5-13-20 Ankeny: Detailing timing and totals of rain through the weekend.V.

Good Wednesday Morning! Here is your latest forecast update:

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Sim radar from 10 AM this morning through 4 AM Friday morning. Watching light shower chances increase through the morning/afternoon hours across the state. Need to keep an eye on E IA for strong storm threat tonight- main risk would be hail and could be some locally higher rainfall totals. E IA will once again be the target for stronger storm potential Thursday night:

 

Sim radar from Friday morning through Sunday morning. Saturday looks to feature widespread precip:

 

Current favored totals out through the weekend- make sure to check video for risks of precip totals:

 

 Today (shown below) will have sustained winds 10-20 MPH with gusts 25-35 MPH possible (esp. in N IA):

 

Looking ahead, there is good agreement in guidance (and our lack of storm dates) that next week will be on the drier side. At this distance there are extremely minimal precip chances next Sunday through next Thursday. Totals during that time shown below:

7 days:

Ankeny: