000 AWUS83 KDMX 010202 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-011000- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 900 PM CDT TUE AUG 31 2004 AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IN FAR NORTH CENTRAL IOWA DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. BY 9 PM...THE STORMS HAD MOVED INTO FAR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE REST OF THE STATE WAS FREE OF PRECIPITATION DURING THE EVENING. MID EVENING TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER OVERNIGHT ALONG THE BOUNDARY FROM FAR NORTHEAST IOWA INTO WISCONSIN. EXPECT AREAS OF FOG DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA AND POINTS TO THE NORTH. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA...AND WILL INTERACT WITH MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR TO PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. LOOK FOR MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS AND NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES OVER THE REGION FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE MIDWEST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS. THROUGH FRIDAY...EXPECT HIGHS IN THE 80S AND LOWS MAINLY IN THE LOWER 60S. COOLER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM THE NORTH OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S...AND LOWS IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S. $$ KINNEY