Sunday, July 3, 2011

Sun, 3 July 2011 Extended Pow County Forecast

HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR WILL MOVE EAST AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES OUT OF NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA TODAY. BOTH FEATURES WILL MOVE TO OUR EAST BY LATER MONDAY. A STATIONARY FRONT OVER WESTERN IOWA IS THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS/STORMS FROM JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF DES MOINES TO THE IA/NE BORDER.  I'M COUNTING ON THE FRONT REMAINING STATIONARY - INTURN KEEPING US DRY THRU THE DAY TODAY - BUT SPARK SOME SHOWERS OFF IN POW COUNTY BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING........A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA TUESDAY NIGHT. CLOUDS WILL SPREAD EAST AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM FROM NEBRASKA MOVES EAST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD OVER THE SOUTHWEST HALF IOWA (MAINLY SOUTH OF I-80). NORTHEAST IOWA AND AREAS NORTHEAST WILL REMAIN DRY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE AREA. WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE UPPER MIDWEST AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES THRU.


Today 3rd: Cloudy/Dry - Temp 83.

Mon and Tues 4th/5th: Monday morning Showers - then Dry thru the rest of the 4th - Isolated Tstorms Tues (more numerous by evening/overnite 1/2" Rain) - Temps 85-90.

Wed and Thurs 6th/7th: Dry Wed - afternoon Tshowers Thurs - Temps Low 80's.

Fri and Sat 8th/9th: Dry Fri - Isolated afternoon Tshowers Sat Temps Mid 80's.

Sun and Mon 10th/11th: Isolated Tshowers Sun - Dry Monday.

Tues thru Fri 12th-15th: Mainly Dry with best shot at an Isolated Shower late week - Temps Seasonal in Low 80's.

Sat thru Tues 16th-19th: Dry - Temps Low/Mid 80's.

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