat for any of these storms systems is low. Our most promising [...]
It will certainly be a stormy night across parts of eastern Iowa, but those storms will likely not hit until much later than the coveted “prime time” hours of severe weather. The risk area has been modified a bit since yesterday, scaling back the threat in eastern Iowa and focusing [...]
With a quiet Monday on tap for eastern Iowa, attention remains focused on Tuesday. Storms later today in the Dakotas and Minnesota are not expected to greatly impact our area, but the residual clouds could play a major role Tuesday morning. Depending on that cloud cover, temperatures on Tuesday could [...]
After a relatively tranquil weekend, some showers return to the picture Sunday. But the big questions surround the next storm system moving through Iowa on Tuesday. The Storm Prediction Center is highlighting the entire state under a slight risk for Tuesday. As is usually the case for summer storm systems, [...]
Well, an absolutely horrific forecast week finally ended with, what else, another severe thunderstorm warning for the Linn County area. A capped atmosphere prevent any of the many boundaries from sparking off a more organized severe weather event before the cold front moved through the area. This weekend is quiet [...]
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