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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
Issued by National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
118 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

IAZ060-240915-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
118 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      62          76          48          75          59
Temp          79 78 70 68 66 64 70 72 75 70 60 55 51 51 62 70 74 72 65 62 60 60
Dewpt         51 53 56 58 61 61 64 60 53 50 48 46 44 45 47 48 49 51 51 53 55 57
RH            38 42 61 70 84 90 81 66 46 49 64 72 77 80 58 45 41 48 60 72 84 90
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE  S SE  S  W  W NW NW NW NW  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E
Wind spd      13 10 10 12 12 11 11 13 14 13 10  6  5  3  5  6  9  9  9  9  8  8
Wind gust                             25 24
Clouds        CL FW FW SC B2 OV B2 B2 FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          70           0           0          70
QPF 12hr                   0.30        0.10           0           0        0.62
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00          MM
Rain shwrs                 L  L  S  S  S                          C  C  L  L  L
Tstms                      L  L  S  S                             S  C  C  C  C


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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      54    72      53    74      51    76      54    80
Temp          69 70   60 56 68 69   59 55 72 72   58 55 72 74   60 58 76 78
Dewpt         60 57   52 51 52 51   49 50 51 50   47 48 49 50   49 50 54 55
PWind dir         N      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70      40    30       5    10       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     L  C    C  C  C  C                                   S  S  S
Tstms          C  C    C  S                                         S  S  S

$$
IAZ039-240915-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
118 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      60          75          47          73          55
Temp          78 75 65 61 62 62 67 71 71 69 59 53 48 49 61 69 72 70 62 59 57 57
Dewpt         51 51 52 51 54 59 63 64 60 53 50 46 43 44 47 49 50 50 51 50 51 53
RH            39 43 63 70 75 90 87 79 68 57 72 77 83 83 60 49 46 49 67 72 80 86
Wind dir       S SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W NW NW  W  S  S SE SE SE SE  E  E
Wind spd      13 10  9 10 12 14 17 18 17 14 12 10  8  5  5  6  8  6  6  8 10 10
Clouds        CL CL FW FW B1 OV B2 B2 SC FW FW CL FW CL FW FW SC B2 B1 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     90         100           5           0          50
QPF 12hr                   0.28        0.18           0           0        0.35
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00          MM
Rain shwrs                 C  D  C  L  L                                C  C  D
Tstms                      C  L  C  L  S                                C  C  C


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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          68      52    69      51    72      49    73      51    78
Temp          64 64   57 54 67 66   56 54 69 69   55 53 70 71   57 55 74 75
Dewpt         57 55   52 50 52 51   49 50 51 48   47 47 49 49   49 49 52 53
PWind dir         E      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         80      40    40      10    20       5    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     D  L    C  C  C  C          S                        S  S  S
Tstms          C  C    S        S                                         S

$$
IAZ048-240915-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
118 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      61          74          46          74          57
Temp          78 76 67 64 64 62 67 70 73 68 58 53 48 49 62 69 73 70 62 60 58 58
Dewpt         50 52 55 57 61 61 63 61 54 51 48 45 44 45 48 50 50 52 52 52 55 56
RH            37 43 65 78 90 97 87 73 51 54 69 74 86 86 60 51 44 53 70 75 90 93
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SW  W  W  W NW NW NW  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E
Wind spd      14 11 10 12 12 12 13 14 16 14 10  6  5  3  5  8 10  9  9  9  9  9
Wind gust                             26 25
Clouds        CL FW FW SC B2 OV B1 B2 FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                    100          70           0           0          70
QPF 12hr                   0.56        0.07           0           0        0.49
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00          MM
Rain shwrs                 L  L  S  S  S                          C  C  L  L  L
Tstms                      L  L  S  S                                C  C  C  C


