Break out the blankets and hot cocoa. The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for parts of Iowa and Nebraska.  A freeze warning is in effect from 1-a.m. Sunday through about 9-a.m., for most of the KJAN listening area, as well as eastern and north-central Nebraska.

In Iowa, overnight lows are expected to dip to as low as 26 degrees in the freeze-warning areas. In Nebraska, lows are expected to be mainly in the lower 30s, but could drop to the upper 20s in the north-central and northeast areas. The Weather Service expects temperatures to rise into the upper 50s in the western and central Iowa, and into the 60s in eastern Nebraska.

Today:  Sunny, with a high near 61. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Tonight:  Areas of frost after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 30.

Sunday:  Areas of frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 65.

Sunday Night:  Mostly clear, with a low around 39.

Monday:  Sunny, with a high near 75.

Tuesday:  Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO FALL BELOW 32 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN…NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE NISHNABOTNA RIVER VALLEY AND NORTHERN IOWA COULD FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S.

FROM THE DES MOINES METRO AREA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY BE MORE LOCALIZED…BUT A FROST IS LIKELY. EXPOSED PLANTS AND TENDER VEGETATION ARE LIKELY TO SUFFER FREEZE DAMAGE OR BE KILLED. PEOPLE INTERESTED IN PROTECTING THEIR PLANTS NEED TO TAKE ACTION BY SATURDAY EVENING.  A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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401 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012

TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

SATURDAY…SUNNY…COOLER. HIGH AROUND 60. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. AREAS OF FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE LOWER 30’S. NORTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 60S. NORTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70’S.

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404 AM CDT THU SEP 20 2012

TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW AROUND 50. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 70. NORTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 30S. HIGH IN THE MID 60S.

SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S.

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346 AM CDT WED SEP 19 2012/National Weather Service – Des Moines

TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. WARMER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH DECREASING TO UP TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. COOLER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. WEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW AROUND 50. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW AROUND 40. HIGH IN THE MID 60S.

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