25 Dec 2010 Extended Forecast

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SUMMARY OF CHRISTMAS 2010 SNOW STORM - CLICK HERE

THINGS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM BY LATER NEXT WEEK......TIMING OF THE STORM WILL BE CRUCIAL AS NEW YEARS APPROACHES.....LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS LATE WED NIGHT AND TRACK SLOWLY EAST ALLOWING A VERY STRONG INFLUX OF WARM AIR AND MOISTURE TO FLOW NORTHWARD INTO IOWA - AT THE SAME TIME, A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM DEVLOPS OVER THE DAKOTAS ALLOWING THE WARM/MOIST AIR TO PUSH AS FAR NORTH AS CENTRAL MN BY THURSDAY....RAIN/FREEZING RAIN AND HEAVY FOG WILL RESULT AS THE WARM AIR MOVES OVER A VERY LARGE SNOW PACK.......THEN SNOW FOR THE WEEKEND.

AS THE SYSTEM COMES TOGETHER, THERE WILL A VERY SHARP LINE BETWEEN AN ALL RAIN EVENT - AND AN ALL SNOW EVENT.  VERY MINOR DESCEPANCIES IN THE ASSOCIATED FRONTAL PLACEMENT WILL ALLOW HUGE VARIATIONS IN PRECIP TYPE......

ONE THING SEEMS CERTAIN AS OF RIGHT NOW:  IOWA WILL SERVE AS THE BATTLEGROUND FOR THIS SYSTEM, AND A SIGNIFICANT WINTER SYSTEM WILL RESULT.............

25 Dec 2010 Extended Forecast

Today/CHRISTMAS DAY - Mostly Cloudy/Flurries - High Temp 26.


Sun thru Tues 26th thru 28th - Dry - Highs in the Mid to High Teens increasing to High 20's by Tues - Lows 5-10.


Wed/Thurs 29th/30th - Freezing Rain Late Wed - Changing to Rain/FOG Thursday - Becomming Windy - Highs Mid/High 30's.


New Years Eve thru Sunday 2 Jan 2011 - Windy - Isolated Tstorm/Rain/Snow Friday into early Saturday - Changing to Accumulating Snow Late Saturday into Sunday - High Temps Low 40's Friday dropping to Low 20's by Sunday.

Mon thru Fri 3rd thru 7th - Lt Snowshowers Monday - Then Dry Thru Fri.

Sat/Sun 8th/9th - Snow