14 AUGUST 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

14 AUGUST 2010 EXTENDED FORECAST

PARTLY SKIES WITH DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH INTO IOWA TONIGHT AND WILL POP ISOLATED SHOWERS AONG WITH IT THIS EVENING INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING (MAINLY ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR). HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE DRY WEATHER AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. A CHANCE OF STORMS ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY WITH A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE.

TODAY 14TH - DECREASING CLOUDS THRU AFTERNOON AND EVENING - ISOLATED RAINSHOWERS REDEVELOP AFTER 8PM ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR AND END OVERNITE - TEMP 88

SUNDAY AND MONDAY 15TH/16TH - NICE, DRY AND COOLER - PARTLY CLOUDY - NO RAIN - TEMPS NEAR 80

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY 17TH/18TH - MOSTLY CLOUDY - TSHOWERS TUESDAY - PARTLY CLOUDY WED - TEMPS NEAR 80

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY 19TH/20TH - MOSTLY CLOUDY - ISOLATED AFTERNOON TSHOWERS - TEMPS MID/HIGH 80'S

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 21ST/22ND - TSTORMS/HEAVY RAIN - THEN PARTLY CLOUDY - TEMPS NEAR 80

MONDAY AND TUESDAY 23RD/24TH - NICE AND DRY

JUST AS WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THE HOTTEST DAYS OF THE SUMMER SO FAR, WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING A FIRST GLIMPS OF WHAT KIND OF A WINTER WE MIGHT HAVE.

HERE'S A FIRST LOOK:

FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, TO JUST NORTH OF LAS VEGAS, THRU SRN UTAH TO DENVER, INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NW IOWA, AND INTO SRN MINNESOTA: BELOW AVERAGE TEMPS - ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWS.....

FROM NW IOWA, TO WISCONSIN - EAST OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND INTO THE NE U.S., SOUTH TO NRN KENTUCKY AND INTO SRN MO/NRN OK, AND BACK NORTH TO DENVER: THIS WILL BE THE WINTER BATTLE GROUNDS. IT WILL BE AN AREA OF EXTREMES. I WOULDN'T BE A BIT SURPRISED TO SEE HIGH TEMPS IN THE 60'S IN EARLY DECEMBER - WITH LOW TEMPS NEAR ZERO BY MID-MONTH. ANYTIME AN EXTREME SEASON OCCURS, EXTREME WEATHER IS ASSOCIATED. EXPECT OCCASIONAL HEAVY PRECIP TIMES, FOLLOWED BY EXTENDED DRY TIMES....IN THE END? WE SHOULD AVERAGE/NEAR NORMAL FOR HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES, AND NEAR NORMAL SEASONAL SNOWFALL. WE'LL JUST HAVE AN OCCASIONAL "SHOW-STOPPER" ALONG THE WAY...........

ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY: SE U.S., SRN 1/4 OF U.S., AND SW U.S.: WARMER AND DRYER THAN NORMAL... IF YOU ARE A SNOWBIRD, IT WILL BE A GOOD WINTER TO GO SOUTH................