(Radio Iowa) – The long-range forecasts are calling for hot and dry conditions to persist likely into August for Iowa and the rest of the Missouri River basin. Meteorologist Doug Kluck, the climate services director for the Central Region of the National Weather Service, says the outlook for the next month shows plenty of summertime heat for much of the nation’s midsection.
“Above-normal temperatures are going to be prevalent, Texas up through the Central Plains, really the whole probability extends all the way up to Canada,” Kluck says, “but the strongest and probably the warmest and the biggest anomalies are going to be to the Central and Southern Plains.” While large sections of Iowa have seen a few plentiful rain showers in recent days, Kluck says less precipitation is expected going forward over the next month.
“Precipitation outlook, not a strong forecast here,” Kluck says, “but below normal for the Southern and Central Plains, Lower Basin, Missouri Basin, and then equal chances elsewhere for the most part.” He says the forecast models point to a slightly-elevated chance for below-normal precipitation for Iowa and the region. The U-S Army Corps of Engineers is predicting runoff into the Missouri River system will be far below-normal through the end of the year.
(Radio Iowa) – A fast-moving storm system caused scattered wind damage and knocked the power offline in several cities early this (Monday) morning across western, central and eastern Iowa. National Weather Service meteorologist Roger Vachalek says it’s still unclear if this powerful system, moving at speeds up to 55 miles an hour, constituted yet another derecho. “We did have wind damage, as you mentioned, but it may not be strong enough to be classified as that,” Vachalek says. “We’ll have to take a look and see how how long the path length was later today, but as you did mentioned, some significant winds across the state and even in parts of Nebraska overnight as well.”
The strongest winds in the storm were reported in western Iowa’s Carroll County. “We had a wind gust there of 79 miles per hour, three miles or so west-southwest of Glidden,” Vachalek says, “and also 70 mile per hour wind gusts in Monona County at Soldier, and then some mid to upper 60 gusts right to basically from Boone west over toward Carroll.”
Damage, mostly to trees, is also reported in communities including: Ames, Denison, Jefferson, Zearing, Grand Junction and Riverside. Last Tuesday, Iowa had its third derecho in three years, with winds that caused damage across parts of northern and eastern Iowa. It followed even-more-damaging derechos in August of 2020 and in December of 2021.
(Updated 8:53-a.m.) Severe thunderstorms that formed overnight in Nebraska, crossed into western Iowa early this (Monday) morning, bringing straight-line winds as high as 79 mph at some locations. Those winds caused large tree limbs to fall across Highway 59 near Denison, in Crawford County, and power lines to snap. A storm damage/incident report from the National Weather Service shows a 70-mile-per-hour just of wind caused a 12-inch diameter tree branch to crash through a window in Soldier, in Monona County. Winds averaging 65-70 mph were reported in Carroll and Crawford County, and a 79 mph gust was recorded southwest of Glidden.
As the storms continued eastward, they brought in excess of 65 mph winds to Jefferson, which caused numerous tree limbs to break and power outages. Significant damage was reported at the Spring Lake camping area near Jefferson. And, a large metal canopy over gas pumps at an abandoned gas station in Jefferson partially collapsed during the storm, and a grain bin partially collapsed near 130th Street and O Avenue, west of Paton, in Greene Couty. Large tree limbs were also reported down west of Ames, as winds gusted up to 58 mph. Trees a big as 18-inches in diameter fell in Zearing.
In eastern Nebraska, winds gusted from 58 to as much as 78 mph. There are no reports of injuries.
Today: Showers & thunderstorms ending; Becoming Partly cloudy. High 85. NW @ 10-15.
Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low around 58. Northwest wind 10-15.
Tomorrow: Mostly Sunny, with a high near 85. NW @ 5-10 w/some gusts to near 20 possible.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 87.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High near 89.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 87. The Low was 70. (Rainfall will be updated soon). Last year on this date (July 11), the High in Atlantic was 79 and the Low was 53. The Record High was 104 in 1936. The Record Low was 43 in 1895.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 88. Breezy, with a south wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.
Tonight: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 70. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 11 to 16 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Light and variable wind becoming north northwest 8 to 13 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 84. Light northwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 86.
Saturday’s high was 87 and the low was 67. This day last year the high was 78 and the low 63. The all-time record high was 104 set in 1930 & 1936. The record low was 46 in 1895 1996.
Skyscan Forecast Saturday, July 9, 2022 Austin Romer
Today: Mostly sunny. E @ 5. High 85.
Tonight: Clear. S @ 10. Low 68.
Sunday: Sunny. S @ 15. High 87.
Sunday Night: Becoming cloudy. SSW @ 10-15. Low 69.
Monday: Moderate chance of rain in the morning. WNW @ 10. High 84.
Tuesday: Sunny. NW @ 10. High 82.
Skyscan Forecast Friday, July 8, 2022 Dan Hicks
Today: Party to mostly cloudy. Fog and a few sprinkles early, then a few spotty showers this afternoon. N @ 10. High 83.
Tonight: Becoming partly cloudy. Light N winds. Low 65.
Saturday: Partly to mostly sunny. SE @ 5-10. High 85.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear. SE @ 5-10. Low 64.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. High 92.
Monday: Partly cloudy. A few scattered showers and t’storms. High 87.
Skyscan Forecast Thursday, July 7, 2022 Dan Hicks
Today: Areas of fog early. Partly to mostly cloudy. Showers mainly to the south this morning, then showers and t’storms developing more widely this afternoon. E @ 10. High 83.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and t’storms. N @ 5-10. Low 68.
Friday: Partly cloudy. Isolated morning showers. N @ 10. High 85.
Friday night: Partly cloudy. NE @ 5-10 becoming light ENE. Low 65.
Saturday: Partly cloudy. High 86.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. High 92.
Yesterday’s high was 80 and the low was 70. This day last year the high was 76 and the low 54. The all-time record high was 107 set in 1937. The record low was 41 in 1934. Sunrise is at 5:53 a.m. and sunset will be at 8:56 p.m.
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