IEM Daily Feature
Tuesday, 18 August 2009

Some dryness to worry about

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 06:05 AM

The featured map is an analysis of estimated precipitation departure for the year. While the southeast half of the state is in good shape, portions of Northern and Southwestern Iowa are starting to accumulate deficits around 2 to 5 inches. The cool summer had helped to mitigate the impact due to decreased evaporation. The forecast has a couple rounds of storms on Wednesday with locally heavy rain possible.

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