Iowa Weather Report July 30th 2015: I’ve Got A Lovely Bunch of Pleasant Days Ahead

PLEASANT: Another wonderful day across the state with plenty of sunshine around. Highs today will be in the 80s with dew points in the upper 50s to lower and middle 60s. It will be a little more humid than yesterday but still tolerable for most people. Temperatures will inch up a degree or two on Friday with 80s to around 90 across the state with slightly more humid air around as well. A system will move through the state this weekend that may trigger some showers and storms mainly during the overnight hours into the morning especially Sunday and into Monday, although there is a slight chance of this occurring Friday night into Saturday in our far southern counties, but those chances are slim at this time. Some decent rainfall amounts could be possible with these rounds, but pinpointing who will get the rain where and how much is still a question yet to be answered. We hope to have a clearer picture on this by tomorrow.

MORE REFRESHING AIR: Following the system early on Monday, cooler and drier air moves back into the state early next week with readings back into the upper 70s to lower and middle 80s across the state with lower humidity as well. Another system however comes back in Wednesday into Thursday with showers and storms. We’ll deal with that system as we get closer to the period. Readings should stay in the upper 70s through the 80s through Thursday.

OVER THE HORIZION: Going forward, high pressure settles into the Great Lakes which would scour out the shower and storm chances in the northeastern half of the state at least on Friday the 7th and Saturday the 8th but the southwestern half of the state still shows showers and storms possible during the time. More systems are seen on the model run moving through the state toward the middle of the month with temperatures moderating toward seasonal averages by that time as the flow turns more zonal and the ridge over the Desert Southwest begins to expand across the entire southern tier of the country.