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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      52    71      51    73      49    75      52    80
Temp          67 67   57 54 67 68   56 54 69 70   55 53 71 73   57 56 75 77
Dewpt         60 57   52 51 52 51   49 50 52 50   47 48 50 50   50 50 55 56
PWind dir        NE      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70      40    30      10    10       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     L  C    C  C  C  C                                   S  S  S
Tstms          C  C    S  S                                         S  S  S

$$
IAZ004-240915-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
118 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      58          69          44          72          54
Temp          77 74 64 61 60 59 63 67 68 63 53 48 46 47 61 67 71 68 61 57 55 55
Dewpt         52 50 52 53 57 57 57 52 49 45 43 42 41 43 46 47 47 48 50 50 51 52
RH            42 43 65 75 90 93 81 59 51 52 69 80 83 86 58 49 42 49 67 77 86 90
Wind dir       S  S SE SE  S  S  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd      20 17 14 16 16 14 17 20 23 21 14 11 10  8 11 14 14 11 10 10 10 10
Wind gust     31                      34 34
Clouds        CL CL SC SC OV B2 B1 FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     90          40           5           0          50
QPF 12hr                   0.84        0.01           0           0        0.18
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00          MM
Rain shwrs              C  D  C  S                                S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                   C  C  C  S                                   S  C  C  C


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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          66      50    70      49    71      48    73      52    79
Temp          62 63   54 52 65 66   54 52 67 68   53 51 69 71   57 55 74 75
Dewpt         56 52   49 48 50 48   48 47 48 46   45 46 48 46   48 48 53 52
PWind dir        NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW CL CL FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         50      40    30      10     5       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  C  C  C                                S  S     S
Tstms          C  C    S        S                                   S     S

$$
IAZ035-240915-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
118 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      59          71          44          72          54
Temp          77 76 65 63 62 61 65 69 70 66 56 50 47 48 62 69 72 69 61 58 55 56
Dewpt         51 50 52 55 59 59 61 54 52 47 45 44 42 44 47 48 48 49 50 51 52 54
RH            40 40 63 75 90 93 87 59 53 50 66 80 83 86 58 47 42 49 67 77 90 93
Wind dir       S SE SE SE  S  S SW  W  W NW  W  W  W  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E  E
Wind spd      17 13 11 13 13 13 13 16 18 17 11  8  5  4  6 10 10 10  8  9  9  8
Clouds        CL CL FW SC OV OV B2 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                    100          40           0           0          60
QPF 12hr                   0.67        0.02           0           0        0.44
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00          MM
Rain shwrs              S  D  C  S                                C  C  L  L  L
Tstms                   S  L  C  S                                   C  C  C  C


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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          68      50    71      50    73      47    75      51    80
Temp          65 64   55 53 67 67   55 52 69 70   53 51 71 73   57 55 76 77
Dewpt         58 54   51 49 52 48   49 49 50 47   47 47 49 47   48 50 53 52
PWind dir        NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC SC B1   FW FW FW FW   CL CL CL FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         60      40    40      10    10       5    10      20    30
Rain shwrs     L  C    C  C  C  C                                   S  S  C
Tstms          C  C    S        S                                   S  S  C

$$
IAZ094-240915-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
118 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      64          75          48          75          59
Temp          78 77 69 69 66 66 70 71 73 71 60 54 50 51 62 71 74 72 66 63 61 62
Dewpt         55 59 61 63 64 65 66 62 55 53 50 48 46 46 49 50 52 54 54 57 60 61
RH            45 54 76 81 93 97 87 73 53 53 69 80 86 83 62 47 46 53 65 81 97 97
Wind dir      SE SE SE  S  S  S SW  W NW NW NW NW  N NE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE  S
Wind spd      11 10 10 11 12 11 12 13 13 11  8  5  5  3  5  8 10 10  9 10 10  9
Wind gust                             24
Clouds        CL CL FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          70           0           5          80
QPF 12hr                   0.15        0.09           0           0        1.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00          MM
Rain shwrs              C  L  L  C                                C  C  D  D  L
Tstms                   C  C  C  C                                C  C  L  C  C


