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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
948 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013


WARM...SUNNY...AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT ACROSS MOST OF
IOWA MONDAY AFTERNOON. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES MADE IT TO 76 IN
DES MOINES...71 IN WATERLOO...AND 83 IN ESTHERVILLE.  A FEW CLOUDS
REMAINED OVER NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF IOWA...AND WINDS WERE FROM THE
SOUTH AT AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH FOR MOST OF THE STATE.

POSSIBLY RECORD BREAKING HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY.
THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE IN DES MOINES FOR THIS TUESDAY IS 93
DEGREES...AND THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE WE WILL BE BREAKING THAT
NUMBER. HIGHS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MIDDLE 90S ACROSS IOWA.
IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE TO TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS IN THE
SHADE...AND HAVE PLENTY OF WATER. MAKE SURE TO CHECK ON THE
ELDERLY...AND THAT PETS OR OUTDOOR ANIMALS HAVE PLENTY OF WATER
AND SHADE AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO THE HOT TEMPERATURES...TUESDAY
WILL ALSO BE WINDY AND DRY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15
TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. THE STRONG WINDS AND VERY DRY...WARM CONDITIONS WILL ALSO
LEAD TO AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST HALF
OF IOWA.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST
FOR THE MIDDLE TO THE END OF THE WEEK. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES SHOULD
MODERATE BACK TO THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S ACROSS IOWA.


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