Considering it's rained on just 4 of the past 28 October days here in Dubuque, you know the odds are strong that raindrops will find us sooner rather than later. Before it finally arrives though, we should run our current streak of dry weather locally to 12 consecutive days Wednesday, with showers holding off until after midnight. On average, the rule of thumb is you can expect measurable rain to fall about once every 3 days. Clearly, we are overdue. The next rain chance, (no

The beat goes on for our amazing October weather featuring daily high departures averaging 7 to 11 degrees above normal. The average daily high at the Quad City International Airport in Moline through the 26th is 73.6 degrees. That's 7.6 degrees above normal per day! While much of the Midwest has experienced below normal precipitation the southeast half of my area was near to above average, thanks largely to a wet system that clipped that area earlier in the month. One other

While whether the pattern flips colder remains uncertain at this point headed into early November, what is looking likely is the likely return to more active weather early next week. Given the moisture availability, the unseasonable warmth as well as the strong upper level pattern, severe weather is certainly a watch item in the region. The European Ensemble (above) shows a pretty active pattern across the Midwest approx. Nov. 2-4. The specific date remains uncertain, but the

All week long I've been speculating on several teleconnections that heading into late October typically signify colder weather in the 6-10 day period here in the Midwest. Before that, It's long been established that we've got another week of unseasonal warmth ahead. So warm, that this October is likely to end up in the top 5 warmest of all time locally. The trend is evident on the EURO's meteogram for the Quad Cities which keeps highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s through the e

Make no mistake about it, temperatures in the mid to upper 70s this time of year means you've selected 5 winning lottery numbers. Picking the remaining red Powerball is all you need to do to walk away with the jackpot. Adding full sunshine, low humidity, and light winds in with the temperatures, it's fair to say the Midwest hit mother natures version of the Powerball jackpot. The great thing about this game is that there's no losers. Nobody gets rich, but we all walked away w