22 MARCH EXTENDED FORECAST

CASEYS PIZZA WINNER - JOHN G. FROM OTTUMWA.....2.5 INCHES...............

22 MARCH EXTENDED FORECAST

FAIR WEATHER WILL HOLD FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS - WITH ONLY LITTLE CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WED. OTHERWISE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY THRU THE 2 DAY PERIOD. THE NEXT DECENT SHOT AT A SHOWER WILL COME THURS AS ANOTHER SYSTEM WORKS WORKS IT'S WAY EAST OUT THE ROCKIES. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS AS THO IT WILL SKIRT SOUTHERN IOWA PUSHING SHOWERS AS FAR NORTH AS POW CTY LATE IN THE DAY....ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP IN THE TX PANHANDLE THRU THE WEEK. BY FRIDAY, IT WILL BEGIN A PUSH TO THE NORTHEAST UP THRU KS AND NORTHERN MO DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN KS AND MO. AT THE SAME TIME, WEAK NORTHERLY FLOW WILL SET UP OVER IOWA FORCING THE MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH UP OVER THE COOLER TEMPS TO THE NORTH - EXPECT RAIN TO MIX WITH SNOW FOR A SHORT PERIOD LATE SUNDAY. LITTLE ACCUMULATION..........TEMPS WILL RANGE IN THE MID 20'S FOR LOWS TO THE MID 50'S TO LOW 60'S FOR HIGHS BEFORE DROPPING INTO THE 40'S OVER THE WEEKEND..................

TODAY 22ND - PARTLY CLOUDY - HIGH TEMP 55

TUES AND WED 23RD/24TH - PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS - HIGH TEMPS 55-60

THURS 25TH - RAIN SHOWERS - HIGH TEMPS LOW 50'S

FRI AND SAT 26TH/27TH - PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY - SHOWERS LATE SATURDAY - HIGH TEMPS LOW 50'S

SUN AND MON 28TH/29TH - RAIN SHOWERS MIXED WITH SNOW LATE SUNDAY - WINDY - TEMP SAT 55-SUN 45

TUES THRU THURSDAY 30TH-APRIL 1ST - PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY AND BECM WINDY

FRI AND SAT 2ND/3RD - RAIN SHOWERS

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SPRING FORECAST - (ISSUED 19 MARCH 2010)

APRIL – AVERAGE TEMPERATURE: 60F (6 DEG ABOVE NORMAL)
PRECIP: 1-2 INCHES (1-2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL)

WEEK 1: RAIN AND SNOW
WEEK 2: SUNNY AND WARMING
WEEK 3: THUNDERSTORMS THEN SUNNY AND COOLER
WEEK 4: SUNNY AND VERY WARM – THEN THUNDERSTORMS

MAY – AVERAGE TEMP 68F (4 DEG ABOVE NORMAL)
PRECIP: 4 INCHES (1.5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)

WEEK 1: THUNDERSTORMS THEN SUNNY
WEEK 2: SUNNY THEN THUNDERSTORMS AND WARM
WEEK 3: THUNDERSTROMS THEN COOLER
WEEK 4: HOT AND HUMID/AFTERNOON (AIRMASS) THUNDERSTORMS

JUNE – AVERAGE TEMP 73 ( NEAR NORMAL)
PRECIP: 4 INCHES (NEAR NORMAL)

WEEK 1: HOT AND HUMID/AFTERNOON (AIRMASS) THUNDERSTORMS
WEEK 2: SUNNY AND COOLER
WEEK 3: THUNDERSTORMS THEN SUNNY, HOT AND HUMID