5 JUNE 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

5 JUNE 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS IOWA THIS MORNING. BY 11 AM...THE RAIN OVER THE SOUTH WAS MOSTLY SOUTH OF A SHENANDOAH TO OSCEOLA TO FORT MADISON LINE. IN ADDITION, LIGHT SHOWERS WERE OVER THE FAR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COUNTIES. OTHERWISE...CLOUDY SKIES SLOWLY DISSIPATED.

A COOL FRONT PASSED THRU LAST EVENING AND STALLED OVER SOUTHERN IOWA. THE FRONT WILL MOVE BACK NORTH THRU THE DAY TODAY AND WILL BE THR FOCAL POINT ONCE AGAIN FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN POW COUNTY. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR CENTRAL IOWA IS LARGE HAIL, HEAVY RAIN, AND STRONG WINDS. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL BE SOUTH OF I-80 AND EAST HWY 21 WHERE A MODERATE RISK OF TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.......

WE'LL SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF CLEARING SUNDAY BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES THRU MONDAY AFTERNOON.....THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WILL BE UNSETTLED AS SYSTEM AFTER SYSTEM MOVES ONTO THE WEST COAST AND MAKES THEIR WAY EASTWARD...............


TODAY 5TH - MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AFTER 4PM (SOME STRONG STORMS SOUTH OF I-80) GUSTY WSW WINDS - TEMP HIGH 70'S

SUNDAY AND MONDAY 6TH AND 7TH - PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS MONDAY - TEMPS HIGH 70'S

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY 8TH AND 9TH - SHOWERS AND THUNDER TUESDAY - THEN PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY - TEMP MID/HIGH 70'S

THURSDAY 10TH - PARTLY CLOUDY - GUSTY SOUTH WINDS - TEMP LOW 80'S

FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY 11TH THRU 13TH - (POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDER OUTBREAK) ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDER WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS

MONDAY THRU FRIDAY - 14TH THRU 18TH - PARTLY CLOUDY