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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1112 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE THIS
MORNING WHILE THE SOUTHEAST WAS SUNNY. EARLY MORNING LOWS WERE IN
THE MIDDLE 50S NORTHWEST TO THE MIDDLE 60S SOUTHEAST. BY LATE
MORNING...READINGS HAD WARMED INTO THE LOWER 60S NORTHWEST TO THE
MIDDLE 70S SOUTHEAST. SOUTHWEST WINDS HAD INCREASED TO 15 TO 25
MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS.

LOW PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING.
THIS SYSTEM WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER TODAY. WARM AND MOIST AIR
WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...BRINGING
ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE STATE
TODAY. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS AGAIN PRESENT ACROSS THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE TODAY...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT FOR
SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. AN ACTIVE WEATHER
PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MID SECTION OF THE COUNTRY...WITH
ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION ACROSS IOWA TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER TODAY INTO TUESDAY...WITH A
COOL DOWN EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.

&&

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.


&&

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.

$$