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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1110 AM CDT THU APR 3 2008

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS PROVIDED OVERCAST
SKIES WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND
INTO THE MIDWEST. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FOUND IN
NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR
TODAY RANGED UNDER A QUARTER OF AN INCH. AT 11 AM
CDT...TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT IOWA WERE IN THE UPPER 30S IN THE
NORTHWEST...TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 40S OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE
STATE. LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 15 MPH PREVAILED THIS
MORNING ACROSS IOWA.

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS IOWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN IOWA...AND A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE
OVER CENTRAL TO NORTHERN IOWA. NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED
TODAY. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY LOOK TO REMAIN DRY AND PARTLY
CLOUDY...BEFORE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ENTERS THE REGION BY LATE
SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY. CHANCES OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXIST
DURING THE AFOREMENTIONED TIME FRAME. THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN
CONTINUES AS TWO ADDITIONAL SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION
ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY RESPECTIVELY. 

HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN STEADY IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER
40S. LOWS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER 30S NORTH TO THE
MIDDLE 30S SOUTH. HIGHS FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL
GENERALLY RANGE IN THE 50S TO AROUND 60. HOWEVER...SATURDAY IS
FORECAST TO BE THE WARMEST DAY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WHERE
HIGHS LOOK TO RANGE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S...WITH A FEW SPOTS
ACROSS SOUTHWEST IOWA REACHING 70. 

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