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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1019 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013


PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...ALONG WITH PATCHES OF FOG WERE
PRESENT ACROSS IOWA SATURDAY MORNING. THE CLOUD COVER HELPED KEEP
TEMPERATURES MILD...AS LOWS GENERALLY BOTTOMED OUT IN THE UPPER
50S TO LOW 60S ACROSS THE STATE. NORMAL LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR ARE IN THE LOW 50S. WINDS WERE MAINLY OUT OF THE
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 5 MPH.

MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS IOWA SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE FAIRLY CLOSE TO WHERE THEY WERE
YESTERDAY...PERHAPS A FEW DEGREES WARMER...MAKING IT TO THE LOW
TO MID 80S. IT MAY FEEL SLIGHTLY MORE MUGGY SATURDAY THAN FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...AS DEWPOINTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 60S FOR THE
DAYTIME HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 TO
15 MPH MOST OF THE DAY....WITH SOME GUSTS UPWARDS OF 25 MPH.

SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING...WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS IOWA...BEGINNING
SUNDAY MORNING. ON SUNDAY MORNING...STRONG TO POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE OVER IOWA FROM NEBRASKA AND KANSAS DURING
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SEVERE WEATHER IS THEN POSSIBLE FOR
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR MUCH OF IOWA. AS OF NOW...THE
GREATEST LIKELIHOOD FOR SEVERE STORMS IS IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...BUT
THE WHOLE STATE IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. SEVERE
WEATHER IS ALSO POSSIBLE FOR EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON. BE SURE TO CHECK THE LATEST FORECAST REGARDING THE
CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER SUNDAY.

&&

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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