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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
346 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

SKIES ACROSS IOWA WERE MOSTLY SUNNY LATE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHT PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTH AND
SOUTHEAST. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES HAD WARMED INTO THE UPPER 70S
AND LOW 80S ACROSS THE STATE. WINDS WERE FROM THE NORTHEAST TO
EAST...GENERALLY BETWEEN 10 TO 15 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS IN
LOCATIONS.

A COLD FRONT WHICH PUSHED SOUTH OF IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE
THE WEATHER AS IT LINGERS IN NORTHERN MISSOURI. THE FRONT MAY BE
THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY FOR
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN IOWA. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER
THROUGH THURSDAY...INCREASING TO THE NORTHEAST. ANOTHER UPPER
LEVEL SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS KANSAS AND NEBRASKA FOR
LATE IN THE WEEK...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTHERN IOWA AND NEBRASKA...AS WELL AS SOUTHERN
SOUTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL LINGER INTO
FRIDAY EVENING. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION FOR THE
WEEKEND...WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY. WEEKEND STORMS MAY BE STRONG.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE
WEEKEND WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S AND LOWS IN THE 50S TO
60S.

&&

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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