000
AWUS83 KDMX 121015
RWSDMX
IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-
092>097-120920-

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
520 AM CDT WED OCT 12 2005

SKIES REMAINED CLOUDY OVER THE EASTERN AND WESTERN THIRD OF THE 
STATE. PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS OVER CENTRAL IOWA ALLOWED AREAS OF 
DENSE FOG TO DEVELOP FROM WEBSTER CITY TO CHARITON. A BAND OF LIGHT 
TO MODERATE SHOWERS SLOWLY LIFTED NORTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN THIRD 
OF IOWA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH EARLY MORNING AVERAGED A TENTH TO 
QUARTER OF AN INCH. SOUTHEAST WINDS AVERAGED AROUND 5 MPH. EARLY 
MORNING TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 40S TO MIDDLE 50S. 

UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL SLOWLY MOVE 
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. A BAND OF SHOWERS...IN 
ASSOCIATION WITH THE UPPER LOW...WILL LIFT NORTHEAST FROM THE 
MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY INTO MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THROUGH 
THE AFTERNOON. FURTHER WEST...LOW CLOUDS...FOG...AND DRIZZLE WILL 
PERSIST OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA. AS THE UPPER LOW SHIFTS TO THE 
EAST...MOST OF THE LIGHT SHOWERS WILL OCCUR TO THE EAST OF IOWA BY 
LATE THURSDAY. PARTLY CLOUDY AND MILD CONDITIONS WILL RETURN FROM 
WEST TO EAST ON FRIDAY. DRIER AND MILD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AS UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE 
BUILDS INTO THE REGION. 

WITH EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AND SCATTERED PRECIPITATION...TODAY WILL 
BE THE COOLEST OF THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. EXPECT HIGHS TODAY IN THE 
50S AND 60S ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. BY FRIDAY...60S AND 70S WILL 
BE COMMON. THE 70 DEGREE TEMPERATURES SHOULD PERSIST INTO THE EARLY 
PORTION OF NEXT WEEK.

$$

JAW