(Des Moines) State Climatologist Justin Glisan says the latest U.S. Drought Monitor reflects the latest storm systems’ impact on Iowa’s drought condition, particularly in western Iowa.
Glisan says a six-to-12-inch frost depth in northwest Iowa and frozen shallow soils will soak in once the temperatures warm up.
Glisan says the active storm track is forecast to continue in the six-to-ten, and eight-to-fourteen-day outlook, keeping the state in a wetter pattern through at least the first part of March, along with warmer-than-average temperatures.
Glisan says the model does show a possible cold outbreak occurring the first week of March. He says there is a “big bullseye” of below-average temperatures on the west coast and slightly easing toward Iowa.
