624 AWUS83 KDMX 121620 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-122045- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1120 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2010 AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVED FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE STATE THIS MORNING. BY 1100 AM...THE RAIN WAS MAINLY OVER THE EAST ONE THIRD OF THE STATE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN THIS MORNING FELL OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS NORTH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WERE COMMON FROM DES MOINES TO AREAS SOUTH. BY LATE MORNING...SKIES WERE BEGINNING TO CLEAR OUT OVER THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES. EARLY MORNING LOWS WERE IN THE LOWER 60S NORTH TO THE MIDDLE 70S SOUTH WITH LITTLE CHANGE DURING THE MORNING. THE LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND WILL BE WITH THE REGION THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 TO 5 INCHES MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS OVER THE REGION THROUGH MID AFTERNOON TODAY. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY LET UP LATE THIS AFTERNOON EAST...WITH ANOTHER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL COUNTIES TONIGHT AS THE NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY DRIFTS SLOWLY SOUTH IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HIGHS TODAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE 70S IN THE NORTHWEST AND IN THE UPPER 80S IN THE SOUTHEAST. LOWS WILL BE IN THE 50S AND 60S. LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY...BUT DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES BACK IN TEMPORARILY. HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE 70S AND 80S FOR MOST OF THE WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN BY LATE WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMY WEATHER IS EXPECTED. $$