308  
AWUS83 KDMX 310946  
RWSDMX  
IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-  
092>097-311530-  
 
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
346 AM CST TUE DEC 31 2024  
 
TODAY:  
 
LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT  
PRODUCED A BROAD AREA OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND  
SOUTHERN IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING. THERE WERE SPOTTY AREAS OF SNOW  
ACCUMULATIONS WITH A FEW AREAS RECEIVING AROUND AN INCH OR SO.  
MOST PRIMARY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS REMAINED WET ALTHOUGH LESS TRAVELED  
ROADS DID BECOME SLUSHY IN AREAS. OTHERWISE, NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASED  
AND WERE COMMON FROM 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO ALMOST 30 MPH AT  
TIMES.  
 
THE LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END THIS MORNING AS  
THE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY FROM THE STATE. SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS,  
GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH REMAIN POSSIBLE IN FAR SOUTH CENTRAL TO  
SOUTHEAST IOWA THROUGH MID MORNING, OTHERWISE THE NORTH WINDS PERSIST  
FOR MUCH OF THE DAY AS COOLER AIR ARRIVES. ADDITIONAL FLURRIES ARE  
EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING AS ANOTHER WEAK SYSTEM  
PASSES THROUGH THE STATE.  
 
TONIGHT AND BEYOND:  
 
ANY FLURRIES ARE FORECAST TO END TONIGHT WITH CLEARING EXPECTED TOWARD  
DAYBREAK ON NEW YEARS DAY. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL GREET THE NEW YEAR  
WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. HOWEVER,  
A CLIPPER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE STATE ON THURSDAY WITH LIGHT SNOW  
OVERSPREADING MUCH OF CENTRAL INTO SOUTHERN IOWA. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS  
ARE FORECAST BY THURSDAY EVENING ALONG WITH THE ARRIVAL OF COOLER AIR.  
HIGHS BY FRIDAY ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S OVER  
MUCH OF THE STATE AS COLD POLAR AIR OVERSPREAD THE MIDWEST.  
 
 
 
THIS CONCLUDES THE ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT. A RESOURCE DOCUMENT HAS  
BEEN CREATED TO AID USERS IN THIS TRANSITION AND IS AVAILABLE AT:  
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDIA/DMX/RWSRESOURCES.PDF  
 
 
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