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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
458 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014

SKIES WERE CLEAR OVER A LARGE PART OF IOWA. A BAND OF CLOUDS
EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INTO CENTRAL IOWA...AND ON
INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL COUNTIES HOWEVER. A FEW FLURRIES WERE
REPORTED WITH THE CLOUDS AS WELL. WINDS WERE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE
STATE WITH SPEEDS IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE EARLY THIS MORNING.
TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS OVER THE
NORTHEAST...TO THE TEENS OVER THE SOUTHWEST.

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO
WEST TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST TODAY. THE FAST
MOVING WEATHER PATTERN THAT HAS BEEN PREVALENT ACROSS THE MIDWEST
THE PAST WEEK WILL CONTINUE. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN
ALBERTA WILL MOVE TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES BY LATE THURSDAY.  

AS THE HIGH MOVES TO THE EAST...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST
WITH WARMER AIR MOVING BACK INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. THAT WARMING
WILL BE SHORT LIVED HOWEVER. AS THE ALBERTA LOW PUSHES TO THE
EAST...A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. A
VARIETY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN ASSOCIATION
WITH THE ALBERTA LOW. BLIZZARD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR
TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY FOR WESTERN MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE BLIZZARD WARNINGS...AND HIGH
WIND WATCHES OR WARNINGS COVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
HIGH PLAINS INTO WESTERN IOWA.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL SPILL INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY. THE COLDER WEATHER ER WILL BE SHORT LIVED HOWEVER. WARMER
WEATHER WILL RETURN WITH MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED
FOR SUNDAY.

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