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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
505 AM CDT THU JUN 4 2009

MIDDLE AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE STATE
OVERNIGHT. A FEW SPRINKLES APPROACHED THE MISSOURI RIVER JUST
BEFORE DAWN. THE NORTHEAST THIRD OF IOWA REMAINED MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING RANGED FROM THE MID 40S OVER THE
NORTHEAST..TO THE MID 50S OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST. WINDS
WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVER THE STATE.

A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE CANADIAN PRAIRIE
PROVINCES AND REACH NORTHWEST IOWA FRIDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL
STALL NEAR THE IOWA-MISSOURI BORDER BY FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN LIFT
NORTH SLOWLY OVER THE WEEKEND.

RELATIVELY TRANQUIL WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL
AND EASTERN NEBRASKA THIS MORNING...WITH A FEW BRUSHING FAR
WESTERN IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING.

THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING WITH IT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. THE FRONT WILL
STALL EAST TO WEST ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA OR NORTHERN MISSOURI
FRIDAY NIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO THE
SOUTH OF THE FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DRAW
MOISTURE NORTH OVER THE TOP OF THE FRONT AND BRING WIDESPREAD
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO IOWA AND NEARBY AREAS WEST...NORTH...AND
EAST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF
THE STORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN IOWA.

UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS
THE FRONT REMAINS IN THE AREA. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS OFF AND ON...THOUGH RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME
MORE HIT AND MISS BY SUNDAY.

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