000 AWUS83 KDMX 120224 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-120900- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 905 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRACKED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE PRODUCING AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...PARTICULARLY OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES. BY 900 PM...THE RAINS WERE OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE STRONGER STORMS WERE PRODUCING 1 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS. ELSEWHERE...SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLEAR OVER THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF THE STATE...WITH CLOUDY SKIES ELSEWHERE. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WERE IN THE MIDDLE 70S TO UPPER 80S WITH EXTREMES RANGING FROM 73 IN JOHNSTON TO 89 IN LAMONI AND SIOUX CITY. OUTSIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...WINDS WERE VARIABLE AND LESS THAN 10 MPH. ONCE THE ACTIVITY MOVES OUT OF THE STATE THE CHANCE FOR RAIN IS OVER UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR FOG TONIGHT AND THE FOG MAY BECOME DENSE WITH FREQUENT VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE. MONDAY WILL BE HOT WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S STATEWIDE. MONDAY NIGHT ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL EFFECT THE STATE WITH A CHANCE FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE RAIN MAY LINGER INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOKS DRY...COOLER AND LESS HUMID WITH HIGHS BACK IN THE 70S AND 80S. $$ FORSTER