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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1110 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2011

MUCH OF IOWA AWOKE TO CLOUDY SKIES THIS MORNING...AS AN UPPER
LEVEL SYSTEM APPROACHED THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. IN NORTHERN
IOWA WHERE CLOUDS WERE SLOW TO MOVE IN OVERNIGHT...TEMPERATURES
DROPPED RATHER QUICKLY...BOTTOMING OUT IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER
60S. SOUTHERN IOWA HAD CLOUDS MOST OF THE NIGHT KEEPING THEIR LOWS
SLIGHTLY MILDER IN THE LOWER 70S. SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED OVER WEST
CENTRAL IOWA AS OF 11 AM. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MID 70S TO
THE LOWER 80S WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE.

THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THROUGH IOWA
TODAY...SPARKING OFF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE. WITH
THE EXPANSIVE CLOUD COVER...HIGHS WILL ONLY MAKE IT INTO THE LOWER
TO MIDDLE 80S...WHICH IS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. DRY
WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST ON FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF THE
STATE...EXCEPT FOR FAR SOUTHERN IOWA WHERE A STRAY THUNDERSTORM IS
POSSIBLE. A FEW DIFFERENT STORM SYSTEMS ARE THEN FORECAST TO PASS
THROUGH THE REGION THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SCATTERED
PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST WITH THESE SYSTEMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH...BUT
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
SEASONABLE DURING THIS TIME AS THE HOT WEATHER WILL BE CONFINED TO
THE SOUTH.

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