009 AWUS83 KDMX 191552 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-200000- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1052 AM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH WESTERN TO NORTH CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING. SKIES WERE MOSTLY SUNNY FROM CENTRAL IOWA AND EASTWARD AS TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 81 DEGRES AT NEWTON AND ANKENY TO 67 DEGREES AT SPENCER. SOUTH WINDS AVERAGED 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. SATURDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER HOT AND WINDY DAY TO MUCH OF THE REGION. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AND WILL ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO AGAIN WARM ABOVE NORMAL...WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S AND LOW 90S ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST TODAY IS FORECAST TO BRING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST TO EAST LATE IN THE DAY. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL LINGER INTO SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER TO START THE WEEK BEHIND THE FRONT WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S AND 70S SUNDAY AND MONDAY...BUT WARMER TEMPERATURES AND CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURN BY THE MID TO LATE WEEK. $$