659 AWUS83 KDMX 310213 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-310845- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 913 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CROSSED THE MISSOURI RIVER LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL WERE REPORTED OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA...NEAR WOODBURY...MONONA AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MID 50S TO AROUND 70. BY MID EVENING...TEMPERATURES HAD COOLED INTO THE UPPER 40S TO THE LOWER 60S. EAST WINDS WERE 10 MPH OR LESS. LOW CLOUDS IN EASTERN IOWA ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN THIS EVENING AND EVEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT AS THE HIGH MOVES TO THE EAST. BY SATURDAY...THE CLOUDS WILL ERODE AWAY DURING THE AS WARMER AIR SPREADS INTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL DURING THE DAY AND INCREASE INTO SUNDAY AS SOUTHERLY FLOW STRENGTHENS. TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 80S ARE FORECAST ON SUNDAY FOR MUCH OF THE REGION WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. COOLER AIR WILL ARRIVE IN THE REGION ON MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH EASTWARD. AN INCREASING THREAT OF PRECIPITATION IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS FRONT...ALTHOUGH THE BEST CHANCES OF RAINFALL WILL REMAIN EITHER NORTH OR SOUTH OF IOWA. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO COOL INTO NEXT WEEK...THEY WILL STILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. $$