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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
507 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

A STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE PLAINS PUSHED EAST OVERNIGHT AS MOISTURE
MOVED BACK INTO THE REGION. AS THE MOISTURE WAS DRAWN NORTHWARD...
AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
IOWA. FARTHER NORTH...TEMPERATURES WERE COOL ENOUGH FOR AREAS OF
LIGHT SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA ALTHOUGH ACCUMULATIONS WERE QUITE
LIGHT. WINDS WERE GENERALLY FROM THE EAST OR SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
STATE AT 10 TO 15 MPH. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER 30S IN THE
NORTH WITH MID TO UPPER 30S IN THE SOUTH.  

THE STRONG STORM IN THE PLAINS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
TODAY AND INTO WISCONSIN BY TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL
IS EXPECTED FROM SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN TODAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED IN THESE LOCATIONS BY TONIGHT AS THE STORM PASSES TO THE
EAST. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ON THE
BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM AS IT PUSHES EAST WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
SNOW IN THESE AREAS. NUMEROUS WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND BLIZZARD
WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FROM SOUTH DAKOTA INTO WISCONSIN FOR THE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. LIGHTER SNOWS ARE EXPECTED FROM FAR NORTHERN
IOWA INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS WITH RAIN FARTHER SOUTH. AS THE SYSTEM
PULLS EAST...VERY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD
THE MIDWEST AS POLAR AIR SPILLS INTO THE REGION. THE COLDEST OF
THE SEASON WILL THEN BE IN PLACE ON MONDAY WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE
TEENS AND 20S FOR MUCH OF THE MIDWEST. 

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