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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
615 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024

IAZ060-250900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
615 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      48          77          59          74          54
Temp             68 59 54 50 50 65 73 76 74 66 63 61 61 66 71 73 70 64 60 57 56
Dewpt            52 49 47 46 47 49 49 50 52 52 53 57 58 61 61 60 56 54 53 52 52
RH               57 69 77 86 89 56 43 40 46 61 70 87 90 84 71 64 61 70 78 83 86
Wind dir         NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  N NW NW NW  N NW NW NW
Wind spd         13  8  4  3  3  6 10 11 10 10 10 10  9  9 10 11 11  9  8  9 10
Clouds           FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          80          80          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.73        0.16           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  D  D  D  D  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                     C  C  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          74      53    73      50    75      53    78      60    80
Temp          71 70   59 55 68 70   55 53 70 72   58 55 75 77   65 62 77 77
Dewpt         53 50   48 48 47 46   45 46 47 46   46 47 51 52   52 54 59 59
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW       N    NE      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW CL FW FW   CL CL CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30       5     5       0     5      10    20      30    40
Rain shwrs     S  C                                         S    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C                                              S  C  S  C

$$
IAZ039-250900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
615 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      46          75          56          69          53
Temp             67 58 52 47 49 64 72 74 73 64 60 58 58 61 66 67 65 59 56 54 54
Dewpt            55 50 47 45 46 48 50 51 52 52 51 52 55 58 59 58 54 54 52 50 50
RH               65 75 83 93 89 56 46 44 48 65 72 80 90 90 78 73 68 83 86 86 86
Wind dir          W  W NW  W SW  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E  E  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd         13 11  8  4  3  5 10 10  9  9 10 11 13 12 12 13 12 11 10 11 11
Clouds           SC CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          70          90          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.53        0.46           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      L  L  D  D  L  L  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                           C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          71      50    69      47    72      50    78      56    79
Temp          69 67   55 53 66 66   53 50 69 70   55 53 74 75   61 59 76 75
Dewpt         52 51   49 48 47 45   45 44 47 47   47 47 51 51   51 52 57 56
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW     N       E    SE       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30       5    10       0     5       5    10      30    30
Rain shwrs     S  C                                              S  C  C  C
Tstms             C                                                       S

$$
IAZ048-250900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
615 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      46          75          57          72          53
Temp             66 58 52 48 50 64 71 75 72 64 60 59 59 64 68 70 68 61 58 55 54
Dewpt            52 49 47 46 47 49 50 50 53 53 53 56 58 61 61 59 56 54 53 52 52
RH               61 72 83 93 89 58 47 41 51 67 78 90 96 90 78 68 65 78 83 90 93
Wind dir          W NW  W SW  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E  N NW  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd         14  9  5  3  3  8 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 11  9  8  9 10
Clouds           FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          80          80          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.67        0.18           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  C  D  D  D  D  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                     S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          73      51    71      48    74      51    78      58    79
Temp          69 69   56 53 67 68   53 50 69 71   56 54 74 75   63 60 76 76
Dewpt         53 50   48 48 48 46   45 46 48 47   47 47 52 53   53 54 60 59
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW       N    NE      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30       5     5       0     5      10    20      40    40
Rain shwrs     S  C                                         S    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C                                              S  C  S  C

$$
IAZ004-250900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
615 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      45          74          55          69          51
Temp             58 52 47 46 48 63 70 72 71 63 58 57 56 60 64 66 65 58 54 52 52
Dewpt            46 45 44 43 44 48 49 48 50 51 52 52 54 56 55 54 51 51 49 48 47
RH               64 77 89 89 86 58 47 42 47 65 80 83 93 87 73 65 60 77 83 86 83
Wind dir          W  W SW  S  S  S SW  S SE SE SE SE  E NE  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd         21 11  6  6  8 14 18 14 11 10 11 10  8 11 13 14 13 10 10 10 11
Clouds           FW CL CL CL CL FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          70          60          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.13        0.18           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S     L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  C
Tstms                                     S     C  C  C  S  S  S  S


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          71      48    68      46    73      51    78      58    77
Temp          66 66   53 50 63 65   50 49 67 71   56 54 74 75   62 60 74 74
Dewpt         50 46   46 45 45 42   43 44 47 45   46 46 51 53   52 53 56 54
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW       N    NE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW SC   FW FW CL CL   FW FW SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40      10    10       0     0      10    20      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  C                                         S    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C                                         S    S  C  S  C

$$
IAZ035-250900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
615 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      45          75          55          69          51
Temp             62 55 50 46 48 64 71 75 73 63 59 57 57 62 66 68 65 59 55 52 53
Dewpt            47 47 46 45 45 49 49 48 50 52 52 54 56 58 58 56 53 52 51 50 49
RH               58 74 86 96 89 58 46 38 44 67 78 90 96 87 75 65 65 78 86 93 86
Wind dir          W NW  W  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E NE  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd         16  9  4  4  4 10 13 12 11 10 10 10  9 10 11 12 10  9  8  9 10
Clouds           FW FW CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          80          80          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.66        0.15           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  C  L  D  D  D  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                     S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C     S  S


