An active week of weather is forecast across the Upper Midwest with low confidence on exact timing and placement of storms, but higher confidence in storms in the region. A Level 1 to 2 of 5 risk of severe weather covers the region Monday and Tuesday with damaging wind gusts and large hail. MONDAY - Forecast predictions are somewhat nebulous this morning. There will be the possibility of storms popping from eastern Iowa to northern Illinois in the evening hours. Another round

A rather active week across the Upper Midwest is taking shape with a stagnant pattern leading to round after round of potentially heavy rain with severe weather mixed in. Plentiful moisture is sitting underneath a conveyor belt of disturbances which will likely parade along the northern edge of the heat dome this week. Overall confidence day to day in terms of rainfall, severe weather and a flash flooding threat is low given the subtle nature of some of the storm chances, how

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