11 MAY 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

AREA 24 HOUR RAINFALL AND MAX WIND GUSTS:
CHARITON 2.82 - GRINNELL 1.29 - DES MOINES 1.60 - OTTUMWA 1.14 - IOWA CITY 1.45 - WASHINGTON 2.87 - FAIRFIELD 2.89.....MAX WIND GUSTS: POW CTY 37MPH - JASPER CTY 39MPH - IOWA CTY 42MPH - KEOKUK CTY 44MPH - WASHINGTON CTY 50MPH.....

11 MAY 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

NO DRY TIME BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM/LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TODAY......A WARM FRONT WILL EXTEND OUT OF THE LOW TO THE NE ACROSS OKLAHOMA/KANSAS, AND SRN MISSOURI SETTING THE STAGE FOR MORE SEVERE WEATHER TODAY IN THE SAME AREA THAT GOT POUNDED YESTERDAY.....BY WED MORNING, THE LOW WILL HAVE MOVED INTO WEST CENTRAL KANSAS ALLOWING THE WARM FRONT TO MOVE NORTH ALONG THE MO/IA BORDER, DRAGGING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDER NORTH WITH IT - AT WHICH TIME THE LOW WILL BEGIN TO TRACK ALONG THE FRONT AND ARRIVE IN SOUTHWEST IOWA BY AFTERNOON/EVENING - RESULTING IN INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.....EXPECT POCKETS MODERATE-HEAVY RAIN (1 INCH) AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EAST OF I-35 AND SOUTH OF I-80 WITH THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY INCREASING IN SE IOWA (1-2 INCHES)...THE GREATEST THREAT FOR POW CTY WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL....CAN'T RULE OUT A TORNADO TO THE SOUTHEAST...........

IN THE LONGTERM? WE'RE GOING TO DRY OUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS....ONLY ISOLATED SHOTS AT PRECIP WITH NO REAL WEATHER MAKERS TO PUT A FLY IN THE OINTMENT.....SHOULDN'T SEE ANY EXTENDED SHOWSTOPPERS.........

TODAY 11TH - MORNING LT RAIN - MOSTLY TO PARTLY CLOUDY - TEMP 55

WED AND THURS 12TH/13TH - WINDY - CLOUDY WITH RAIN SHOWERS/THUNDER (STRONG/SEVERE 4-8PM) LASTING INTO THURSDAY - TEMPS LOW 60'S (RAINFALL 1+ INCH POW CTY) - PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY THURSDAY AFTERNOON - TEMPS MID 60'S

FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY 14TH-16TH - PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY - SUNDAY AFTN SHOWERS/THUNDER - TEMPS HIGH 60'S

MONDAY THRU WED 17TH-19TH - DRY!

THURS AND FRIDAY 20TH/21ST - DRY THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDER FRIDAY

SATURDAY THRU TUESDAY 22ND-25TH - SHOWERS EARLY THEN DRY!