Key Points – Wednesday, July 5, 2017:
Synopsis: Good Wednesday morning, thanks for checking out the latest update! A low pressure continues to push east across Missouri today and will continue to pull off to the east into Thursday. Watching for a potential storm cluster late tonight into Thursday morning across parts of Nebraska and western Iowa we are watching closely, as well as along the cold front later Thursday into Friday moving northwest to southeast. As the front swings through a cooler pattern settles in terms of humidity Friday into Saturday. If you have any questions in terms of the pattern, please don’t hesitate to reach out…have a blessed day!
Current Radar:
The forecast tonight is tricky…latest data suggests a storm cluster diving south across Nebraska and western Iowa moving northwest to southeast. The next piece of energy comes later tomorrow evening as an energy expands along a cold front.
Strong storm risk…overall we agree with where the threat of severe storms exists on Thursday:
Total rainfall here over the next 60 hours…once again, models do very poorly handling the precipitation forecast, especially under a northwest flow…if the storm clusters mentioned above materialize over the next 2 days, locations across Nebraska and Kansas will be picking up higher rainfall totals likely between 1-3″.
Friday night into Saturday our latest data suggests a cluster of storms across central parts of the Zone:
Wind forecast through Saturday:
Temperatures through Saturday:
Here are the dewpoints from normal over the next 4 days. Staying rather humid today through Thursday, then the northern and eastern half of the region will see a very nice surge of drier air Friday and Saturday. 
Confidence:
- Above average confidence showers and storms will continue east across Missouri today.
- Lower confidence on the exact details of a potential storm cluster across parts of Nebraska and western Iowa later tonight.
- Average confidence we see additional showers and storms develop along a cold front later Thursday into Friday that will usher in cooler air as well.
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