9 MAY 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

UPDATE: AREA RAINFALL TOTALS FROM THE 7TH..........
I-80 GRINNELL - .59.....
DES MOINES - .53....
NEWTON - .91...
OTTUMWA - .59...
CHARITON - 1.51
IOWA CITY - .43....
KNOXVILLE - 1.4....
WHAT CHEER - 1.0....SPOTTER
SIGOURNEY - 1.2....SPOTTER
HWY 21 DEEP RIVER - 1.0....SPOTTER

9 MAY 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO TRACK FROM THE ROCKIES LATER TODAY INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA BY TUESDAY MORNING
SPREADING SHOWERS AND STORMS INTO MUCH THE MIDWEST BY MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY FROM KANSAS, MISSOURI, AND SRN IOWA MONDAY.

ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE FARTHER SOUTH THAN THE FIRST...BUT STILL DEVELOP PLENTY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAY AGAIN OCCUR... ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER COULD ALSO DEVELOP IN SOUTH AND WEST OF IOWA.

A LONG WEEK COMING UP WEATHER-WISE....ENJOY TODAY!

WIND, HAIL, AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THE OFFING TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WORKS ITS WAY OUT OF SRN COLORADO AND INTO CENTRAL KANSAS.....SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EARLY TOMORROW MORNING IN OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS AND MOVE NORTH AND GROW STRONGER THRU THE DAY. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXTEND FROM OKLAHOMA, AND INTO KANSAS AND MISSOURI BY AFTERNOON - THEN INTO SRN IOWA BY MONDAY EVENING.......

OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO, THERE WILL BE ALOT OF NOISE MADE ABOUT THE SEVERE WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE CENTRAL U.S. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOISE-WORTHY, I THINK ONCE THE SMOKE CLEARS AFTER THE INITIAL OUTBREAK ON MONDAY, THE TIDE WILL TURN QUICKLY TO THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WE RECEIVE THIS WEEK.....THE RAIN WILL BE THE SHOW-STOPPER IN THE END......

EXPECT A SHORT REPRIEVE BY AFTERNOON TUESDAY AS SKIES GO PARTLY CLOUDY AND REMAIN SO UNTIL THE YET ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE AREA DEVELOPS OVER THE TX AND OK PANHANDLES WED MORNING AND PUSH INTO NRN MISSOURI BY THURSDAY MORNING.....EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIP IN THE SOUTHEASTERN 1/3 OF IOWA THRU THE MORNING THURSDAY........PRECIP TOTALS FOR POW COUNTY MONDAY THRU THURSDAY AFTERNOON MAY REACH 3 INCHES - ESPECIALLY EXTREME SE........

MOTHERS DAY 9TH - PARTLY CLOUDY - INCREASING CLOUDS WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVERNITE - TEMP 60

MONDAY 10TH - WINDY - MORNING SHOWERS - THUNDERSTORMS AFTERNOON WITH HEAVIER RAIN OVERNITE (POSSIBLE SEVERE STORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-80) - (RAINFALL 1+ INCH) - HIGH TEMP 55

TUESDAY 11TH - WINDY - MORNING SHOWERS/THUNDER - (RAINFALL 1/2 INCH) - THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS - TEMP MID 50'S ( RAINFALL TOTAL MONDAY/TUESDAY 1 1/2 INCH)

WED AND THURS 12TH/13TH - PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH EVENING RAIN SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDER WED INTO THURSDAY - TEMPS LOW 60'S (RAINFALL 1/2 INCH - UP TO 1 INCH SOUTHEAST POW CTY) - PARTLY CLOUDY BY MIDDAY - TEMPS MID 60'S

FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY 14TH-16TH - FRIDAY MORNING SHOWERS - THEN PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY - TEMPS HIGH 60'S

MONDAY THRU WED 17TH-19TH - PARTLY CLOUDY BCMG MOSTLY CLOUDY AND WINDY LATE TUESDAY - WIND, SHOWERS/THUNDER BY WED