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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
900 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2007

CLOUDY CONDITIONS PERSISTED THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS IOWA...WITH 
LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER CONDITIONS. EASTERLY WINDS TAPERED OFF 
SLIGHTLY INTO THE 3 TO 5 MPH RANGE...AND WIND BECAME CALM 
THROUGHOUT THE UPPER DES MOINES RIVER VALLEY. TEMPERATURES WERE 
ALSO QUITE STEADY WITH READINGS IN THE 20S AT 9 PM.  

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE 
MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 26 HOURS. AS A 
RESULT... SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS MISSOURI INTO SOUTHWEST 
IOWA BY EARLY THURSDAY...AND INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA THROUGH 
THE DAY. THE BULK OF THE SNOW WILL FALL FROM NORTHERN 
MISSOURI...INTO SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA INTO NORTHERN 
ILLINOIS...WHERE GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER WILL 
BE POSSIBLE BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SNOW ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED 
FOR THESE AREAS FOR FRIDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY THE THE EVENING 
HOURS FRIDAY...THEN HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BUILD INTO THE 
REGION FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ON SUNDAY...ANOTHER SYSTEM LOOKS 
TO BRING MORE SNOW TO THE REGION. 

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PODRAZIK/RUSSELL