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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          76      55    72      53    74      51    75      54    79
Temp          71 71   60 56 68 69   58 55 72 72   57 55 72 74   60 58 75 77
Dewpt         64 61   56 53 55 53   51 51 54 53   50 50 52 52   51 52 56 57
PWind dir         W      NW    NW      NW    NW       N     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW CL FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      40    30       5     5       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     L  C    C  C  C  S                                   S  S  S
Tstms          C  C    C  C     S                                   S  S  S

$$
IAZ017-240915-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
118 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      57          71          44          72          52
Temp          76 73 62 59 59 59 65 66 70 66 54 49 45 47 60 68 70 68 59 57 55 54
Dewpt         51 51 52 51 53 57 61 60 53 49 45 42 41 43 46 48 48 49 50 50 50 52
RH            42 46 70 75 80 93 87 81 55 54 71 77 86 86 60 49 45 51 72 77 83 93
Wind dir       S SE SE SE SE SE SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd      16 12 11 12 13 16 17 17 18 18 13 10  9  5  8 11 10  9  8  9 10 10
Wind gust                          27 28
Clouds        CL CL FW SC B2 OV B2 B2 FW FW FW CL FW CL FW SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     90          70           5           0          50
QPF 12hr                   0.53        0.06           0           0        0.29
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00          MM
Rain shwrs                 L  L  C  C  C                                C  C  L
Tstms                      C  L  C  C                                   C  C  C


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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          64      50    68      49    69      46    72      50    77
Temp          60 62   54 51 65 65   54 52 67 67   52 50 68 70   55 54 73 73
Dewpt         55 53   49 48 50 49   49 48 49 46   46 45 48 47   48 47 52 53
PWind dir         E       N    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         60      40    40      10    10       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     L  C    C  C  C  C                                   S  S  S
Tstms          C  C    S        S                                         S

$$
IAZ049-240915-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
118 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      60          75          45          73          55
Temp          77 75 65 62 62 62 67 71 73 69 57 52 48 48 61 69 72 69 61 58 57 57
Dewpt         50 51 52 54 58 60 63 64 57 52 48 46 43 45 47 48 49 51 50 51 52 55
RH            39 43 63 75 87 93 87 79 57 55 72 80 83 89 60 47 44 53 67 77 83 93
Wind dir       S SE SE SE SE  S  S  W  W  W  W NW NW  W SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd      13 10 10 11 13 13 14 16 16 14 10  9  6  4  5  6  8  8  8  9 10 10
Wind gust                             26
Clouds        CL CL FW FW B2 OV B2 B2 SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B2 B1 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     90          90           5           0          70
QPF 12hr                   0.44        0.18           0           0        0.48
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00          MM
Rain shwrs                 L  D  C  C  C                          S  S  L  L  L
Tstms                      C  L  C  C                                S  C  C  C


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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      52    70      50    72      48    73      50    79
Temp          66 65   56 54 67 66   55 53 69 69   54 52 70 71   56 55 74 75
Dewpt         59 56   52 51 52 51   49 50 51 50   47 47 49 50   49 50 53 54
PWind dir        NE      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 B1 SC B1   SC FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         70      40    40      10    10       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     L  C    C  C  C  C                                   S  S  S
Tstms          C  C    C        S                                      S  S

$$
IAZ086-240915-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
118 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      64          79          49          75          59
Temp          79 79 70 67 66 66 71 76 74 71 62 56 52 51 62 70 74 72 65 63 62 61
Dewpt         51 56 57 60 63 65 66 66 63 56 53 50 47 47 49 50 50 52 52 53 56 59
RH            38 45 63 78 90 97 84 71 69 59 72 80 83 86 62 49 43 49 63 70 81 93
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW  N  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd      12 10  9 10 12 13 13 14 14 12 10  9  6  4  5  6  8  8  9  9 10 10
Wind gust                       24
Clouds        CL CL FW FW B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          90           5           0          70
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.15           0           0        0.83
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00          MM
Rain shwrs                 C  D  C  L  L                          S  S  L  L  D
Tstms                      C  L  C  L  C                             S  L  C  C


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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          75      55    71      54    74      50    74      52    79
Temp          70 70   60 57 68 69   58 56 71 71   57 55 71 73   58 58 75 77
Dewpt         63 60   55 53 54 54   52 51 54 52   50 50 51 51   51 52 55 56
PWind dir         S      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         80      40    30      10    10       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     D  C    C  C  C  C                                   S  S  S
Tstms          C  C    C  S     S                                         S

$$