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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
240 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2013

PLEASANT AFTERNOON WEATHER RETURNED TO MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY AS
NORTHWEST WINDS WERE NOT AS STRONG AS YESTERDAY. TEMPERATURES ONLY
WARMED TO THE LOWER 50S EAST WHILE REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 50S
IN THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST UNDER CLEAR SKIES.

HIGH PRESSURE SETTLED INTO THE AREA TODAY AND WILL SLOWLY DRIFT
EAST OF THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR ANOTHER COOL NIGHT
ACROSS THE REGION WITH SOME FROST AGAIN POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN IOWA
WHILE THE WEST WILL BEGIN TO WARM SLOWLY. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE
FROM THE LOWER 30S OVER THE EAST TO THE MID 40S IN THE FAR WEST.

THE RAPID WARMING EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON MONDAY IS STILL ON TRACK
FOR IOWA. SOUTHERLY WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE HIGH WILL PULL
MUCH WARMER AIR INTO IOWA MONDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 60S EAST TO
THE LOWER 80S WEST. BY TUESDAY HIGHS WILL BE SOME 40 DEGREES
WARMER THAN SATURDAY WITH HIGHS ON TUESDAY REACHING THE MID 80S
EAST TO THE MID 90S WEST. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY OCCUR
OVER THE STATE. BY LATE TUESDAY A COOL FRONT WILL DRIFT SOUTH AND BRING
CHANCES FOR RAIN THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

THIS FRONT WILL STALL NEAR IOWA FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
THIS WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE REGION. WARM AND WET CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHS IN THE
70S TO NEAR 80 AND LOWS IN THE 50S AND 60S.

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