Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly clear. Lows around 40. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Friday
Partly cloudy early then becoming mostly cloudy. Slight chance of light rain late in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 3:50 PM CST on November 12, 2009
... Highest winds sorted by sustained speed in the past 6 hours...
Station County time speed gust
Grand Meadow - kimt Mower 1230 PM 36 mph mph Dodge Center AWOS Dodge 1115 am 25 mph 30 mph Rochester ASOS Olmsted 154 PM 24 mph 35 mph Elma cwop Howard 1213 PM 23 mph 25 mph 4n Rochester cwop Olmsted 212 PM 23 mph 35 mph St ansgar kimt-TV Mitchell 255 PM 23 mph mph Preston AWOS Fillmore 1056 am 22 mph 31 mph West Concord - kimt Dodge 1040 am 22 mph mph St Charles 4w RWIS Olmsted 101 PM 21 mph 31 mph Charles City AWOS Floyd 215 PM 21 mph 26 mph Starmont es Arlington IA Fayette 1059 am 20 mph mph La Crosse ASOS La Crosse 953 am 20 mph 29 mph Austin AWOS Mower 1015 am 17 mph 24 mph New Hampton RWIS Chickasaw 1205 PM 17 mph 24 mph Oelwein AWOS Fayette 1135 am 17 mph 22 mph Decorah AWOS Winneshiek 955 am 16 mph 25 mph Medford AWOS Taylor 235 PM 16 mph 22 mph Diamond Lake RAWS Taylor 214 PM 15 mph 23 mph
Key to observation types AWS - sensors from AWS incorporated. Often located at schools. Aprs - automatic packet reporting system. Ham radio weather station data. Cwop - citizen weather observer program. Home weather station data. RWIS - Road weather information systems. Located on major roads and bridges. RAWS - fire weather observations. Often located in forests. ASOS/AWOS - aviation weather observations. Located at airports.
Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposure. Not all data listed is considered official.