The rain is on its way out of the state. It should be gone by this evening. Most of the rain currently is in the eastern third of Iowa. The heaviest rain will stay in Illinois. Temperatures have been held down because of this with temperatures in the upper 50s. (Summer went away fast!) The …

There was scattered light rain in the southern part of Iowa. The heaviest rain remains in Missouri for the time being. Rainfall estimates of 1 inch plus will be likely in the eastern part of the state through Sunday evening. Most of this rain will fall tomorrow from Gustav. Isolated amounts approaching 3-4 inches won’t …

Most of the rain was south of a Davenport to Creston line. The rain was light in nature. This is the northern portion of what was Hurricane Gustav. The center of Gustav is still in southwestern Arkansas and is nearly stationary. The center should move to near St Louis by tomorrow and the heaviest rain …

Gustav’s outer bands are about to move into Iowa this afternoon. The rainfall will be very heavy in the eastern part of the state. The new QPF has rainfall amounts around 5 inches along the Mississippi River with amounts over 1 inch east of a Marquette to Mount Ayr line with 3 inches likely east …

A group of showers and isolated thunderstorms were moving across the southeastern part of Iowa. The heaviest activity was located near Montezuma, along a line from Fairfield to Farmington and a cell north of Eldridge in northern Scott County. Rainfall will amount to a few tenths from these showers. The cold front is right along …

Above is the rainfall forecast for the next five days. It shows Gustav’s moisture will move north and northeasterly toward Chicago. Over the next five days at least 1 inch of rain is forecasted east of a line from Guttenberg to Lamoni, with isolated amounts over 3 inches east of a Clinton to Bloomfield line. …

The cold front is currently in the eastern part of the state. Most of the thunderstorms that are in extreme southern Iowa and northern Missouri are behind the front. Temperatures ahead of the front are in the mid 80s to lower 90s with heat indices over 100. Behind the front, a taste of autumn, temperatures …

Radar showed some hefty thunderstorms (non-severe) in northern Missouri. These storms are moving ENE and may effect areas south of a Lamoni to Muscatine line through sunset. Other thunderstorms may develop later this afternoon mainly east of Interstate 35. In Iowa a few showers were located south southeast of Omaha (part of a decaying line …

There is no risk for severe weather for today in Iowa, however there could be isolated thunderstorms that develop that may approach severe weather limits. At 1pm, there was a line of showers from Algona to Omaha. These showers are moving to the east. They should produce rainfall amounts of up to 3-4 tenths of …

The storm that were begin to move through tomorrow will likely not have Gustav’s moisture at first so rainfall amounts will generally be up to 1/2 inch. However by late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning some of the moisture from Gustav may be pulled into the coming storm thus the rainfall amounts may reach 1 …