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Watching Hurricane Erin; Heavy Rainfall Threat for Upper Midwest; Heatrisk for Mississippi Valley

Hurricane Erin continues to track westward with its outer bands bringing heavy rainfall and gusty winds for Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands. Life-threatening surf and rip currents are occurring and will spread across the Atlantic coasts this week. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall and possible flooding are in the forecast for upper Midwest through Monday. Heatrisk continues for the Mississippi Valley. Read More >

CLEAR CREEK AREA (6,000 FT TO 8,000 FT)
 
 DATE                    SUNDAY 08/17/25                         MONDAY 08/18/25                    
 TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                    5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   
 
 CLOUD COVER        OV   OV   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW
 CLOUD COVER (%)    90   75   40   25   35   30   65   65   30   10   10   15   15    5   10    5   10
 TEMPERATURE        50   53   59   64   64   58   55   54   52   58   64   69   70   62   57   55   53
 MAX/MIN TEMP                           65                  51                  71                  53
 WIND DIR            W    S    S   SW   SW   NW    W    W   SW   SW    S    S   SW   NW    N    N    N
 WIND (MPH)          3    3    5    6    4    4    4    4    4    5   10   12   11    6    6    6    5
 WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                      
 PRECIP PROB (%)    10    5   20   30   20   10   10   10   10   10   10   10    5    5    0    0    0
 PRECIP TYPE                   R    R    T    R                                                       
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.03      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 11.7 11.7 11.7 12.2 12.3 12.2 12.3 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.4 12.4 12.7 12.6 12.8 12.4 12.1
 
 

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES --- 
CODE   TYPE
 T     THUNDERSTORMS
 R     RAIN
 S     SNOW
 I     SLEET
 Z     FREEZING RAIN