000 AWUS83 KDMX 292125 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-300220- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 500 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS IOWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WERE GENERALLY IN THE HALF TO ONE INCH RANGE. A FEW LOCATIONS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR HAD OVER AN INCH OF RAIN. TEMPERATURES HAD QUITE A RANGE OVER THE STATE. LOCATIONS WHERE CLOUDS LINGERED AND SHOWERS PERSISTED RANGED FROM THE LOWER TO MID 80S. ELSEWHERE TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 80S TO THE MID 90S. A SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND AT 10 TO 15 MPH WAS COMMON. A STORMY PATTERN WILL PREVAIL OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE DAKOTAS WILL LIFT INTO WISCONSIN BY THURSDAY MORNING. AS IT DOES IT WILL DRAG A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ERUPT ALONG THE FRONT THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE THIS EVENING. DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST AND USHER IN SOME MUCH NEEDED RELIEF FROM THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY. DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST INTO THE START OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND ALONG WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S AND 80S AND LOWS IN THE 60S. $$ FAB