

THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT...
You may not have noticed it Wednesday with 14 hours and 43 minutes of daylight, but the days have been getting shorter for a month. Since...


STEVE'S WILD WORLD OF WEATHER...
When I'm wondering about weather folklore and historical events this is the man I go to. With more than 50 years of statistical and...


SUMMER MARCHES ON...
Before I get into the forecast, I came across a graphic on the Iowa Mesonet (Daryl Herzmann has an excellent site there) which allows us...


SUMMER SO FAR, WHAT I EXPECTED AND WHAT'S HAPPENED....
About 6 weeks ago I wrote this statement, "With sea surface temperatures setting up the way they are I've had a change of heart and...


TWO YEARS AGO: THE MARSHALLTOWN EF-3 TORNADO
On July 19th, 2018 multiple tornadoes touched down in central Iowa. That included twin twisters in Bondurant, an EF-3 in Pella and the...








