Friday, 22 July Extended Pow County Forecast

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY.

* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER TO
  MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON. ON SATURDAY TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER REGION WIDE. ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES OR AN EXPANSION OF THE WARNING MAY BE NEEDED INTO NORTH CENTRAL IOWA.

* HEAT INDEX...WILL REACH THE 105 TO 110 RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND   SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL.

THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED TODAY AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH THRU POW COUNTY THIS MORNING - FIRING SHOWERS/ISOLATED TSTORMS ALONG IT'S PATH.  STORMS WILL MOVE NORTH OUT OF POW COUNTY AFTER 10AM.

THE NEXT SHOT AT SHOWERS WILL OVERNITE TONITE - ALL BE IT, MOST OF THE ACTIVITY AND HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE TO OUR NORTH MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-80 CORRIDOR.  SHOWERS WILL SUBSIDE EARLY SAT MORNING AND REMAIN DRY THRU MOST OF SAT.....

A WEAK, SLOW MOVING COOL FRONT WILL BEGIN TO PUSH INTO CENTRAL IOWA SATURDAY EVENING.  IT WILL TAKE IT'S TIME THRU THE DAY SUNDAY BEFORE MAKING IT'S TO THE IA/MO BORDER BY LATE AFTERNOON.  SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PERSIST THRU MIDDAY SUNDAY BEFORE MOVING SOUTH ALONG THE FRONT.  EXPECT ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF IOWA HWY 92.  NEXT WEEKS LOOKS MAINLY DRY WITH EXCEPTION OF SOME ISOLATED TSHOWERS ON THURSDAY.  TEMPS WILL BE SEASONAL IN THE HIGH 80'S TO NEAR 90 - BUT A MUCH DRIER ATMOSPHERE WILL BE IN PLACE...


Today and Sat 22nd/23rd: Isolated Tshowers Both Days - Tshowers Ending This Morning after 10am (1/4" Rain) - Tshowers Will Re-develop Overnite Tonite and Last Thru Early Sat Morning - Dry Most of Sat, Then Re-develop Sat Eve/Overnite - Temps Low 90's.

Sun and Mon 24th/25th: Tstorms Sun Morning (< 1/4" Rain) - Then Dry Thru Mon - Temps High 80's.

Tues and Wed Fri 26th/27th: Dry/Breezy - Temps Near 90.

Thurs and Fri 28th/29th: Tshowers/Breezy Thurs - Dry Fri - Temps Near 90.

Sat and Sun 30th/31st: Dry Sat - Tshowers Sun - Temps Upper 80's.

Mon thur Wed Aug 1st-3rd: Dry Mon/Tues - Then Tshowers Wed - Temps Mid 80's.

Thurs thur Sat 4th-6th: Tshowers Thurs - Then Dry/Hot.

Sun 7th:  Tshowers.