(IowaStormCenter.com) — A strong pacific storm system will hit later this evening, maximizing Sunday through Monday and tapering off later Tuesday.
Showers and thunderstorms will work into south/southwest Iowa 2-4 PM today along an advancing warm front. This activity will gradually expand northeast into west/central Iowa by the evening and the rest of the forecast area overnight extending through Sunday night.
The bulk of moisture tonight through Sunday night will hit the center of the forecast area with 1-2″ of rain and amounts decreasing west and east. A brief break will take place Sunday evening before the final round of rain hits Monday morning through early Tuesday afternoon.
This will be a prolonged event, so I have split the rainfall forecast into two parts, highlighting the stronger impulse to hit Monday through Tuesday. The final rainfall forecast for the second half of the event will follow later, but the highest amounts will be over southeast Iowa with 1-3″ of rain.
We will monitor the second half of the event with additional updates to follow later.
– Meteorologist Maurer –
