17 MAY 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

LOOK AHEAD - EAST COAST STORM 27?

"FOOD FOR THOUGHT"

GROUPS COMPLAIN ABOUT WHALE HUNTING OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN, AND CATTLE AND HOGS BEING EATEN BY HUMANS AFTER A TRAGIC DEATH AT A MEAT PACKING PLANT IN IOWA. THOSE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW OUR FARMERS DISPOSE OF THE WASTE FROM THOSE SAME ANIMALS - WHERE ARE THEY NOW THAT POTENTIALLY THE LARGEST DISASTER KNOWN TO MAN IS OCCURING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO????

ONCE AGAIN, BIG OIL AND BIG BUSINESS IS HUSHING THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA TO A POINT OF SHAME. I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE A POLITICAL STATEMENT HERE - BUT JESUS PEOPLE, WE BETTER WAKE UP!!! JUST THIS MORNING, BIG OIL ANNOUNCED THEY CAME UP WITH A TEMP FIX FOR THE PROBLEM, AND WILL BRAGG ABOUT THE TEMP FIX FOR WEEKS TO COME. THEY COULD TOTALLY CAP THAT WELL OFF RIGHT NOW, BUT THE DAMAGE THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPEN MAY WELL NEVER BE FIXED.....YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE AN OIL ENGINEER, AN OCEANOGRAPGHER, OR "SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER" TO KNOW THIS IS LONGLASTING.....AND IT'S GOING TO AFFECT ALL OF US.....

THIS IS BIGGER THAN KATRINA - BIGGER THAN THE MONEY WE'VE SPENT ON THE GULF WAR - AND BIGGER THAN ANY PRESIDENT OR CONGRESSIONAL LEADER MESSING AROUND WITH AN OFFICE AID.....

IF WE LET THIS ONE GO, WE JUST AS WELL GIVE UP AND LET THEM CONTROL EVERY ASPECT OF LIVES.......

AND BY THE WAY.....STORM SEASON IS COMING TO GULF....AND SOON!!!!!!

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17 MAY 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

RAIN ENDING THIS MORNING NW TO SE - WITH SHOWERS LINGERING JUST SE OF POW CTY THRU THE AFTERNOON....RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGE FROM 3/10 OF AN INCH IN POW COUNTY TO 6/10 SOUTH OF OTTUMWA, TO OVER AN INCH ALONG THE IA/MO BORDER (LAMONI).....

WE HAVE A TYPICAL SPRING TIME PATTERN SETTING UP WITH NO WELL DEFINED SYSTEM TO MOVE THRU OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.....THE FIRST SYSTEM THAT WILL AFFECT OUR WEATHER WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LATE TUESDAY AND TRACK OVER NRN ROCKIES AND GO STATIONARY OVER MONTANA IN RESPONSE TO BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S.....THIS TYPE OF SET UP NORMALLY DRIVES THE BRUNT OF ANY WEATHER TO OUR NORTH - WHICH SHOULD PROVE OUT WITH THIS SYSTEMS AS WELL WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIP STAYING OVER MINN...HOWEVER, A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BREAK OFF AND TRACK OVER IOWA LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND TRACK JUST TO OUR SOUTH RESULTING IN AN ISOLATED SHOT AT SHOWERS THRU THAT PERIOD....

THE WEEKEND LOOKS DRY FOR THE MOST PART WITH NO APPRECIABLE SHOT AT PRECIP UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON ON SUNDAY. EXPECT GUSTY SOUTH WINDS SATURDAY AND TEMPS ABOVE NORMAL AS STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES, PUMPING GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO IOWA BY LATER SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIP/THUNDERSTORMS (POSSIBLE STRONG) SHOULD BE NORTH ALONG THE IA/MN BORDER WITH ISOLATED COVERAGE OVER POW COUNTY..... DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE A SHOWSTOPPER SUNDAY, BUT NEEDS WATCHED NON-THE-LESS......

TODAY 17TH - RAIN ENDING BY 10AM - THEN MOSTLY TO PARTLY CLOUDY - ENE WINDS 10MPH - TEMP 65

TUESDAY AND WED 18TH/19TH - PARTLY CLOUDY WITH LT/VARIABLE WINDS - TEMPS 70/75

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY 20TH/21ST - LT/VARIABLE WINDS - INCREASING CLOUDS WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING (TOTAL RAINFALL LESS THAN 1/4 INCH) - THEN PARTLY CLOUDY - TEMPS LOW 70'S

SATURDAY 22ND - PARTLY TO MOSTLY COUDY - SOUTH WIND GUSTING TO 25MPH - TEMP 80

SUNDAY 23RD - PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH LATE AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS - WINDY - TEMP LOW 80'S

MONDAY AND TUESDAY 24TH/25TH - MONDAY MORNING SHOWERS - THEN PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY - GUSTY SOUTH WINDS - TEMPS LOW 70'S

BEST GUESS MEMORIAL DAY FORECAST.......

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY 27TH/28TH - HOT AND HUMID - TEMPS HIGH 80'S/LOW 90'S - ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WITH HIGH PROBABILITY OF STRONG STORMS EITHER/BOTH DAYS.........

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 29TH/30TH - SHOWERS ENDING EARLY SATURDAY - BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER - TEMPS HIGH 70'S.........

MONDAY 31ST - PARTLY CLOUDY - TEMPS HIGH 70'S.....