With no chase opportunities, today was a good day to talk to the kids. Storm Chaser Ben McMillan traveled to Walnut Street School in Des Moines today to speak with Cassie Moffitt’s 2nd grade class. The students just started a [...]
Below you’ll find this morning’s video update as of 6:30am. We continue to follow this storm system and will bring you the very latest throughout the day. Be sure to share your pictures and snow reports with us by emailing [...]
Have you been hoping our next winter storm would go away? Well, you may get your wish. A radical shift in nearly every forecast model today means most of the state will escape the heavy snow, if not the entire [...]
Our spring-like winter is just about at an end. With many parts of the state now free of snow pack, mother nature is set to replenish Iowa with a lot of fresh flakes. At this time there are no watches, [...]
There hasn’t been a whole lot of weather to speak of. Things are quiet, temperatures are warming and our snowpack is melting. So I thought I would refresh the site tonight with a photo I shot earlier this month and [...]
While Iowans enjoy (or loathe) all of our newfound snow, southerners are preparing for something much more serious, the threat of a tornado outbreak. The Storm Prediction Center is forecasting this outbreak to affect a rather sizeable area, as you [...]
Remember all that warm and dry weather we saw this winter? Nowadays that pattern seems like it was a lifetime ago. A continued active winter weather pattern over Iowa continues as another round of significant snowfall could arrive on Friday [...]
Our weekend storm has arrived and now much of Iowa is preparing for a measureable snow fall. The latest forecast model runs show the changeover to snow happening slightly later than first thought, which will hopefully keep snowfall totals down [...]
The National Weather Service has begun posting its advisories and watches for this weekend winter storm system. As you can see in the graphic to the left, a good portion of western Iowa is currently under a Winter Storm Watch. [...]
After a few model runs over the last couple days, consistency has been the name of the game when it comes to an upcoming winter storm. Although some minor differences remain, the big picture points appear to be in order [...]
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