Prepared by Henry Luker, Interim Meteorologist-in-Charge

First, I take on a moreso local and personal note. I would like to make a shout out to those in my hometown and county – the Clear Lake Lions, who have won the class 3A IAHSAA baseball title for the first time in school history, and have made more comebacks than any other baseball team in the state (don’t hold me to that.) A shoutout to the Newman Knights as well who have brought the class 1A title back to Mason City. That’s two titles for Cerro Gordo county out of four classes. Not too shabby if you ask me.

Now back to the weather desk. Since I last wrote regarding Tuesday’s severe weather risk, many variables have changed in regards to unpredictability in the forecast. The slight risk of severe weather for northern Iowa has been moved into Nebraska and Iowa. The cold front that was previously planned to move farther north is now forecasted to head eastward quicker, preventing the stationary to move northward farther into Minnesota and Wisconsin. This results in the majority of the instability in the atmosphere to be relatively farther south into Iowa. So, here is how the current forecast plays it out. A system is expected to develop over Nebraska and South Dakota in the late morning into the early afternoon and will continue to move and strengthen across the state through the evening. The system should make it’s way out by 10pm.

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