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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
515 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

CLOUDS HELD OVER MUCH OF THE STATE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE
EXCEPTION WAS OVER THE FAR NORTHWEST...WERE CLEAR SKIES WERE REPORTED.
SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE REPORTED OVER THE EAST HALF...HOWEVER
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF
AN INCH. THE EXCEPTION WAS IN THE DUBUQUE AREA...WHERE ABOUT A
THIRD OF AN INCH FELL. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOW TO MID 50S
UNDER THE CLOUDS...WITH MID 40S IN THE CLEAR AREAS OF THE
NORTHWEST. WINDS WERE NORTHERLY AT 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH A FEW
GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE NORTH.

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS...ACROSS
IOWA...INTO SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE TROUGH WILL MOVE SOUTH AS
HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MANITOBA BUILDS SOUTH INTO THE CENTRAL
U.S. THE HIGH WILL MOVE TO OUR EAST BY FRIDAY NIGHT.

CLOUDS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL PUSH SOUTH AS THE TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE MOVE SOUTH TODAY. CLEARING WILL OVERSPREAD IOWA AND AREAS
NORTH TODAY...AND THE ENTIRE UPPER MIDWEST BY TONIGHT. IT WILL BE
COOL ACROSS THE NATIONS MID-SECTION TONIGHT UNDER THE HIGH
PRESSURE.  FROST ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL INTO
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN FOR TONIGHT.

TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE OVER THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK AS THE
HIGH MOVES TO THE EAST AND WINDS SWING AROUND TO THE SOUTH. THERE
WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER IOWA AND AREAS WEST AS
EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT...AND OVER THE ENTIRE REGION SATURDAY WELL
INTO NEXT WEEK.

&&

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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