000 AWUS83 KDMX 260936 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-261620- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 500 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007 THE SKY WAS CLEAR OVER IOWA DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. PATCHY FOG WAS ONCE AGAIN IN PLACE OVER THE STATE BUT IT WAS FAR LESS WIDESPREAD AND FAR LESS DENSE THEN THE PAST FEW NIGHTS. DESPITE THE CLEAR SKY...IT WAS WARM AND MUGGY OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES REMAINED IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S AND DEWPOINTS AROUND 70. A LIGHT SOUTH WIND AROUND 5 MPH WAS COMMON. A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST TODAY AND PUSH EAST BY LATE WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE REGION BEFORE LINGERING SOUTHEAST LATE WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE IN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS. IN ADDITION TO THE COLD FRONT...AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL LIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI...BRUSHING FAR SOUTHERN IOWA WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL BRING IN COOLER AND LESS HUMID AIR BEGINNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. $$ FAB