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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
229 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

IAZ060-300900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
229 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

Date           05/29/24      Thu 05/30/24            Fri 05/31/24            Sat
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                      55          78          60          72          60
Temp          73 73 64 59 56 57 69 74 77 75 68 66 63 63 66 69 70 68 65 64 62 61
Dewpt         46 45 47 47 47 48 52 54 56 56 56 55 56 55 57 58 58 57 56 56 57 57
RH            38 37 54 64 72 72 55 50 48 52 65 68 78 75 73 68 66 68 73 75 84 87
Wind dir       E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E NE
Wind spd       4  6  5  5  5  6 12 13 14 12 10  8  9  9 10 11 10  9  6  5  5  5
Clouds        FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          40          70          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.08        0.50        0.16
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                           S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S


Date           06/01  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24
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          79      60    84      67    85      65    86      66    83
Temp          75 78   65 62 78 81   73 68 80 82   71 67 82 83   72 68 80 80
Dewpt         58 57   58 58 62 63   64 65 68 67   65 64 67 67   66 64 64 64
PWind dir        NE      SE     S       S    SW       S     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      20    20      60    50      40    30      40    30
Rain shwrs     S          S  S  S    C  L  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S          S  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ039-300900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
229 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

Date           05/29/24      Thu 05/30/24            Fri 05/31/24            Sat
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                      51          76          57          75          59
Temp          71 70 60 55 53 54 66 72 75 72 65 61 59 60 68 73 72 69 64 61 60 60
Dewpt         50 48 51 50 48 49 52 51 51 51 52 50 49 50 55 57 57 56 55 55 55 56
RH            47 45 72 83 83 83 61 48 43 48 63 67 69 69 63 57 59 63 73 81 84 87
Wind dir       E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd       6  5  4  4  5  8 12 14 14 11  9  9  9 10 12 13 12 10  6  6  5  5
Clouds        SC FW FW CL CL CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          50          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.07        0.28
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                          S  C  C  S  S  S


Date           06/01  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24
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          78      58    82      64    83      63    86      65    83
Temp          73 76   62 60 78 79   68 67 79 80   68 66 82 82   70 67 79 79
Dewpt         58 55   57 57 60 61   63 65 68 65   63 63 66 66   65 63 63 62
PWind dir        SE       S     S       S    SW      SW     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      10    20      50    50      30    30      40    40
Rain shwrs     C  S          S  S    S  C  C  C    C  C     C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  S          S  S    S  C  C  C    C  C     C    C  C  S

$$
IAZ048-300900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
229 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

Date           05/29/24      Thu 05/30/24            Fri 05/31/24            Sat
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                      52          77          58          71          59
Temp          73 72 62 56 53 55 67 73 76 74 67 64 61 61 66 67 69 67 63 61 60 59
Dewpt         46 47 48 48 48 49 52 54 56 56 56 56 56 55 58 60 59 58 57 57 57 57
RH            38 41 60 74 83 80 59 51 50 53 68 75 84 81 75 78 70 73 81 87 90 93
Wind dir       E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E NE
Wind spd       5  6  5  4  5  8 13 16 14 12 10  8  8  9 10 12 10  9  5  5  5  5
Clouds        FW CL CL CL FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          40          70          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.24        0.34        0.22
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   S  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                        S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S


Date           06/01  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24
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          79      59    82      65    84      63    86      65    83
Temp          74 77   63 60 78 80   69 67 79 81   68 66 82 83   71 67 79 80
Dewpt         59 58   58 59 63 64   64 66 69 67   64 64 68 68   67 64 65 64
PWind dir        NE       S     S       S    SW       S     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B2 B2 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      20    20      60    50      30    30      50    30
Rain shwrs     S          S  S  S    C  L  C  C    C  C     C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S          S  S  S    C  L  C  C    C  C     C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ004-300900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
229 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

Date           05/29/24      Thu 05/30/24            Fri 05/31/24            Sat
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                      54          73          57          69          56
Temp          71 71 61 56 55 56 64 71 72 70 64 61 60 60 62 65 66 66 61 59 58 59
Dewpt         45 45 46 47 47 48 51 53 56 57 57 56 56 57 59 59 58 57 56 56 56 56
RH            39 39 58 72 74 74 63 53 57 63 78 84 87 90 90 81 75 73 84 90 93 90
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  W
Wind spd      11 10  9  9 11 13 19 19 18 17 12 10  9  9  9 10 10  9  5  5  5  5
Wind gust                    24             23
Clouds        FW CL CL CL SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          30          60          70          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.10        0.39        0.37        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                     C  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  S  S  S


Date           06/01  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24
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          79      60    81      62    83      61    86      62    81
Temp          73 76   62 61 76 79   68 65 79 79   64 64 81 81   67 63 78 77
Dewpt         57 56   57 58 63 63   64 63 64 62   60 61 65 65   62 58 59 58
PWind dir        SW       S     S       S     W      SE     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC B1 SC SC   B1 B2 B1 SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      30    30      70    30      20    30      50    30
Rain shwrs        S    S  C  C  C    L  L  C  C    S  S     C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             S    S  C  C  C    C  C  C  S    S  S     C    C  C  S

$$
IAZ035-300900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
229 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

Date           05/29/24      Thu 05/30/24            Fri 05/31/24            Sat
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                      53          76          58          70          57
Temp          73 72 62 57 54 56 67 74 75 72 66 62 61 60 64 66 68 66 61 60 58 59
Dewpt         44 45 46 47 47 48 51 54 56 56 56 56 56 57 59 59 58 57 56 56 56 56
RH            35 38 56 69 77 74 56 50 52 57 70 81 84 90 84 78 70 73 84 87 93 90
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE NW
Wind spd       8  8  6  5  8 10 16 18 17 12 11 10  8  8 10 10 10  8  5  5  4  4
Clouds        FW CL CL CL FW SC FW B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          10          40          70          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.06        0.26        0.38        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                     S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S


