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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
903 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

IT WAS A DAY OF RECORD TEMPERATURES FOR MANY SITES ACROSS THE
STATE. RECORDS WERE SET AT MASON CITY...DES
MOINES...WATERLOO...SIOUX CITY AND OMAHA. MAINLY OVER THE
NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE. HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE
UPPER 80S OVER THE SOUTH TO THE LOWER 100S OVER THE NORTHWEST. BY
900 PM...READINGS WERE IN THE UPPER 70S TO MIDDLE 80S. BREEZY
SOUTHWEST WINDS WERE 10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL STRONGER GUSTS.

A COOL FRONT IS SAGGING SOUTH INTO THE STATE AND WILL MOVE SOUTH
OF IOWA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING AN 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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