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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1215 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024

IAZ060-282100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1215 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024

Date             Tue 05/28/24            Wed 05/29/24            Thu 05/30/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      73          50          73          53          77
Temp                   71 72 72 62 56 53 53 64 70 73 72 62 58 55 55 67 74 76 74
Dewpt                  52 48 44 46 47 47 48 48 47 46 46 47 46 46 46 49 49 49 50
RH                     51 42 37 56 72 80 83 56 44 38 39 58 64 72 72 52 41 39 43
Wind dir               NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               11 12 11  6  4  4  4  5  5  4  6  5  5  5  8 11 13 13 11
Clouds                 SC SC SC CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  C


Date          Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          58    71      58    79      61    83      66    84
Temp          63 59 68 69   63 60 75 78   65 63 78 80   70 67 78 80
Dewpt         50 52 55 55   55 56 57 57   57 59 62 63   62 63 64 63
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50    50      30    30      20    30      60    50
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    S  S  S  C    C  L  C  C
Tstms          S  C  C  C    S  S  S  S    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ039-282100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1215 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024

Date             Tue 05/28/24            Wed 05/29/24            Thu 05/30/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      68          47          71          50          75
Temp                   65 66 66 56 52 49 50 62 68 70 68 60 55 52 53 64 71 74 72
Dewpt                  52 50 48 49 48 46 46 49 48 48 48 49 47 46 46 48 48 47 46
RH                     63 56 52 77 86 89 86 62 49 45 49 67 74 80 77 56 44 38 39
Wind dir               NW NW NW  N NW NW  N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               14 13 13  8  5  5  5  5  8  6  5  5  5  5  8 11 13 13 12
Clouds                 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S                                                  S
Tstms                   S


Date          Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          54    72      56    78      58    83      64    82
Temp          59 56 69 69   60 58 74 76   62 60 78 79   68 66 78 78
Dewpt         45 47 53 53   52 53 57 56   56 56 61 61   61 62 64 62
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE     S      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30    40      30    30      20    30      50    50
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             S  S  S    S  S     S    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ048-282100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1215 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024

Date             Tue 05/28/24            Wed 05/29/24            Thu 05/30/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      72          48          73          52          77
Temp                   68 70 70 59 53 50 51 63 69 72 70 61 56 52 53 66 73 76 72
Dewpt                  52 48 45 47 48 47 47 49 47 46 47 48 46 47 48 50 51 50 50
RH                     57 45 41 64 83 89 86 60 45 39 44 62 69 83 83 56 46 40 46
Wind dir               NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               13 13 11  6  4  4  4  5  5  5  6  5  5  6  9 12 14 14 12
Clouds                 SC SC FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  C


Date          Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          56    71      57    79      59    83      65    83
Temp          62 58 67 68   62 59 74 76   63 61 77 79   69 66 77 78
Dewpt         50 52 56 55   55 56 58 58   57 59 63 63   63 63 65 64
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE     S      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50    40      30    30      30    30      60    50
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    S  C  S  C    C  L  C  C
Tstms          S  C  S  S    S  S  S  S    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ004-282100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1215 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024

Date             Tue 05/28/24            Wed 05/29/24            Thu 05/30/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      68          46          72          52          75
Temp                   65 66 66 56 51 48 49 60 67 71 70 59 54 52 54 64 71 73 72
Dewpt                  48 45 42 46 46 45 46 47 46 45 45 46 45 45 46 49 51 51 51
RH                     54 47 42 69 83 89 89 62 47 39 41 62 71 77 74 58 49 46 48
Wind dir               NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd               17 16 16  9  5  4  4  5  8  9 10  9 10 12 14 19 20 19 14
Wind gust                                                              31
Clouds                 SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0          40
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  L
Tstms                                                                      S  C


Date          Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          56    71      55    77      59    82      62    81
Temp          61 57 66 68   59 58 71 75   61 60 76 78   66 63 75 76
Dewpt         52 53 55 54   54 54 57 55   56 57 61 61   60 60 62 60
PWind dir         S    SE       S    SW       S     S      SW     W
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         70    40      40    30      30    40      60    40
Rain shwrs     L  L  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    L  L  C  C
Tstms          C  C  C  C    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S

$$
IAZ035-282100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1215 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024

Date             Tue 05/28/24            Wed 05/29/24            Thu 05/30/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      71          46          73          51          77
Temp                   66 69 69 58 52 49 50 62 69 72 71 60 54 52 53 66 73 75 73
Dewpt                  50 46 43 46 47 46 46 47 46 45 45 46 46 46 46 49 50 50 49
RH                     56 44 39 64 83 89 86 58 44 38 39 60 74 80 77 54 44 41 43
Wind dir               NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               12 13 11  6  4  4  3  5  5  6  8  6  5  8 10 14 17 16 12
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  C
Tstms                                                                         S


