I don't know about you but the last 3 months we have had constant strong winds. I do not remember a time that has been consistently this windy. I remember talking to my grandpa when he was still alive and he said the droughts in the 30's it was incredibly windy. Just dry, hot, windy and blowing dust around.
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Here in the DSM area we had the windiest April I can remember over the last 20 years.
That's why we've been putting up wind turbines in Iowa for the last 20 years. We'll use the wind to neutralize climate change, then we can go back to fossil fuels. Rinse and repeat...
National Weather Service Des Moines tweeted this week what we've all been thinking: "It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the wind!"
So far this year the National Weather Service has issued 39 wind advisories in Iowa — 39 notices of sustained winds of 31 to 39 mph expected to last at least an hour and/or when wind gusts are expected to reach 46 to 57 mph. That's tied with 2012 for the second-most wind advisories through April 24 since the weather service started tracking them in 2006, trailing only 2014's 41.
It should surprise nobody that Iowa is windy in the spring, since it is "one of the windiest times of the year," NWS meteorologist Rod Donavon said.
But why, when we had 22 wind advisories at this time last year and normally have 20 to 25 through the first four months, have we had so many more this year?
This spring many storms have been out of the south, followed by winds out of the northwest, said NWS Meteorologist Roger Vachalek.
"We've had some fairly strong systems," Vachalek said. "We get winds mixing and that enhances the wind gusts."
In the case of this spring's weather, most of the winds blew Canadian air from the northwest, which tends to be colder air, Donavon said.
Des Moines has an average high temperature of 62 degrees in April. Through April 24, the city had an average high of 56.6 degrees. Throughout the spring, large cold fronts also dragged in bitter cold air, Donavon said. March had an average high of 48.8 degrees, about a half-degree below average.
So far this year the National Weather Service has issued 39 wind advisories in Iowa — 39 notices of sustained winds of 31 to 39 mph expected to last at least an hour and/or when wind gusts are expected to reach 46 to 57 mph. That's tied with 2012 for the second-most wind advisories through April 24 since the weather service started tracking them in 2006, trailing only 2014's 41.
It should surprise nobody that Iowa is windy in the spring, since it is "one of the windiest times of the year," NWS meteorologist Rod Donavon said.
But why, when we had 22 wind advisories at this time last year and normally have 20 to 25 through the first four months, have we had so many more this year?
This spring many storms have been out of the south, followed by winds out of the northwest, said NWS Meteorologist Roger Vachalek.
"We've had some fairly strong systems," Vachalek said. "We get winds mixing and that enhances the wind gusts."
In the case of this spring's weather, most of the winds blew Canadian air from the northwest, which tends to be colder air, Donavon said.
Des Moines has an average high temperature of 62 degrees in April. Through April 24, the city had an average high of 56.6 degrees. Throughout the spring, large cold fronts also dragged in bitter cold air, Donavon said. March had an average high of 48.8 degrees, about a half-degree below average.
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