000 AWUS83 KDMX 032208 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-040200- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 508 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006 A MODERATE SOUTHERLY FLOW AIDED IN PUSHING TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL TODAY. READINGS WERE SOME TWENTY FIVE DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE...RANGING FROM 95 AT SEVEN REPORTING SITES ACROSS THE SOUTH TO 84 AT DECORAH. NINETY DEGREE TEMPERATURES HAD PUSHED TO THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR AS WINDS AVERAGED 15 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH WERE COMMON WITH FEW IF ANY CLOUDS. LOW PRESSURE JUST WEST OF SIOUX CITY WILL SLIDE INTO THE STATE OVERNIGHT. ITS ATTENDANT WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MARKED THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE WARM AIR ACROSS THE MIDWEST...AND THE MOST LIKELY AREA OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. THE LOW/S COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS IOWA TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...ENDING THE REIGN OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. HIGHS WEDNESDAY WILL BE SOME 25 TO 35 DEGREES COOLER. AS COOL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH INTO THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 60S BEFORE WARMING TO THE 70S FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY INTO NEXT SUNDAY AS ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. $$ MYERS