For a number of recent days, some weather forecast models were showing a rather robust environment to support severe convective storms in Iowa today. Thankfully, the threat appears to have backed off considerably now and the Storm Prediction Center has just a general thunder "TSTM" risk for much of the state today. The featured info graphic displays the number of days since a given SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook threat category for Iowa during the month of January. Of course, it is very rare to have severe thunderstorms in Iowa during January as everything is usually too cold and surface moisture is limited by cold temperatures. The weather forecast focus turns to a significant snow storm arriving Wednesday!

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