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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
455 AM CDT WED AUG 8 2007

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPED LATE IN THE EVENING ACROSS
SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI. THIS
HAS ALLOWED FOR A NEARLY STEADY STREAM OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF IOWA THROUGH THE NIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH JUST OVER 2 AND A HALF INCHES
REPORTED IN CLARINDA. TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT HAVE
DROPPED INTO THE LOW TO MID 60S ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN
IOWA...WITH LOWER 70S ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE AT THIS
TIME. WINDS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN LIGHT AND VARIABLE ACROSS THE
STATE. 

A STATIONARY BOUNDARY REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS
INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. AN AREA OF
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS...WILL SLIDE EAST TODAY...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE LOWER
ATMOSPHERE WILL ALLOW FOR THE HUMID CONDITIONS TO PERSIST ACROSS
THE AREA TODAY...AS WELL AS BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL
TO PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. 

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER INTO THURSDAY AS A COOL FRONT
DROPS SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA. LATER THURSDAY...AN AREA OF SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA...WITH MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS
EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND.


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ALBRECHT