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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
908 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2009


A MIXTURE OF BROKEN MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS SPREAD ACROSS THE
STATE LATE THIS EVENING. HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON ONLY CLIMBED INTO
THE MID TEENS ACROSS THE NORTH...UPPER 20S REPORTED IN CENTRAL
AREAS TO THE LOWER 40S IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE.
BY LATE THIS EVENING TEMPERATURES WERE RANGING FROM 11 DEGREES AT
ESTHERVILLE TO 36 DEGREES OVER CLARINDA. THE WIND WAS FROM THE
EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE FURTHER EAST AND AWAY
FROM THE REGION TONIGHT. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO
DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND WILL PUSH ACROSS THE PLAINS
OF THE DAKOTAS AND NEBRASKA ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING AREAS OF DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE
SATURDAY MORNING OVER CENTRAL TO WESTERN IOWA. BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS ANTICIPATED
OVER CENTRAL TO NORTHERN IOWA...WHILE SOUTHERN IOWA WILL SEE AREAS
OF LIGHT RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH OVER
TO ALL SNOW BY SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN
PART OF THE STATE. ELSEWHERE...A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION WILL
BRIEFLY SWITCH TO SNOW...BEFORE ENDING BY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDY
AND MUCH COLDER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ON SUNDAY. DRY CONDITIONS
AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE FIRST OF
THE WORK WEEK.

TEMPERATURE WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY OVERNIGHT WITH READINGS IN THE 
UPPER TEENS NORTH AND IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S OVER CENTRAL AND 
SOUTHERN IOWA. ON SATURDAY...LOOK FOR HIGHS TO RANGE IN THE 30S OVER 
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA...WHILE THE SOUTH WILL RECEIVE HIGHS FROM 
40 TO 45.

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