14 JULY 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

14 JULY 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL BE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. BY NOON THE HEAT INDEX IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED 100 AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 90S. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE HEAT INDEX COULD REACH 105 NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND 110 OR HIGHER TO THE SOUTH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES IN. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST SEVERE THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 70 MPH OR MORE. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS COULD ALSO OCCUR AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST AND WEAKEN...ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS OUTLOOKED AREAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE THROUGH MORRISON ILLINOIS AND KEOSAUQUA IOWA FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS - WITH A MODERATE RISK IN EXTREME NE IOWA AND SE MINN.

TODAY 14TH - HOT AND HUMID - PARTLY CLOUDY WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WIND - THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AFTER 4PM (SEVERE STORMS 6-9 PM) TEMP 95 - HEAT INDEX 100/105F

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY 15TH/16TH - SHOWERS/THUNDER ENDING BY MIDDAY THURSDAY - THEN PARTLY CLOUDY - TEMPS 86/88

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 17TH/18TH - HOT AND HUMID - PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED TSHOWERS SATURDAY THRU SUNDAY MORNING - TEMPS NEAR 90

MONDAY AND TUESDAY 19TH/20TH - HOT - PARTLY CLOUDY WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS - LOW/MID 90'S

WEDNESDAY THRU FRIDAY 21ST THRU 23RD - ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT OUR WEATHER IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE “DOWN” THE ROAD? YOU HAVE TO LOOK WELL BACK “UP” THE ROAD TO FIND OUT………

THE LARGE-SCALE HEAT IN ASIA THAT HAS BEEN BAKING THEM IS LIABLE TO SHOW ITSELF FOR MUCH OF THE U.S. FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER. IF YOU GUYS LIKE THE HEAT, THEN THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR SUMMER TO HANG OUTSIDE WELL INTO SEPTEMBER. IT HAS BEEN A BAKING START FOR A LOT OF THE COUNTRY. THIS LOOKS LIKE A CLASSIC ARC OF HEAT SETTING UP THAT WILL CENTER ITSELF MORE OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE NATION BUT WILL HAVE FINGERS OF FIRE IN ALL DIRECTIONS STICKING OUT SO THAT MUCH OF THE NATION IS GOING TO BROIL NEXT WEEK AND BEYOND. NORMAL HIGHS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY IN DES MOINES HOVERS RIGHT AROUND THE 85F MARK. WE’RE GOING TO BE BEYOND THAT FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH………

THE SYSTEM WORKING IT’S WAY THRU THE MIDWEST TODAY AND TONITE WILL GIVE US A SHORT REPRIEVE TOMORROW WITH TEMPS IN THE MID 80’S – BEYOND THAT, HIGH TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM THE HIGH 80’S TO MID 90’S FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. IT LOOKS LIKE AROUND THE 21ST OR 22ND WILL BE MISSERABLE WITH TEMPS IN THE MID TO HIGH 90’S, WITH A HEAT INDEX PUSHING 110/112F……THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER QUICK COOL DOWN TO THE MID 80’S – THEN FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SURGE OF HEAT…….

WILL WE SEE 100 DEGREES? MY BET - SOMEBODY IN POW COUNTY WILL………..