878 AWUS83 KDMX 071724 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-080130- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1124 AM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER MOST OF THE STATE THIS MORNING WITH WEBSTER CITY GETTING OVER THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCURRED OVER IOWA THIS MORNING HAVE MOVED INTO ILLINOIS. OVERNIGHT LOWS RANGED FROM THE UPPER 20S IN ESTHERVILLE TO THE MID 40S IN SOUTHEAST IOWA. WINDS THIS MORNING ARE GENERALLY FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. A WARM FRONT OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI WILL HELP KEEP RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. A LOW DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT IN COLORADO WILL BEGIN MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT AND INTENSIFY SOME OF THE RAINSHOWER ACTIVITY. SOUTHEASTERN IOWA SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE NEARLY AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN TODAY WHILE NORTHWEST SHOULD GET A QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH...SOME OF THAT FALLING AS SLEET OR SNOW. WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN FROM THE NORTHEAST TODAY AND SHIFT FROM THE NORTHWEST TOMORROW AS THE LOW MOVES INTO ILLINOIS. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NEAR 50 IN SOUTHEAST IOWA AND ONLY NEAR 30 IN THE NORTH. TEMPERATURES SHOULD DROP A BIT BELOW NORMAL AROUND MID-WEEK AND REBOUND AGAIN BY NEXT WEEKEND. $$