28 JULY 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

COLD FRONT PUSHING THRU POW COUNTY THIS MORNING WILL BE FOCAL POINT FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON.........

SKIES WERE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY PUSHED SOUTH THROUGH NORTHERN IOWA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF IOWA...IN VICINITY OF THE COLD FRONT. WINDS WERE OUT OF THE SOUTH AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND OUT OF THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT.

THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA TODAY...AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE STATE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE STATE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY BRINGING MORE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THERE WILL ALSO BE CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON FRIDAY. A DRY WEEKEND IS IN STORE...WITH THE NEXT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

28 JULY 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

TODAY 28TH - INCREASING CLOUDS WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS DEVELOPING AFTER NOON - THEN PARTLY CLOUDY BY BEFORE SUNSET AS WINDS SHIFT OUT OF THE NORTH - TEMP 85

THURSDAY 29TH - TEMP 80 - PARTLY CLOUDY

FRIDAY 30TH - MOSTLY CLOUDY - TEMP 82 - ISOLATED TSTORMS

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 31ST/1 AUG - SAT MORNING SHOWERS - THEN PARTLY CLOUDY THRU THE WEEKEND - TEMPS MID 80'S

MONDAY THRU THURSDAY 2ND THRU 5TH - MOSTLY TO PARTLY CLOUDY - TSHOWERS WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY - NEAR 90