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

WARM AND BREEZY CONDITIONS RETURNED TO MOST OF IOWA THIS AFTERNOON.
A FEW CLOUDS REMAINED OVER NORTHEAST SECTIONS WITH SOUTH WINDS OF
15 TO 25 MPH IN MOST OF THE STATE. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE
LOWER 60S IN THE NORTHEAST TO THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S IN THE
WEST.

WITH LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA...VERY WARM
TEMPERATURES ARE DEVELOPING FROM SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTH TO TEXAS. THIS
AREA OF HEAT WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND ARRIVE IN IOWA
ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S
TO LOWER 90S EAST AND IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S FROM CENTRAL THROUGH
NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE STATE. TUESDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY
SO FAR THIS YEAR. THE STRONG WINDS AND VERY DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS
WILL ALSO LEAD TO AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS MUCH OF THE
NORTHWEST HALF OF IOWA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
THE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE NORTH ON
TUESDAY.

A WEAK FRONT WILL DROP THROUGH THE MIDWEST LATE TOMORROW RETURNING
TEMPERATURES BACK TO SEASONAL READINGS MORE TYPICAL FOR MID
MAY...HIGHS IN THE 70S OR LOWER 80S. THE FRONT FROM THIS SYSTEM
WILL LINGER THROUGH THE AREA TO END THE WORK WEEK. THIS WILL ALSO
GRADUALLY INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...
ESPECIALLY BY LATE IN THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

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