Signal: increased humidity
precipforecast19March2012

Warmest, wettest air mass ever recorded in March in Central/Eastern U.S.

Widespread and potentially catastrophic areal flooding and river flooding is expected this afternoon through Wednesday morning in Eastern Oklahoma, Western Arkansas, Western Louisiana, and Southwest Missouri, warns the National Weather Service in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in their latest flood watch for the region. The storm system responsible is a massive, slow-moving trough of low pressure over [...]

CedarRapidFloods

Iowa now warmer, wetter, and flooding

Climate change already is affecting the daily lives of Iowans and will do so more profoundly in the future, according to a report commissioned by the Iowa Legislature. The effects of the changing climate can readily be seen on the farm, the report says, including: >> The growing season is longer, so farmers are planting [...]