A Refreshing Forecast – Iowa Weather Network Archives

REFRESHING CHANGE: Temperatures and more specifically dew points will be dropping today and Saturday as sunshine returns to the state with the threat of showers and thunderstorms shifting to the south and east. Highs today will be in the upper 70s in our northeastern counties to the middle 80s in the southern and western counties. Temperatures will be a few degrees warmer on Saturday but it still looks to remain somewhat comfortable.

THE NEXT STORM: As we head into Sunday and Monday, humidity levels come up, temperatures come up a bit more and a storm system will be approaching from the west as we head into the new work week. Highs on Sunday and Monday will be in the 80s to around 90 with dew points around the 70 degree mark. Showers and storms are possible as we head into Monday especially in the afternoon into the evening in our western counties and the rest of the state as we head into the overnight hours. Some of the storms could be strong but it’s too early to denote specific severe weather threats as yet. This also looks to last into Tuesday as the low pressure center will be in southwestern Manitoba with another wave of showers and storms possible by the afternoon hours. Some of those storms could be strong as well. Temperatures Tuesday look to range from the middle 80s to the lower 90s dependent on the amount of sunshine we may see between morning and afternoon convection. Some drier air will begin moving into the state on Wednesday but we still may see a risk of showers and storms in the southern and southeastern counties during the afternoon hours Wednesday and perhaps even Thursday as well before cooler and drier air moves in at the end of the week.

THROUGH THE DOG DAYS: As we look through the rest of the extended period, the thermal battle lines look to be drawn across the area as the GFS shows more chances of showers and storms during the weekend of the 16th and 17th and lasting off and on through the end of the period. Not real confident this far out due to numerous factors that could come into play. Nevertheless, it does show readings to be in the 80s and lower 90s through the end of the period outside any storm chances that may or may not come.