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Weather Summary for Iowa
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
234 AM CDT Mon May 20 2024

Today:

Active weather continues into the early morning hours, with showers
and thunderstorms across much of Iowa into Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Lately, frequent lightning, heavy rain and gusty winds have
accompanied these storms and will likely remain the main hazards
through the morning. Temperatures as of 3am were in the low to mid
60s, paired with variable winds. Showers and thunderstorms are
expected to continue mainly across central into eastern Iowa
throughout this morning, before dry conditions return by the
afternoon. Despite this, a front lifting into Iowa by late afternoon
to evening looks to bring additional shower and storm activity. Main
hazards today with any severe storms would be heavy rain, large hail
and gusty winds, though a tornado or two cannot be ruled out.

Tonight and beyond:

Lingering showers and storms are expected tonight, some which could
still be severe at times. Overnight lows are expected through the 60s.
Tuesday will see a more defined system enter the state as a warm front
lifting through the area by morning and into the afternoon, followed
by a cold front passing across Iowa by late afternoon to evening. The
highest potential for severe weather remains Tuesday with an Enhanced
Risk for the majority of Iowa, with expected hazards being gusty
winds, heavy rainfall, large hail and a few tornadoes. Please stay
tuned as more specific details regarding timing and location of these
storms become better known over the next day or so.

The active period is expected to continue but to a lesser degree with
severe weather into Wednesday, before drying out by Thursday.
Temperatures early in the week are expected to reach the upper 70s to
80s, gradually cooling a bit into the 70s towards the end of the work
week.

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