**FLASH FLOOD WATCH in effect through Saturday evening** (forecast updated 3:57-a.m./NWS – Des Moines)
Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. South wind 5 to 8 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. West southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Light and variable wind becoming east southeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning.
Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Light south southeast wind. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Light west wind becoming north northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 79.