14 JUNE 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

WEATHER NEWS HEADLINES:
FLOODING IN OKLAHOMA - 7-10 INCHES OF RAIN, AND STILL FALLING.....
ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO - OIL SPILLS NORTHWARD.....
POSSIBLE HURRICANE DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN ATLANTIC.....
2 DAY RAINFALL TOTAL AT DES MOINES AND OTTUMWA - 2 INCHES+......
RAIN ENDING IN IOWA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON - TILL THURSDAY EVENING........


14 JUNE 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

The area of heavier rainfall will shift south and east of the area today...with only linger showers and thunderstorms for the afternoon and overnight hours tonight. Finally by Tuesday afternoon and evening...high pressure will move in and replace this system which has brought a significant amount of rain to the area for the past 5 to 6 days.

NWS REGIONAL DISCUSSION: A FRONT CONTINUES TO HOLD NEARLY STEADY OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI EARLY TODAY AND SHOULD GRADUALLY DRIFT SOUTH IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS IOWA TODAY AND TONIGHT AND CONTINUE OUR CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS MORNING AND A WELL DESERVED BREAK FROM THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY.

HIGHS TODAY WILL BE IN THE 70S TO NEAR 80 WITH LOWS TONIGHT IN THE 50S TO 60S SOUTHEAST. HIGHS ON TUESDAY WILL REMAIN MILD...WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S TO NEAR 80. WEDNESDAY WILL BE A NICE DAY WITH DRY WEATHER AND HIGHS IN THE 80S. LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO WESTERN IOWA WITH WARM AND HUMID AIR INVADING THE REGION ON THURSDAY AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEKEND. MORE STORMS AND HIGHS NEARING 90 ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

TODAY 14TH - MORNING SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS (ESP SOUTHEAST) - TEMP 75

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY 15TH/16TH - TUESDAY MORNING SHOWERS - THEN PARTLY CLOUDY - TEMPS NEAR 80

THURSDAY 17TH - PARTLY CLOUDY - THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED LATE AFTERNOON THUNDER - GUSTY SOUTH WIND - TEMP MID 80'S

FRIDAY 18TH - GUSTY SW WIND - MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH AFTERNOON SHOWERS/THUNDER - TEMP HIGH 80'S

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 19TH/20TH - GUSTY SOUTH WINDS - UNSETTLED - INCREASING CLOUDS WITH INTER SHOWERS AND THUNDER THRU WEEKEND - TEMPS MID 80'S

MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY 21ST - 23RD - PARTLY CLOUDY - CONTINUED UNSETTLED - WINDY

JUNE 14TH IS FLAG DAY:

In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day; in August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress.

Flag Day is not an official federal holiday, though on June 14, 1937, Pennsylvania became the first (and only) U.S. state to celebrate Flag Day as a state holiday, beginning in the town of Rennerdale. Title 36 of the United States Code, Subtitle I, Part A, CHAPTER 1, § 110 is the official statute on Flag Day; however, it is at the President's discretion to proclaim officially the observance.

One of the longest-running Flag Day parades is held annually in Quincy, Massachusetts, which began in 1952, celebrating its 57th year in 2009. The 59th Annual Appleton Wisconsin 2009 Flag Day Parade will feature the U.S. Navy. City of Appleton Wisconsin. The largest Flag Day parade is held annually in Troy, New York, which bases its parade on the Quincy parade and typically draws 50,000 spectators.

Perhaps the oldest continuing Flag Day parade is at Fairfield WA (scroll down to list at #4). Beginning in 1909 or 1910, Fairfield has held a parade every year since, with the possible exception of 1918, and will celebrate the "Centennial" parade in 2010, along with some other commemorative events.