Point Forecast: Ames IA  42.02N 93.62W	Last Update: 11:18 pm CDT May 16, 2024

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48-Hour Period Starting: 11pm Thu, May 16 202412am Fri, May 17 20241am Fri, May 17 20242am Fri, May 17 20243am Fri, May 17 20244am Fri, May 17 20245am Fri, May 17 20246am Fri, May 17 20247am Fri, May 17 20248am Fri, May 17 20249am Fri, May 17 202410am Fri, May 17 202411am Fri, May 17 202412pm Fri, May 17 20241pm Fri, May 17 20242pm Fri, May 17 20243pm Fri, May 17 20244pm Fri, May 17 20245pm Fri, May 17 20246pm Fri, May 17 20247pm Fri, May 17 20248pm Fri, May 17 20249pm Fri, May 17 202410pm Fri, May 17 202411pm Fri, May 17 202412am Sat, May 18 20241am Sat, May 18 20242am Sat, May 18 20243am Sat, May 18 20244am Sat, May 18 20245am Sat, May 18 20246am Sat, May 18 20247am Sat, May 18 20248am Sat, May 18 20249am Sat, May 18 202410am Sat, May 18 202411am Sat, May 18 202412pm Sat, May 18 20241pm Sat, May 18 20242pm Sat, May 18 20243pm Sat, May 18 20244pm Sat, May 18 20245pm Sat, May 18 20246pm Sat, May 18 20247pm Sat, May 18 20248pm Sat, May 18 20249pm Sat, May 18 202410pm Sat, May 18 202411pm Sat, May 18 202412am Sun, May 19 20241am Sun, May 19 20242am Sun, May 19 20243am Sun, May 19 20244am Sun, May 19 20245am Sun, May 19 20246am Sun, May 19 20247am Sun, May 19 20248am Sun, May 19 20249am Sun, May 19 202410am Sun, May 19 202411am Sun, May 19 202412pm Sun, May 19 20241pm Sun, May 19 20242pm Sun, May 19 20243pm Sun, May 19 20244pm Sun, May 19 20245pm Sun, May 19 20246pm Sun, May 19 20247pm Sun, May 19 20248pm Sun, May 19 20249pm Sun, May 19 202410pm Sun, May 19 202411pm Sun, May 19 202412am Mon, May 20 20241am Mon, May 20 20242am Mon, May 20 20243am Mon, May 20 20244am Mon, May 20 20245am Mon, May 20 20246am Mon, May 20 20247am Mon, May 20 20248am Mon, May 20 20249am Mon, May 20 202410am Mon, May 20 202411am Mon, May 20 202412pm Mon, May 20 20241pm Mon, May 20 20242pm Mon, May 20 20243pm Mon, May 20 20244pm Mon, May 20 20245pm Mon, May 20 20246pm Mon, May 20 20247pm Mon, May 20 20248pm Mon, May 20 20249pm Mon, May 20 202410pm Mon, May 20 202411pm Mon, May 20 202412am Tue, May 21 20241am Tue, May 21 20242am Tue, May 21 20243am Tue, May 21 20244am Tue, May 21 20245am Tue, May 21 20246am Tue, May 21 20247am Tue, May 21 20248am Tue, May 21 20249am Tue, May 21 202410am Tue, May 21 2024

Date	05/16	05/17
Hour (CDT)	23	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Temperature (°F)	62	60	59	57	56	55	55	54	56	61	66	72	76	79	81	82	83	83	83	82	80	76	71	68
Dewpoint (°F)	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	54	55	56	55	54	53	52	52	52	53	52	53	54	54	55
Heat Index (°F)													76	79	80	81	82	82	82	81	80	76
Surface Wind (mph)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	6
Wind Dir	WSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Gust
Sky Cover (%)	2	3	3	2	3	4	3	7	5	4	5	6	8	8	7	6	6	8	9	8	7	6	5	2
Precipitation Potential (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Relative Humidity (%)	62	67	72	77	80	83	83	86	83	78	68	57	48	42	38	35	34	34	36	35	39	46	55	63
Rain	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Thunder	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Date		05/18
Hour (CDT)	23	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Temperature (°F)	66	65	63	62	60	59	58	58	60	65	70	74	78	81	83	85	86	86	85	84	81	78	74	70
Dewpoint (°F)	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	58	60	61	61	60	59	59	58	58	58	57	56	55	53	51
Heat Index (°F)													78	82	83	85	85	85	84	83	81	78
Surface Wind (mph)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	6
Wind Dir	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW
Gust															18	18	18
Sky Cover (%)	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	8	9	9	8	8	11	13	16	16	17	17	19	20	22	17	13	8
Precipitation Potential (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	16	16	16	16	16	16	8	8	8	8
Relative Humidity (%)	65	70	75	78	84	87	90	90	84	78	71	64	56	49	44	41	39	39	40	40	42	45	48	51
Rain	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	--	--	--	--
Thunder	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	--	--	--	--

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