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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
322 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

SKIES ACROSS IOWA WERE MOSTLY SUNNY...WITH A FEW ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND WEST. TEMPERATURES HAD
WARMED INTO THE UPPER 70S AND MID 80S ACROSS THE STATE. WINDS WERE
FROM THE SOUTHEAST GENERALLY BETWEEN 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH A FEW
GUSTS TO UP TO 20MPH.

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN IOWA...AS WELL AS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
NORTHERN MISSOURI NEAR A WEAK BOUNDARY. IN ADDITION...AN
APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BRING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA FOR THE OVERNIGHT AND LINGERING INTO
FRIDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL BRING MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...FROM WEST TO EAST...WITH THE BEST CHANCES ACROSS
NORTHERN IOWA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA. THE QUICK
MOVING FRONT WILL PUSH EAST OF THE AREA...WITH LINGERING
PRECIPITATION CHANCES FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL COOL
INTO THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S...WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S AND
MID 80S FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS FRIDAY.

A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH EAST OUT OF THE ROCKIES LATE
THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...BRINGING THE CHANCE FOR
STRONG...AND POSSIBLY SEVERE...THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF THE
REGION SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
ABOVE AVERAGE INTO THE WEEKEND...AND THEN DROP TO AROUND THE
SEASONAL AVERAGES...IN THE LOW TO MID 70S...BY THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK

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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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