15 APRIL 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

15 APRIL 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

TODAY 15TH - PARTLY CLOUDY AND WINDY
BY 2-3PM: A COLD FRONT SITUATED OVER WESTERN IOWA WILL FINALLY BEGIN TO TRACK SOUTH AND EAST AND INTO POW COUNTY - EXPECT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED MODERATE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG AND BEHIND FRONT - 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 80

FRIDAY THRU MON 16TH/19TH - MOSTLY CLOUDY - 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

FARM JOURNAL DISCUSSION:

EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP TODAY OVER CENTRAL IOWA AND EASTERN NEBRASKA AND TRACK SE WITH A COLD FRONT INTO NRN MO BY EARLY MORNING....A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER WILL PUSH THRU MO, IL, AND EASTERN KS THRU THE DAY TOMORROW.....NO SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED - MAX PRECIP 1/4 INCH....

NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED UNTIL SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM (NOT SEVERE) POPS IN WESTERN KANSAS ON SUNDAY EVENING.....

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN BEGINS TO SET UP ON MONDAY AS LOW PRESSURE FORMS IN THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES....FAIRLY STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW SETS UP OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO, AND INCREASES MOISTURE IN THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS.....

ON TUESDAY (21ST) THE LOW WILL BEGIN A SLOW TREK NORTHEASTWARD AND FIRE SHOWERS AND THUNDER ONCE AGAIN IN WESTERN KS AND EVENTUALLY UP INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA....THIS PATTERN WILL LAST THRU THE 23RD WHEN THE SURFACE LOW PICKS UP STRONG UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AND BEGINS TO PUSH EASTWARD INTO WESTERN KS. AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER WILL PUSH INTO EASTERN KS, MO, AND IOWA - EVENTUALLY INTO IL...

SIGNIFICANT/SHOW STOPPING WEATHER OVER THE NEXT 10 DAYS? GUSTY SOUTH WINDS - SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN IOWA AND MO ON THE 23RD.....