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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1029 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024

IAZ060-310900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1029 PM CDT Thu May 30 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          75          61          80          60
Temp                   65 63 62 66 71 74 71 67 63 62 63 69 75 78 77 70 65 62 63
Dewpt                  53 55 55 57 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 59 60 59 59 59 58 58 59
RH                     65 75 78 73 63 57 63 73 84 87 84 70 60 52 54 68 78 87 87
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  N  N NW  W  W  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                6  6  5  9 10 10  9  5  4  4  4  4  5  5  5  3  3  4  5
Clouds                 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     30          40          30          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.11        0.07           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S                          S
Tstms                      S           S  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          83      67    83      63    85      64    81      61    82
Temp          77 79   72 69 79 79   68 65 81 82   71 66 79 78   66 64 79 80
Dewpt         62 62   64 66 66 63   62 62 65 64   63 61 59 58   57 57 58 57
PWind dir         S       S     W      NE     S      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      70    60      30    30      60    30      20    10
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  L  L  C    C  S     C    L  C  C  C    S  S
Tstms          S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S     C    C  C  C  S    S  S

$$
IAZ039-310900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1029 PM CDT Thu May 30 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          75          59          78          58
Temp                   60 57 59 67 73 74 72 66 63 60 61 67 73 77 76 67 62 59 61
Dewpt                  49 48 50 55 56 56 55 56 56 56 58 59 60 59 57 58 56 55 57
RH                     67 72 72 65 55 53 55 70 78 87 90 75 64 54 52 73 81 87 87
Wind dir               SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  W  W  W SW SW  S  S
Wind spd                9  8  8 10 11 11 10  6  5  4  4  5  6  6  5  3  3  3  4
Clouds                 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          30          30          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.04        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S  C  C  C  C  C  S  S                    S
Tstms                               S     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          81      66    81      61    84      62    81      59    79
Temp          77 78   70 68 77 77   65 63 79 80   68 65 78 76   64 61 76 75
Dewpt         61 61   63 65 67 62   61 61 64 63   63 61 59 58   57 56 57 55
PWind dir         S       S    SW       N    SE      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      80    60      30    30      50    40      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  D  L  C    C  S     C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms          S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S     S    C  C  C  S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ048-310900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1029 PM CDT Thu May 30 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          74          59          79          59
Temp                   63 61 60 65 70 72 70 65 63 60 61 67 73 78 77 68 63 61 62
Dewpt                  54 55 55 57 59 59 59 59 58 58 59 61 61 59 59 58 58 58 59
RH                     72 81 84 75 68 64 68 81 84 93 93 81 66 52 54 70 84 90 90
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  N NW NW  W  W  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                8  5  5  9 10 10  9  5  4  3  3  4  5  5  5  3  3  3  5
Wind gust                 16
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          40          40          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.05        0.05        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S                    C
Tstms                      S        S  S  C  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          82      66    81      61    84      63    80      60    81
Temp          77 79   70 68 77 78   65 63 79 80   69 65 77 77   65 62 77 78
Dewpt         63 63   65 66 67 63   62 62 65 65   63 61 60 58   57 57 59 58
PWind dir         S       S     W      NE     S      SW     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      80    50      30    30      60    30      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  D  C  C    C  S     C    L  C  C  S    S
Tstms          S  C    C  L  C  C    C  S     C    C  C  C  S    S

$$
IAZ004-310900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1029 PM CDT Thu May 30 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          68          57          78          58
Temp                   63 62 61 66 67 67 65 62 60 59 58 66 73 76 75 66 61 60 60
Dewpt                  59 59 58 58 59 59 58 58 58 58 57 59 56 53 52 54 53 54 57
RH                     87 90 90 75 75 75 78 87 93 96 96 78 55 45 45 65 75 81 90
Wind dir                S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  S  S  S  S
Wind spd               10  8  6  9 10  9  9  6  5  5  5  8  8  6  5  4  5  6 10
Clouds                 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     50          70          40          10          40
QPF 12hr                   0.13        0.22        0.10        0.01        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S                    C  C  C
Tstms                   C  C  C  C  L  L  C  S  S  S                    C  C  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      63    77      58    83      59    77      57    78
Temp          75 77   67 65 74 75   62 61 77 77   64 61 74 74   61 60 75 75
Dewpt         62 62   63 63 62 59   57 59 63 62   57 56 56 55   54 54 56 54
PWind dir         S       S    NW       E     S       W     W      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         50      90    20      20    40      60    30      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    D  D  S          S     C    L  C  C  S    S
Tstms          C  C    L  C  S                C    C  C  S       S

$$
IAZ035-310900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1029 PM CDT Thu May 30 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          71          59          79          59
Temp                   64 62 60 66 68 70 68 64 61 60 60 67 74 78 77 67 62 60 61
Dewpt                  55 55 56 57 59 59 58 58 58 58 58 61 60 56 55 55 55 56 58
RH                     73 78 87 73 73 68 70 81 90 93 93 81 62 47 47 65 78 87 90
Wind dir                S  S SE SE SE  S SE SE  S  S SW NW NW  W  W  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                9  6  6  9 10 10  6  6  4  3  3  5  5  5  4  2  3  4  5
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          60          40          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.17        0.04        0.02        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  S  C  L  L  C  S  S  S                    S  S  C
Tstms                   C  C  S  S  C  C  C  S  S  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          82      63    80      59    85      61    80      58    80
Temp          77 79   68 66 77 77   63 61 79 79   66 63 77 76   63 61 77 77
Dewpt         63 62   64 64 65 60   60 60 63 62   61 59 58 56   55 55 57 55
PWind dir         S       S     W       E     S       W     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   B1 B2 B2 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         50      90    40      20    30      60    30      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    L  D  C  C    S  S     C    L  C  C  C    S  S
Tstms          C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S     C    C  C  C  S    S  S

