Regional Weather Summary Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
332 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013
RECORD WARMTH CONTINUES OVER IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES
HAD ROCKETED INTO THE LOWER 100S OVER THE NORTH AND WEST AS EARLY
AS THE NOON HOUR TODAY. AS OF LATE AFTERNOON READINGS WERE STILL IN THE
LOWER 100S AT OVER MOST OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHERN IOWA. THE
HIGHEST READINGS WERE AT SIOUX CITY AND FOREST CITY WHICH WERE
BOTH AT 104 DEGREES. THE COOL SPOT IN THE STATE WAS 89 DEGREES AT
DUBUQUE.
HOT...WINDY...AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING.
A COOL FRONT IS SAGGING SOUTH INTO THE STATE AND WILL MOVE SOUTH
OF IOWA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING AND END TO THE HEAT
AND ALSO BRING A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
IOWA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. COVERAGE WILL BE VERY SPOTTY AT
BEST AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. LOWS TONIGHT WILL
FALL INTO THE LOWER 50S NORTHWEST TO THE LOWER TO MID 60S IN THE
SOUTHEAST BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE FRONT WILL STALL OUT OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN IOWA
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK...SPARKING THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE SOUTHERN MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. THE FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH LATE
IN THE WEEK AND COULD BRING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE
WEEKEND AS A MORE ORGANIZED STORM TEAMS UP WITH THE BOUNDARY.
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.
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