A cold front brought in showers and storms Saturday and now humidity will drop for the remainder of the holiday weekend. However, the warmth will return. Sunday will be nice with some clouds passing through. Temperatures will be running slightly below normal: Humidity levels will be down, giving a little taste of fall: Temperatures will be bumped up slightly for Labor Day under sunny skies: Temperatures will continue to rise through the week, back into the 80s by Tuesday: Hum

Three days ago I put up a post showing how wet the EURO Weeklies were over the 46 day period ending mid October. I emphasized what a change that was from our current pattern and how (if it were to occur), it could have implications on the coming harvest. Of course I stressed 46 days was a lifetime in the weather world and it was far from a sure thing. Just a trend worth watching. Well, the new run of the weeklies has arrived and it flipped like a gymnast. Here's the side by s

The final numbers are in on summer and the big take away is that it was warm and dry areawide. Of the six major reporting stations at the NWS office in Davenport, all registered above normal temperatures and below normal rainfall. Dubuque was the warmest with a summer temperature departure of 1.3 degrees. Burlington was by far the driest with a 6.71 rainfall deficit. That makes it the 10th driest summer there with a total of just 5.95 inches. Iowa City and Cedar Rapids were a

The last couple days have been spectacular from a weather standpoint. You all know what I mean so sense going into the details. Now of course, we are entering September, the start of Meteorological fall which ends the last day of November. Fall or not, we are going to pull another rabbit out of the hat today with a special start to September that includes all the makings of a fine summery day. Thank you sir, I'll take another! About the only change Thursday will be a period