March 10th is not the typical time of year to be tooling down the highway in search of a twister. Yet, that is where I found myself Tuesday morning, sailing down Route 61 towards a target somewhere E/SE of the Quad Cities. While the sun was out when I left, the temperature was just 41 degrees when I exited the city limits of Dubuque, (far from tornado weather). Where I was headed, robust readings around 80 were expected with unusual amounts of humidity. That contrast is one o

It's early March and it is unusual to see a significant storm threat this far north. However, that is the situation my counties from the Quad Cities southeast find themselves in. A rather robust set of parameters seems to be in play for severe thunderstorms that could produce all modes of severe weather. That includes the potential of strong tornadoes, EF2 or greater towards late afternoon or evening. Currently, SPC has an enhanced level 3 risk of severe weather in place from

A rather classic severe weather event continues to take shape across the region on Tuesday with all modeling continuing to show the threat for severe weather including the risk for tornadoes, large hail and damaging wind gusts. The HRRR (above) indicates explosive thunderstorm development along the warm front across southeast Iowa and central Illinois in the late afternoon and evening Tuesday. The RRFS above indicates a similar solution and are most likely to receive storms.

JOIN THE ROSTER FOR WX SCHOOL, MODEL ANALYSIS 101 JOIN THE ROSTER FOR WX SCHOOL, MODEL ANALYSIS 101 Record-warm temperatures are in the forecast to start the next week, however a rather significant pattern change looks likely to take over the region at least briefly. Early next week, roughly March 14 through 18, a shot of colder air is likely to take over the Upper Midwest as indicated in the European Ensemble above. Temperature anomalies are projected to be -7 to -13 below n

JOIN THE ROSTER FOR WX SCHOOL, MODEL ANALYSIS 101 CLICK ABOVE FOR THE DETAILS IT'S ABOUT TIME BROTHER... Even fans of beautiful weather were smiling Friday due to a couple rounds of beneficial rain that were long overdue. And when I say long overdue, rest assured that's an understatement. Take a look at these summaries for the month of February from the NWS in the Quad Cities. For the entire month, Moline had no measurable precipitation-(rain or snow). You can't get any less