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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
228 AM CDT Fri May 31 2024

IAZ060-010900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
228 AM CDT Fri May 31 2024

Date           05/30/24      Fri 05/31/24            Sat 06/01/24            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          77          62          79          60
Temp                      63 63 70 74 75 73 68 65 63 63 70 76 78 78 70 65 63 63
Dewpt                     54 54 58 59 58 57 58 58 59 60 60 61 60 58 60 58 58 59
RH                        72 72 66 59 55 57 70 78 87 90 71 60 54 50 71 78 84 87
Wind dir                  SE SE  S  S SE SE SE  E SE NE  W NW NW  W SW  S  S  S
Wind spd                   4  5  8 11 10  8  6  5  5  4  4  5  6  5  4  3  3  4
Clouds                    OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          30          50          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S                          S
Tstms                      S           S  S     S


Date           06/02  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24  Thu 06/06/24
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          81      67    83      65    86      64    81      60    80
Temp          77 79   71 69 79 81   70 67 82 84   71 66 79 79   66 63 78 77
Dewpt         61 61   62 64 66 64   64 64 67 66   65 63 59 57   56 56 56 56
PWind dir         S       S    SW      SE     S      SW    NW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30      80    50      30    30      60    30      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  D  C  C    C  S     C    L  C  C  C    S  S     S
Tstms          S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S     C    L  C  S  S             S

$$
IAZ039-010900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
228 AM CDT Fri May 31 2024

Date           05/30/24      Fri 05/31/24            Sat 06/01/24            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          78          60          77          57
Temp                      58 58 68 74 77 74 67 64 62 62 68 72 75 75 66 62 59 61
Dewpt                     48 49 55 59 58 56 57 58 58 59 61 61 61 59 59 56 55 57
RH                        69 72 63 59 52 53 70 81 87 90 78 68 62 58 78 81 87 87
Wind dir                  SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W  S SE SE
Wind spd                   6  6  9 11 12 10  6  6  5  6  5  6  6  5  4  2  2  3
Clouds                    OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          20          30          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.03        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S     S  S  S  C  C  S  S  S  S              S
Tstms                                     S  S     S        S  S


Date           06/02  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24  Thu 06/06/24
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          81      65    81      62    84      63    80      57    77
Temp          77 77   68 67 77 79   66 65 80 81   68 65 78 76   63 61 76 74
Dewpt         61 60   62 64 66 64   63 62 66 66   64 62 60 58   56 54 56 54
PWind dir         S       S    SW       W    SE       S     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC B2 B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         30      80    60      20    30      60    40      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  D  L  C    S     S  C    L  L  C  C    S  S     S
Tstms             S    C  C  C  C    S     S  C    L  C  S  S             S

$$
IAZ048-010900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
228 AM CDT Fri May 31 2024

Date           05/30/24      Fri 05/31/24            Sat 06/01/24            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          76          61          78          59
Temp                      61 62 68 73 74 71 67 65 62 62 68 74 77 76 68 63 61 62
Dewpt                     54 55 59 61 59 59 59 59 59 60 62 62 61 59 59 57 57 59
RH                        78 78 73 66 59 66 75 81 90 93 81 66 58 56 73 81 87 90
Wind dir                  SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SW SW NW NW NW NE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   5  5  9 11 10  8  6  5  5  4  4  6  8  6  3  2  3  4
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20          40          60          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.12        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  S                          S
Tstms                      S        S  S  S  S  S  S


Date           06/02  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24  Thu 06/06/24
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          81      66    83      64    85      63    80      58    80
Temp          76 78   70 67 78 81   67 65 81 82   69 65 77 78   64 62 77 75
Dewpt         62 61   62 65 67 65   63 64 67 67   65 63 60 58   56 56 58 57
PWind dir         S       S     W       E     S      SW    NW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   B1 B2 B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      80    50      30    30      70    30      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  D  C  C    C  S     C    L  C  C  C    S  S     S
Tstms          S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S     C    L  C  S  S             S

$$
IAZ004-010900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
228 AM CDT Fri May 31 2024

