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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
414 AM CDT WED SEP 12 2012

CLOUDINESS MOVED INTO WESTERN IOWA OVERNIGHT...WHILE THE EAST
REMAINED MOSTLY CLEAR. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHED
INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL HAD
BEEN QUITE LIGHT. TEMPERATURES AROUND THE STATE THIS MORNING WERE
IN THE 60S TO LOWER 70S. WINDS WERE SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH OVER MUCH
OF THE STATE. THE EXCEPTION WAS OVER THE FAR NORTHWEST...WHERE
THEY HAD SHIFTED TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM LAKE SUPERIOR...THROUGH NORTHWEST
IOWA...INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE FRONT WILL PROGRESS SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST ACROSS IOWA TO DAY AND TONIGHT...AND PASS SOUTHEAST OF
THE REGION THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT
FRIDAY IN TO THE WEEKEND.

A BAND OF SHOWERS ALONG AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD TODAY AND THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST WITH THE FRONT.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL IS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST
OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.  

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL AHEAD OF THE FRONT
AGAIN TODAY WITH 80S TO LOW 90S OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA AND AREAS
SOUTHEAST. BEHIND THE FRONT HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 60S AND 70S.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND WILL BRING
SEASONABLY COOL WEATHER TO THE UPPER MIDWEST. HIGHS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE IN THE 70S WITH LOWS IN THE 40S AND 50S.

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