(Radio Iowa) – Record-breaking heat is possible in many Iowa cities today (Tuesday) as forecasters say high temperatures may hit the mid-to-upper 90s on this next-to-last day of summer. Meteorologist Jeff Zogg, at the National Weather Service, says it’ll be a steamy one. “We’re expecting some pretty hot and humid conditions, basically one day of it,” Zogg says, “ahead of a cold front that’s going to be coming through the area with high temperatures expected in the middle 90s with heat index values at least in the middle 90s as well.”
Zogg says the heat wave will be short-lived and this will be one of “those” weeks in Iowa where most of us use both the air conditioner and the furnace. “Wednesday will be a lot cooler with high temperatures in the upper 60s to lower 70s and even cooler on Thursday with high temperatures in the middle 60s,” Zogg says. “Those cool temperatures will continue through the end of the work week. Saturday, we’ll see a warm-up with high temperatures in the lower to middle 70s.”
The first day of fall is Thursday and the arrival of cooler weather should be right on schedule. On Friday, some northern Iowa cities may not even see a high of 60. As for today’s heat, many Iowa communities could see high temps never before seen on this date. “We could see record or at least near-record high temperatures, maybe some records in a few places, just depending on how high the temperatures get,” Zogg says.
The forecast high for Des Moines calls for 96-degrees this afternoon, which would shatter the record of 92 that was set in 1931.
Today: Mostly sunny & hot. High 95. SW @ 15-25 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy to cloudy. Low 64. N @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 74. N @ 10-15.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 78.
Friday: Mostly cloudy w/scattered showers. High 68.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 87. The Low was 60. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 80 and the Low was 49. The Record High on this date was 95 in 1891. The Record Low was 28 in 1901 & 1962.
(Radio Iowa) – Forecasters say Iowa will ride another weather rollercoaster this week with high temperatures tomorrow (Tuesday) climbing into the low to mid-90s, but then a cool front will arrive and knock highs by Thursday into the 60s, with lows in the 40s. Meteorologist Darren Clabo, who moderated the regional climate update for the National Weather Service, predicts another warm-up will soon follow with lesser chances of rain.
“Above-average temperatures are really expected over the next one to two weeks, combined with below-average precipitation,” Clabo says. “Kind of expecting more or less an upper level ridge to stick around, which should bring us warmer-than-average and drier-than-average conditions, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing going into the harvest season, folks will be able to get out in the fields.” He says that same pattern may continue right into October.
“There are some pretty strong signals that warmer-than-average conditions will persist over the central part of the United States combined with below-average precipitation,” Clabo says. “October is a drier month so below-average precipitation on a normally average to dryish month to begin with doesn’t bode well for filling stock ponds and allowing our stream flow to increase.”
Clabo says the climate outlooks show the La Nina pattern hanging on into winter, for the third year in a row, which -could- mean a warmer-than-normal winter ahead for Iowa.
Today: Areas of fog this morning; Partly cloudy. High 86. SE @ 10-15 mph.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 67. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 93. SW 10-20.
Wednesday: P/cldy to cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 75.
Thursday: Mostly sunny. High 72.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 84. The Low was 59. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 90 and the Low was 64. The Record High on this date was 95 in 1948. The Record Low was 33 in 1896 & 1938.
Atlantic (KJAN) .39″
Massena .78″
Creston 2.3″
(Area) – “It was a dark and stormy night” lived up to an often quoted phrase from an 1830’s novel, Saturday night, across western Iowa. The National Weather Service reports hail ranging from as small as pea- to as large as baseball ball size, fell across the area. Storms also brought winds of up to 70 miles per hour. The evening began at around 5:30-p.m. with a severe thunderstorm watch issued for the far west and southwest counties. The warnings began to pop-up about two-hours later, including a tornado warning that was issued for southeast Montgomery and NE Page Counties. A possible tornado was indicated by radar, but there were no confirmed sightings.
The largest hail in southwest Iowa fell in Pottawattamie County, where baseball size hail (2.75 in diameter) was observed in Carson. Elsewhere, tennis ball size hail was reported to have occurred in Stanton, while golf ball size hail fell south of Stanton and in Griswold. Most of the hail reports from around the area, were quarter-sized, with some dime-size rocks of ice falling in Corning.
As of early Sunday morning, there were no reports of damage. That’s likely to change though, as sunlight brings a fresh perspective on the storm’s aftermath. If you have any storm damage and/or pictures you would like to submit, send them to kjannews@metc.net. Please include (when possible) a time frame for the damage, along with the location and your name. Thank you!
Check out the latest Storm Reports listing of hail/wind events on the Weather page (Under Community Hub) at kjan.com.
Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 58. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 85. East northeast wind 5 to 11 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 93. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 71.
Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 77. Our Low this morning was 60. We received .39″ of rain since 7-a.m. Saturday. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 88 and the Low was 54. The Record High of 99 was set in 1893. The Record Low of 26 was set in 1901. Sunrise is at 7:03-a.m. Sunset will be at 7:25-p.m.
10:45-p.m. 3/4″ hail in Corning (Note: 1″=Quarter-size; 1.5″=Ping Pong ball-size hail; 1.75″= golf ball-size hail)
10:22-p.m. 1″ hail in Grant (Montgomery Co.)
9:51-p.m. 1 ” hail, 4 miles east of Creston
9:31-p.m. 1″ hail 3 miles SE of Cromwell (Union County)
9:22-p.m. 1″ diameter hail 3 miles s. of Oakland
9:19-p.m. 2.75″ diameter hail (baseball size) observed in Carson
9:10-p.m. 70 mph wind gust 5 miles w. of Hancock & pea size hail
9:00-p.m. 1″ hail mixed with dime size hail reported in Lenox
8:58-p.m. 1.75″ diameter (golf ball size) hail reported in Griswold
7:43-p.m. 1.75″ diameter hail reported 3 miles S. of Stanton (EMA)
7:30-p.m. 1″ diameter hail reported 3 miles southeast of Red Oak (Social media photo posts)
7:25-p.m. 2.5″ diameter (Tennis ball size) hail reported in Stanton
7:10-p.m. 1.75″ diameter hail 5 miles NE of Council Bluffs (Social media photo posts)
Skyscan Forecast Saturday, September 17, 2022 Austin Romer
Today: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and t’storms. Warmer. S @ 20. High 81.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and t’storms. SE @ 10. Low 64.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. E @ 10. High 84.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear. ENE @ 5-10. Low 60.
Monday: Sunny. SE @ 10. High 87.
Tuesday: Sunny. S @ 15. High 96.
Yesterday’s high was 79 and the low was 65. This day last year the high was 77 and the low 50. The all-time record high was 97 in 1925. The record low was 31 in 1980. Sunrise tonight is 7:01 a.m. Sunset tonight is 7:21 p.m.
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