689 AWUS83 KDMX 051636 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-060045- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1036 AM CST WED DEC 5 2012 SKIES WERE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY ACROSS IOWA THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 39 DEGREES AT KEOKUK TO 27 DEGREES AT DUBUQUE AND DECORAH. A SOUTHEAST WIND AVERAGED 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST AS A COLD FRONT DROPS THROUGH THE DAKOTAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO ENTER IOWA ON THURSDAY. A WIDE RANGE IN TEMPERATURES IS FORECAST TODAY WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE UPPER 30S OVER NORTHEAST IOWA TO THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S TO THE SOUTHWEST. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN MILD ON THURSDAY HOWEVER...CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE WITH THE APPROACH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE AGAIN BY SUNDAY WHEN ANOTHER SYSTEM IMPACTS THE MIDWEST. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO PORTIONS OF THE REGION. $$