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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
327 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

A SHARP CONTRAST IN TEMPERATURES WAS FOUND ACROSS IOWA THIS
AFTERNOON. READINGS WERE IN THE LOW 60S OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF THE STATE4...WITH LOW 90S REPORTED OVER THE SOUTHEAST. A LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMED FROM NORTH CENTRAL ....INTO CENTRAL...AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED WITH THE STORMS WITH
SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL.
SOME PEA SIZE HAIL FELL IN THE MASON CITY AREA. WINDS WERE SOUTH
TO SOUTHWEST OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE WITH WIND SPEEDS
IN THE 20 TO 35 MPH RANGE...GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. OVER THE
NORTHWEST THE WINDS HAD BECOME NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT
AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. WEAK
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL SOUTH OF IOWA ON FRIDAY...THEN
LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
COLD FRONT TONIGHT OVER EASTERN IOWA AND AREAS EAST. ANOTHER ROUND
OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ON TAP FOR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY ACROSS
THE UPPER MIDWEST AS THE FRONT LIFTS NORTH.

VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD IOWA AND
AREAS SOUTH SATURDAY...AND THE ENTIRE UPPER MIDWEST SUNDAY. HIGHS
WILL REACH THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S IN MOST AREAS.

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON MEMORIAL DAY.
COOLER AIR WILL FOLLOW THE STORMS AND LAST WELL INTO NEXT WEEK.

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