Rain is beginning to move into the western part of the state late this evening. Radar was showing a few light showers along the Missouri River moving into the state. The state will recieve at least a quarter to about a half inch of rain from this storm as it moves through this weekend. The rain will be out of the state by midday Sunday, but temperatures will not cool off behind the storm as readings will remain in the 30s and 40s for highs (maybe even a 50 in southern Iowa) with lows in the 20s and lower 30s. The next storm which looked like was going to miss the state altogether has now begun to shift back to the north, thus chances of precipitation look to ratchet up once more again on Tuesday into Wednesday. Precipitation for this storm is likely to be heavier than the storm this weekend with the possibility of an inch of rain in some isolated areas with many locations receiving at least a half to 3/4 of an inch. This could cause some flooding problems along the area rivers, many of which are still frozen over along with the heavy snow pack that still remains over most of the state. The second storm will slowly move out Wednesday night and Thursday morning with temperatures continuing to stay mild with highs in the 40s and lows in the 30s. A colder pattern looks to be setting up by the following weekend with temperatures possibly dropping back below the freezing mark for highs at that time and some chances of some snow as well.

An Air Quality Advisory continues for the northeastern sections of the state through Noon on Saturday. This is for areas northeast of a line from Mason City to Iowa City. The air quality should improve once any precipitation begins to fall by midday Saturday in those locations.