***Official 2025 Weather Thread***
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Wow, I was driving home around 430 yesterday and thought the entire city of Des Moiines looked dusty but I didn't realize it was from Texas.
I think it's made it to WI now cause it's very 1930s outside
Don’t know about Iowa, but the air was terrible in KC last night. Dust and the smoke came up from the Oklahoma fires. Created a smog that rivaled an uncontrolled smoke filled bar room.
SPC is suggesting there may be storms on Tuesday, just prior to the snow:
Storm Prediction Center May 26, 2026 Day 4-8 Severe Weather Outlook
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www.spc.noaa.gov
...Tuesday/Day 4 and Wednesday/Day 5...
At mid-levels, a trough is forecast to move eastward across the
central U.S. on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ahead of the system,
low-level moisture is forecast to return northward into the lower to
mid Mississippi Valley, with surface dewpoints reaching the 40s and
50s F. This should contribute to an axis of weak instability by
Tuesday afternoon. Along and near this axis, isolated to scattered
thunderstorms are expected to develop from parts of Oklahoma to
Iowa. The chance for storms is expected to continue ahead of the
trough, as it moves into the mid Mississippi Valley on Wednesday. A
severe threat will be possible near the moist axis in the afternoon.
However, relatively low surface dewpoints and very weak instability
should keep any severe threat isolated and marginal.
CSU-MLP predicts at the moment that this will be the corridor for potential marginal severe thunderstorms on Tuesday:
