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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
313 PM CDT TUE AUG 30 2011

A WEAK COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY
DRIFTED ACROSS THE STATE FROM WEST TO EAST TODAY. THE RAIN HAS
ENDED OVER WESTERN IOWA WHERE ONLY SOME LOW LEVEL CLOUDS AND FOG
HAVE DEVELOPED. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA AND MUCH OF THE
EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
GENERALLY RANGED FROM A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF INCH WITH
SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS RANGING NEAR 1.5 INCHES. TEMPERATURES
REMAINED STEADY IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO AROUND 70 THROUGHOUT THE
MAJORITY OF IOWA...WITH A FEW SPOTS ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHWEST
REACHING NEAR 80 WHERE THE CLOUD COVER CLEARED OUT THIS AFTERNOON
AND ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO JUMP. AT 3 PM CDT...THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 81 DEGREES LOCATED IN SHENANDOAH IOWA.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF
ACROSS EASTERN IOWA THIS EVENING. AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE FORECAST
TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS OF LESS THAN A MILE CAN BE EXPECTED IN
SOME AREAS ACROSS WESTERN IOWA PAST MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. UNSEASONABLY
HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OVER
THE REGION. THE HOTTEST DAY WILL BE ON THURSDAY WHERE HIGH
TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO RISE INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S.
HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL TOP 100 DEGREES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON
OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS
THE REGION BY FRIDAY BRINGING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY
NIGHT AND COOLER TEMPERATURE BY SATURDAY.

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