12 MAY 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

12 MAY 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

NO REAL CHANGES TO FORECAST THOUGHT FROM YESTERDAY. 3/4 OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER POW COUNTY THIS MORNING - WITH MORE ON THE WAY....LESSER AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. THEY WILL GET THEIRS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.......

STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN WESTERN KANSAS IS TRACKING NORTHEAST ALONG A WARM FRONT WHICH EXTENDS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE LOW WILL TRACK INTO NE KANSAS BY LATE AFTERNOON - THE WARM FRONT WILL PUSH NORTH TO THE IOWA/MO BORDER WITH SHOWERS/THUNDER AT AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT......EXPECT SOME OF THE STORMS TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS AS FAR NORTH AS LAMONI - OTTUMWA - WASHINGTON......HAIL, HEAVY RAIN, AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND IS THE GREATEST THREAT NORTH OF THE LINE - WITH FLOODING RAINS, LARGE HAIL, AND ISOLATED TORNOADES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE LINE..........

TODAY AND THURS 12TH/13TH - WINDY - SHOWERS/THUNDER LASTING INTO THURSDAY (STRONG/SEVERE 4-8PM) - TEMPS 55/60 (RAINFALL 1+ INCH POW CTY) - PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY THURSDAY AFTERNOON - TEMPS MID 60'S

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

MONDAY AND TUESDAY 17TH-18TH - MONDAY MORNING SHOWERS - THEN PARTLY CLOUDY

WED THRU FRIDAY 19THTH/21ST - WED ISOLATED SHOWERS - THEN PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY

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