16 Dec 2010 Extended Forecast

MAP SHOWS OVERNITE SNOWFALL REPORTED BY IOWA ENVIRONMENTAL MESONET.
Reported snowfall:  As of 6:20.
Ankeny - 1.7 Inches, Des Moines - Media Report 1/2 inch (Lt Snow still occuring)
Oskaloosa - 1/4 Inch, Grinnell - 1 Inch  (Lt Snow still occuring), Marshalltown - 2 Inch  (Lt Snow still occuring), Keswick - 1.5 Inch, Parnell - 1.8 Inch, Tama - 2.5 Inches, Belle Plain - 2.8 Inches,
Cedar Rapids - 3.6 Inches.............

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DISCUSSION:  Light Snow will reduce to Flurries by 9am and will end completely thru the afternoon and allow skies to go mostly cloudy - and finally partly cloudy overnite.  High Temps for the next week will remain below normal......The weekend looks good - but cold with High Temps only reaching the high teens with lows near 0F.

The next weather maker will shoot out of the Central Rockies into Western Iowa late Sunday Nite, and push into Central Iowa thru the day Monday.  This system is looking alot like the one that passed last night.  Most of the energy will be located along the Iowa/Mn Border and will produce 6+ Inches of snow north of I-20.  Expect upwards of 2 inches for Pow Cty Monday and into early Tuesday........... 

16 Dec 2010 Extended Forecast


Today 16th - Flurries ending by mid-afternoon - then Mostly to Partly Cloudy - High 22. 


Fri thru Tues 17th thru 21st - High Temps: High Teens to Low/Mid 20's - Lows: Single Digets - Partly to Mostly Cloudy - Lt Snow Monday into Tuesday Morning (2 Inches) - Then Partly Cloudy.


Wed 22nd thru CHRISTMAS - Unsettled with Snow on the 23rd thru atleast Christmas Day.........

After the 25th - Dry and Warmer thru the 28th - then expect a mixed bag of winter precip thru the 30th changing to Snow to bring in the New Year.....The time period after the 28th and leading into the New Year is looking more and more like a SHOW-STOPPING situation weather-wise.  Stay tuned...........

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