Jon Rivas

Des Moines

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

KCCI This Morning meteorologist. I love forecasting in the fascinating weather of the Midwest. Two dogs too many.

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Iowa weather: Another warm afternoon before storms return tomorrow

5 days ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

We have another nice summer-like day on tap with highs in the 80s and sunny, but smoky, skies. Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts The winds will be stronger today with a south breeze around 15 to 20 mph and gusts around 20 to 30 mph. This should be the last day of smoky conditions for us thanks to the next system moving in which will bring widespread rain on Tuesday. A cold front is moving in and will pass tomorrow.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires rolls into Iowa this weekend

1 week ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

TONIGHT, AND THEY REALLY COULDN’T HAVE PICKED A BETTER DAY THIS WEEK. I THINK FOR ANY KIND OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. YEAH, IT’S BEEN PERFECT. I MEAN, GRANTED, WE’VE GOT THE SMOKE, BUT I MEAN, AIR QUALITY IS NOT TOO BAD AT THIS POINT AND IT’S WARM. IT’D BE NICE IF THE SUN COULD FIGHT THROUGH THAT, WOULDN’T IT BE? YEAH, YEAH. BUT ANYWAY, WE’VE GOT A NICE WEEKEND AHEAD TO. THINGS ARE GOING TO WARM UP. SPLASH PADS ARE GOING TO BE CRAZY, LET ME TELL YOU. YOU LOOK OUT THERE RIGHT NOW THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT SMOKE.
Iowa weather: Sunshine, heat and smoky skies this weekend

1 week ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

It is a dry and calm start as we have another morning in the 50s. Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts We will warm up near 80 for the afternoon under mostly sunny skies. Canadian and Minnesotan smoke should be moving over Iowa later today and for the weekend. The smoke will stay high above the surface with no anticipation for it to mix down to ground level. However, this will lead to some hazy conditions for Saturday and most likely Sunday.
Iowa weather: Heat returns this weekend with storms next week

1 week ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

It is another calm start this morning with temps starting in the 50s. Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts Clouds will stick around through the day, but we should have more sun today than yesterday. This afternoon will bring another weak chance for isolated showers and storms as the area of low pressure slowly moves eastward. We could see a few more funnel clouds today with these showers. Yesterday, most of the funnels reported were located in north and north central Iowa.
Iowa weather: Rain chances ahead of the weekend warm-up

1 week ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

We are starting off with showers this morning across Iowa. Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts Light rain will still be expected through the morning with isolated rain chances for the afternoon. The clouds will stick around for the entire day with temperatures slowly climbing to the low to mid 60s with western Iowa in the 50s. These well below average temperatures will only stay with us for today with upper 60s tomorrow and highs in the 70s for the rest of the week.
Iowa weather: Below average temps continue with more rain chances

1 week ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

We are dry this morning with lows in the 40s and 50s. Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts Temperatures will be similar to yesterday with highs in the mid and upper 60s as we stay mostly dry. Clouds will be increasing through the day leading to rain chances this evening and overnight. Expect light and moderate rain to linger into Tuesday morning as well with spotty light showers for the afternoon. The rain chances will keep temperatures down as well with only low 60s for highs tomorrow.
Iowa weather: Clouds return with more rain chances tonight and for the weekend

2 weeks ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

Again, we are starting off in the 40s and dry with clouds moving in from the west.Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts We will have increasing clouds for the morning and mostly cloudy skies for the afternoon. This is all ahead of rain chances returning this late afternoon into the evening. Light scattered showers will be expected your Friday evening plans and some of us could even see these on the ride home from work.
Iowa weather: Staying cool with more passing showers

2 weeks ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

We are starting off dry and clear, but clouds are expected to move back in through the morning and for most of the day. Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts There will be a wave of showers passing over as well. These will remain light for the later morning carrying into the afternoon. We have dry air under the clouds which will cause a bunch of evaporation before any droplets hit the ground. We are still expecting some showers to make it through, but only light rain for some is expected.
Iowa weather: Below average temps continue with patchy rain chances

2 weeks ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

We are waking up in the 50s and 40s with a breezy northwest wind around 12 to 18 mph.Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts This will bring back the windchill this morning making it feel like the 30s for some of us. We will warm up, but most of us will stay in the 50s for highs this afternoon. Expect more clouds through the day with a slight chance for some pop up light showers. There isn’t much of a rebound, but we will see the 60s later this week.
Iowa weather: Lingering morning showers with cooler temps

2 weeks ago | kcci.com | Jon Rivas

Showers continue this morning but will wrap up through the day. Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts Some lingering isolated showers will be possible this afternoon, but most of the rain accumulations are behind us. Most of central and south central Iowa saw 1 to 3 inches of rain with some localized higher amounts as forecast. Lesser amounts of an inch or less in western and northern Iowa.