Inland Waterway Weather Report

Weather Highlights: 

• Temperatures will continue to trend warmer through the week basin wide.
• Expect light showers ahead of the front in the lower and middle Mississippi Valley, followed by a transition to drier and cooler conditions until the next system arrives later this week.
• A more impactful system will track across the central and southern basin Friday and Saturday. Widespread precipitation is likely with this system. Rain could extend as far north as St. Louis, where a rain/snow mix is expected. Mostly snow would be north of Des Moines.

7-day QPF totals (through next Tuesday morning)

• Upper Mississippi/Red/Souris: Trace – 0.25” of liquid precipitation
• Middle Mississippi/Lower Ohio Valley: 0.50-1.50” of liquid precipitation
• Lower Mississippi Valley: 1.00-3.00+” of liquid precipitation

Caitlin Bristol – MVD/NWS Meteorologist, USACE