WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 337 AM CDT SUN SEP 7 2008 WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...LIGHT WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES HAVE ONCE AGAIN RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AREAS OF DENSE FOG DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...MAINLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN IOWA. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE MID 40S IN THE WEST WHERE WINDS ARE LIGHEST...AND INTO THE LOW TO MID 50S ELSEWHERE. ONCE THE FOG DISSIPATES THIS MORNING IT WILL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY AND SLIGHTLY WARMER DAY WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN NORTHERN IOWA. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE STATE TONIGHT WILL BRING US A COLD AND WET MONDAY WITH RAIN LIKELY ACROSS THE STATE...ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAINLY IN THE MORNING. ONCE THIS SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION RESULTING IN A COUPLE OF DRY DAYS...WITH UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES MONDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RENEWED CHANCES FOR RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S...WITH LOWS TONIGHT RANGING FROM MID 40S NORTHWEST TO MID 50S SOUTHEAST. IT WILL BE COLDER MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH HIGHS NEAR 60 AND LOWS NEAR 40 ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE. A WARMING TREND WILL ENSUE TUESDAY WITH HIGHS BETWEEN 65 AND 70...AND LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT RANGING FROM MID 40S TO LOWER 50S.