Rest of Week to be Nice!

Despite the rainy, cloudy and fairly chilly weekend and first two days of the week, things look to change for the rest of the week. Today, temperatures ranged from the lower 70s in western Iowa to a downright chilly high of only upper 50s in eastern Iowa where cloudcover was much more abundant. Highest temperature of the day was reported in Clarinda, where it rose up to 77 degrees. Where the lowest high of the day was reported in Monticello, where it only reached up to 57 degrees. The forecast for the rest of the week is much better, and drier, with no rain in the forecast until late Friday in extreme western Iowa…

Tomorrow’s highs should be near 70 in the eastern edge of Iowa to near 80 along the western edge. With tomorrow nights’ lows ranging from the mid 40s in eastern Iowa to the mid 50s in western Iowa. This pattern of highest in the west and lower in the east will remain on Thursday, where highs will range from the mid 70s to possibly the mid 80s. Lows for Thursday night in the same 10 degree range of mid 50s to mid 60s over the state. Fridays’ highs should be in the lower 80s throughout the entire state with lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s across the state from east to west respectively. By Friday night some rainfall may possibly move in dependent on the speed of the next system coming through, this system may be hazardous as severe weather is being forecasted, with the talk of potentially significant outbreak of severe weather as well. The severe threat should be over SD/NE/KS on Saturday with the threat moving over the Mississippi valley by Sunday.. Thus, likely rainfall will come from Saturday through Sunday night across the state, with some lingering showers on Monday in the east… Temperatures over the weekend are forecasted to be in the lower 80s on Saturday, with only mid 70s in the west on Sunday to near 80 in the east.

So, much nicer week in store for the latter half and into the weekend with the potential for thunderstorms including severe thunderstorms by the weekend. Next update will probably come tomorrow or on Thursday with an update on the severe weather potential for the weekend.