Iowa Weather Report July 9th 2014 – Iowa Weather Network Archives

PLEASANT WEATHER: Another day of sunshine across the state with readings several degrees below seasonal levels for this time of year. Highs will be in the 70s to lower 80s across the area with lows tonight dropping into the 50s and lower 60s. Partly to mostly sunny skies will be around again on Thursday as readings will be a few degrees warmer with upper 70s to middle 80s. There could be an isolated shower or storm in the western counties of the state during the afternoon hours but these are expected to be rather widely scattered and most places will remain dry.

STORMS ON THE WAY: The stormy weather pattern looks set to return late Thursday night through the weekend at least with several chances of seeing showers and thunderstorms across the state. Friday looks to be the only day where we could see activity for quite a bit of the daylight hours. This may hold readings down into the 70s in those areas. The weekend looks to see scattered showers and storms at about anytime with the best chances being in the late afternoon into the evening and perhaps even during the overnight hours if we get a MCS to form and move through the area. Outside of Friday, highs will be in the upper 70s through the middle 80s across the state with perhaps some warmer readings than that if we get more sunshine than currently forecast.

A BREAK, THEN MORE STORMS: A short break in activity on Monday with some sunshine and readings in the 70s to lower 80s for highs will be followed a cold front swinging in from the north and northwest. This will bring showers and thunderstorms back into the state Monday night through Tuesday before the system moves out of the state to the south Tuesday night. This would bring unseasonably cool weather for the middle of next week to the state.

UPCOMING: The cooler than average weather looks to continue into the first part of the extended period before the GFS shows a possible ridge taking shape over the area toward the end of the period. This would move the main storm track toward the US Canadian border only allowing isolated shower and thunderstorm chances at that time. This is a change from what we saw yesterday so we don’t have much confidence at this point past 10 days.