560 AWUS83 KDMX 071554 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-080000- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1054 AM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHED FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST IOWA AT LATE MORNING. THE FRONT BROUGHT COOLER TEMPERATURES INTO NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTHWEST AREAS OF THE STATE AT LATE MORNING RANGED FROM 69 DEGREES AT ESTHERVILLE TO 80 DEGREES AT WEBSTER CITY. TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN AREAS OF THE STATE RANGED FROM 94 DEGREES AT IOWA CITY TO 82 DEGREES AT BOONE. NORTHEAST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT AVERAGED 10 TO 20 MPH WHILE WIND ELSEWHERE AVERAGED LESS THAN 10 MPH. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE A SOUTHEAST MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL NOT BE AS HOT AS FRIDAY BUT STILL QUITE UNCOMFORTABLE. HIGHS WILL REACH THE MID TO UPPER 90S FROM CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHERN IOWA WHILE THE NORTH WILL SEE HIGHS FROM THE LOWER 80S TO UPPER 80S NORTHWEST. HEAT INDICES WILL AGAIN REACH THE 100 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE OVER THE SOUTH AND EAST...SO ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS FOR HEAT WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER THE SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. BY TONIGHT ALL OF IOWA WILL BEGIN TO FEEL RELIEF AS THE FRONT PUSHES INTO MISSOURI AND BRINGS COOLER TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE REGION. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH AS THE FRONT PASSES INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI. RAINFALL COVERAGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD. RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN LOW NEXT WEEK AND TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S AND LOWS IN THE 60S FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK. $$