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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
957 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013


MOSTLY TO COMPLETELY CLOUDY SKIES CONTINUED ACROSS IOWA TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. THESE CLOUDS DAMPENED HIGH TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA...WHERE THEY WERE THICKER THAN IN SOUTHEAST
IOWA. AS A RESULT OF THE VARYING CLOUD COVER...THE TEMPERATURES
VARIED QUITE A BIT ACROSS IOWA TODAY. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED
59 DEGREES IN SHELDON...WHEREAS IN WATERLOO IT REACHED 69
DEGREES...AND IN OTTUMWA...IT WAS 75 DEGREES. DES MOINES HAD A
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 72 DEGREES TUESDAY.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE DAKOTAS WILL
GRADUALLY TREK EASTWARD OVER THE COMING DAYS...SPREADING RAIN
SHOWERS INTO NORTHERN IOWA TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE REST OF THE
STATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

AFTER 8 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR DES
MOINES AND MOST OF IOWA...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE A MUCH
COOLER DAY FOR THE STATE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE STUCK IN THE
MIDDLE 50S ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA...AND WILL REACH THE MIDDLE 60S
IN SOUTHEAST IOWA. THE DES MOINES METRO AREA SHOULD TOP OUT IN THE
LOW 60S. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE ON THE BREEZY SIDE...BLOWING FROM THE
NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH.

SUNSHINE WILL RETURN TO IOWA FOR THE END OF THE WORKWEEK. THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY LOOK TO BE RATHER SUNNY AND SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN
WEDNESDAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. SKIES SHOULD BE
MOSTLY SUNNY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE RETURNING TO THE FORECAST FOR
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND...SO IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS...MAKE SURE
TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH OUR LATEST WEATHER FORECAST EACH DAY.
WWW.WEATHER.GOV

&&

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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