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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1103 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2013

SKIES WERE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE IOWA THIS
MORNING. SOUTHEAST WINDS AVERAGED 5 TO 15 MPH. TEMPERATURES RANGED
FROM 77 DEGREES AT CLARION AND FOREST CITY TO 71 DEGREES AT
DUBUQUE.

WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS MOISTURE AND
WARMTH SURGE NORTH INTO THE STATE AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. SOME ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
STATE...ALONG AN UPPER LEVEL BOUNDARY PUSHING NORTHWARD THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST OUT OF
THE ROCKIES...BRINGING CONTINUED CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH
OF THE STATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING AN
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT DROPPING THROUGH THE STATE ON WEDNESDAY.
ALTHOUGH MUCH WARMER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TODAY INTO
WEDNESDAY...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BACK TO NEAR THE
SEASONAL AVERAGES FOR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE
FOR SOME SEVERE WEATHER WITH THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TONIGHT
ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA...AND ACROSS EASTERN IOWA WEDNESDAY.

&&

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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