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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1050 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

CLOUD COVER SLOWLY ERODED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING. BY LATE MORNING...SKIES WERE CLOUDY OVER THE SOUTHERN
THIRD OF THE STATE WITH SUNNY SKIES ELSEWHERE. IT WAS A COOL
MORNING WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 40S NORTHWEST TO AROUND 60
SOUTHEAST. LATE MORNING READINGS WERE IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER
60S STATEWIDE. NORTH WINDS WERE 5 TO 15 MPH.

LOW PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WITH A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHING WEST INTO SOUTHERN IOWA THIS MORNING.
THE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO SAG SOUTH AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER
NORTHERN MANITOBA BUILDS SOUTH INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. THE HIGH WILL
MOVE TO EAST BY FRIDAY NIGHT.

CLOUDS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL PUSH SOUTH AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES
SOUTH. CLEARING WILL OVERSPREAD IOWA AND AREAS NORTH TODAY...AND
THE ENTIRE UPPER MIDWEST BY TONIGHT. IT WILL BE COOL ACROSS THE
NATIONS HEARTLAND TONIGHT UNDER THE HIGH PRESSURE. FROST
ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
FOR TONIGHT.

TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE OVER THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK AS THE
HIGH MOVES TO THE EAST AND WINDS SWING AROUND TO THE SOUTH. THERE
WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER IOWA AND AREAS WEST AS
EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT...AND OVER THE ENTIRE REGION SATURDAY WELL
INTO NEXT WEEK.

&&

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES WILL DISCONTINUE THE
ISSUANCE OF THE 920 PM REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY EFFECTIVE
JUNE 15 2013.  AFTER THAT DATE...THE REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
WILL ONLY BE ISSUED AROUND 500 AM...1100 AM... AND 500 PM.

IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...PLEASE
EMAIL /IN ALL LOWERCASE/ JEFF.JOHNSON...AT SYMBOL...NOAA.GOV OR
CALL 515.270.4501 EXTENSION 726.


&&

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES WILL DISCONTINUE THE
ISSUANCE OF THE 920 PM REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY EFFECTIVE
JUNE 15 2013.  AFTER THAT DATE...THE REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
WILL ONLY BE ISSUED AROUND 500 AM...1100 AM... AND 500 PM.

IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...PLEASE
EMAIL /IN ALL LOWERCASE/ JEFF.JOHNSON...AT SYMBOL...NOAA.GOV OR
CALL 515.270.4501 EXTENSION 726.

$$