14 OCT 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AND INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE THIS MORNING...REACHING SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BEFORE TURNING TO NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. COOL AND QUIET WEATHER WILL THEN CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH ANOTHER REINFORCING COLD FRONT ARRIVING ON SATURDAY. RAIN
CHANCES RETURN TO THE FORECAST BETWEEN SUNDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...THEN AN AREA OF CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA BRINGING EVEN COOLER WEATHER NEXT WEEK.


14 OCT 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

Today and Friday 14th and 15th - Windy Today - Dry thru period - Mid/High 60's.

Sat and Sunday 16th/17th - Dry - Temps Mid 70's.

Monday and Tuesday 18th/19th - Rain/Wind - Temps 65/60.

Wed thru Friday 20th/21st - Dry - Low Temps 35-40 - High Temps 55-60.

On this day in Iowa weather history...

1966: A strong storm system produced a significant late season tornado outbreak across Iowa, Missouri, and Illinois even as cold air rushing in behind the system dropped 4.0 inches of snow at Sioux City. The strongest tornado struck the town of Belmond in Wright County at about 2 pm, producing F4 or F5 damage with 75 percent of businesses and more than 100 homes leveled. There were 6 fatalities and 172 injuries in and around Belmond, but the toll would likely have been far worse if the tornado had struck half an hour earlier during the homecoming parade when hundreds of people filled the streets. Elsewhere weaker tornadoes tracked across central and northeastern Iowa, with one moving from just east of Prairie City to south of Colfax and another moving from Clive through Urbandale, Johnston, Saylorville, and Ankeny fortunately producing only minor damage with no deaths or injuries.