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Severe Weather Possible for Parts of Great Plains

The NWS Storm Prediction Center is forecasting a risk of severe thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening for parts of the northern Plains, from central and northern Montana eastward to northwestern North Dakota, and across parts of the southern Plains, from eastern New Mexico into central Texas. Large hail and damaging winds will be the main threats.
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Des Moines IA

7 Day Forecast

Des Moines, IA

NWS Weather Forecast Office

Tonight

Isolated Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%

Isolated
Thunderstorms

Low: 66 °F

Thursday

Isolated Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%

Isolated
Thunderstorms

High: 86 °F

Thursday
Night

Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 50%

Chance
Thunderstorms

Low: 71 °F

Friday

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%

Slight Chc
Thunderstorms

High: 91 °F

Friday
Night

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%

Slight Chc
Thunderstorms

Low: 74 °F

Saturday

Mostly Sunny

Mostly
Sunny

High: 92 °F

Saturday
Night

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%

Slight Chc
Thunderstorms

Low: 73 °F

Sunday

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%

Slight Chc
Thunderstorms

High: 90 °F

Sunday
Night

Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 40%

Chance
Thunderstorms

Low: 72 °F

  • Tonight Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. South southeast wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Thursday Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Thursday Night A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
  • Friday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. South wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
  • Friday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. South wind 8 to 11 mph.
  • Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 92.
  • Saturday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73.
  • Sunday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Breezy.
  • Sunday Night A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72.
  • Monday Partly sunny, with a high near 89.
  • Monday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 72.
  • Tuesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 90.
  • Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 72.
  • Wednesday Sunny, with a high near 90.

 

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