Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
A Spooky Forecast
Increasing clouds for the trick or treaters with temps in the mid 40's. Happy Halloween Everyone!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Hawkeye Forecast
If you're heading to the game in Iowa City on Saturday here's a forecast just for you, I think you'll like it!
A COLD Start!
Temperatures in the 20s were common across the area this morning, with Clinton dipping into the upper teens! Friday night should not be as cold, with lows in the 30s for most of us. Saturday afternoon looks great, with highs in the 60s!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
A Cold Night Ahead...
As skies finally clear out late this afternoon the stage will be set for a very cold October night! In fact, a FREEZE WARNING is in effect for the QC, meaning the end to the growing season will happen tonight! By Friday morning we should be into the mid 20s for the first time in a long time!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
How's the wind treating you today folks?
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1114 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...
A STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST HAS PRODUCED STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS EASTERN IOWA...WESTERN ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI TODAY.
HIGHEST GUSTS RECORDED THROUGH 11 AM CDT
ILLINOIS SITES
FREEPORT AWOS ..................... 51 MPH AT 1005 AM
MOLINE ASOS ....................... 45 MPH AT 523 AM
STERLING ROCKFALLS AWOS ........... 39 MPH AT 1015 AM
IOWA SITES
BURLINGTON ASOS ................... 41 MPH AT 859 AM
CEDAR RAPIDS ASOS ................. 45 MPH AT 943 AM
CLINTON AWOS ...................... 64 MPH AT 535 AM
DAVENPORT ASOS .................... 52 MPH AT 509 AM
DUBUQUE ASOS ...................... 48 MPH AT 908 AM
FAIRFIELD AWOS .................... 43 MPH AT 752 AM
FORT MADISON AWOS ................. 39 MPH AT 834 AM
KEOKUK AWOS ....................... 43 MPH AT 409 AM
INDEPENDENCE AWOS ................. 50 MPH AT 1054 AM
MONTICELLO AWOS ................... 48 MPH AT 1034 AM
MOUNT PLEASANT AWOS ............... 43 MPH AT 624 AM
MUSCATINE AWOS .................... 46 MPH AT 434 AM
VINTON AWOS ....................... 45 MPH AT 943 AM
WASHINGTON AWOS ................... 43 MPH AT 409 AM
Monday, October 25, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
22 Days Without Any Significant Rain
Last Big Rain in Moline was On September 25th! Last October was one of the wettest on record and this year it could be one of the driest! Record of consecutive days without rain ended November 15, 1952 at 45 days.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Blue Skies for Miles!
There's blue sky as far as the eye can see this afternoon, again! It's another great fall day with highs near 70, and of course plenty of sunshine. The nice weather continues through this weekend, with just a slight dip in the temperatures Friday/Friday night.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Coming to an End...
We've been in the 80s for the last 5 days, and 6 of the first 12 days in October...but it will be MUCH COOLER Wednesday! Highs for the next few days will be a lot closer to average for mid-October, in the mid to upper 60s!
Paula Strengthens...
Paula has gotten considerably stronger today (now a cat. 2) and is flirting with some tourist hot-spots in Mexico. If you've been to Cancun, Playa del Carmen or Cozumel you're familiar with great beaches and a very relaxing atmosphere...but that's not the case tonight. The storm is offshore by about 100 miles and continues to move slightly closer to the Yucatan Pen. For the latest check out the NHC website located here:
Fall Colors
It's a beautiful time of year in the Quad Cities, as we've got plenty of fall color on display! Here's a map showing fall colors right now across the upper Midwest. Here in the QCA we're nearing our PEAK COLOR! Over the next couple weeks we hope to share some nice pics of the fall colors, feel free to send your snapshots to:
Monday, October 11, 2010
Tropics Flare Up
After some relatively quiet time down in the Tropics we've got another Tropical Storm out there, Paula! The storm has winds of 60 mph right now and should gain some strength and possibly become a hurricane over the next 36 hours. The storm will be approaching places like Cancun and Cozumel but should stay just off shore for the foreseeable future. It'll be a close call though and anyone with travel plans down to this part of Mexico over the next week or so should stay tuned, as the storm takes it sweet time down in the Caribbean!
Saturday, October 9, 2010
WOW!
We did it...we set a new record high for October 9th in the Quad Cities! As of 4pm the high today was up to 88, breaking the old record of 87, which was set all the way back on October 9, 1938!
*Update* The record high ended up at 89° Saturday!
Friday, October 8, 2010
One Year Ago...
With the weather we've had lately here in the QC it's hard to believe that one year ago this weekend we had some light snow, with highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s! It's true though, on October 10, 2009, temperatures were WAY below normal.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Dry Spell Continues...
OK so it doesn't exactly look like the picture here but it has been rather dry for the last 2 weeks in the QC. We've had plenty of sunshine and a total of 0.04" of rain over the last 12 days...and there's more sunshine and dry weather on tap through the start of the weekend!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Almost There...
The Mississippi River has a little further to rise and should crest Wednesday afternoon/evening. The latest report has the river at 16.71' in the Quad Cities, with a crest expected around 16.9'. Thursday a slow fall begins and the river should finally be below flood stage (15') by Tuesday of next week!
Monday, October 4, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Weekend Frost!
After a cold front passes by Friday night things will get MUCH COLDER for the weekend! Saturday highs will struggle to reach 60, and then Saturday night the bottom falls out! We'll see lows in the lower 30s for most of the QCA and frost is a very good bet Saturday night...
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