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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
445 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2005

LAST NIGHT RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN 
IOWA.  AT TIMES RAIN WAS MODERATE TO HEAVY AS SOME SHOWERS PRODUCED 
RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES.  AT A FEW LOCATED IN THE NORTH 
CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 
TWO INCHES WERE REPORTED.  AS A SYSTEM MOVED ACROSS THE STATE WINDS 
BECAME NORTHWESTERLY AT 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE WEST HOWEVER AHEAD OF THE 
SYSTEM WINDS REMAINED SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH.  EARLY THIS MORNING 
THE RAIN CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHEASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE.  
TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER 40S IN THE FAR NORTHWEST TO MID 50S 
IN THE SOUTHEAST.  RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED AND WERE ONLY ABOUT 
ONE TENTH INCH TO ONE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR.

THE SURFACE SYSTEM AND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE 
RAIN IS FORECAST TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY EAST TODAY.  A COOLER DAY IS 
EXPECTED WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 50S.  BY LATE TONIGHT THE SYSTEM 
WILL HAVE MOVED FAR ENOUGH EAST FOR THE RAIN TO END AND SKIES BEGIN 
TO CLEAR.  HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE STATE FOR WEDNESDAY AND 
REMAIN UNTIL THE WEEKEND.  HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 60S HOWEVER NIGHTS 
WILL BE COOL WITH LOWS IN THE 30S AND 40S.  LOOKING AHEAD ANOTHER 
SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST ON SATURDAY WITH A 
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE WEEKEND.
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FORSTER