341 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012 NWS/Des Moines

TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HOT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE MID 90S. WEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE MID 60S. EAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT.

WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 60S. EAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S.