The Iowa Weather Podcast

Your morning Iowa weather update Active alerts: Severe Thunderstorm Warning, Severe Thunderstorm Warning, Severe Thunderstorm Watch. around 95 degrees Folks, we've got two serious weather stories unfolding right now, first, severe thunderstorms are hammering northern Iowa as we speak. We're talking damaging winds up to 70 miles an hour and large hail. These storms rolled in around 9 A.M.

Your 3pm Iowa weather update Active alerts: Extreme Heat Warning, Extreme Heat Watch, Extreme Heat Watch. around 69 degrees Good afternoon, Iowa. A heat dome is about to crush Iowa. Tomorrow kicks off a dangerous stretch that could last through the Fourth of July.

Your morning Iowa weather update Active alerts: Extreme Heat Watch, Extreme Heat Watch, Extreme Heat Watch. around 82 degrees This is your last comfortable day before the heat hammer drops. Step outside right now and you're greeted by 65 degrees under a thick blanket of gray. Low clouds are squatting across most of the state this morning, courtesy of stubborn easterly flow off the Great Lakes.

Your 3pm Iowa weather update around 79 degrees Good afternoon, Iowa. You're sitting at a comfortable 77 degrees right now, but this is the last easy day you'll see for a while. A subtropical high is gearing up to the south.

Your morning Iowa weather update around 79 degrees Step outside right now and you'll feel exactly why folks are calling this the calm before the heat. We're sitting at 67 degrees under clear skies — comfortable, quiet, almost deceptively pleasant. Because that's about to flip.

Your 3pm Iowa weather update around 80 degrees Good afternoon, Iowa. A weak cold front is drifting across Iowa today. And it's bringing just enough energy to stir up a few clouds and maybe a sprinkle or two.

Your morning Iowa weather update around 80 degrees We're waking up to 63 degrees under gray skies, but a cold front slipped through overnight and left high pressure in charge. That means today dries out nicely, with sunshine breaking through and temperatures climbing to around 80 degrees. Light northwest winds keep things comfortable — perfect for an evening walk if you ask me.

Your 3pm Iowa weather update Active alerts: Severe Thunderstorm Watch, Severe Thunderstorm Watch, Severe Thunderstorm Watch. around 85 degrees Good afternoon, Iowa. A weak cold front is sliding through the state right now, but it's more of a gentle nudge than a shove. Most of us stay dry today with sunshine dominating.

Your morning Iowa weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 85 degrees A cold front just sliced through overnight. And it's dragging scattered storms across the eastern half of the state right now. This thing's tied to a low spinning through Minnesota, shoving thunderstorms southeast.

Your 9pm Iowa weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 62 degrees Seventy degrees outside right now, clear skies, calm air. And that perfect midsummer evening feel. Iowa splits into three different weather days.

Your midday Iowa weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 79 degrees Good afternoon, Iowa. Step outside right now and you're feeling that sticky summer air — 79 degrees across central Iowa with just enough humidity to make you notice. A weak front is drifting through.

Your morning Iowa weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 79 degrees A cold front is carving Iowa in two this morning. Western Iowa wakes up to 60 degrees with rain showers likely between 8 A.M.

Your 3pm Iowa weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 77 degrees Good afternoon, Iowa. High pressure is parked right over us today. We're sitting at 76 degrees under clear skies.

Your morning Iowa weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 77 degrees Yesterday's rain scrubbed the air clean and left us with a cool, refreshing start. We're sitting at 55 degrees right now. And high pressure is sliding in from the west.

Your 3pm Iowa weather update Active alerts: Flood Watch, Flood Watch, Flood Warning. around 65 degrees Good afternoon, Iowa. We just wrapped up a 24-hour soaking that dumped over half an inch of rain statewide. That low-pressure system is finally sliding east, but not before leaving us cloudy, damp.

Your morning Iowa weather update Active alerts: Flood Watch, Flood Watch, Flood Watch. around 68 degrees If you're heading out this morning, leave early. A slow-moving low is parked just south of us, dragging a warm front statewide and dumping rain. We've already picked up a third of an inch overnight.

Your 9pm Iowa weather update Active alerts: Flood Watch, Flood Watch, Flood Watch. around 60 degrees The rain machine is running wide open tonight, a deep low pressure system is pulling Gulf moisture straight north. And that tap stays on through the overnight hours. We're talking one to two inches of rain across most of the state, with some spots pushing three.

Your morning Iowa weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 72 degrees Wondering why it feels more like April than mid-June? Thank that cold front that blew through overnight. It shoved out the humidity and left us with crisp, dry air and a stiff northwest wind.

