AND WE’RE GOING TO GO ON TO WEATHER. AND WE MIGHT BE BEATING SOME RECORDS TODAY TOO. IN THE FORECAST, YEAH, WE’VE GOT TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE 80S HERE AS WE GO INTO THE AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS HERE HELPING TEMPERATURES WARM UP PRETTY NICELY HERE FOR OUR FRIDAY. WE’RE TALKING LOW 80S PROBABLY ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE GOING INTO THE AFTERNOON. SO YOU’LL SEE SOME OF THESE RECORDS HERE IN THE DARKER BRIGHTER YELLOW I GUESS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE COLUMN INDICATING A LOT OF SPOTS. PROBABLY TYING IF NOT SURPASSING RECORDS SET BACK FROM ANYWHERE FROM 1910 TO 1986 UP IN AMES. SO IT’S LIKELY WE’LL BREAK A FEW OF THESE HERE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, TEMPERATURES WARMING UP FAIRLY QUICKLY. WE’RE TALKING MID 70S RIGHT NOW, BUT NOTICE THE WIND OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST SUSTAINED AT ABOUT 31MPH, AT LEAST HERE IN DES MOINES. WE’VE HAD SOME STRONGER WIND GUSTS ALREADY RECORDED HERE TODAY, BUT TEMPERATURES RUNNING 20 DEGREES WARMER THAN THIS SAME TIME YESTERDAY WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT STRETCH HERE OF WARMER TEMPERATURES ALREADY GOING ON THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS SO FAR TODAY. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE STRONGEST WINDS GUSTING ALMOST TO 50 OUT IN CARROLL CLOSE TO THAT IN DES MOINES AS WELL AS AMES. SO I THINK WE’LL STICK AROUND WITH GUSTS TO ABOUT MAYBE 40 45MPH GOING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TODAY. WE’VE GOT THE WIND, WE HAVE SUNSHINE AND WARMTH TODAY. THAT WILL CHANGE A LITTLE BIT AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR WEEKEND. THE REST OF TODAY, MOSTLY SUNNY. WE GO INTO THE EVENING HOURS. TONIGHT WE’LL STAY QUIET. THERE WILL BE A FEW SHOWERS AND MAYBE A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER THAT TRY TO DEVELOP INTO NORTHWEST IOWA LATER ON THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE, THE REST OF THE STATE STAYS DRY. CLOUDS WILL MOVE BACK IN AS WE START OFF THE DAY ON SATURDAY, SO I THINK WE’LL SEE MORE CLOUDS, PROBABLY LESS SUNSHINE AS WE GO INTO THE DAY TOMORROW. MOST OF SATURDAY THOUGH, DAYTIME HOURS ARE DRY, SO YOU DON’T REALLY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT RAIN UNTIL WE GET PROBABLY TO AFTER SUNSET OR SO. ON SATURDAY EVENING I THINK WE’LL SEE SOME SHOWERS, MAYBE A FEW THUNDER THUNDERSTORMS ROLL THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, AND THEN MORE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. THEY’RE BACK IN THE FORECAST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SO SATURDAY, PROBABLY THE DRIER DAY OF THE TWO. AND THEN I THINK WE’LL SEE MORE RAIN CHANCES, AT LEAST WIDESPREAD RAIN CHANCES HEADING INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY, BUT NEITHER DAY A WASHOUT. WINDS AGAIN TODAY, GUSTING STILL UPWARDS OF 35 TO 40MPH THROUGH DINNERTIME TONIGHT. IT WILL STAY PRETTY BREEZY RIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WE STILL HAVE SOUTHERLY WINDS ON SATURDAY, STILL GUSTING TO ABOUT 25 30MPH EVEN THROUGH SUNDAY. WE’VE GOT STRONG WINDS STILL LOOKING AT WIND GUSTS OUT OF THE NORTH AND WEST SUNDAY. THAT WILL KEEP OUR TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BIT COOLER FOR THE END OF THE WEEKEND. TONIGHT THOUGH, NO ISSUES. WE KEEP IT MILD, BUT IT WILL BE WINDY. TOMORROW’S FORECAST COOLER UP ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE STATE. AND THEN WE’RE TALKING LOW 70S INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE TOMORROW. LESS SUN, MORE CLOUDS. I THINK HEADING INTO THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SOME OVERNIGHT RAIN SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. WE KEEP IT BREEZY AND MUCH COOLER SUNDAY WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE MID 40S. CLOSER TO 50 MONDAY AND STILL BREEZY NEXT WEEK AN