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Synopsis:  Good Saturday afternoon.  A stalled frontal boundary slicing the northern and western Plains is setting up quite the gradient in weather conditions...from sun and heat further south and east, to rain and sharply cooler temperatures behind the front.  This front will slowly make some eastward progression over the next…

Synopsis: Good Friday afternoon!  It is a hot and windy day across much of the region, ahead of a frontal system pushing into western Nebraska.  This front will get hung-up across the western Plains through the weekend, with repeated rounds of showers and storms.  Areas further east and south stay…

Good Friday morning!  Much above normal temperatures will stick around through the weekend along with mostly sunny skies as a ridge of high pressure remains in control. Today's forecast is nearly identical to yesterday.  We have added a 10% spotty storm chance with a very weak disturbance aloft.  Winds will…

Key Points - Friday, September 22, 2017: Synopsis: Good Friday morning!  Waking up to very warm and humid conditions on this first official day of fall across most of the region.  A front working into Nebraska and far western Kansas will spark a few scattered storms going into tonight, and…

Synopsis:  Good Thursday afternoon!  Heavy rains in southeast Iowa are finally dissipating after as much as locally 10" of rain!  Most of the region is dry as of now, but changes are on the way.  A couple of disturbances bring locally strong storm and heavy rain threats tonight - especially…

Good Thursday morning!  A weak disturbance overhead may spark a few isolated storms today, but the main story is the heat heading through the upcoming weekend, as temperatures run nearly 15º above normal! We will keep a ~10-20% storm risk in today's forecast.  Certainly a much better chance it stays…

Key Points - Thursday, September 21, 2017: Synopsis: Good Thursday morning!  Tracking very heavy rainfall across southeast Iowa this morning.  These storms will gradually diminish through the morning hours, but we cannot rule out additional spotty storms later today into tonight.  The main focus in this forecast will be a…