Iowa weather: A windy and sunny day after yesterday’s rain (2024)

INCLUDES A LITTLE BIT OF WIND TODAY AND SOME RAIN FROM LAST NIGHT. YEAH, EXACTLY. THAT’S WHAT WE HAD. WE’RE STARTING TO GET SOME MORE TOTALS IN. I WANT TO SHARE THOSE AS THEY ARE REPORTED TO US. OF COURSE WE’RE LOOKING AROUND THE METRO CLOSE AROUND 1 TO 2IN DES MOINES. I DO HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHER TOTALS, AROUND 1.95IN. JUST SHY OF TWO INCHES. OFFICIALLY IN THE METRO. AND I SAW SOME PLACES LIKE WAUKEE, ALTOONA, BONDURANT AREA AROUND AN INCH AND A QUARTER, FORT DODGE COMING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HALF AN INCH, AND EVEN CORYDON AROUND THAT HALF INCH MARK AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION, YEAH, ALGONA AREA DID SEE CLOSE AROUND THREE INCHES AND ABOVE SOME PLACES. EVEN IN KOSSUTH COUNTY GOT CLOSE AROUND FIVE INCHES REPORTEDLY SO. SO YEAH, WE’RE STILL GOING TO BE DEALING WITH SOME OF THOSE FLOOD ISSUES. THEY ARE STARTING TO RECEDE. HOWEVER, THAT AERIAL FLOOD WARNING STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 THIS MORNING. SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOWING THAT COLD FRONT OFF TO THE EAST. THAT’S WHERE THE CLOUDS ARE ALSO MAKING THEIR WAY OUT. WE’RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH MORE SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS WE DRY OUT AND AGAIN, REALLY FEELING THE DRIER WEATHER. NOT GOING TO BE AS MUGGY FOR TODAY TO BE PRETTY NICE. STILL HAVE HIGHS IN THE MID 80S AS WE GET TO AROUND NOON THOUGH. THAT BREEZE IS GOING TO PICK UP. WE’RE GOING TO BE NOTICING THOSE STRONGER WINDS MAINLY FROM THE WEST. AND THEN ONCE IT’S COLD FRONT PASSES OVER US, IT WILL BRING SOME CLOUDS, EVEN A CHANCE FOR SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN IOWA. BUT WE’RE NOT GOING TO BE DEALING WITH TOO MUCH OF THE RAINFALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE. HERE IN CENTRAL IOWA AND THE METRO AND FURTHER SOUTH, WE’LL BE STAYING DRY. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY, TONIGHT AND ALL DAY TOMORROW, A LOT OF SUNSHINE TO ENJOY AS THOSE WINDS THEY’RE GOING TO BE PICKING UP AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THURSDAY. SO EVEN STRONGER. BUT LET’S TALK ABOUT TODAY AROUND 15 UP TO 25 MILE PER HOUR GUSTS AROUND NOON. AND THEN THEY’LL EVEN STRENGTHEN A BIT, SEEING MORE OF THE 20 CLOSE AROUND 25 EVEN FURTHER NORTH. AND NORTHERN IOWA, YOU’LL BE DEALING WITH AROUND 30 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS. AND THEN AS WE GET INTO TONIGHT, THOSE REALLY DIALED DOWN JUST A BIT. NOT TOO BREEZY, BUT THEN FOR TOMORROW IT’S GOING TO BE WINDY ACROSS THE STATE. TALKING 2025 EVEN CLOSE AROUND 40 MILE PER HOUR. WIND GUSTS EXPECTED AGAIN ALL FROM THE NORTHWEST AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AND THAT WILL BRING EVEN MORE OF A COOLDOWN, BUT ALSO LOWER HUMIDITY. SO IT’S GOING TO BE PRETTY NICE OUTSIDE AS WE GET TO THE REST OF THIS WEEK. HIGHS FOR TODAY MID 80S A LOT LIKE YESTERDAY AS FAR AS OUR HIGHS, BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO BE NEARLY AS HUMID IF YOU WERE OUTSIDE. YEAH YEAH YOU DEFINITELY DID FEEL THAT HUMIDITY FOR TUESDAY. NOT THE STORY FOR TODAY. EVEN DIALING DOWN THE TEMPERATURES HIGHS ONLY STAYING IN THE UPPER 70S F