Likely Wet Weekend

Tomorrow is finally Friday! With that comes a nice day that is just waiting for you to enter as you begin the weekend and you better get your fill of it then as the remainder of your weekend may have rain. After lows tonight from the mid 40s to mid 30s from the southwest to northeast, the sun will shine during the day tomorrow. Temperatures may vary greatly as the western third gets in on some nice warm air advection, leaving highs in the mid 60s along the Missouri River. Other areas of the state should stick in the mid 50s to the upper 50s in the eastern and central third respectively. Friday night should hold the rain/thunderstorms just to the south and west of the state. Lows in the upper 30s over northeast Iowa, near 40 over the central and southeast and the mid 40s over much of the northwest and southwest, a few near 50 marks in the southwest are also possible if cloud cover is present.

Saturday afternoon may be able to hold off the rain for a majority, allowing temperatures to warm into the lower to mid 60s over the state. The Missouri River area will likely see showers heading in by sunset and overtaking much of western Iowa by midnight. By sunrise on Sunday expect showers over central Iowa and lingering precip left over western Iowa. Lows during the overnight on Saturday in the upper 40s over eastern Iowa, lower 50s over the remainder where cloud cover and showers are in place. Sunday should be filled with showers across the majority of the state, the southeast has the lowest chances. The continued showers will be due to the warm front that will be pushing over the southern third during the day. Thus despite the clouds/rain high temperatures will make it into the upper 60s for the southern third. Upper 50s to near 60 are still likely over the remainder, a bit chilly with the rain falling. This front is likely to become stationary and hover along the Iowa/Missouri border, keeping rain likely over nearly the entire state. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s from north to south over the state...

Rain may possibly stick around for the early part of the work week as well, but clearing skies and a warm up may be in store by mid-week. This will set us up for the next large system to come in and may put us at risk of some more fall severe weather. More of those details in later updates after this weekend...