WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK

Nov 18, 09:27 PM

WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN IOWA

The National Weather Service in conjunction with the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency have declared November 12, 2009 as Winter Weather Awareness Day in Iowa.

Each year, winter returns to Iowa and can produce snow storms, blizzards, ice storms and periods of extremely cold temperatures and danger wind chill temperatures. This year, the National Weather Service in Des Moines will issue three Public Information Statements highlighting winter hazards. Look for the fall edition of the "Weather Whisper" which will highlight winter weather safety, the Iowa winter weather outlook and other interesting items. The "Weather Whisper" is due out in early November, 2009.

Here are useful winter weather safety links:

Winter Weather Preparedness Page

National Winter Weather Preparedness Page

Be Ready Iowa! Page

Official Three-Month Outlooks Page

Since El Nino is likely this winter, it would be good to know what impacts El Nino events have in the upper midwest. Interested in learning more? Please review El Nino Impacts in Iowa which was prepared by Craig Cogil, Climate Program Leader at the National Weather Service in Des Moines.

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