Clean-Up Weather for Midwesterners
8/23/2009 8:35 AM
In the wake of the outbreak of tornadoes and damaging thunderstorms in the Midwest this past week,
much quieter weather will aid in clean-up efforts through the rest of the we
By Heather
Buchman
AccuWeather.com
In the wake of the
outbreak of tornadoes and
damaging thunderstorms in
the Midwest this past week, much quieter weather will aid in clean-up efforts
through the rest of the weekend. Another round of strong storms will target the northern Plains by Monday.
The
cold front that brought the onslaught of destructive storms Wednesday
into Thursday exited into the East Friday. Cooler, drier air has since filtered into
the Midwest behind the front.
High pressure will keep
the Midwest dry with fairly cool temperatures in
most places today. It will continue feeling more like mid-September in places like
Chicago and
Detroit.
For the residents of
southern Minnesota,
eastern Iowa, and central Illinois who are still cleaning up after
Wednesday's violent storms, the
comfortable, drier weather is much-welcomed
this weekend. At least 30 tornadoes were reported in these areas Wednesday, and over a half dozen have been confirmed.
Several homes were destroyed, and many more homes and businesses were damaged. Central Illinois was one of the hardest-hit areas. In Minnesota, one
of the confirmed tornadoes touched down in southern
Minneapolis and came close to the downtown Convention
Center.
Loami Chief Police Officer Surveys
Tornado Damage in Loami, Ill., Thursday, Aug 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
While the
Great Lakes region stays cool, the Plains will continue warming
up through early next week. Temperatures will surge well into the 90s across much of western and central South Dakota and Nebraska today and Monday.
Yet another
cold front will slice into this steamy air late today into
Monday, sparking more storms over the Dakotas tonight and areas from
northern
Colorado to Minnesota Monday.
Some of the storms could be strong, producing
damaging winds, hail and
heavy rain.
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