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          73      49    71      46    74      50    78      58    79
Temp          68 68   54 51 66 67   51 49 69 71   55 53 74 76   62 59 74 76
Dewpt         51 48   46 47 46 43   44 44 47 45   46 47 51 51   52 53 58 55
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW       N    NE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40       5    10       0     5      10    20      40    40
Rain shwrs     S  C                                         S    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C                                              S  C  C  C

$$
IAZ094-250900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
615 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      48          75          61          76          55
Temp             67 60 55 50 51 65 72 75 73 67 65 63 63 67 73 74 70 65 60 57 56
Dewpt            54 51 48 47 48 50 50 51 53 54 56 60 62 64 64 62 60 59 56 55 54
RH               63 72 77 89 89 58 46 43 49 63 73 90 97 90 73 66 71 81 87 93 93
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW SE SE  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd         12  6  4  3  3  6 10 11 10 11 11 10  9  9 10 11 10  9  8  8  9
Clouds           FW CL CL CL CL FW CL FW B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          90          80          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        1.09        0.06        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  D  D  D  D  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                     C  C  L  C  L  C  C  C  C  C  S


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          73      53    74      50    73      53    78      59    79
Temp          71 70   58 55 70 70   55 53 70 71   57 55 74 76   65 61 76 76
Dewpt         56 53   51 50 51 50   48 48 50 49   48 49 54 55   55 57 61 61
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW       N    NE      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   CL CL FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       5     5      10    20      30    40
Rain shwrs     S  S                                      S  S    S  C  C  C
Tstms          S  S                                              S  S  S  C

$$
IAZ017-250900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
615 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      44          74          54          66          50
Temp             61 53 48 45 47 62 70 72 70 61 58 55 55 58 61 64 62 56 53 51 52
Dewpt            49 45 44 43 45 48 49 49 51 52 51 51 53 56 56 56 53 52 50 48 49
RH               65 74 86 93 93 60 47 44 51 72 77 86 93 93 84 75 72 86 89 89 89
Wind dir          W NW  W SW  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E  E NE  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd         20 12  8  5  5 10 13 13 10  9 10 11 11 11 12 13 12 10 10 11 11
Clouds           FW FW CL CL CL CL FW B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          70          80          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.35        0.35           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      L  L  D  D  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                           C  C  C  S  C  C  S


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          70      48    67      45    71      49    76      56    76
Temp          66 65   52 51 63 63   50 48 67 68   53 52 73 73   60 58 73 73
Dewpt         51 48   46 46 46 44   43 43 47 45   46 46 51 51   50 52 57 55
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW     N      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40      10    10       0     0       5    20      40    30
Rain shwrs     S  C                                         S    C  C  C  C
Tstms             C                                              S  S  S  C

$$
IAZ049-250900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
615 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      45          75          56          71          52
Temp             65 57 51 47 48 64 71 74 72 62 59 58 58 63 67 69 66 59 55 53 53
Dewpt            52 50 47 45 46 49 50 50 52 51 52 53 57 59 60 58 56 53 52 50 51
RH               63 77 86 93 93 58 47 43 49 67 78 83 96 87 78 68 70 80 90 89 93
Wind dir          W NW  W  W  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E NE NW NW  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd         16 10  6  4  3  6 10 10 10 10 10 12 10 10 10 12 12 10  9 10 10
Clouds           FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          70          80          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.62        0.35           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   C  L  L  D  D  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                        S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          72      50    71      47    73      49    78      56    79
Temp          69 68   54 51 66 66   52 49 69 70   54 52 74 75   61 58 76 75
Dewpt         52 50   48 47 47 45   45 45 47 47   46 47 51 51   51 52 58 57
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW     N       E     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         30       5    10       5     5       5    10      40    30
Rain shwrs     S  C                                              C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C                                                 S  S  S

$$
IAZ086-250900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
615 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      48          77          60          77          56
Temp             67 62 56 50 51 64 72 76 74 66 64 62 62 67 73 75 72 65 60 57 57
Dewpt            59 53 50 47 48 49 50 49 52 52 53 56 60 63 64 63 60 57 55 53 54
RH               75 72 80 89 89 58 46 39 46 61 67 81 93 87 73 66 66 75 84 86 90
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          8 10  8  5  3  5  9 10  9 10 11 12 12 11 12 13 12 10 10 10 11
Clouds           FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 B1 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          80          90          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.96        0.22           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  D  D  D  D  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                     S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  C  S


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          74      53    72      50    73      52    78      58    81
Temp          71 71   59 56 68 69   55 53 69 71   57 55 74 76   63 61 78 77
Dewpt         54 52   51 50 50 48   48 48 49 48   48 49 52 53   53 54 60 60
PWind dir        NW       W    NW      NW     N       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         30       5     5       0     5       5    10      30    30
Rain shwrs     S  C                                              S  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C                                                    S  C

$$