Inland Waterway Weather Report

Weather Highlights: 

• Upper Mississippi/Red/Souris: Chance for showers and thunderstorms tonight with scattered to numerous severe storms possible. Some isolated showers Saturday near Rock Island otherwise mostly dry, then widespread showers and thunderstorms expected Sunday – Tuesday with scattered severe storms and areas of excessive rain possible. Temperatures above normal.
• Middle Mississippi Valley: Scattered on/off shower and thunderstorm chances today and Saturday with some isolated severe storms possible. Dry Sunday – midday Monday and then more widespread shower and thunderstorm chances late Monday through at least Wednesday. Slight chance of severe storms Tuesday with isolated excessive rain possible. Temperatures above normal.
• Lower Mississippi Valley: Dry conditions expected through Sunday midday. Some daily afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms possible for Sunday and Monday. Precipitation, some heavy, should return to the Lower Mississippi mid to late next week.

7-day QPF Totals

• Upper Mississippi/Red/Souris: 0.50” to 3.00” of liquid precipitation, most accumulations expected Sunday – Tuesday.
• Middle Mississippi/Lower Ohio Valley: 0.50” to 4.00” of liquid precipitation.
• Lower Mississippi Valley: 0.01” to 3.50” of liquid precipitation, with any accumulations not until next week.

Ketzel Levens – MVD/NWS Meteorologist, USACE