Jon Rivas

Des Moines

Morning Meteorologist at KCCI-TV (Des Moines, IA)

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Iowa weather: Heating up for Mother’s Day weekend

6 days ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

Temperatures fell into the 40s this morning, which is be the lowest they will be for a while. Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts From here on out, temperatures will be rebounding and we have a stretch of abnormally high temperatures for the weekend and all of next week. We won’t have any notable humidity however, with dew points mainly staying in the 50s. We will peak in the 70s again today before highs in the 80s return for the weekend and all of next week.
Iowa weather: Sunny and dry ahead of a weekend warmup

1 week ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

After the showers and storms yesterday and last night, we will have a cooler afternoon with highs in the 60s and low 70s across Iowa. Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts We are drying out and will stay that way for the rest of the week into the weekend. With the dry weather, temperatures will climb and we will see 80s back in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday. The weekend will have morning lows in the 50s and upper 40s and afternoon highs in the mid and low 80s.
Iowa weather: Another sunny day before rain chances return Wednesday

1 week ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

Temperatures are again starting in the 50s and 40s for the morning with a slightly warmer afternoon to finish.Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts Expect another sunny day as the calm weather pattern continues. Winds will be very light as well for today and tonight, but we will usher in some changes for Wednesday. A weak cold front is approaching for Wednesday that will allow for some shower and storm chances as early as Wednesday afternoon.
Iowa weather: Another round of rain before our dry weekend

1 week ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

Showers are pushing in from the west this morning leading to climbing rain chances. Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts This will be the last day we will need the raincoat before we dry out over the weekend. Most of the rain today will be light. Some pockets of moderate rain with the small chance for a thunderstorm or two in the afternoon. Temperatures will not climb much due to the rain and clouds. Highs will be around 60 with most of the day in the 50s along with a 5 to 10 mph north wind.
Iowa weather forecast: Off and on rain chances today and tomorrow

2 weeks ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

OF COFFEE. START YOUR DAY. COMING UP ON 5:00 THIS MORNING, WE’RE GETTING A LITTLE DOSE OF RAIN IN SOME PARTS OF THE STATE OF IOWA THIS MORNING. YES, SOME LIGHT SHOWERS OUT THERE. ALSO SOME FOG AND SOME DRIZZLE. SO KIND OF SOME WET WEATHER. ANYWAY, LOOK AT IT AROUND THE AREA. NOT A LOT OF RAIN SO FAR HERE TODAY, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTHERN IOWA. SOME STEADIER RAIN AS YOU HEAD TO THE WEST AS WELL. GETTING A BIT OF A BREAK FROM THE STEADY RAIN HERE AROUND THE METRO.
Iowa weather: Rain chances return this afternoon

2 weeks ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

We are starting off cool and dry with temps settling in the 40s. Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts Clouds are overhead from the rain and storms far to our south. Our atmosphere is too dry to support any showers for most of the morning, but through the day we should gather enough moisture for some showers and even a chance for isolated storms. Our max temperatures today are dependent on when the rain will start.
Tulip Time weather: Forecast for this week's festival in Pella

2 weeks ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

MORE FANS HEADING INTO HIS SECOND YEAR. 620 THIS MORNING, WE’RE TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT THE FORECAST TODAY. AFTER TAKING A DEEP BREATH FROM A KIND OF A BUSY NIGHT LAST NIGHT. YEAH, EXACTLY. STORMS KIND OF PUSH ON THROUGH FOR SOME OF US, NOT ALL OF US WE KNEW WAS KIND OF A BOOM OR BUST SETUP ANYWAYS. BUT EITHER WAY, THAT’S BEHIND US. AND NOW WE’RE LOOKING AT STILL RAIN CHANCES, JUST NOT TODAY. WE’LL BE DRYING OUT. HERE’S YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES. STILL A LOT OF CLOUD COVER OVERHEAD.
Iowa weather: More rain chances this week

2 weeks ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

We will be staying sunny and dry today with gusty winds for the morning, but winds will be weaker for the afternoon. Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts Some of the storms yesterday evening and last night may have caused damage over select areas of Iowa. Northern Iowa along with parts of central Iowa experienced some isolated stronger storms where southern Iowa had strong non-thunderstorm related gusty winds around 60 mph.
Iowa weather: What to know about strong storms expected Monday

3 weeks ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

YEAH. HOW ABOUT TODAY? TODAY? NOT SO MUCH. WE’RE LOOKING AT SOME PASSING SHOWERS AND SOME STORMS, BUT AT LEAST AS FAR AS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WE HAVE BEEN SEEING POPPING UP ACROSS THE STATE. NOT FOR EVERYBODY, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN FINDING THEMSELVES UNDERNEATH THEM. WELL, THEY CAN BE A LITTLE SPOOKY AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT LARGE THOSE LARGER HAILSTONES. AS FAR AS RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE VIEW TO OUR SOUTHWEST IS FROM OUR DES MOINES DOWNTOWN SKYCAM.
More showers bringing potential heavy rain over Des Moines today.

3 weeks ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

Another morning where we are waking up to showers and storms across Iowa. Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts There will be a wave of rain chances through the morning and then another for the afternoon and evening. For any plans or errands, you will be working around the rain today. We could see some heavy downpours again through the day, but the severe weather threat has dropped compared to the stronger storms some areas experienced Wednesday evening.