25 MARCH EXTENDED FORECAST

Sunrise: 7:03 AM CDT
Sunset: 7:27 PM CDT

TODAY IN WEATHER HISTORY:

1988 - An early season heat wave prevailed in the southwestern U.S. The high of 93 degrees at Tucson AZ was a new record for March. Windy conditions prevailed across the central and eastern U.S. Winds gusted to 60 mph in IOWA and MN, and reached 120 mph atop Rendezvous Peak WY.

1990 - Temperatures dipped below zero in the Northern Rocky Mountain Region. Hardin MT was the cold spot in the nation with a morning low of 10 degrees below zero. Freezing drizzle was reported in the Southern Plains Region, with afternoon highs only in the 30s from the Southern High Plains Northward to Iowa, Missouri and Arkansas.

25 MARCH EXTENDED FORECAST

THE LOW PRESSURE AREA RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR PRECIPITATION OVERNITE WAS MOVING THROUGH ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI WITH ANY LINGERING LIGHT RAIN PUSHING INTO MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS LATER THIS MORNING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FAIR WEATHER AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGHOUT IOWA FRIDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES.

THIS WILL BE SHORT LIVED HOWEVER AS LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN ADVANCE FROM THE ROCKIES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS EARLY SATURDAY BRINGING RAIN ONCE AGAIN TO MUCH OF THE MIDWEST FOR THE WEEKEND. THE HEAVIEST RAINS SHOULD FALL IN SOUTHERN IOWA SATURDAY NITE/EARLY SUNDAY.

TODAY 25TH - MOSTLY TO PARTLY CLOUDY - TEMP 50 - BECOMMING WINDY

FRI 26TH - PARTLY CLOUDY - TEMP 55 - MOSTLY CLOUDY OVERNITE

SAT 27TH - MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH AFTERNOON RAIN SHOWERS - WINDY - TEMP 56

SUN 28TH - MORNING RAIN SHOWERS - THEN PARTLY CLOUDY - TEMP 50

REALLY NICE 4 OR 5 DAYS COMING UP BRINGING US INTO APRIL - ALITTLE WINDY, BUT NICE NON-THE-LESS. ENJOY IT - THE OUTLOOK HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK CALLS FOR WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS. PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK BEFORE UNSETTLED WEATHER DEVELOPS OVER THE ENTIRE ROCKIES FRONT RANGE. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL RESULT, PUSHING OUR TEMPS WELL INTO THE 60'S AND POSSIBLY EVEN THE LOW 70'S BEFORE WEEKS END. IT APPEARS RIGHT NOW THAT DAILY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST FOR NEARLY A WEEK BEGINNING APRIL 2ND OR 3RD - THEN A BIG COOL DOWN AROUND THE 7TH....MOTHER NATURES REMINDER THAT SHE IS STILL IN CHARGE AND DON'T GET IN A HURRY FOR SUMMER.

MON THRU FRIDAY 29TH-APRIL 2ND - PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS - TEMPS WILL RISE THRU THE WEEK FROM MID 50'S TO NEAR 70 BY WEEKS END

RAINY PATTERN WILL SET UP FOR A FEW DAYS.........

SAT THRU FRI 3RD-9TH - DAILY RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM - TEMPS MID 60'S BUT TURNING MUCH COOLER AFTER THE 7TH...................