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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1126 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

AN ARCTIC BLAST MOVED INTO THE STATE THIS MORNING ON GUSTY NORTHWEST 
WINDS. TEMPERATURES DIPPED INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO IN THE 
FAR NORTH. WHILE READINGS SLOWLY FELL ELSEWHERE...FROM THE SINGLE 
DIGITS ABOVE ZERO TO THE 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH 
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...PROVIDED VERY COLD WIND CHILL INDICES IN THE 
FAR NORTH. VALUES RANGED FROM 20 TO 30 BELOW FROM AROUND MASON CITY 
TO SHELDON ON NORTH. THE GUSTY WINDS ALSO PROVIDED BLOWING AND 
DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH. AN AREA OF FLURRIES MOVED SOUTH 
THROUGH MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING.

A LARGE AREA OF ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL ENTRENCH 
ITSELF OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE COLDEST AIR 
OF THE SEASON SHOULD BE FELT IN MOST LOCATIONS IN IOWA. NORTHWEST 
WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE...BUT COLD WIND CHILL 
READINGS WILL REMAIN. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES EXIST FOR PORTIONS OF 
THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 
WEAK UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL TRY TO MOVE OVER THE SURFACE HIGH 
THIS WEEKEND. THIS SHOULD SPREAD CLOUDS AND FLURRIES...MAINLY ACROSS 
THE SOUTH. 

TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL OR REMAIN 
NEARLY STATIONARY. WHILE LOWS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING SHOULD 
FALL TO AROUND 10 TO 20 BELOW NORTH...TO AROUND 0 TO 10 BELOW SOUTH. 
HIGHS WILL STRUGGLE TO AROUND 5 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE NORTH...TO AROUND 5 
TO 15 ABOVE SOUTH. 

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