Today’s Central Plains States Forecast:
The southern half of the region is under a Red Flag Warning today. Conditions will be favorable for any fires that develop to spread rapidly. Wind advisory across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa…gusts 40-50 mph.
Forecast radar into tonight: A clipper system tracking just northeast of Iowa will bring in light precipitation across Iowa today, spreading into Missouri this evening:
No big systems expected to move through this week (what’s new, right?) but a couple additional weak disturbances mid and late week. We target our next weak disturbance on Wednesday. This could bring a light mix across northeast Nebraska, Iowa, and into Missouri towards Wednesday night:
The big story is how dry things are becoming across the region. Check out the latest drought monitor:
Overall, it appears the drier theme may continue into late month due to a “split” jet stream across the central Plains. Here are our weeks 1 and 2 outlooks:
