9 MARCH EXTENDED FORECAST

9 MARCH EXTENDED FORECAST

FOR YOU AG GUYS - 4 INCH SOIL TEMP: 33F - SHOULD BREAK 40F IN THE NEXT WEEK TO 10 DAYS............

RAIN THRU THE WEEK. 2+ INCHES EXPECTED THRU FRIDAY.............UNSETTLED WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK AS SEVERAL SYSTEMS AFFECT THE MIDWEST. THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL PASS FROM KANSAS INTO MISSOURI AND IOWA TONIGHT. RAIN IS FORECAST TO PERSIST IN THESE AREAS THROUGH TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION PUSHES INTO MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE RAINFALL TUES NITE AND WEDNESDAY AS THE FIRST SYSTEM WEAKENS. FOCUS WILL THEN TURN TO THE NEXT SYSTEM WHICH IS CURRENTLY OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST. THIS STORM WILL DRAW MOISTURE NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH RAIN OVERSPREADING IOWA AGAIN BY LATE WEDNESDAY. IT WILL STALL WITH CLOUDINESS AND LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN, AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE AT OR ABOVE NORMAL DURING THIS TIME AS WELL IN THE MID TO HIGH 40'S. SOME BREAK IN THE ACTIVE WEATHER IS EXPECTED BY THE WEEKEND AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES INTO THE MIDWEST.

CUT AND PASTE FOR STORM TOTAL RAINFALL:
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=dmx&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=no

TODAY 9TH AND WED 10TH - FOG - LT RAIN THRU THE MORNING - SHOWERS WITH AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM TONITE - LT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BY WED AFTERNOON - WIND EAST 12 GUSTING TO 20MPH - (PRECIP/RAIN, 9TH AND 10TH 1/2+ INCH)

THURS 11TH - FOG - RAINSHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDER

FRI 12TH-SAT 13th - RAIN/WINDY

SUN 14TH AND MONDAY 15TH - MOSTLY CLOUDY