Tracking Weather Across the State
You don’t always have to produce severe weather to really get some dangerous and downright mesmerizing weather. Storm Chaser Paul Brooks captured some absolutely incredible images of a very electrical storm as it crossed the Mississippi River late last night. These storms developed after sunset across portions of southeast [...]
It’s bad and it’s getting worse. That’s the only thing you can take away from the latest drought update. This morning, the ENTIRE state of Iowa is now under a moderate drought (seen above in the lightest shade of brown). But nearly 2/3rds of the state is now in that [...]
Severe Weather? Yep, we still can get that from time to time here in Iowa. Although rare during this devastating drought, a chance does exist for strong storms later this afternoon and evening. As you can see in the graphic above, the threat exists over much of the state, however [...]
The great drought of 2012 has taken hold over much of the U.S. Already, more than half of the country is experiencing drought conditions and it’s getting worse with each passing day. The graphic above is another sign of the troubling trend climatologists are seeing for the corn belt. The [...]
The drought continues to worsen across Iowa and the rest of the country. The latest report by the USDA found more than 90% of Iowa’s topsoil and 89% of the subsoil was either short or very short of moisture. This severe lack of water is now having an accelerated impact [...]
A little bit behind schedule, this afternoon, a coronal mass ejection, or CME, struck the earth’s atmosphere. It is anticipated that a geomagnetic storm will follow this initial impact over the next several hours. The hope is the storm will still be raging after sunset tonight – giving some in [...]
The Storm Prediction Center is monitoring an area of northwest Iowa for the potential of severe weather. At this time it’s a toss up whether storms will become organized enough to warrant a Severe Thunderstorm Watch later this afternoon and evening. The area of interest highlighted in the image above [...]
This updating map above from Iowa Mesonet shows how much rain has fallen during the overnight and morning hours. And boy, is this a welcome sight or what? I want to be clear, that although some areas may have received up to 2” of rain (according to radar), this is [...]
Here’s something we haven’t seen in a while, a threat for severe weather. Fortunately this threat appears minor and the bigger hope is that any storms that develop this afternoon or evening could bring much needed rainfall with it. But as for the severe weather, large hail and strong wind [...]
If this picture above looks a little “otherworldly,” you’d be right. This is a scan on the surface of the sun. Using specific filters, this is a sunspot that today, ejecting a massive solar flare right at the earth. This flare reached the X-level of intensity which is reserved for [...]
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