845 AWUS83 KDMX 282112 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-290515- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 412 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011 HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED THE REGION TODAY...WITH A FEW SCATTERED CUMULUS CLOUDS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IOWA THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE AROUND 5 MPH. LATE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED INTO 70S ACROSS THE STATE...WITH A FEW READINGS IN THE LOWER 80S AT ATLANTIC...NEWTON...AND WASHINGTON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE EAST TONIGHT WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW USHERING IN SOME HOT AND HUMID WEATHER FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD ALOFT...BRINGING DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...BEFORE COOLING OFF SLIGHTLY FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. AS MOISTURE PUSHES NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA...THE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE SENDING HEAT INDEX VALUES ABOVE 100 FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DROPS INTO THE STATE AND STALLS OUT. $$ MJB