(Radio Iowa) – There’s still no drought in Iowa, but the number of counties where the soil is considered abnormally dry has almost doubled in the past week, bouncing from around 16 counties to nearly 31, according to the latest U-S Drought Monitor map. Angie Rieck Hinz, a field agronomist with the Iowa State University Extension, says crop conditions in her region of north-central Iowa are improving.
It requires a delicate balance of both rain and sunshine to grow crops, and this season’s been heavy on the rain so far, as a change of pace from nearly four years of drought. Rieck Hinz says the gusty winds are also an issue.
Iowa’s backyard gardeners know how tough it is to keep out the weeds, so imagine what it’s like for farmers with a few hundred acres of crops. She says weeds are sprouting in many fields right and left.
Forecasters say temperatures will rise back into the 80s and 90s today (Friday) and for the next several days across much of Iowa, with the chance for scattered showers through Saturday.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 87. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, partly cloudy, with a low around 73. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, partly sunny, with a high near 88. South southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 89.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 95.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94.
Thursday’s high was 84 degrees and this morning’s low was 66. This day last year in Atlantic the high was 91 and the low 61. The record high on this date is 101 degrees set in 1988 and the record low set in 1902 is 38 degrees. Sunrise this morning was at 5:46 am. Sunset this evening is at 8:57 pm. Saturday’s sunrise will be at 5:46 am.
(Radio Iowa) – A class of Iowa State University students got a first hand look at severe weather this spring in a course on identifying how storms develop. Dave Floury is one of the course instructors.
Floury, who is in the Atmospheric Sciences Department at I-S-U, says some students had been storm chasing, but wanted a more structured and safe experience.
He says they talked about the science of how thunderstorms and tornadoes form, and then went on an eight-day trip to observe them.
Their trip started in central Kansas, when to northeastern Colorado, then southwest Iowa and southwest Kansas. They also got a tour of the national Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. And finished up by running with storms in northern Oklahoma and southwest Missouri.
Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southeast wind 5 mph.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny w/a slight chance of afternoon showers & thunderstorms after 1pm. High near 86. S winds 10-20 mph.
Tom. Night: Partly cloudy w/a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Low around 73.
Saturday: P/Sunny & breezy w/a 60% chance showers & thunderstorms. High near 91. S/SW @ 15-25 mph. B
Sat. Night: P/Cldy w/showers & thunderstorms mainly before 7pm. Low around 65.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 88.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 93.
Today: Cloudy w/a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms. High near 72. N/NE winds 5-10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Mo. Cldy w/a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 63.
Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday: Mo. sunny. A slight chance of afternoon showers & thunderstorms. High near 89.
Saturday: Partly sunny & breezy w/a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms. High near 88.
Tuesday’s high was 88 degrees. The low this morning was 65. We received 2.57″ of rain overnight. Last year on this date the high was 91 and the low 63. The record low is 42 degrees, set in 1900. The record high is 104 degrees, set in 1974. Sunrise this morning was at 5:45 am. Sunset will be at 8:56 pm. Tomorrow’s sunrise is 5:46 am.
Today: Partly sunny & breezy w/a slight chance of late day showers & thunderstorms. High near 87. South winds 20-40 mph.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 66. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible. A few strong to severe storms are possible with a thereat of large hail and damaging winds.
Tomorrow: Showers and thunderstorms. High near 73. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tom. Night: Mostly cloudy w/a 60% chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low 62.
Thursday: A 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms. High near 84.
Friday: Mostly sunny w/a slight chance of afternoon showers & thunderstorms. High near 88.
Monday’s high was 91 and this morning’s low 68. This day last year the high was 83 and the low 59. The record high in Atlantic on June 18 is 98 degrees, set in 1910. The record low temperature is 46 degrees, set in 1974 and matched in 2000. Sunrise this morning was at 5:45 am, sunset this evening is at 8:56 pm.
(Radio Iowa) – Summer officially arrives later this week but the heat and humidity are already settled in across Iowa. Much of the state’s northern third was under a severe thunderstorm watch this (Monday) morning, while a wide area of eastern Iowa has a heat advisory in effect until 8 o’clock tonight. Meteorologist Rod Donavon, at the National Weather Service, says it’ll be a steamy day ahead for most of the state.
Heat indices may reach triple digits in eastern Iowa, as the heat advisory covers cities including Cedar Rapids, Iowa City Dubuque, Davenport, Burlington and Keokuk. Donavon says we may have a break from the heat at mid-week, but more storms are likely by week’s end.
Summer starts on Thursday.
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Windy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph, gusting up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Windy, with a south wind 15 to 35 mph.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1:00 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 90. Windy, with a south wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Wednesday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 79. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.
Sunday’s high in Atlantic was 91. The Monday morning low was 70. This day last year the high was 87 and the low 60. The record high for June 17 in Atlantic is 102 set in 1918 and matched in 2021. The record low is 40 degrees set in 1974. Sunset this evening will be at 8:56 pm and Tuesday’s sunrise will be at 5″45 am.
(Des Moines, IA & Omaha, NE) – Officials with the National Weather Service say severe storms Saturday and early Sunday morning in parts of western Iowa, brought damaging winds and hail. Here is a listing of the reports received from storm spotters, emergency management officials and/or law enforcement:
6/16/24 1:45-a.m. Law enforcement in Sac County reports thunderstorm wind damage in Odebolt, with numerous trees down in town, and power outages. As of 7:35-a.m. Sunday, about 524 people were still without power in Sac County. Possible structure damage in town (additional information is expected later today).
6/15/24 8:18-p.m. Thunderstorm wind damage: Tree limbs reported down 4-miles SE of Essex in Page County.
KETV in Omaha reported Saturday night, that Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) utility crews were responding to power outages as severe weather moved across the Omaha metro area. More than 2,000 of the utility’s customers lost power, but power to most homes/business had been restored later in the evening.
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