We continue to watch as cold front on approach that will bring cooler temperatures and widespread rain showers Wednesday. The slowly-moving front has a lot of similarities to those classic autumn cold fronts. The calendar is still early August so we still have a long way to go before we are locked in the cooler temperatures. 7AM Wednesday 6PM Wednesday Forecast trends are slowly increasing the rainfall potential, with widespread 2-3" of precipitation likely across the area We

We all got a nice drink of water late last week and as we head into Wednesday we are likely to see even more rainfall for the region. Radar estimates pushed higher than 3" across east-central Iowa and southern Wisconsin, with widespread rainfall totals os 2" across eastern Iowa and northern Illinois. This will follow a cold front that is forecast to sweep through the area Wednesday. Forecast trends are bringing temperatures potentially into the 70s for highs Wednesday, and ba