Regional Weather Summary
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
148 AWUS83 KDMX 050854 RWSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-051500- Weather Summary for Iowa National Weather Service Des Moines IA 354 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024 Today: Outside of a few light showers, much of the precipitation from Thursday evening had ended overnight. Skies were partly to mostly cloudy north and northeast early this morning, with areas of dense fog northeast. Farther south skies were clear. Early morning temperatures heading toward daybreak varied from the upper 50s northwest to near 70 degrees far southeast. Winds were light from the south or west. Not a whole lot of change is anticipated this morning with partly to mostly cloudy skies north with chances for showers and possibly a stray thunderstorm. Temperatures should reach the middle 60s to lower 70s by late morning. The scattered clouds and chances for showers and a few storms will spread farther south into central Iowa by afternoon with highs across the state in the 70s. Tonight and beyond: Any chances for rain should end by early evening with partly cloudy skies into early Saturday. However, chances for showers and thunderstorms will return to the forecast later in the day across Nebraska, Minnesota, and the northwest half of Iowa, and then continue off and on across much of the Midwest through the remainder of the weekend and into early next week. Generally, the potential for severe weather and heavy rains will be low through at least the weekend. $$ Small