WAUKEE, IOWA - The weather the past couple of weeks has returned to more seasonal conditions, much different than the abnormally warm weather we enjoyed during March. I've noticed the RRVT hasn't been quite as busy as it was with the warmer weather, but I expect that will change once the warmth returns later this week.
Yesterday afternoon, checking the radar I was surprised to see that there were a couple of tornado warning polygons on the screen up in northwest Iowa. No severe weather was forecast for the day, however a cold front was sweeping across Iowa apparently spawning some "cold air funnels" that must have reached the ground. While taking a quick ride down the RRVT to Waukee and back, it was quite obvious that the front was approaching rapidly from the northwest as a bank of clouds overtook the clear skies overhead. Returned just in time for a quick thundershower to douse the neighborhood before the sun returned to illuminate Dallas Center's "prairie silos". Fortunately no funnel clouds sighted on the Raccoon River Valley Trail this afternoon!
Yesterday afternoon, checking the radar I was surprised to see that there were a couple of tornado warning polygons on the screen up in northwest Iowa. No severe weather was forecast for the day, however a cold front was sweeping across Iowa apparently spawning some "cold air funnels" that must have reached the ground. While taking a quick ride down the RRVT to Waukee and back, it was quite obvious that the front was approaching rapidly from the northwest as a bank of clouds overtook the clear skies overhead. Returned just in time for a quick thundershower to douse the neighborhood before the sun returned to illuminate Dallas Center's "prairie silos". Fortunately no funnel clouds sighted on the Raccoon River Valley Trail this afternoon!
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