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FOR TUESDAY MARCH 9th, 2010

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THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK...

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THIS AFTERNOON: Mostly cloudy with a few spotty rain showers, mainly over the far  north.  Warmer.  Wind: SE 10-18.
High: 47 North  |  55 South  |  53 QCA

TUESDAY NIGHT: Cloudy with showers likely.  Mild with near steady temperatures. Wind: SE 10-20.
Low:  43 North  |  47 South  |  45 QCA

WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a shower.  Warmer.
High: 50 North  |  57 South  |  55 QCA

THURSDAY: Cloudy with occasional rain likely.
High: 48 North  |  54 South  |  52 QCA

FRIDAY: Cloudy with showers continuing. Cooler.
High: 40 North  |  47 South  |  44 QCA

SATURDAY: Cloudy and colder with a chance of rain or snow.
High: 39 North  |  43 South  |  41 QCA

SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy and cool.
High: 42 North  |  45 South  |  44 QCA




QCA CLIMATE HISTORY:
MARCH 9th, 2010
Normal High: 45  Record high: 71, 1986  Sunset:   6:02 PM   
Normal  Low: 27  Record low:    0, 1877  Sunrise:  6:24 AM
ANALYSIS:  By meteorologist Terry Swails

RAINY DAYS AHEAD...

The week is off to a dreary start and by all accounts it's going to remain this way into the upcoming weekend.  Warm moist air will continue to stream over frozen ground and what's left of our snow pack to produce generous amounts of stratus and fog.  As 2 major pieces of energy consolidate directly over the Midwest by mid-week, rain will also become a player and needs to be watched for its potential flooding impacts on area rivers and streams.  All things considered, this will be a very unsettled week of weather.

Our first round of wet weather will come Tuesday as a storm punches through Kansas on the road to Iowa.  This system will dump its heavier rain out west as it weakens in favor of another disturbance entering the southwest.  Despite its decrease in intensity light to moderate rain will pivot through the region.  As the rain exits Wednesday we should see a day where temperatures moderate well into the 50's. How warm will depend on clouds and whether we can eek out a bit of sunshine, something that looks limited right now.

By Thursday the energetic second system will emerge on the scene bringing a renewed round of clouds and rainfall.  This system will absorb the energy from the first storm and then wind itself up.  With the storm center expected to drift south of the region we will be locked in the cold conveyer belt Friday and Saturday.  By then any precipitation will become more showery but it may also become mixed with some wet snow.  Between now and the end of this wet period rainfall totals of at least an inch are likely.  If this verifies significant rises on area rivers will be seen during the 7 to 14 day period.  


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