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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
320 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2012

EARLY SUNSHINE THIS MORNING HELPED TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE...DEVELOPING
WIDESPREAD CLOUDS AND EVEN A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA THIS
AFTERNOON. DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT...SOME OF THIS
PRECIPITATION CONTAINED SOME SMALL HAIL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. BY 3
PM...TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MIDDLE 50S NORTH TO THE UPPER 60S
SOUTH. SHOWERS WERE CONTINUING TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
IOWA...OTHERWISE THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE WAS REPORTING PARTLY
SUNNY SKIES. WINDS WERE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT TIMES.

THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL
CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHEASTERN IOWA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS FEATURE BEFORE DYING DOWN THIS
EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN PLAINS
AND THEN INTO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. THE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE
WILL SLOWLY SHIFT SOUTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THURSDAY
AND EARLY FRIDAY...ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW AND WARMER
TEMPERATURES TO ENVELOP THE STATE. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH
THE REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BRINGING SLIGHT CHANCES FOR
PRECIPITATION FRIDAY NIGHT AND COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THE
WEEKEND.

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