The featured plot shows a model forecast time series for this coming weekend. The long range models have been insisting on a dramatic warm up along with the chance of considerable heavy rainfall as shown by an inch of precipitation accumulated from Sunday into Tuesday with temperatures well above freezing. If this forecast verifies, it would probably spell trouble for Iowa's ice covered rivers. Regardless, this would be the warmest air we have seen in just over 3 months.

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