Iowa weather: A hot summer weekend with storm chances next week (2024)

IT’S BEEN KIND OF A MAINSTAY THERE FOR SEVERAL DECADES. DOWN IN KNOXVILLE THIS WEEKEND, WHETHER YOU’RE HEADING FOR A PATIO OR THE BALLOON CLASSIC OR RAGBRAI, WHATEVER IS GOING ON, YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT HEAT AND HUMIDITY. YOU DO, YOU DO. I MEAN, THIS TIME OF YEAR, EVERYONE REALLY EXPECTS IT. AND THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE FOR THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND. NO SUBSTANTIAL BREAK IN SIGHT EITHER. SO GET USED TO IT. IT’S GOING TO BE IN THE 90S, JUST BARELY. BUT FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, BOTH HOT AND HUMID. SOME NIGHT STORMS. SO OVERNIGHT GOING SUNDAY INTO MONDAY ALSO EXPECTED, YOU CAN EXPECT MORE SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT SATURDAY, BOTH GOOD COOL DAYS AHEAD AS FAR AS THE SATELLITE AND RADAR. MAINLY GOING TO BE LOOKING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WHERE WE’RE SEEING THE BUK OF THE ACTIVITY IN APPANOOSE COUNTY NOW BUILDING INTO MONROE ALONG THE APPANOOSE MONROE COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF ALBIA IS WHERE WE’RE SEEING MOST OF THAT ACTIVITY SOUTH OF 34 AS WELL. FURTHER OFF TO THE EAST IN DAVIS COUNTY. STILL GOING TO BE SOME PRETTY ISOLATED STUFF, BUT NOW DRIFTING FURTHER NORTH. THESE ONES THAT ARE GETTING CLOSER TO I-35 IN JUST NORTH OF LIKE IN JASPER COUNTY, REALLY DIMINISHING, RAINING ITSELF OUT, NOTHING REALLY SUPPORTING THOSE TYPES OF SHOWERS. SO WE’RE NOT LOOKING AT A LOT OF ACTIVITY FOR CENTRAL IOWA, NOT EXPECTING MUCH. EVEN SO, BEYOND THE MORNING STATEWIDE, WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANY TYPE OF RAIN CHANCE AS WE START TO CLEAR UP THE CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. THE AFTERNOON, EXPECT MORE SUNSHINE, CHANCES. NOT A GREAT CHANCE FOR RAINFALL, BUT THOSE SOUTHERLY WINDS, THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO GIVE US THE HEAT CLIMB AND ALSO THAT MOISTURE STAYING OVER US. WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE NORTHERLY WINDS TO DROP THAT HUMIDITY. NOTICE WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANY OF THAT GOING INTO THE NEXT 48 HOURS. AS WE EXTEND INTO THE OVERNIGHT GOING INTO SATURDAY, IT’S DRY. WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANY CHANCE OF RAINFALL THROUGHOUT SATURDAY MORNING. NOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON BUILDING IN THE CLOUD COVER. AND THAT’S GOING TO BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SOME OF THESE SHOWERS, MAINLY EAST OF I 35 EASTERN IOWA. REALLY THE BETTER CHANCE FOR THOSE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS AS WE GET INTO VERY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. BUT MORE OF THE CLOUDS OVER US THROUGHOUT SUNDAY. NOT GOING TO HAVE TOO MUCH OF THAT SUN, ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, GETS EATEN AWAY AS WE GET INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN THOSE RAIN CHANCES AGAIN, STARTING OFF MORE SO TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AS WE GO INTO MONDAY. BUT A BETTER CHANCE GOING SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. BETTER CHANCES FOR THOSE SHOWERS AND STORMS STICKING BACK WITH US, ESPECIALLY LATER NEXT WEEK. BUT AS FAR AS THE HEAT INDEX FOR TODAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING AT. THIS IS WHY YOU WANT TO HAVE THE WATER. YOU WANT TO TAKE BREAKS. LISTEN TO YOUR BODY MID TO UPPER 90S ALONG AND WEST OF I 35. FURTHER EAST, A TOUCH COOLER BUT STILL GOING TO BE FEELING THAT HUMIDITY. AND THEN FOR TOMORROW A LOT OF THE SAME FEELING LIKE THE 90S YET AGAIN SATURDAY AND DEEPER IN THE 90S ON SUNDAY NEXT WEEK. STILL DEALING WITH A LOT MORE OF THAT HEAT AND HUMIDITY AS WELL. WEDNESDAY THE HOTTEST DAY IN THE NEXT EIGHT. RAIN CHANCES RETUR