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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
502 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE STATE THROUGHOUT
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS
OF IOWA. MOST SITES RECEIVED AROUND A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN
INCH...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS CLOSE TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL
FROM THE SCATTERED STORMS. WINDS WERE GENERALLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE
ACROSS IOWA...WITH EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE
UPPER 40S TO MID 50S ACROSS NORTHEASTERN IOWA...TO THE MID 60S
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN IOWA.

CHANCES FOR AN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM
CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTH AND WEST TODAY...WITH CHANCES FOR
PRECIPITATION INCREASING ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA TONIGHT AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE SLIDES ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SOME LINGERING
CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY...WITH A BRIEF
RESPITE IN PRECIPITATION CHANCES COMING LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY. A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL THEN PUSH EAST OUT OF THE
ROCKIES LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...BRINGING THE
CHANCE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF THE STATE SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE INTO THE
WEEKEND...AND THEN DROP TO AROUND THE SEASONAL AVERAGES TOWARD
EARLY 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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