000 AWUS83 KDMX 141653 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-142120- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1053 AM CST MON FEB 14 2005 LOW LEVEL CLOUDINESS COVERED THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE AS BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGED 15 TO 20 MPH OVER MOST OF IOWA. WINDS WERE MUCH LIGHTER AND VARIABLE IN DIRECTION ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY AS THE CLOUDS BEGAN TO SLOWLY ERODE. TEMPERATURES ROSE INTO THE 40S BY LATE MORNING OVER MOST OF WESTERN IOWA...WHILE READINGS THE NORTHEAST WERE STILL IN THE MID 30S UNDER THICK CLOUDS. A VIGOUROUS LOW PRESSURE NEAR MICHIGAN WILL CONTIUNUE TO HELP PRODUCE LIGHT FLURRIES OR SPRINKLES ACROSS SECTIONS OF WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUDS WILL EXTEND WESTWARD THROUGH EASTERN IOWA AND MINNESOTA WITH MORE SUNSHINE FOUND AT POINTS SOUTH AND WEST. THE LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST CANADA THIS EVENING AS DRIER AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION FROM THE PLAINS STATES. AS A WEAK FRONT DRIFTS SOUTH INTO SLIGHTLY MORE MOIST AIR OVERNIGHT...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR FLURRIES...LIGHT SNOW OR RAIN SHOWERS FROM NEBRASKA THROUGH IOWA AND POINTS EAST. LITTLE ACCUMUALTION IS EXPECTED. EXPECT SEASONAL TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH DRY CONDITIONS FORECAST ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. $$ RUSSELL