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meteorologist britley ritz has your first alert forecast. britley, how s the weather the weather outside is just perfect. again today, we will watch just a few clouds and plenty of sunshine take over eastern iowa. high temperatures will top out in the middle to upper 70s and we ll keep an easterly wind around to help keep the air dry. i hope you can at least step outside once today to enjoy this fresh air. this evening will once again be cool. low temperatures will drop into the low 50s. however, this evening winds will shift to the southeast. this will start to draw in moister and warmer weather. expect your saturday to be slightly warmer. high temperatures will warm near 80 degrees. winds will continue out of the sou mph. from here on out the temperatures rise and so does the mugginess. by the beginning of the workweek you can expect middle 80s and humid conditions. today: mostly sunny. wind: e 5-10. high: 77 alo: 77 dbq: 76 iow: 78 74 to 80 tonight: clear. wind: ligh ....
chance for some storms tonight? summer continues to hang on with high heat and humidity. the moisture that is in the air along with an unstable atmosphere brings showers and storms to the state tonight and tomorrow. gusty winds will accompany some of the storms, but the main threat is heavy rain. over 2 inches will be possible with some of the thursday, more active weather returns friday, ahead of a cold front, ushering in beautiful fall weather for the upcoming weekend. have a great night. tonight: storms become likely. heavy rain is possible. wind: sw 5-15. low: 70 tomorrow: occasional rain and thunderstorm s. heavy rain is possible. wind: sw 10-20. high: 84 anyone else who has to work outside or spend time in a building without air conditioning, today was pretty brutal. the heat forced several schools in eastern iowa to let out early today. that included iowa city, which dismissed classes two hours early. the superintenden t s receiving less criticism this time than ....
quick 1-2 of rain is likely in many areas. over the northern half, isolated rain amounts of 4-5 are also possible. should this occur, flash flooding would be a concern, along with area rivers likely rising into the weekend. thursday continues to look dry with more storms possible on friday. this weekend will be a nice one with highs in the 70s and lows well down into the 50s. kickoff for iowa/iowa state will be in the upper 60s with temperatures falling to the upper 50s around the 4th quarter. thanks kaj. they know where the fire at riley s caf near downtown extensively damaged the popular cafe started in or near a ventilation fan in the ceiling over a dishwashing area. the cafe is at 836 first avenune. firefighters got the call about 3-30 yesterday afternoon. it took them a little more than an hour to get the fire under control. one firefighter went to the hospital with a heat-related illness. crews had to remove most of riley s food and check to make sure the fire w ....
many areas. over the northern half, isolated rain amounts of 4-5 are also possible. should this occur, flash flooding would be a concern, along with area rivers likely rising into the weekend. thursday continues to look dry with more storms possible on friday. this weekend will be a nice one with highs in the 70s and lows well down into the 50s. kickoff for iowa/iowa state will be in the upper 60s with temperatures falling to the upper 50s around the 4th quarter. thanks kaj. love water, not oil! love officers have pulled back from dakota access pipeline protesters in north dakota. that s because they say it wasn t safe for police officers. this after a federal judge has temporarily stopped work on some, but not all, of a portion of the dakota access pipeline the pipeline set to go through iowa. the standing rock sioux tribe is pushing a pipeline company because they say construction could destroy sacred sites. the judge says he ll make decision by friday on the trib ....
city traffic stops. the police department asked for the study. you re watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o mara has your first occasional showers and storms will be scattered around the area today. any storms that form will be capable of torrential rainfall rates, and a quick 1-2 of rain is likely in many areas. over the northern half, isolated rain amounts of 4-5 are also possible. should this area rivers likely rising into the weekend. thursday continues to look dry with more storms possible on friday. this weekend will be a nice one with highs in the 70s and lows well down into the 50s. kickoff for iowa/iowa state will be in the upper 60s with temperatures falling to the upper 50s around the 4th quarter. love water, not oil! love water, not oil! officers have pulled back from dakota access pipeline protesters in north dakota. that s because they say it wasn t safe for police officer ....