IEM Daily Feature
Thursday, 29 September 2011

Late September Wind

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:49 AM


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A strong pressure gradient will exist across Iowa today, and the result will be strong, gusty winds. The featured plot shows a variety of methods that can be used to forecast sustained winds and gusts, using various weather prediction models as well as the NWS forecast compared to observations for Des Moines. Further explanation of these methods may be found here. To view time series forecasts for other cities around the U.S., go here.

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