Category Archives: Winter Weather

Changes to Advisories, Warnings etc.

Big changes have occurred overnight across the state. The Winter Storm Watch has been cancelled in the eastern counties of the state by the NWS in La Crosse and Quad Cities. The Winter Storm Warning has been trimmed slightly in … Continue reading

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Iowa Forecast Video 2/23/2012

FUN!: A sarcastic term for the storm that is on the way today. It’s still up in the air where the heaviest snow will fall and we may not know until it begins falling later today. Winter Storm Warnings and … Continue reading

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UPDATE: Plethora of WX Alerts, Track Shifts south

Written By: Henry Luker – IASWC/IowaWX.com The forecast we posted earlier has almost completely changed. Like we said, this is an extremely uncertain storm track. However, we do feel a bit more stable with this forecast. OK, Here is a … Continue reading

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The Area Forecast Discussion From Des Moines

Remember area forecast discussions are very technical and can be hard to understand for those who aren’t weather geeks. HAVE UPDATED FORECAST FOR FURTHER SOUTH TREND IN THE NAM/SREF/RUC/HRRR MODELS ALL TRENDING FURTHER SOUTH MORE IN LINE WITH THE 12Z … Continue reading

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Wintry Plethora of Advisories and Warnings

NOTE: The area across the Siouxland that is blank with warnings and advisories has been filled in and moved SW to include Sioux City. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for a large section of the … Continue reading

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Winter Storm Watch Thursday Across Northern Iowa

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch from 6am Thursday until Midnight Friday morning for the following counties, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Muscatine, Scott, Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, … Continue reading

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Iowa Forecast Video 2/22/2012

DISTURBANCE FREEWAY: All aboard the disturbance freeway, a roadway of weak systems that will traverse the state with some rain and a wintry cocktail of sleet, snow and ice over the next few days. Although the amounts through the end … Continue reading

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Iowa Forecast Video 2/21/2012

ACTIVE WEEK: The week filled with precipitation chances continues with another system on the way Wednesday and Thursday. This one will bring some rain and wintry mix to the state as well as some snow. Amounts will be light similar … Continue reading

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Iowa Forecast Video 2/20/2012

PRECIP THIS WEEK: Decent chances of precipitation throughout the week starting today with a system that will bring mainly rain to the state, however some of it over the northern and northwestern counties may be in the form of a … Continue reading

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Winter Weather Advisory for Siouxland, Snow and Freezing Rain Possible Monday into Tuesday

Winter isn’t done yet! The National Weather Service in Sioux City has issued the first Winter Weather Advisories for the following counties: Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Sioux, O’Brien, Clay, Plymouth, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Woodbury, and Ida from 8AM to noon Monday. … Continue reading

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