There are always two sides to a story, and in the case of the upcoming weather pattern, two scenarios for a weekend storm system with the European and American (GFS) models with a similar idea of a weekend system Thursday night/Friday morning, but with critically different details such as timing and placement. The operational European has decent rain chances over the area as depicted above. While not a significant amount of precipitation, it would run in the ballpark of 0.25"

A cold and foggy start to your Sunday as we officially move into Standard Time across the region. Morning temperatures will be near to slightly below freezing locally, but with the growing season officially considered over, Freeze Warnings are not in effect locally. Percent chance of going above normal in the medium to extended period are looking rather high with analogs (above) hinting at 70-80% probabilities, but late this month the pattern could get a little more interesti

Halloween is behind us, Thanksgiving is ahead, and that means it's November. One of the bigger transitional months, average high temperatures drop about 15 degrees from the 1st to the 30th. In Dubuque, highs start around 52 and dive to 37 by month's end. Average lows start at 34 and crash to 22 just 29 days later There are usually a couple of days with at least measurable snow in November, with average amounts ranging from 2.8 inches up north in Dubuque to less than an inch i

With today being Halloween, I thought I would tell you a tale full of nonsense that is particularly insubstantial, but true to the best of my recollection. Back in the late 60s, trick or treating was a big deal and what I would call a rite of passage to becoming a teenager. While a respectable costume was essential, the prize in the end was the volume of candy one could acquire in 2-3 hours time. In this era, I don't recall trick or treating being relegated to specific hours.

Wednesday was a transition day as the storm that brought light to moderate rains spun off to the east. In the overall scheme of things, the rain that fell was useful, but far from what the doctor ordered due to the dryness of the past 2 months. The system's rain shield was a bear to forecast right up to the end. When it was all said and done, the highest amounts locally ended up north of I-80 where some place like Galena, Independence, and Center Point all had over 6/10ths of