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Weather Summary for Iowa
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1025 AM CST Fri Jan 21 2022

Bitterly cold temperatures were in place across Iowa overnight with
overnight low temperatures generally in the 5 below to 20 below range.
Several locations did reach the 20 below to 22 below range from Ames
to Marshalltown, Webster City, Hampton and Mason City. Temperatures by
10 am had recovered and were near 10 above over western Iowa while
readings lingered in the single digits below zero over parts of north
central and northeast Iowa. the wind was from the south at 5 to 15
mph, which did keep wind chill values below zero.

Highs today will recover to the lower teens northeast to the mid 20s 
to lower 30s in the far west as clouds increase ahead of a minor 
weather system. Light snow is possible overnight with any
accumulations focused over the north and east and generally under an 
inch. A stronger clipper system will dive southeast later Saturday 
afternoon and quickly move across central Iowa, bringing a quick 
couple of inches of snow to the northeast areas of the state Saturday 
evening into the overnight. Roads will become snow covered in those 
areas and some travel impacts are anticipated. Lows Saturday night 
will drop to near zero in the far north with teens to lower 20s in the
south. Another chance of light snow will graze northeast Iowa Sunday 
night, but only a dusting is anticipated. 

Early next week temperatures will moderate to the 20s to lower 40s
Monday, but another Arctic blast arrives Monday night with highs back
to the single digits and teens with overnight lows hitting 10 to 20 
below over a large area of the state by Wednesday morning. 

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