Tracking Weather Across the State
The uncertainty over an active weather pattern continues, but as Thursday and Friday draw closer there are new indication that a southerly shift in the storm’s track would spare the state of any major headaches. The latest forecast track pushes the storm center to a point where only minor accumulations [...]
Since the crippling blizzard more than two weeks ago, things have moderated here in Iowa. Temperatures have warmed and much of the snow is now gone. With March knocking on the door now many are hoping that spring will come with it. Well…. not yet. A pattern shift will restart [...]
Besides storm chasing I am currently in the car business. While that doesn’t sound like a job that’s too weather related, you’d certainly be wrong. Today I arrived at work in Iowa City to find a buried lot. Others who managed to make it to the dealership long before myself [...]
Snow plows are back on the roads, snow blowers are gassed up and now Iowans take to the monumental task of moving all of this snow in bitterly cold conditions. Anywhere from 5”-20” of snow fell across parts of Iowa overnight, with the largest snow totals reported just east of [...]
To the right you can see what I woke up to at 4:30 this morning. Now four hours later, the roads are not plowed yet and we are stuck. That is to be expected after more than a foot of snow fell over a large portion of eastern Iowa. To [...]
Inside this story you’ll find our live coverage of a powerful winter storm striking Iowa Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. Below you can see live video streaming from storm chaser Dan Gottschalk in Cedar Rapids. Click on the chat window below his feed to enter our live discussion about today’s storm. [...]
A tiny bit of good news this morning. There are indications that the available moisture might be a bit more limited than first thought. As a result, snowfall totals from the coming storm might be limited to 6”-10” in areas currently under a blizzard warning. It’s hard to believe 6”-10” [...]
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