A rather classic spring-like pattern is taking over the Midwest as we head closer to the weekend which will feature some big temperature swings, threat for heavy rain and some breezy conditions. Wednesday will be the start of this pattern which will feature strong warm air advection with windy conditions followed by a chance for scattered showers and storms. The first bigger hit of heavy rain comes Thursday night into Friday morning as a stalled boundary is the focus for thun

There's no doubt the worst of winter is well behind us. But, the cat and mouse game of two steps forward, one step back, is still very much an issue from time to time as we get these late season cold shots to ponder. The one that's over us right now is not for the faint of heart and the folks in the SW third of Iowa will attest to that Tuesday morning. Snow, (up to 6 inches of it) is projected making travel hazardous and creating a winter wonderland. The disturbance that caus

Models continue to indicate a rather high probability of well above normal precipitation over the next week and a half across the central US as a storm track sets up from the Southern Plains through the Great Lakes region. American Ensembles have rainfall running more than 1.5" above normal for this time of year which is quite a strong signal. The first bout of rainfall looks to roll in Thursday/Friday of this week with chances continuing into early next week. Analogs are add

After an active start to April the pattern looks to continue its rather rainy and stormy stretch with a strong signal for well-above-normal precipitation from the Southern Plains through the Great Lakes. European Ensemble guidance has a large area of 3"+ over the next two weeks, The pattern really starts to get active late this week into next weekend. While precise details this far out are hard to pin down, early indications are two separate periods roughly April 9-11 then 13

These have been busy times around the region with showers and storms roaming the area since Monday night. Along with the beneficial rain we received, came the unwelcome element of widespread severe weather Thursday. That included 3 reports of tornadoes in my area. Along with that, 35 reports of a hail, much of it concentrated in my local area as supercels developed along a warm front stretched across my central counties. 2 miles east of Martinsburg in Keokuk, County, (and 3 m