Date           05/30/24      Fri 05/31/24            Sat 06/01/24            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          72          59          76          58
Temp                      62 62 66 69 68 65 62 61 60 60 65 71 75 74 66 61 59 61
Dewpt                     59 59 61 61 62 59 59 59 58 59 59 58 55 54 56 54 55 56
RH                        90 90 84 76 81 81 90 93 93 96 81 63 50 50 70 78 87 84
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  W NW NW NW NW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                   8  6  9 10 10  9  8  6  5  5  8  8  6  5  4  5  6  9
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          90          80          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.92        0.30           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  C  L  D  D  L  C  C              S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                      C  C  C  L  L  L  C  C  C              S  S     S  C


Date           06/02  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24  Thu 06/06/24
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          80      62    80      60    85      59    78      55    77
Temp          75 77   67 65 77 78   63 63 79 79   65 61 75 74   61 59 74 73
Dewpt         61 61   61 62 62 58   58 60 64 62   59 56 56 56   53 52 54 52
PWind dir         S       S    NW       E     S      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC   B1 B2 B1 FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      90    20      10    40      60    30      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    D  D  S                C    L  C  C  S    S  S     S
Tstms          C  C    C  L  S                C    L  C  S                S

$$
IAZ035-010900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
228 AM CDT Fri May 31 2024

Date           05/30/24      Fri 05/31/24            Sat 06/01/24            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          75          60          77          58
Temp                      63 62 68 72 71 68 64 62 61 62 67 72 76 76 67 62 59 61
Dewpt                     55 57 58 61 60 61 60 60 59 60 61 61 59 56 58 56 56 57
RH                        75 84 70 68 68 78 87 93 93 93 81 68 56 50 73 81 90 87
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  W NW NW NW  S SE SE  S
Wind spd                   6  6  8 10 11  9  5  5  5  4  6  8  6  5  3  2  3  5
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          80          70          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.60        0.22        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S  C  L  L  L  C  C                    S  S  C
Tstms                      S  S  S  C  C  C  S  S  C                       S  S


Date           06/02  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24  Thu 06/06/24
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          82      64    83      62    85      61    80      56    78
Temp          77 78   68 65 78 80   65 64 82 81   67 63 77 76   62 60 76 75
Dewpt         62 60   62 63 64 60   61 62 66 63   62 59 57 55   54 54 55 53
PWind dir         S       S     W       E     S      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   B1 B2 B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         40      90    40      20    30      70    30      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    L  D  C  C    S  S     C    L  C  C  C       S  S  S
Tstms          C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S     C    L  C  S  S             S

$$
IAZ094-010900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
228 AM CDT Fri May 31 2024

Date           05/30/24      Fri 05/31/24            Sat 06/01/24            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          76          61          78          59
Temp                      63 63 68 73 74 71 67 65 63 62 69 75 77 77 69 64 62 62
Dewpt                     55 57 59 59 59 59 59 60 60 61 62 62 62 61 62 59 60 61
RH                        75 81 73 62 59 66 75 84 90 97 78 64 60 58 78 84 93 97
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E NE NE  N  N NW  W  W  S  S SE
Wind spd                   4  5  9 10 10  8  6  5  4  4  5  5  6  4  4  3  3  5
Clouds                    OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     30          30          30           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.05        0.07           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  S  S  S  S  C  S                             S
Tstms                      S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S


Date           06/02  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24  Thu 06/06/24
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          80      66    82      65    84      64    81      60    80
Temp          75 77   70 68 78 80   70 68 81 82   70 67 80 79   66 63 78 76
Dewpt         64 64   64 66 68 68   66 66 70 70   67 65 63 60   58 58 59 59
PWind dir         S       S    SW       S     S      SW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30      70    60      40    30      60    30      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  L  L  L    C  C  S  C    L  L  C  C    S  S     S
Tstms          S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    L  L  S  S             S

$$
IAZ017-010900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
228 AM CDT Fri May 31 2024

