27 MAY 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

27 MAY 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

COOL FRONT PASSED THRU POW COUNTY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND TOOK ANY ASSOCIATED PRECIP WITH IT - "GOOD RIDDINS".........TODAY THRU SATURDAY WILL BE DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM CANADA - HIGH TEMPS WILL BE A BIT ABOVE NORMAL, AND MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED KEEPING SKIES CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY TILL THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES IN SUNDAY.....

LOW PRESSURE WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL DEVELOP OVER SW NEBRASKA/NW KANSAS BORDER BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON - OUR WINDS WILL SWING MORE SOUTHERLY AND BECOME GUSTY BY SATURDAY EVENING....THIS SYSTEM WILL BE A FAST MOVER AND ENTER WESTERN IOWA BY EARLY MORNING SUNDAY AND MOVE THRU POW COUNTY BY AFTERNOON. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT BEGINNING SHORTLY AFTER NOON....WITHOUT AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SOUTHERLY-MOIST FLOW BEFORE FRONTAL PASSAGE, I DON'T EXPECT ANY SEVERE STORMS - BUT BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS LIKELY - ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I-80......THE FRONT SHOULD COMPLETELY CLEAR POW COUNTY BY SUNDAY EVENING TAKING SKIES TO MOSTLY CLOUDY AND SCATTERING OUT FOR A NICE MEMORIAL DAY.....

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY STILL A BIT UNCERTAIN. I CAN'T FIND ANY AGREEMENT WITH REGIONAL FORECASTERS AS TO THE NEXT SYSTEM DEVELOPING ALONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL PASS US ON SUNDAY.....THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL GO MORE WEST TO EAST VS. SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AS WE'RE SEEING NOW....ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THE COLD FRONT WILL GO STATIONARY AND STALL OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI - THEN BEGIN TO TREK BACK NORTH INTO SOUTHERN IOWA AS A WARM FRONT - SPARKING SHOWERS AND THUNDER IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA TUES AND WED.....WE'LL SEE???

TODAY THRU SATURDAY 27TH - 29TH - NICE!!! - PARTLY CLOUDY - TEMPS LOW/MID 80'S - LT/VARIABLE WIND BECOMING SOUTHERLY AND GUSTY SATURDAY EVENING.......

SUNDAY 30TH - INCREASING CLOUDS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON (STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE) TEMP NEAR 80 - SOUTH WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST DURING EVENING.......

MEMORIAL DAY - MONDAY 31ST - MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY - TEMPS MID 70'S.........

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY - 1ST AND 2ND - SHOWERS AND STORMS - GUSTY SOUTH WIND - TEMPS MID 70'S........

THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY - 3RD THRU 5TH - DRY.......