Your 3pm Iowa weather update Active alerts: Severe Thunderstorm Watch, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 82 degrees Good afternoon, Iowa. A cold front is slicing across Iowa right now. And it's bringing storms with it.

Your morning Iowa weather update Active alerts: Severe Thunderstorm Warning, Severe Thunderstorm Warning, Special Weather Statement. around 82 degrees Grab your umbrella and charge your phone, a cold front is barreling through Iowa today. And it's bringing two rounds of thunderstorms, the first wave hits western Iowa this morning. The second, bigger batch fires up statewide this afternoon and evening.

Your 3pm Iowa weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 83 degrees Good afternoon, Iowa. Step outside right now and you'll feel 81 degrees of pure summer sunshine. Light breeze, clear skies, not a cloud in sight.

Your morning Iowa weather update Active alerts: Flood Advisory, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 83 degrees A dry cold front slipped through overnight and left us with a gift: crystal clear skies and 56 degrees at sunrise. High pressure takes over today, so Here comes wall-to-wall sunshine and a breezy Friday to close out the workweek. Western Iowa gets the warmest punch.

Your 9pm Iowa weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Flood Advisory, Flood Advisory. around 56 degrees That cold front that brought us four-tenths of an inch of rain? It's already halfway to Illinois, high pressure is sliding in behind it. And you're about to feel the difference.

Your midday Iowa weather update Active alerts: Flood Watch, Flood Watch, Flood Watch. around 80 degrees Good afternoon, Iowa. Severe weather is bearing down on Iowa right now, a low-pressure system over south-central Iowa is dragging a cold front statewide. And where warm humid air meets that cooler push, thunderstorms are exploding.

Your evening Iowa weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Tornado Watch, Flood Warning. around 65 degrees That sticky air clinging to your skin? A storm system sitting over the Midwest is feeding on this muggy mess.

Your 3pm Iowa weather update Active alerts: Flood Watch, Tornado Watch, Tornado Watch. around 89 degrees Okay folks, buckle up, a powerful storm system is setting up shop across Iowa today. And it means business. We've got a boundary slicing through the state that's going to fire off multiple rounds of severe storms.

Your midday Iowa weather update around 73 degrees We've got a powerful storm system barreling through Iowa today and tomorrow. And it's not messing around.

Your 9am Iowa weather update Active alerts: Heat Advisory, Heat Advisory, Heat Advisory. around 92 degrees Here's what's happening. A massive ridge of high pressure has set up shop over the central U.S., pumping tropical moisture straight into Iowa. That moisture is cranking up the humidity and loading the atmosphere with instability.

Your midday Iowa weather update Multiple Flood Watches are in effect across Iowa today as another round of thunderstorms moves through the state. The National Weather Service has issued alerts for Central.

Your morning Iowa weather update Flash flooding is our main concern across Iowa today, with Flood Watches posted for multiple regions as thunderstorms develop this afternoon and intensify overnight. The heaviest rain looks to arrive after midnight, with some areas potentially seeing several inches. This morning starts quiet with temperatures around 63 degrees and those showers over northern Iowa wrapping up.

Your evening Iowa weather update Storms are building across northwest Iowa right now and will sweep through the state over the next 18 hours, bringing our first real taste of severe weather this season. The Storm Prediction Center has placed most of Iowa under a Marginal Risk for severe thunderstorms today. This morning starts quiet and mild with temperatures around 64 degrees.

Your midday Iowa weather update Classic Iowa summer weather continues statewide today with warm temperatures and southerly breezes. Here comes a mostly dry Wednesday with just a slight chance of morning showers for some eastern communities. This morning started mild with temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s across most of Iowa.

Your midday Iowa weather update A typical early June weather pattern settles across Iowa today with comfortable conditions and dry skies. Here comes a pleasant Tuesday with temperatures climbing to around 80 degrees this afternoon. This morning started mild with temperatures in the low 60s across most of the state.

Your morning Iowa weather update We're settling into a pleasant stretch of dry weather across Iowa today with temperatures climbing into the low 80s this afternoon. After recent unsettled conditions, this stable pattern will hold through Wednesday, giving us a nice break from any rain chances. This morning starts comfortable with temperatures in the low 60s and light easterly winds around 7 miles per hour.

Your 4pm Iowa weather update In Step outside you'll feel it, that classic early summer warmth, sun working overtime, highs in the mid-80s statewide. But here's the twist — western Iowa's playing a sneaky game this afternoon while the rest of us bask in sunshine. Classic Iowa, where one region gets a sprinkle and another gets a sunburn.

