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REGIONAL/IOWA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1120 AM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

...REGIONAL...
A COLD FRONT STRETCHING SOUTHEAST FROM LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST INTO MONTANA WILL BRING COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO
THE REGION TODAY...ALTHOUGH BRIEFLY. ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF SYSTEMS WILL
MOVE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER
STORMS TO THE UPPER MIDWEST ABOUT EVERY OTHER DAY THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN
THE 70S AND 80S AND LOWS IN THE 50S AND 60S.

...IOWA...
SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST HALF IOWA THIS MORNING...
WITH SUNNY SKIES IN THE NORTHWEST.  MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM
THE MID 50S IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST IOWA TO THE MID 60S IN THE
SOUTH.  TEMPERATURES RECOVERED QUICKLY THROUGH THE MORNING...REACHING
THE LOW TO MID 70S IN THE NORTH BY 11AM.  UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S WERE
REPORTED IN WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA.  WINDS WERE
FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 REPORTED IN NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA.

SCOTT