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COMMUNITY THERE IN ORIENT-MACKSBURG. TAKING A LOOK OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW AT 747. STILL A GORGEOUS VIEW OUT THERE AS THE IRONMAN ATHLETES ARE NOW ON THEIR WAY ONTO THE CYCLING PART OF THE RACE. YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE WEATHER IS GOING TO COOPERATE FOR MOST OF THE RACE HERE TODAY, BUT WE ARE WATCHING THE CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS BY ABOUT NOON HERE IN THE METRO AT THE MOMENT. BEAUTIFUL SKY HERE. JUST A FEW CLOUDS KIND OF SPECKLED THERE OVER THE HORIZON, TEMPERATURES ALREADY CLIMBING INTO THE MID 60S, BUT I AM EXPECTING SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF I-80 AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THAT’S BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT’S MOVING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. IT’S ALSO GOING TO BRING US SOME BREEZIER WINDS BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO YOUR MONDAY AS WELL. THAT WILL KEEP US COOL TO START THE WEEK, BUT TEMPERATURES ARE CLIMBING BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. IF YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR SOME SUMMER TEMPERATURES, THOSE ARE ON THE WAY BY WEDNESDAY AS WE GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO 90 DEGREES. DO WANT TO SHOW YOU THE AIR QUALITY RIGHT NOW. NO CONCERNS ACROSS THE STATE. MOST OF US IN THE GREEN, SOME YELLOW, SOME MODERATE AIR QUALITY ACROSS EASTERN IOWA. THAT’S STILL GOOD TO GET OUTSIDE. IF YOU’VE GOT ANY OUTDOOR PLANS. BUT YOU LOOK TO THE NORTH. WE DO HAVE SOME UNHEALTHY AIR ACROSS PARTS OF THE DAKOTAS INTO MINNESOTA THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS MORE WILDFIRE SMOKE THAT’S GETTING DRAWN IN BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT THAT’S MOVING ACROSS THE STATE RIGHT NOW. SO AS THAT MOVES BY, YOU’LL LIKELY SEE THE HAZY SKIES RETURN AND PERHAPS SOME DECREASE IN AIR QUALITY BY THIS EVENING. NOTICE 7:00 THAT’S WHEN WE SEE THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF SMOKE HERE ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. UNFORTUNATELY, WE GET ANOTHER PUSH OF SMOKE AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR MONDAY AS WELL. SO THE HAZY SKIES, THOSE WILL BE STICKING AROUND AND WE COULD HAVE SOME AIR QUALITY IMPACTS HEADING INTO YOUR MONDAY. AT THE MOMENT THOUGH, THINGS ARE REALLY NICE HERE ALL ACROSS IOWA. A LOT OF SUNSHINE, A FEW CLOUDS NOW BEGINNING TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST. THOSE ARE THE SHOWERS THAT WE HAVE TO WATCH FOR LATER TODAY. RIGHT NOW PUSHING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA, STILL A FEW HOURS AWAY FROM IMPACTING US HERE IN CENTRAL IOWA. SO WE GOT THAT SUNSHINE 64 DEGREES, A LITTLE BIT OF A SOUTHWEST BREEZE ABOUT TEN MILES AN HOUR. THERE’S SOME HUMIDITY IN THE AIR AS WELL WITH THAT DEW POINT SITTING AT 60 DEGREES 60 RIGHT NOW IN FORT DODGE, 63 IN IOWA FALLS, 64 IN SHERIDAN. REALLY NICE MORNING HERE ALL ACROSS THE AREA. WE’LL HOLD ON TO THAT SUNSHINE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. I DO THINK BY 9:00 WE START TO SEE THOSE CLOUDS BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST, STILL DRY BY 10 TO 11. THOSE SHOWERS PUSHING ACROSS WESTERN IOWA, REACHING CENTRAL IOWA BY THE LUNCH HOUR. MOST OF THIS RAIN IS GOING TO BE FALLING SOUTH OF I-80. MOST OF THIS PROBABLY SOUTH OF THE METRO AS WELL. BUT YOU NOTICE THERE IS THE CHANCE THAT WE GET AT LEAST A COUPLE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS IN HERE DURING THE LUNCH HOUR THROUGH ABOUT 2:00, AND THEN THAT RAIN PUSHES AWAY TO THE SOUTH. I THINK BY FOUR WE’RE DRY ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR. THOSE SHOWERS CONTINUING, THOUGH IN FAR SOUTHERN IOWA. THAT’S WHERE WE COULD SEE A FEW SPOTS THAT SEE RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO ABOUT 2/10 OF AN INCH. SO NOT A MAJOR RAINFALL EVENT BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION, JUST MORE OF A NUISANCE THERE AS WE GET TOWARD THE LUNCH HOUR. AS THOSE SHOWERS PUSH ON THROUGH, TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT AROUND 73 DEGREES NEAR NOON. ONCE THAT RAIN MOVES IN, WE LIKELY SLIP BACK DOWN INTO THE UPPER 60S AND THEN TRY TO GET BACK UP TO ABOUT 7071 BY 5:00. SO A BIT OF A COOLER DAY OVERALL COMPARED TO WHAT WE COULD SEE THIS TIME OF YEAR, DOWN TO ABOUT 53 TONIGHT. SO A COOL START TO MONDAY 71 TOMORROW AFTERNOON. BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS KEEPING TEMPERATURES BELOW AVERAGE 81 ON TUESDAY STARTING TO FEEL A LITTLE WARMER. AND THEN THAT SUMMER WEATHER THAT ARRIVES ON WEDNESDAY AND WE HOLD ON TO THE M