After one of the coldest, snowiest first two weeks of December, the worst is behind us. We've been telling you there was light at the end of the tunnel and for those who believed, your faith is soon to be rewarded. Before I expound on the great flip of December 2025, here's what the average temperature departures look like around Iowa for the first 15 days of the month. Many places in the eastern half of the state are running 12–14 degrees below normal per day! Snowfall has b

Another brutally cold morning is in place across the region with sub-zero temperatures taking over Monday, but in the coming days temperatures will be gradually moderating and a storm system in the short term will bring rain, not snow. A look above shows the long-range high-resolution modeling early Thursday with light rain showers sweeping through around sunrise. This system is rather moisture starved so heavy rain is not a concern, but we might at least get some rain accumu

If you are sick and tired of the cold and snow in the Midwest on this brutally cold Sunday, you just need to wait a bit longer for changes as the pattern is continuing to show major signals for a big pattern flip towards the end of the month. Above you can see the European Ensemble has a rather strong ridge taking over by Christmas week which would shut off the active storm track and favor a generally warming pattern. Starting Sunday morning most of the area will be below zer

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SATURDAY FOR SNOW COLD WEATHER ADVISORY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY Our 17-day onslaught of winter weather ends with a bang this weekend, one that features another snow system over the south and a quick but intense shot of Arctic air. For perspective, since Thanksgiving, the majority of my area has seen 10–22 inches of snow. That does not take into account what ends up falling today. Here's a larger perspective of 14 day snowfall totals, which shows the

Thursday was a tale of dry air as far as my area was concerned. Models really struggled to define its southern extent and the impact it would have on snow. In the end, it was further southwest than expected by at least 30 miles. That made a difference, with most of the accumulations, (which were generally in the 1-3 inch range) ending up just SW of the Quad Cities. The largest totals, in spots, could have hit 4 inches in the blue-green shading below from near Williamsburg to