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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
525 AM CDT SAT MAY 11 2013

SOME VERY LIGHT SHOWERS CROSSED NORTHERN AND EASTERN IOWA OVERNIGHT
BUT AMOUNTED TO LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL WITH GENERALLY ONLY
TRACE AMOUNTS...IF THAT.  OTHERWISE SKY CONDITIONS WERE VARIABLE AS
A BAND OF CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHOWERS PASSED FROM NORTHWEST
TO SOUTHEAST.  EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES HEADING TOWARD DAYBREAK
WERE IN THE 40S OR LOWER 50S.  WINDS HAD BECOME BRISK AND GUSTY FROM
THE NORTHWEST OVER THE NORTH HALF OF THE STATE WITH A FEW GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 30 MPH.

THE COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WIND AND
SPORADIC LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES AND
ADJACENT MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AREAS THIS MORNING.  ALTHOUGH THE RAIN
WILL COME TO AN END...IT WILL REMAIN WINDY INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH
SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 40
MPH AT TIMES.  THE PASSAGE OF THIS COLD FRONT WILL ALSO DROP
TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS TODAY ONLY IN THE 50S AND LOWER 60S.  LOWS
WILL ALSO FALL INTO THE 30S REGION WIDE TONIGHT...AND POSSIBLY INTO
THE UPPER 20S IN THE SIOUXLAND AREA.  THIS MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF
FROST OVERNIGHT WITH SOME FROST ADVISORIES AND FREEZE WARNINGS
ALREADY POSTED FROM THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF IOWA INTO SOUTH DAKOTA.

THESE COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL BE BRIEF HOWEVER WITH A RAPID REBOUND
TO START THE WORK WEEK.  HIGHS MONDAY WILL BOUNCE BACK INTO THE 60S
EAST TO 80 OR MORE WEST...AND THEN WELL INTO THE 80S AND EVEN LOWER
90S BY TUESDAY.

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