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Product Timestamp: 2014-08-10 10:05 UTC

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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
505 AM CDT SUN AUG 10 2014

SKIES WERE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER IOWA DURING THE OVERNIGHT 
HOURS.  SCATTERED SHOWERS...WHICH WERE THE REMAINS OF STORMS IN 
NEBRASKA EARLIER...ENTERED SOUTHWEST IOWA  BUT QUICKLY SKIRTED TO 
THE SOUTHEAST.  BY 5 AM TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MID 60S WITH A 
LIGHT EASTERLY WIND.  PATCHY FOG ONCE AGAIN DEVELOPED OVER THE STATE 
WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO BETWEEN 3 AND 5 MILES.

A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO OCCUR TODAY.  A WEAK 
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL RESIDE OVER IOWA TODAY IN BETWEEN THE 
GREAT LAKES HIGH THAT IS FINALLY RETREATING AND A CANADIAN HIGH 
PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL WORK ITS WAY INTO IOWA TONIGHT AND MONDAY. 
THE LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING A SLIGHT INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND 
INSTABILITY TO IOWA...MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN.  SCATTERED SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST 
WITH THE PASSING OF THIS FEATURE AND AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE 
SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION.

A COLD FRONT IN ADVANCE OF THE CANADIAN HIGH WILL PUSH ACROSS THE 
UPPER MIDWEST BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.  THE FRONTAL PASSAGE SHOULD 
BRING AN END TO MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION BUT COOLER AND BREEZY CONDITIONS 
WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT ON MONDAY.  TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN 
BELOW NORMAL THROUGH MUCH OF THE COMING WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S 
TO LOWER 80S.  BY LATE NEXT WEEKEND WARMER AIR WILL RETURN TO THE 
REGION WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S EXPECTED.  WITH THE WARMER 
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO COME AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

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