114 AWUS83 KDMX 220234 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-221045- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 834 PM CST THU JAN 21 2010 A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS EXTENDING ACROSS THE STATE FROM THE NORTH THIS EVENING THOUGH SOME AREAS OF FOG AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE OCCURRING AT THIS TIME AND THE SKIES REMAIN OVERCAST. HIGHS TODAY WERE IN THE 30S STATEWIDE. WINDS THIS EVENING ARE GENERALLY FROM THE EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THE REGION SHOULD REMAIN UNDER HIGH PRESSURE FRIDAY...ALTHOUGH IT WILL NOT BRING MUCH CLEAR WEATHER. FOG IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH TOMORROW. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHOULD MOVE OFF THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE FRIDAY AND MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS SATURDAY BRINGING WITH IT ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS PARTS OF THE DAKOTAS...MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN IOWA. AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 CAN EXPECT MOSTLY RAIN WITH SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY. THE RAIN SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY SUNDAY AS COOLER TEMPERATURES MOVE IN. HIGHEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE SATURDAY AS THE 40S MAKE IT ALL THE WAY INTO CENTRAL IOWA. MOST OF THE REGION WILL BE BACK IN THE 30S ON SUNDAY AND THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. $$