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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
920 PM CST THU MAR 24 2005

A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION FELL OVER THE STATE THIS EVENING. ALL 
BUT THE FAR NORTHEAST AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL LOCATIONS RECEIVED 
RAIN...A RAIN SNOW MIX...SNOW OR DRIZZLE THROUGH THE EVENING. THE 
WET GROUND ALLOWED MOST OF THE SNOW TO MELT THROUGH CENTRAL AND WEST 
CENTRAL IOWA...WHILE AN INCH OR TWO IN THE WEST CENTRAL SECTIONS WAS 
ABLE TO STICK TO GRASSY SURFACES. WINDS WERE EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH 
STATEWIDE WHILE TEMPERATURES REMAINED NEAR STEADY IN THE 30S.

THE STORM SYSTEM PRODUCING THE PRECIPITATION OVER IOWA WILL MOVE 
ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OVERNIGHT.  AS THE STORM PUSHES EAST IT 
WILL DRAW DOWN COLDER AIR AND THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AT MOST 
LOCATIONS WHERE PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST.  THE MAIN BAND OF SNOW 
WILL FALL ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS.  SNOWFALL 
AMOUNTS IN THE MAIN SNOW BAND WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES.  
AREAS NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE MAIN BAND OF SNOW WILL ONLY SEE A 
DUSTING TO AN INCH ON GRASSY AREAS LATE TONIGHT.  AFTER THE STORM 
PULLS EAST OF THE UPPER MIDWEST FRIDAY EVENING...AN UPPER LEVEL 
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN AND BEGIN A DRY PERIOD FOR THE 
REGION ALONG WITH A MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES.  LOOK FOR HIGHS TO 
BE IN THE 30S AND 40S ON FRIDAY WITH A FIVE TO EIGHT DEGREE WARM UP 
PER DAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.  BY MONDAY HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 50S 
AND 60S WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S AND 40S.
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