Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
000 AWUS83 KDMX 240309 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-241115- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 909 PM CST MON NOV 23 2009 EXCEPT FOR MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVER FAR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA...IT WAS A CLOUDY NIGHT ACROSS THE STATE. SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN WAS OVER THE FAR NORTHWEST COUNTIES. HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE UPPER 40S TO THE 60S...WITH EXTREMES RANGING FROM 48 AT CLINTON TO 63 AT KEOKUK. BY MID EVENING...TEMPERATURES HAD COOLED INTO THE MIDDLE 40S TO MIDDLE 50S. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE VICINITY OF KANSAS CITY AND BRING AREAS OF RAIN FROM CENTRAL KANSAS TO THE TWIN CITIES AREA. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SHOULD FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT OVER WESTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN IOWA AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE BETWEEN A HALF INCH TO JUST OVER AN INCH. SOME SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE DAKOTAS...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA OVERNIGHT. THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER SHOULD MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WHILE PRECIPITATION LINGERS ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THE RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AROUND THANKSGIVING DAY AS COOLER AIR MAKES ITS WAY FROM THE NORTHWEST. HIGHS WILL MAINLY BE IN THE 30S AND 40S THIS WEEK WITH LOWS IN THE 20S AND 30S. $$