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WEEK AHEAD: The next chance of precip will be on Thursday with a front moving through the state. The state will again be in the battle ground between liquid and frozen precipitation with chances of rain, sleet, freezing rain or snow, however amounts are expected to be light with many areas getting less than two tenths of an inch of liquid precipitation. The storm on Saturday is more puzzling, this run (as with some runs a few days ago) are now showing that this storm will just barely miss the state with a significant amount of moisture (which was likely to be in the form of snow). Although areas just to the southeast like Peoria and Quincy could get significant amounts, it’s still entirely up in the air whether or not some parts of SE Iowa may get in on the snow action as well. We’ll have to wait until the Thursday system gets out of the way before we have a better understanding of the Saturday storm.

MID-MARCH MENACE: It has been consistant over the last few days, a storm system in the middle of the country around the middle of March, and this run is no exception. With a storm moving in from the southwest, and the 540 line well to the north, the precipitation will be in the form of rain, however it is not out of the question that some thunderstorms possibly severe ones could be possible as well. However this is in voo-doo, but we’ll have to see if this Mid-March Menace continues to stay on later runs as we move further into the month.