Stormy Beginning

The beginning of the work week will have the state under cloudy and rainy conditions as a system from the west brings in a cold front and the remnants of a tropical system work into the area from the south as well. The potential is going to be there for some isolated severe weather as conditions will be favorable with warm and moist conditions over the state; however with such moist air with the tropical system the severe threat will actually be limited. Thanks to the widespread showers and thunderstorms even before peak heating, instability will likely be lacking to sustain severe weather. Expect the rain to move in Monday morning over western Iowa and be out of the state by Tuesday afternoon as it exits the southeast portion of the state.

Lows tonight will show that increasing moisture well, with the range of temperatures beginning in the lower 60s over northeast Iowa while the remainder of the state will see mid 60s to near 70 degrees. Highs on Monday reflect the cold front moving across the state, mid 80s possible in southeast Iowa to only lower 70s in northwest Iowa where showers and clouds will be over the area from sunrise throughout the day. Lows overnight from the lower 50s in northwest Iowa to the mid 60s in southeast Iowa where cloud cover and rain will continue as mentioned above.

When the rain moves out, we'll be left with cooler air over the state along with much drier conditions as the moisture moves out with the cold front. Tuesday's highs in the upper 60s in northwest Iowa to the mid 70s in southeast Iowa. Lows in the mid to upper 40s throughout the state during the overnight hours. Wednesday will have a slight rebound of the temperatures, lower 70s to mid 70s from the northeast to southwest for highs. Lows overnight will hover around the 50 degree mark for the entire state. The end of the week will finish without much warm-up as highs range from the low to upper 70s across the state. Lows around 50 once again on Thursday night, some moisture return will allow the lows to only drop down into the low to mid 50s on Friday night just before another storm system looks to aim at the state.