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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1117 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2014

SOME RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW IMPACTED PARTS OF THE REGION TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE WAS A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION...MOST OF WHICH FELL IN AN AREA NEAR THE IOWA
MINNESOTA BORDER NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA. DES MOINES SAW
ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF PRECIPITATION WHILE TRIPOLI RECEIVED 0.43
INCHES AND SAINT CLOUD...MINNESOTA GOT 0.44 INCHES OF MELTED
PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN THE TYPE OF
PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES REMAINED IN THE UPPER 30S TO 40S FOR
MUCH OF IOWA...WHICH HELPED KEEP SNOWFALL TO A MINIMUM. WATERLOO
MEASURED A TRACE OF SNOW. TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW FREEZING IN
MINNESOTA AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WERE VERY DIFFERENT THAN IOWA. ST
CLOUD MEASURED 5.9 INCHES OF SNOW...AUSTIN...MINNESOTA MEASURED
1.1 INCHES...AND MASON CITY MEASURED 0.4 INCHES OF SNOW. LOW
TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING BOTTOMED OUT AT 33 DEGREES IN DES
MOINES...32 IN WATERLOO...AND 28 DEGREES IN MASON CITY. WINDS WERE
DEFINITELY ON THE STRONGER SIDE THIS MORNING...AS SPEEDS WERE
GENERALLY IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

WEDNESDAY WILL FEATURE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...BUT THURSDAY
WILL FEATURE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. BY LATE AFTERNOON
TODAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80. NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...IT SHOULD BE IN THE MID
30S TO LOW 40S. WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL REMAIN ON THE BREEZY
SIDE...BLOWING FROM THE NORTHWEST AT AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH MUCH OF
THE DAY. FOR TOMORROW MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW 20S
TO THE LOW 30S ACROSS THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL PUSH 60
DEGREES NEAR DES MOINES AND THE MID 40S ALONG THE IOWA MINNESOTA
BORDER. WINDS SHOULD BE MUCH LIGHTER AS WELL...BLOWING FROM THE
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH.

THE REST OF THE WEEK AHEAD LOOKS FAIRLY QUIET ACROSS THE REGION.
THE NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO BE
PRIMARILY IN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN TOWARDS FRIDAY. SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO MONDAY MORNING MAY BRING LIGHT PRECIPITATION AS WELL.
NEXT WEEK WILL BE COOLER AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE STUCK IN THE 30S
AND 40S FOR MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST...WITH LOWS GENERALLY IN
THE TEENS AND 20S.

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KOTENBERG