13 APRIL 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

13 APRIL 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

Southwest wind at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph will continue over central Iowa through Wednesday. An Upper Level system will affect the area late Wednesday followed by a cold front moving through POW County on Thursday.

NOTE: WITH EXCEPTION OF THURSDAY, THE NEXT 10 DAYS LOOK PRETTY GOOD FOR FIELD WORK AND CONSTRUCTION JOBS. SOME OF US WILL SEE UP TO 1/2 INCH OF RAIN THURSDAY - AFTER THAT, ONLY ISOLATED TYPE SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST AFTER THE 19TH......ON OR AROUND THE 22ND, THE WEATHER WILL BECOME A BIT MORE ACTIVE AS THE UPPER RIDGE NOW OVER IOWA BREAKS DOWN AND MOVES TO THE EAST - SLOWING ANY OUTSIDE WORK FOR A WEEK OR SO. MY SPRING FORECAST ISSUED BACK IN MID MARCH MENTIONED THIS ACTIVE PATTERN BEGINNING THE 3RD WEEK OF APRIL - IT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY COME TO THAT.....

TODAY 13TH - PARTLY CLOUDY - SW WINDS GUSTING TO 30/35MPH - TEMPS 80

WED 14TH - INCREASING CLOUDS - GUSTY SW WINDS - TEMP 75 - SHOWERS/THUNDER BY 10PM

THURSDAY 15TH - SURFACE FRONT WILL WEAKEN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND WILL ELONGATE EAST TO WEST IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF IOWA - SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FIRE IN SW IOWA EARLY MORNING AND MOVE ALONG THE FRONT SOUTH OF I-80 THRU THE DAY - EXPECT PREDOMINATE PRECIP AMOUNTS IN THE 1/4 INCH RANGE WITH SOME ISOLATED POCKETS OF 1/2 INCH EAST OF HWY 63 AND SOUTH OF I-80 - SHOWERS ENDING BY MIDNITE - TEMP 70

FRIDAY THRU MON 16TH/19TH - MOSTLY CLOUDY FRIDAY - BECM PARTLY CLOUDY - TEMPS COOLING TO LOW 60'S OVER WEEKEND

TUES AND WED 20TH/21ST - SHOWERS - PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY - TEMPS 70-75

THURS THRU SAT 22ND/24TH - CLOUDY - RAIN/THUNDER (POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN EVENT SETTING UP FOR SRN IOWA)

SUN THRU TUES 25TH/27TH - SHOWERS/THUNDER THEN PARTLY CLOUDY

WED AND THURS 28TH/29TH - MOSTLY CLOUDY - SHOWERS - WINDY