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Weather Summary for Iowa
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
413 AM CST Tue Dec 3 2024

Today: 

High pressure moved across Iowa overnight and brought light winds to
the state. Despite the area of high pressure, there was a mix of 
clouds and clear skies over Iowa. Areas with clear patches had 
temperatures drop into the single digits above zero to low teens while
temperatures were a few degrees warmer under the cloud cover. Light 
southerly winds did develop over western Iowa after midnight resulting
in slowing rising temperatures.

Today will be a bit warmer than the past several days with high
temperatures in the upper 20s northeast to the mid to upper 30s
southwest. The wind will increasing today and become breezy from the 
south at 15 to 20 mph with gusts over 25 mph.


Tonight and beyond: 

Low temperatures tonight will be in the 20s. A strong cold front will
reach northern Iowa by late Wednesday morning and elsewhere during the
afternoon. While the high temperatures on Wednesday are warmer in the
30s and 40s, falling temperatures will follow the cold front. In 
addition, gusty winds in the morning may become strong in the wake of
the cold front as well with gusts over 45 mph possible. These gusty 
winds will persist into Wednesday evening before gradually diminishing
after midnight and into Thursday. Very cold wind chills of zero to 15
below zero are forecast for Thursday morning as actual temperatures 
drop into the single digits above zero. A warming trend will begin 
Friday with even warmer temperatures by Saturday with highs in the 
40s.

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