Regional Weather Summary Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
343 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013
SKIES WERE PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE STATE
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH A BIT MORE CLOUD COVER
LONG THE IOWA MISSOURI BORDER. A FEW ISOLATED STORMS POPPED UP
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA BRINGING SOME RAIN AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL TO AREAS AROUND OSKALOOSA...OTTUMWA...AND
ALBIA. WINDS WERE GENERALLY OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH
IN WESTERN IOWA...WITH NORTHEASTERLY WINDS AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH
ACROSS EASTERN IOWA. LATE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE
MID 70S ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND FAR SOUTHWEST...TO THE MID 80S
THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE.
WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE...BRINGING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO THE
STATE THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS. CONTINUED CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...AS A SOUTHWEST
FLOW PATTERN SETS UP ALOFT. THIS WILL ALSO BRING IN WARMER
TEMPERATURES FOR THE STATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
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MJB