Date          Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          56    71      56    79      59    83      64    82
Temp          61 57 68 68   59 58 73 76   62 60 78 79   68 65 77 78
Dewpt         50 52 55 54   54 55 57 55   56 58 62 61   62 62 64 61
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE     S      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 OV B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60    50      30    30      30    40      60    50
Rain shwrs     C  L  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  L  C  C
Tstms          S  C  S  S    S  S  S  S    S  C  S  C    C  C  C  S

$$
IAZ094-282100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1215 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024

Date             Tue 05/28/24            Wed 05/29/24            Thu 05/30/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      75          49          73          53          77
Temp                   74 73 73 62 56 52 52 64 70 72 71 62 57 54 55 67 73 76 73
Dewpt                  54 53 50 51 49 47 48 51 50 49 50 49 46 47 48 51 52 53 54
RH                     50 49 44 67 77 83 86 63 49 44 47 62 67 77 77 56 48 45 51
Wind dir               NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               10 11  9  5  5  5  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  6  8 11 13 13 10
Clouds                 SC SC FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  C
Tstms                                                                      S  S


Date          Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          58    69      58    79      62    83      65    82
Temp          63 59 68 68   62 60 76 78   66 63 77 79   70 67 78 78
Dewpt         54 54 57 57   58 58 60 60   60 61 66 65   64 65 68 66
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE    SW      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         60    50      30    30      20    30      50    50
Rain shwrs     C  L  C  C    C  C  S  C    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C  C  C    S  S  S  S    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ017-282100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1215 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024

Date             Tue 05/28/24            Wed 05/29/24            Thu 05/30/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      67          45          70          49          74
Temp                   65 64 64 54 50 47 48 60 66 69 68 57 52 50 51 64 71 73 70
Dewpt                  52 49 45 48 46 45 46 48 47 46 47 47 46 45 46 48 49 48 47
RH                     63 58 50 80 86 93 93 64 50 44 47 69 80 83 83 56 46 41 44
Wind dir               NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               16 16 13  6  5  5  4  5  8  6  6  5  6  8 10 14 17 17 13
Clouds                 SC SC SC FW CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     30           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S                                            S  S  C
Tstms                   S


Date          Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          54    71      55    76      56    81      62    80
Temp          58 56 67 67   58 57 71 73   59 59 76 77   66 63 75 76
Dewpt         47 49 54 53   52 53 56 55   55 56 61 61   60 60 62 61
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50    40      30    30      30    40      60    40
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  L  C  C
Tstms          S  C  C  C    S  S     S    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ049-282100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1215 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024

Date             Tue 05/28/24            Wed 05/29/24            Thu 05/30/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      70          47          72          50          76
Temp                   65 68 66 57 52 48 50 63 69 71 69 59 54 51 52 65 72 74 72
Dewpt                  52 48 47 47 47 46 47 49 48 47 47 47 46 46 46 48 48 48 47
RH                     63 49 50 69 83 93 89 60 47 42 45 64 74 83 80 54 42 40 41
Wind dir               NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               16 16 12  6  5  5  5  5  6  5  5  5  5  6  9 11 13 13 11
Clouds                 B1 SC SC FW CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     40           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S                                                     C
Tstms                   S


Date          Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          54    70      55    79      58    83      64    82
Temp          60 56 68 68   60 58 74 76   62 60 78 79   68 65 77 77
Dewpt         46 49 54 54   53 54 57 56   56 57 61 62   62 62 64 63
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE     S      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40    40      30    30      30    30      60    50
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  S  C    C  L  C  C
Tstms             C  S  S    S  S     S    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ086-282100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1215 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024

Date             Tue 05/28/24            Wed 05/29/24            Thu 05/30/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      73          49          72          52          77
Temp                   72 71 70 60 54 51 52 63 69 72 71 61 56 53 54 66 73 75 73
Dewpt                  53 51 48 49 48 47 48 50 49 48 48 48 47 47 48 50 49 49 49
RH                     51 49 45 67 80 86 86 62 49 42 44 62 72 80 80 56 43 40 43
Wind dir               NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               14 13 11  6  5  5  5  6  6  5  5  5  5  6  8 10 12 13 11
Clouds                 B1 SC FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     30           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  S                                                  S
Tstms                   C


Date          Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          56    72      58    79      60    83      66    83
Temp          61 58 69 70   62 60 74 78   64 63 78 79   69 67 78 78
Dewpt         47 50 55 55   55 56 59 58   58 60 64 64   63 64 67 66
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE    SW      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40    40      30    30      20    30      50    50
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  C    C  C  S  C       S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             S  S  S    S  S  S  S       S  S  C    C  C  C  C

$$