19 MAY 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

19 MAY 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

HEADLINES:
RAINSHOWERS THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY
NICE WEEKEND SETTING UP
GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THRU THE WEEK - BIG WARM UP - AND DRY!!!!!

TODAY AND THURSDAY 19TH/20TH - LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SW KANSAS WILL PUSH NE INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI BY LATE AFTERNOON - DRAGGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO SW IOWA. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE OVER US THRU THE DAY TODAY, BUT WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN DOMINATE THRU MID MORNING THURSDAY BEFORE TRACKING OFF TO THE EAST AND ALLOWING SHOWERS TO MOVE INTO POW COUNTY AROUND NOON THURSDAY......TEMP TODAY 77/70.......EAST WIND 10MPH....

FRIDAY 21TH - BY MORNING, THE LOW PRESSURE WILL HAVE TRACKED INTO SE IOWA. SHOWERS WILL PERSISIT IN POW COUNTY THRU MIDDAY WITH PRECIP TOTALS JUST UNDER 1/4 INCH, WITH HIGHER TOTALS FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST....SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY THRU THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND EVENING - THEN PARTLY CLOUDY LATE.....TEMP 65-70

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 22ND/23RD - PARTLY CLOUDY THRU THE WEEKEND - WINDS SOUTHERLY AND GUSTY BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON - TEMPS 80-85

MONDAY THRU FRIDAY 24TH/28TH - TRICKY PERIOD......FAIRLY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES NW TO SE OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY (THIS WEATHER REGIME USUALLY WILL KEEP US HIGH AND DRY). A FRONT WILL FORM FROM THE DAKOTAS, DOWN THRU NEBRASKA, AND SOUTH THRU COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO.....THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL HALT ANY EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT - STALLING IT OVER EXTREME NW IOWA THRU THE PERIOD....

THE RESULT FOR US WILL BE STRONG SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FLOW (GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THRU THE DAYS, TAPERING OFF AT NIGHT), ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND FAIRLY HUMID (TEMPS MID TO HIGH 80'S), AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES....

THE ONLY APPRECIABLE SHOT AT ANY PRECIP AT ALL WILL BE WEDNESDAY AS THE SKIES GO MOSTLY CLOUDY DURING THE AFERNOON RESULTING IN SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS - PRECIP TOTALS VERY LOW.......

RJ