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Lots of sunshine and highs rebounding back to around 70 degrees. The wind wont be quite as strong as the past few days, but still notable out of the north. Overall, the weather pattern remains dry, but more clouds are expected for tomorrow and saturday. Due to the clouds, these days will be held down into the 60s for highs. Next week, a warming trend continues to be on track into the 70s. As of now, rain chances continue to be focused on wednesday, though the development of an thursday depending on what it does off the se coast. Have a great day today sunny and mild. Wind n 1020. High 70 tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 51 tomorrow increasing clouds. Wind ne 1015. High 69 tom. Night mostly cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 54 though the cedar river in cedar rapids is receding, the city is still in a major flood stage. Kcrgtv9s meterologist justin geherts is at ellis and edgewood road this morning. Justin, how are things looking there . Some evacuees can return to their homes today. The ci
Level stands. We turn to terry swailvs for that answer. We can check our gauge data out every 15 minutes or so. What well do is start upstream. Up in the vicinititon area, river has actually crested. Were expecting a crest to be in palo. This is thanks to the cbs 2 surrounded by water. Other homes are also impact in the palo area. Thats the water that was heading to the area. Were on track for a 23 foot crest at 7 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Major flooding is underway. Our records go all the way back to 1851. This is the secondhighest the river has been in 165 years of records. Look how quickly this has happened. Here you can see where we go over the mark. The crest will angle around nor day and a half. Another river thats rising quickly is up in an motorcycles sarks. We feet. Shouldnt cause too many problems in animosa. Theres no rain on the radar tonight. The weather pattern turns much dryer. This is our rainfall forecast. Can you see as we run this all most of the upper midwest has turn
Still turned upside down for days. 02 11 normally i would have gas right now and be cooking meals in my own house instead of having to go out get meals. Debaker says this flood event brought the Community Closer Together than hes ever seen. 15 00 a group of people asked me if i needed help empty my basement, i had 16 people at my house all the sudden helping to empty my basement, unbelivebale, ive never seen anything like that. Bulicek says he feels the same way. 48 57 great community, everyone got together and its dont play. And now, its back to business. Nats of going into bar and greeting people. Hows it going . Good man. And again, were seeing more in cedar rapids, mark carlson, kcrgtv9. Lets turn to weather now and meteorologis t joe winters. Joe, the weather seems to be cooperating for the Flood Recovery efforts. Skies eventually clear tonight with lows returning to the 4 is back again tomorrow with somewhat lighter winds and highs back near 70. Well hover close to 70 into the we
Remains dry, but more clouds are expected for tomorrow and saturday. Due to the clouds, these days will be held down into the 60s for highs. Next week, a warming trend continues to be on track with widespread temperatures into the 70s. As of now, rain chances continue to be focused on wednesday, though the development of an eventual hurricane could delay this rain potential into thursday depending on what it does off the se coast. Have a great day today sunny and mild. Wind n 1020. High 70 tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 51 tomorrow increasing clouds. Wind ne 1015. High 69 tom. Night mostly cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 54 heres a live look at the cedar river from up above. Were checking out mays island skycam. The cedar river continues to pull back in cedar rapids this morning, following the second highest crest ever in the city. Now, some who had to get out can at last return home. Of the nearly 6,000 homes and buin for people to come back. The city thinned out the evacuation zone