Rains continue to increase for the 5th day in a row?
Forecast for rains below:
Day 1:
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/fill_94qwbg.gif?1526306199054
Day 2:
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/fill_98qwbg.gif?1528293750112
Day 3:
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/fill_99qwbg.gif?1528293842764
Days 4-5:
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/95ep48iwbg_fill.gif?1526306162
Days 6-7:
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/97ep48iwbg_fill.gif?1526306162
7 Day Total precip:
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.govcdx /qpf/p168i.gif?1530796126
Excessive Rainfall threat returning!
Current Day 1 Forecast |
Day 1 Threat Area in Text Format
Current Day 2 Forecast |
Day 3 forecast below
Severe Storm Risk. Upper Midwest. Press your cursor on the map for full screen.
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/
Current Day 1 Outlook | Forecaster: Hart/Kerr Issued: 18/1240Z Valid: 18/1300Z - 19/1200Z Forecast Risk of Severe Storms: Slight Risk |
Current Day 2 Outlook | Forecaster: Bunting Issued: 18/0600Z Valid: 19/1200Z - 20/1200Z Forecast Risk of Severe Storms: Marginal Risk |
Current Day 3 Outlook | Forecaster: Bunting Issued: 18/0731Z Valid: 20/1200Z - 21/1200Z Forecast Risk of Severe Storms: Marginal Risk |
Current Day 4-8 Outlook |
High Temperatures today and Friday.......hot in the center to Southeast.
Dew points increasing northward in Miss River Valley.
Heat and high humidity .....feels like temperature!
Highs days 3-7 shows Cooling Midwest then Northeast.
How do these temperatures compare to average at this time of year. Above average in the hottest time of year!:
High temperature departures:
Low Temperature Departures:
Satellite picture.
Rains the past 24 hours. Upper Midwest to SD.
You can go to this link to see rain totals from recent time periods:
https://water.weather.gov/precip/
Go to precipitation, then scroll down to pick a time frame. Hit states to get the borders to see locations better. Under products, you can hit "observed" or "Percent of normal"
Missouri/Arkansas to S.Plains in bad shape
Drought Monitor
The longer range, week 3 and week 4 forecast cool north....hot south.
Precip below:
Just updated day 7 then day 10 European operational model. Big heat ridge expands in the south, cool north:
Day 7 below:
Day 10 below:
Day 10 below:
The NWS extended forecasts are below.
Cool Midwest, hot South and West.
Temperature Probability 6-10 day |
Precipitation Probability |
Temperature Probability 8-14 day | |
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Extreme weather risk July 15-19.
Here in my little corner of NW Iowa excessive rainfall is needed. Our low ground is gone, just black dirt. The hills need rain to keep them going.
My worry is to loose the bottoms in June and the tops in July.
Wonderful to hear from you McFarmer!
You should be getting plenty of rain over the next week. This was the last 18z GFS total rain forecast for 2 weeks:
Forecast Hour: 384
Image URL: http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/data/gfs/18/namer/precip_ptot/gfs_namer_384_precip_ptot.gif