Date           05/30/24      Fri 05/31/24            Sat 06/01/24            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          74          59          74          56
Temp                      59 59 67 71 72 67 63 61 60 60 66 70 73 73 64 60 57 59
Dewpt                     51 54 58 60 61 59 59 59 58 59 60 60 59 57 58 55 54 55
RH                        75 83 73 68 68 75 87 93 93 96 81 71 62 57 81 84 90 87
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S SW NW NW NW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd                   6  6 10 11 11  8  6  5  5  6  6  9  8  5  4  3  4  5
Clouds                    OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20          80          80          30          10
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.43        0.30        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S  L  L  D  L  C  C  C  C                    C
Tstms                      S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S


Date           06/02  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24  Thu 06/06/24
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      63    79      59    83      60    77      55    75
Temp          75 75   67 65 76 76   62 62 79 79   65 62 75 74   61 59 73 71
Dewpt         61 60   60 62 65 61   59 60 65 64   62 59 57 57   54 53 55 53
PWind dir         S       S     W      NE    SE      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC   B1 B2 B2 SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         40      90    40      10    30      70    30      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  D  C  C    S        C    L  C  C  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms             S    C  C  C  C    S        C    L  C  S  S             S

$$
IAZ049-010900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
228 AM CDT Fri May 31 2024

Date           05/30/24      Fri 05/31/24            Sat 06/01/24            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          77          59          77          57
Temp                      60 60 67 74 76 72 66 64 61 62 68 73 76 75 66 62 59 60
Dewpt                     51 54 57 59 58 57 58 58 58 59 61 61 60 60 59 56 56 58
RH                        72 81 70 59 54 59 75 81 90 90 78 66 58 60 78 81 90 93
Wind dir                  SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S NW NW NW  W  S SE SE
Wind spd                   6  6  9 11 12  9  6  6  6  5  5  5  6  6  4  2  2  4
Clouds                    B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10          30          40          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.08        0.02        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S  S  C  S  C  S
Tstms                               S     S  S  S  S


Date           06/02  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24  Thu 06/06/24
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          80      64    82      62    84      62    80      57    77
Temp          77 77   67 66 77 79   66 64 80 81   67 64 77 76   63 60 76 74
Dewpt         61 60   62 64 66 65   63 63 66 66   64 63 60 57   56 55 56 55
PWind dir         S       S    SW      SE    SE       S     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         30      80    60      30    30      70    30      20    20
Rain shwrs        C    C  D  L  C    C  S     C    L  L  C  C    S  S     S
Tstms             C    C  C  C  C    C  S     C    L  L  S  S             S

$$
IAZ086-010900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
228 AM CDT Fri May 31 2024

Date           05/30/24      Fri 05/31/24            Sat 06/01/24            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          79          61          78          59
Temp                      60 62 71 77 78 75 68 65 63 63 68 74 77 76 68 63 61 62
Dewpt                     52 53 56 56 55 55 57 56 58 60 62 62 62 62 60 59 58 59
RH                        75 72 59 48 45 50 68 73 84 90 81 66 60 62 76 87 90 90
Wind dir                  SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E NE  N  N  E  S  S  S
Wind spd                   6  8 11 12 12  9  6  8  6  5  5  6  6  5  4  3  3  4
Clouds                    OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10          10          30          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                        S  S     S  S


Date           06/02  Mon 06/03/24  Tue 06/04/24  Wed 06/05/24  Thu 06/06/24
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          82      66    83      65    85      65    81      60    80
Temp          77 78   69 68 79 80   69 68 81 83   71 68 78 78   66 63 78 76
Dewpt         62 62   62 65 68 67   67 66 68 68   67 66 64 61   59 58 58 58
PWind dir        SE       S    SW       S    SE      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      60    70      40    30      60    40      20    20
Rain shwrs        S    S  L  L  L    C  C  S  C    C  L  C  C    S  S     S
Tstms             S    S  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  S  S    S        S

$$