$$
IAZ094-310900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1029 PM CDT Thu May 30 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          72          59          78          59
Temp                   64 63 62 66 70 71 70 66 63 61 61 68 73 77 77 68 64 62 62
Dewpt                  56 56 57 58 59 59 60 60 59 59 60 62 62 61 61 61 60 59 60
RH                     75 78 84 75 68 66 71 81 87 93 97 81 68 58 58 78 87 90 93
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E NE  N  N  N NW  W SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                6  6  6  9 10 10  8  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  4  4  4  4  5
Clouds                 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          40          30          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.44        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S                          S
Tstms                   C  C  S  S  S  S  C  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      66    82      64    83      64    80      61    82
Temp          77 79   70 68 78 79   68 65 80 82   70 66 79 78   66 64 79 80
Dewpt         65 65   66 67 69 67   65 64 68 67   66 63 62 61   59 59 60 60
PWind dir         S       S    SW      NE     S      SW    NW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30      60    60      40    30      60    30      20    10
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  L  L  L    C  C     C    L  L  C  S    S  S
Tstms          S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C     C    C  C  C  S    S

$$
IAZ017-310900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1029 PM CDT Thu May 30 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          72          58          77          57
Temp                   60 58 59 65 68 71 68 63 61 59 59 65 72 76 75 64 60 58 60
Dewpt                  50 51 54 56 58 58 57 57 57 56 57 60 60 56 54 54 53 53 55
RH                     69 77 83 73 70 63 68 81 87 90 93 84 66 50 48 70 78 83 84
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  W NW NW  W SW  S  S  S
Wind spd               10  8  6  9 11 11  9  6  5  5  5  5  8  8  5  3  3  4  5
Clouds                 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          50          40          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.09        0.07        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S              S  S  C
Tstms                      S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  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      63    77      58    82      60    79      56    77
Temp          75 76   67 66 74 74   62 60 77 77   65 62 76 73   61 59 74 74
Dewpt         61 61   62 64 65 61   58 58 63 62   61 58 58 57   55 54 57 55
PWind dir         S       S     W       N     S      SW     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         40      90    40      20    30      60    30      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    L  D  C  S    S  S     C    L  C  C  C    S  S     S
Tstms          C  C    C  C  C  S    S  S     C    C  C  S  S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ049-310900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1029 PM CDT Thu May 30 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          74          58          79          57
Temp                   61 59 60 66 72 73 70 64 62 60 60 66 73 77 76 67 61 59 60
Dewpt                  50 51 53 56 57 56 56 56 57 57 58 59 60 59 58 56 56 56 57
RH                     67 75 78 70 59 55 61 75 84 90 93 78 64 54 54 68 84 90 90
Wind dir               SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  E NW NW  W  W SW  S  S  S
Wind spd                8  6  6  9 11 11  9  6  5  4  4  4  5  5  5  3  3  3  5
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10          30          30          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.10        0.08           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S  S  C  C  S  C  C  S  S                    S
Tstms                               S     C  S  C  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      65    82      60    84      62    82      58    79
Temp          78 78   69 66 78 77   65 62 79 80   67 64 79 76   63 61 76 76
Dewpt         61 61   64 65 66 63   61 61 64 64   63 61 59 57   56 56 57 57
PWind dir         S       S     W       N     S      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      80    60      30    30      60    30      20    10
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  D  L  C    C  S     C    L  C  C  C    S  S
Tstms          S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S     C    C  C  C  S    S  S

$$
IAZ086-310900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1029 PM CDT Thu May 30 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          76          60          79          59
Temp                   61 60 62 69 73 75 73 66 63 61 62 66 73 77 77 68 64 61 61
Dewpt                  51 52 54 57 57 57 57 58 58 57 59 60 60 60 60 60 59 59 60
RH                     70 75 75 66 57 54 57 75 84 87 90 81 64 56 56 76 84 93 97
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E NE  N  N NW  W  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                8  8  8 11 12 12  9  6  8  6  6  6  6  6  5  4  4  3  5
Wind gust              18
Clouds                 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20          50          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.15        0.08           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                     C  C  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          83      66    83      64    85      66    82      61    81
Temp          79 79   71 68 79 79   68 66 80 82   71 67 79 79   66 64 78 79
Dewpt         63 63   65 66 69 67   65 64 67 66   66 63 62 61   58 59 59 59
PWind dir         S       S    SW       W     S      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         30      60    70      40    30      50    30      20    10
Rain shwrs        C    S  L  L  L    C  C     C    C  C  C  C    S  S
Tstms             S    S  C  C  C    C  S     C    C  C  C  S    S

$$