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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
922 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013


A BAND OF SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS MOVED ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA MONDAY
AFTERNOON. MANY LOCATIONS...INCLUDING DES MOINES...RECEIVED A
LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THIS BAND OF SNOW HAVE
BEEN DROPPING FAIRLY RAPIDLY. DES MOINES WENT FROM 41 TO 30
DEGREES IN TWO HOURS...AND WATERLOO WENT FROM 41 DEGREES AT NOON TO
14 DEGREES BY 9 PM. TEMPERATURES TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE ON THE
COOL SIDE...WITH LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN IOWA BOTTOMING OUT NEAR
ZERO DEGREES...AND SOUTHERN IOWA REACHING THE LOWER TEENS. WIND
SPEEDS HAVE BEEN STRONG MOST OF MONDAY AFTERNOON AND SHOULD REMAIN
ON THE STRONG SIDE HEADING INTO TUESDAY. BY SUNRISE...WIND SPEEDS
SHOULD STILL BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
FACTORING IN THE CONTINUING STRONG WINDS WITH THE COOL
TEMPERATURES WILL BRING WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN TO AROUND MINUS 10
TO MINUS 25 DEGREES...WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILL VALUES BEING TO
THE NORTH.

EXPECT ABUNDANT SUNSHINE TUESDAY AFTERNOON BUT TEMPERATURES TO
REMAIN ON THE COLD SIDE...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS. HIGH
TEMPERATURES TUESDAY WILL BARELY REACH DOUBLE DIGITS FROM DECORAH
TO ESTHERVILLE...AND HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 20S FROM DES
MOINES THROUGH LAMONI. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT
AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...A LARGE STORM SYSTEM IS STILL
EXPECTED TO BRING WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL TO
MUCH OF THE REGION. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ON THURSDAY WILL BE
PRESENT...WHICH WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS
BECOMING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE
FORECAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS FOR MORE DETAILS OF THE UPCOMING
WINTER STORM. SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE FOR
THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND.

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