Some Sun North, More Clouds South – Iowa Weather Network Archives

WEEKEND TIME: A few lingering showers will be possible during the morning hours in our southeastern counties with most of the precipitation departing the state by the midday hours. It will remain mainly cloudy for the southern half to two-thirds of the state with some peaks of sunshine across the north and western counties. Highs today will be in the upper 20s northwest to near 40 southeast. As we head into Saturday, more of the state should see some sunshine but the clouds may hang tough close to the Missouri border with precipitation remaining just south of the state. Highs on Saturday will be in the 30s for the most part. As we head into Sunday, that system to our south begins to lift north-northeastward and could bring some precipitation by the afternoon hours across our southern counties and the rest of the state by the evening and overnight hours. At this time, the precipitation looks to be in the form of some rain and snow with snow being the main precipitation type during the evening and overnight hours. We should get a better grasp on this system in the next 24-36 hours.

FEELING A LOT LIKE IT SHOULD: As we head into the new work week, we’ll start out with the system mentioned previously moving through the state Monday into early on Tuesday with a chance of some rain/snow during the day and some light snow at night. As mentioned before, it’s still too early to determine amounts at this time from this system. Highs will be in the 30s with lows in the 20s. The rest of the week looks quiet with sunshine returning by the middle of the week, but readings will remain in the 30s to around 40 for highs with lows in the 20s.

WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR: As we look into the extended period, the GFS has a disturbance moving through the state around the 6th of December (next Sunday) with a chance of some light snow possible at that time. Some cooler air filters in behind that system that may drop readings a bit. This isn’t shown to last long as the flow is shown to come more out of the Pacific which would tend to keep our temperatures above average as we head toward the middle of the month. Another system toward the end of the period could bring some more precipitation to the state at that time and may cool readings back toward seasonal levels, but there’s a lot of time for models to change between then and now.