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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
450 AM CST SUN NOV 4 2012

A WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM SHIFTED ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA OVERNIGHT WHICH 
BROUGHT CLOUDY SKIES STATEWIDE AND LIGHT RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF 
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE VERY 
LIGHT...ON THE ORDER OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.  THE CLOUD 
COVER HELPED KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING TOO FAR OVERNIGHT.  AT 4 
AM READINGS WERE IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S WITH A LIGHT WIND.

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS FORECAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST FOR 
THE NEXT WEEK AS SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AFFECT THE 
AREA.  AS THE ONE DISTURBANCE SHIFTS EAST TODAY ANOTHER ONE WILL 
AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT BRINGING CHANCES FOR RAIN ACROSS THE WEST 
THEN ACROSS IOWA AND LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH MONDAY.  ON 
TUESDAY ANOTHER WEAK SYSTEM WILL BRUSH THE NORTH BRINGING A CHANCE 
FOR LIGHT RAIN.  THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WILL BE DRY WITH 
MODERATING TEMPERATURES.  IN FACT LATE WEEK AND SATURDAY WE WILL SEE 
READINGS IN THE 60S AND POSSIBLY EVEN A FEW LOWER 70S.  A POWERFUL 
COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT ACROSS THE REGION LATE NEXT WEEKEND BRINGING 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION FOLLOWED BY A SHARP DROP IN 
TEMPERATURES.  

HIGHS THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BE IN THE 40S AND 50S WITH LOWS IN THE 
30S. HIGHS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL CLIMB INTO THE 50S NORTH WITH 
60S AND POSSIBLY 70 SOUTH.  THE LATEST FORECAST MODELS ARE 
SUGGESTING THAT A STRONG COLD FRONT MAY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA 
SATURDAY NIGHT AND HIGHS NEXT SUNDAY MAY BE 15 TO 25 DEGREES COLDER.

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