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Iowa weather: Wednesday's forecast after Tuesday's severe storms

Iowa weather: Wednesday's forecast after Tuesday's severe storms
CAN HELP THEIR CAUSE BY DONATING ON THEIR WEBSITE. AND HERE IN IOWA, IT WAS ANOTHER BUSY WEATHER ALERT DAY. YEAH, AT LEAST JASON, FOR NOW. CALM. MUCH NEEDED AFTER A BUMPY EVENING. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, IT’S NICE TO SEE THE STORMS GONE, BUT IT’S THE TIS THE SEASON FOR MORE. YOU KNOW, WE’VE GOT MORE CHANCES FOR SOME OF US TOMORROW AND THEN MORE CHANCES ON THURSDAY TOO, THOUGH THE CHANCES ARE MUCH LOWER FOR THE RISK AREA, LARGELY INTO NEBRASKA AND DOWN INTO KANSAS. WE ARE ON A SEVERITY SCALE OF UP THAT GOES UP TO FIVE. WE’RE ALL ONE AT A MARGINAL RISK, AND WE ARE THE SAME ON THURSDAY. DO EXPECT THAT FORECAST TO SHIFT SOME ON THURSDAY, BUT NICE TO SEE ALL OF THAT ACTIVITY HAS SINCE MADE ITS WAY ON OUT OF HERE. LOOK DOWN NEAR MOUNT PLEASANT TO KAHOKA. YOU CAN SEE THOSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE OUT. WE DO HAVE A STRAGGLER THOUGH. EAST OF OMAHA THAT HAS POPPED UP, BRINGING IN MORE BENEFICIAL RAIN IN SPOTS, BUT A QUIET NIGHT SHAPING UP FOR US NOW. YOU LOOK AT ALGONA DOWN INTO LAMONI, MARSHALLTOWN LOOKING NICE OUT THERE TOO. ALL LIT UP AGAIN. THE RAIN HAS FINALLY TAKEN A BACKSEAT. OR I SHOULD SAY, THE STORMS HAVE TAKEN A BACK SEAT. COULD USE THE RAIN, BUT THE KIND OF PUSHED THAT WARMTH OUT TO KEOKUK, STILL AT 73, WITH THE REST OF US LARGELY IN THE 50S TO LOW 60S. AND YOU LOOK AT THE WINDS, THEY’VE BEEN STRONG OUT THERE TODAY. WE HAD GUSTS AND COUNCIL BLUFFS UPWARDS OF 40MPH. NOW WE’RE SITTING AROUND 10 TO 20MPH WITH SOME POCKETS OF BREEZIER CONDITIONS. WATERLOO COMING IN AT 29. THAT 12 HOUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW. WHOLE LOT QUIETER TEMPERATURES BACKING DOWN ONLY INTO THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S TO START THE DAY. AND WE WILL HAVE CLOUD COVER BUILDING THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BRINGING IN A CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED SHOWER INTO THE AFTERNOON. SO TRACKING THINGS OUT FOR YOU HERE. NOTICE CLOUDS BUILD IN BY 8 A.M. WE KEEP IT A LITTLE BIT BREEZY, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE, BUT COULD SEE A STRAY SHOWER OUT THERE AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THE EVENING. AGAIN, ANY SEVERE THREAT LARGELY FALLS OFF INTO NEBRASKA, BUT BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING YOU CAN SEE THAT LINE PUSHING ITS WAY ON IN. AND THAT’S JUST THE FIRST WAVE. AS WE BRING IN MORE MOISTURE AND MORE RAIN, THE SEVERE THREAT IS LOW, BUT AS WE PROGRESS FORWARD AGAIN, WE’LL GET MORE UPDATES AND WE’LL GET A CLEARER IDEA OF WHAT THURSDAY LOOKS LIKE. BUT FOR NOW, LOOKS TO BRING IN BENEFICIAL RAIN WITH CLEAR SKIES. AS WE START YOUR FRIDAY, AND LIGHTER WINDS AS WELL. SO FOR TONIGHT, PLAN ON TEMPERATURES BACK DOWN AGAIN INTO THE LOW TO MID 50S AS SKIES WILL BE CLEARING AND TOMORROW WE’RE BACK UP TO 72 WITH AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR ISOLATED STORM AND TAKING A LOOK AT THAT EIGHT DAY FORECAST HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE EVENING CHANCES FOR RAIN INCREASE. WE KEEP THOSE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ON THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES STAY NICE. WE’RE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S THROUGH FRIDAY. FRIDAY. AN ABSOLUTE GEM OF A DAY AS WE’VE GOT SUNSHINE, WARM AIR AND NOT GOING TO FEEL THAT HUMID. BUT WE BRING MORE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS IN ON SATURDAY. I KNOW WE’VE GOT TULIP TIME AND A HOST OF OTHER EVENTS, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE SHORT LIVED FOR US. AND AS WE HEAD TOWARDS NEXT WEEK, MULTIPLE CHANCES FOR
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Iowa weather: Wednesday's forecast after Tuesday's severe storms
There will be more chances for showers and thunderstorms for Wednesday afternoon and Thursday. The severe weather threat will be low for these two days, but it is still a weather system we are still monitoring. Closings | Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts Friday will bring our next much-needed break from the active weather. Friday night and Saturday morning will bring another chance for showers and storms with the severe threat still being low as well. More rain chances will return as we start off next week. Iowa weather forecastTonight: Mostly clear. Low 45F. Winds shifting from W to SE around 5 mph.Tomorrow: Mostly sunny and windy, then storms arrive during the afternoon and evening hours. Some storms could be severe. High 80F. Winds shifting from S at 15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph.Tomorrow Night: Storms early in the evening, then partly cloudy overnight. Low 50F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.

There will be more chances for showers and thunderstorms for Wednesday afternoon and Thursday. The severe weather threat will be low for these two days, but it is still a weather system we are still monitoring.

Closings | Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts

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Friday will bring our next much-needed break from the active weather. Friday night and Saturday morning will bring another chance for showers and storms with the severe threat still being low as well. More rain chances will return as we start off next week.

Iowa weather forecast

Tonight: Mostly clear. Low 45F. Winds shifting from W to SE around 5 mph.

Tomorrow: Mostly sunny and windy, then storms arrive during the afternoon and evening hours. Some storms could be severe. High 80F. Winds shifting from S at 15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph.

Tomorrow Night: Storms early in the evening, then partly cloudy overnight. Low 50F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.