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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1105 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

SUNNY SKIES COVERED IOWA THIS MORNING. AT LATE MORNING TEMPERATURES
RANGED FROM THE LOWER TO UPPER 70S ACROSS THE STATE. NORTH WINDS
AVERAGED 15 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH.

A COOL FRONT WAS POSITIONED ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF IOWA LATE
THIS MORNING. THE POSITION OF THE COOL FRONT WILL ALLOW A CHANCE
FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTHERN IOWA THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. COVERAGE WILL BE VERY SPOTTY AT BEST AS THE
BOUNDARY EXTENDS THROUGH THE AREA. LOWS TONIGHT WILL FALL INTO
THE LOWER 50S NORTHWEST TO THE LOWER TO MID 60S IN THE SOUTHEAST
BY THURSDAY MORNING.

THE FRONT WILL STALL OUT OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN IOWA
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK...SPARKING THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE SOUTHERN MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. THE FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH LATE
IN THE WEEK AND COULD BRING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE
WEEKEND AS A MORE ORGANIZED STORM TEAMS UP WITH THE BOUNDARY.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE
WEEKEND WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S AND LOWS IN THE 50S TO
60S.


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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.

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