000 AWUS83 KDMX 021619 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-021620- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1120 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 A FEW ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS WERE FOUND OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF IOWA THIS MORNING. THE AREA OF SHOWERS ROTATED SOUTHWARD INTO MISSOURI DURING THE MID MORNING. WINDS AVERAGED FROM CALM SOUTHEAST TO THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE ELSEWHERE. SKIES WERE VARIABLY CLOUDY NORTH...SOUTH AND EAST...WHILE THE SOUTHWEST SAW CLEARING SKIES WITH FULL SUNSHINE. BY 11 AM...SHOWERS WERE REDEVELOPING SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 66 DEGREES AT DUBUQUE...TO 81 DEGREES AT SHENANDOAH. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY RETREAT EAST OF THE REGION LATE TODAY AND OVERNIGHT. THE CENTER OF THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REACH NEW ENGLAND BY SUNDAY MORNING. A PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE ESTABLISHED OVER THE REGION WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS AND WARMER...MORE HUMID AIR RETURNING FROM WEST TO EAST. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND SPREAD EAST LATE TONIGHT INTO PARTS OF MINNESOTA. AS THE LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS AND SHIFTS INTO IOWA SATURDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL REDEVELOP DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AND SPREAD EASTWARD AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING WARM FRONT. $$ RUSSELL