Active Pattern On Its' Way

A clipper system will once again work its' way down into the northern plains tomorrow, bring parts of the state with snow up to 3 inches. Other locations will receive a dusting to 2 inch amounts on average. Those places that do see snow will likely have travel conditions deteriorate rapidly as the wind will easily pick up the light snow and cause blowing. The snow should move in tomorrow afternoon and be gone by early Saturday morning, although some blowing could continue into the day on Saturday.

Past this system it looks as if the overall pattern over the US is likely to change, to a more of zonal flow across the plains. This flow will be interrupted over time with several low pressure systems that have been depicted in the model runs over the previous days. The first of these systems is likely to come mid-next week, although likely to affect the southern/central plains and not Iowa. The second system from this pattern is much more likely to affect the northern plains and in the past couple of runs from the GFS has been quite potent. Nonetheless, no need to get worked up yet with the system still over a week away and the notorious GFS is likely to change. Either way, a much more active pattern is likely with several waves of systems coming in and possibly producing some interesting weather...

Watch for the quick system tomorrow and then a warm-up as temperatures actually will flirt with the 40 degree mark for the southern half of the state early next week. The entire state might actually see above normal temperatures for a couple of days next week before another strong system moves in...