Date           06/01  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24
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          79      59    82      64    83      62    86      62    83
Temp          74 77   63 60 78 80   68 66 80 80   65 64 82 83   68 64 79 80
Dewpt         58 55   58 58 63 62   64 65 67 64   62 62 66 66   64 60 63 60
PWind dir         N       S     S       S     W       S     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20    30      70    40      30    30      50    30
Rain shwrs     S  S       S  C  C    C  L  C  C    C  C     C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             S       S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S     C    C  C  S

$$
IAZ094-300900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
229 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

Date           05/29/24      Thu 05/30/24            Fri 05/31/24            Sat
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                      55          78          60          72          59
Temp          73 72 62 58 56 58 68 74 77 75 68 65 63 62 65 69 70 69 65 63 61 61
Dewpt         50 50 51 49 49 50 54 58 59 59 59 58 58 58 59 60 60 59 59 59 59 59
RH            44 46 67 72 77 75 61 57 54 58 73 78 84 87 81 73 71 70 81 87 93 93
Wind dir       E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  N  N
Wind spd       3  5  5  5  5  6 11 13 13 10  9  9  8 10 10 12 11  8  8  6  6  6
Wind gust                       21       20
Clouds        CL CL CL CL SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          10          50          70          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.34        0.49        0.15
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                           C  C  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S


Date           06/01  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24
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          78      60    82      67    84      65    84      66    82
Temp          74 77   64 61 78 81   71 68 80 81   69 67 81 83   72 68 79 80
Dewpt         61 60   60 60 65 65   66 67 70 70   67 67 70 70   68 67 66 66
PWind dir        NE      SE     S       S    SW       S     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      20    20      50    50      40    30      40    30
Rain shwrs     S          S  S  S    S  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S          S  S  S    S  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ017-300900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
229 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

Date           05/29/24      Thu 05/30/24            Fri 05/31/24            Sat
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                      50          75          56          71          56
Temp          71 69 59 54 51 53 65 72 74 71 64 61 59 59 64 67 67 66 60 59 57 58
Dewpt         46 46 49 48 47 48 52 53 53 52 53 52 52 52 55 59 59 58 55 54 53 55
RH            41 44 69 80 86 83 63 51 48 51 67 72 78 78 73 75 75 75 84 83 86 90
Wind dir       E SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S
Wind spd       6  6  5  5  6  9 13 17 17 13 11 10  9 10 10 12 10  9  5  5  5  5
Wind gust                    19
Clouds        SC SC CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          40          70          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.30        0.23
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                           S  S  S  S  S  C  C  S  S  S


Date           06/01  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24
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          77      57    80      62    82      60    85      62    81
Temp          71 75   61 60 76 77   67 65 77 78   64 63 81 80   67 64 78 77
Dewpt         58 55   56 57 61 62   62 63 67 64   61 61 65 65   63 60 61 60
PWind dir         W       S     S       S    SW       W     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B2 B2 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      20    20      70    50      30    30      50    30
Rain shwrs     S  S       S  S  S    C  L  C  C    C  S     C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             S       S  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  S     C    C  C  S

$$
IAZ049-300900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
229 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

Date           05/29/24      Thu 05/30/24            Fri 05/31/24            Sat
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                      51          76          57          75          58
Temp          71 71 60 55 52 54 66 72 75 72 64 62 60 60 66 70 70 68 62 60 59 59
Dewpt         47 47 48 48 47 49 52 52 53 53 53 52 52 53 55 56 57 56 56 56 56 56
RH            42 42 64 77 83 83 61 49 46 51 67 70 75 78 68 61 63 65 81 87 90 90
Wind dir      SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd       5  5  4  4  5  8 12 14 14 12  9  9  9 10 11 12 11  9  6  5  5  5
Clouds        FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.07        0.12        0.26
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  C  C  S  S


Date           06/01  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24
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          78      58    82      64    83      62    86      64    83
Temp          72 76   61 60 78 79   68 65 79 79   67 64 81 81   69 66 79 78
Dewpt         58 56   57 58 61 62   64 65 68 67   63 63 66 67   65 63 64 63
PWind dir        NE       S     S       S    SW       S     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B2 B2 B1   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      60    50      40    30      50    30
Rain shwrs     S  S          S  S    C  L  C  C    C  C     C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  S          S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C     C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ086-300900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
229 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

Date           05/29/24      Thu 05/30/24            Fri 05/31/24            Sat
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                      53          77          59          75          60
Temp          73 72 62 57 54 55 68 74 76 74 66 63 61 62 69 73 74 71 66 64 62 61
Dewpt         47 48 49 47 47 49 53 54 54 55 54 53 53 53 56 56 56 57 56 57 58 58
RH            40 42 62 69 77 80 59 50 46 51 65 70 75 72 63 55 53 61 70 78 87 90
Wind dir      NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E NE
Wind spd       4  5  4  5  5  6 11 13 13 11  9  9  9 10 12 13 12 10  8  8  8  8
Clouds        FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          50          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.16        0.46
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                                          S  C  C  C     S


Date           06/01  Sun 06/02/24  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24
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          78      60    82      66    84      65    86      67    83
Temp          73 76   63 61 78 81   71 68 80 81   71 69 82 83   73 69 80 80
Dewpt         59 59   58 59 63 64   65 66 69 69   67 67 69 69   68 68 66 66
PWind dir         N      SE    SE       S    SW      SW     S       S     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      10    20      40    50      40    30      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  S             S       C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  S             S       C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  S

$$