Your midday Iowa weather update Here comes a classic early June day across Iowa with temperatures climbing into the mid-80s under partly cloudy skies. High pressure is keeping things dry and comfortable, with just enough cloud cover to prevent excessive heat buildup this afternoon. Starting your Monday morning, temperatures are sitting in the low 60s across most of the state.

Your morning Iowa weather update The storms currently affecting western Iowa near Council Bluffs and Atlantic will push into central Iowa between 3 and 5 A.M., reaching the Des Moines metro around 4 A.M. By sunrise, the main line should be approaching eastern Iowa, with the Quad Cities seeing storm activity between 6 and 7 A.M. Once this system clears by mid-morning, we'll see gradual clearing from west to east.

Your evening Iowa weather update A few lingering showers are wrapping up across northern Iowa this afternoon, marking the end of our overnight thunderstorm activity that rolled through between 1 and 4 A.M. We started this Sunday with temperatures at 64 degrees around 6 this morning. And we're climbing steadily through the afternoon.

Your midday Iowa weather update A typical Iowa weather pattern settles in today with afternoon temperatures climbing to 79 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Those early morning thunderstorms that rolled through between midnight and 4 A.M. Have cleared out, leaving us with a pleasant Sunday ahead.

Your morning Iowa weather update A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for multiple counties across Iowa this morning. Heavy thunderstorms are producing dangerous rainfall rates that could lead to rapid water rises in creeks, streams.

Your midday Iowa weather update Here comes a typical late May pattern across Iowa today with afternoon thunderstorms developing between 1 and 5 P.M. The best chance for rain comes right around lunchtime with nearly a 50 percent probability as temperatures climb toward 79 degrees. Starting out this Saturday morning, we've got comfortable conditions with temperatures in the mid-60s and light southeast winds.

Your midday Iowa weather update Rain moves into Iowa overnight, bringing a soggy start to your Saturday morning. The showers arrive around 1 A.M. and continue through lunchtime, tapering off by 1 P.M.

Your morning Iowa weather update Here comes a pleasant Friday across Iowa with temperatures climbing into the low 80s this afternoon, though scattered thunderstorms will develop late tonight into the overnight hours. Starting your Friday morning, temperatures are sitting comfortably in the mid-60s with light southeast winds around 6 miles per hour. As we move through the morning commute, expect mostly dry conditions with increasing cloud cover.

Your midday Iowa weather update Another warm day is settling across Iowa with temperatures already climbing into the low 80s this afternoon. Here comes mostly sunny skies and dry conditions that'll stick with us through the weekend. This afternoon we'll see temperatures peak around 88 degrees by 6 P.M., making it one of the warmer days we've had this May.

Your morning Iowa weather update Another warm day settles across Iowa with temperatures climbing into the upper 80s this afternoon under mostly sunny skies. The dry stretch that's been with us all week continues through the holiday weekend. This morning starts comfortable with temperatures in the low 60s across most of the state.

Your midday Iowa weather update Get ready for the warmest day of the week across Iowa, with temperatures climbing to 89 degrees this afternoon. After several days of cooler weather, we're finally getting a taste of late May warmth with plenty of sunshine and dry conditions throughout the state. This morning started comfortable in the mid-60s.

Your morning Iowa weather update Get ready for the warmest day of the week across Iowa, with temperatures climbing near 90 degrees this afternoon. After several days in the 70s and low 80s, we're finally getting a taste of early summer heat that'll have you reaching for the air conditioning. Starting out this Wednesday morning, temperatures are sitting around 60 degrees with winds shifting from southwest to south around 6 A.M.

Your midday Iowa weather update Warm temperatures are settling in across Iowa as we kick off this late May Tuesday, with afternoon highs expected to reach into the mid to upper 80s. It's the kind of day that has many Iowans thinking about summer plans, even though we're still technically in spring. This morning started mild with temperatures in the mid-60s across most of the state.

Your morning Iowa weather update Another warm day is building across Iowa with temperatures already climbing into the low 70s this morning. Here comes widespread highs in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees this afternoon under mostly sunny skies. Right now at 5 A.M., temperatures are sitting around 63 degrees with light southerly winds.

Your midday Iowa weather update A classic late May pattern is settling over Iowa today with temperatures climbing into the mid-80s this afternoon under partly cloudy skies. Here comes dry conditions statewide with just enough breeze to keep things comfortable. Right now at noon, we're already sitting at 78 degrees across much of Central Iowa.