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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
359 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024

IAZ060-080900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
359 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/07/24      Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri
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          75          52          63          45
Temp          74 71 61 58 55 54 65 72 74 68 59 57 54 53 57 59 60 60 54 50 47 47
Dewpt         44 44 46 46 44 46 50 51 51 52 51 50 49 48 50 48 46 44 43 42 41 41
RH            34 38 58 64 66 74 58 48 44 57 75 77 83 83 77 67 60 55 66 74 79 79
Wind dir      SW SW  S  S  S SE SE  E SE  N NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd      20 14  6  8  5  5  6 12 10 10  8 11 13 11 11 12 13 12  6  6  5  6
Wind gust     31
Clouds        CL FW SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          50          50          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.10        0.32        0.08        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S        S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Sprinkles         S
Tstms                      S           S  C  S  C  C        S  S


Date           05/10  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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    70      50    80      55    79      56    80
Temp          66 66   55 50 67 68   55 53 75 76   61 57 75 75   61 58 76 75
Dewpt         44 46   43 42 41 43   42 43 49 49   48 49 50 50   51 52 54 53
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      SW    SW      SW     W       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      10     5       5    10      20    30      30    40
Rain shwrs                                            S     C    C  C  S  C
Tstms                                                 S     C    C  C  S  C

$$
IAZ039-080900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
359 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/07/24      Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri
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                      49          74          50          61          41
Temp          72 68 59 53 50 51 65 72 72 65 58 55 52 50 54 58 59 58 51 47 44 43
Dewpt         52 47 47 45 45 46 50 48 50 52 51 50 48 47 48 46 45 43 41 40 38 37
RH            49 47 64 74 83 83 58 42 46 63 77 83 86 89 80 64 60 57 68 76 79 79
Wind dir      SW SW  S  S  S SE  E  E  E NE  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW
Wind spd      17 16  9  6  4  4  8 12 13 12 10 12 14 12 13 14 13 12  8  6  5  5
Wind gust                                      23
Clouds        FW FW FW FW B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          50          80          50           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.07        0.55        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C
Sprinkles      S
Tstms                                  C  C  C  C  S


Date           05/10  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          69      46    69      49    78      52    77      54    78
Temp          65 64   52 48 65 66   53 52 73 73   59 54 74 73   58 55 75 74
Dewpt         43 45   43 40 40 41   41 41 49 48   48 47 48 47   49 50 52 52
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      SW    SW       W     W       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW SC   FW FW SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    10      10    20      20    30      30    40
Rain shwrs        S                           S    S  S     C    C  S  S  C
Tstms             S                           S    S  S             S     S

$$
IAZ048-080900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
359 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/07/24      Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri
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          74          50          62          43
Temp          73 68 59 53 53 51 63 71 72 64 57 54 52 50 55 58 60 59 51 48 45 45
Dewpt         47 48 47 47 45 47 51 50 52 52 51 50 49 49 50 48 47 45 43 42 41 41
RH            40 49 64 80 74 86 65 47 49 65 80 86 89 96 83 69 62 60 74 80 86 86
Wind dir      SW SW SW  S  S SE  E  E  E  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd      20 14  6  4  4  3  8 13 10 10  9 12 16 11 12 13 13 11  6  5  5  5
Wind gust     31                               24
Clouds        FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          60          60          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.10        0.31        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S        C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C
Sprinkles         S
Tstms                      S           C  C  S  C  S        S


Date           05/10  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          69      46    70      49    79      53    78      54    79
Temp          65 65   53 48 65 67   53 51 74 75   59 54 74 74   59 56 75 74
Dewpt         46 47   44 42 42 44   42 43 51 50   48 48 50 50   52 52 54 54
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      SW    SW      SW     W      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    10       5    10      20    30      30    40
Rain shwrs        S                                   S  S  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms             S                                   S     S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ004-080900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
359 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/07/24      Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri
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          70          46          63          44
Temp          69 65 56 50 47 46 59 66 66 61 55 52 48 46 51 57 61 59 51 47 45 45
Dewpt         45 43 45 45 43 42 46 46 47 49 49 48 46 43 43 44 42 40 41 41 40 40
RH            42 45 66 83 86 86 62 48 50 65 80 86 93 89 74 62 49 49 68 79 82 82
Wind dir      SW SW SW  S SE SE SE  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W  W
Wind spd      25 16  6  4  5  8 11 11 11 10 10 12 14 14 17 18 18 13  5  6  6  9
Wind gust     35                                              28
Clouds        B1 SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          60          70          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.34        0.30           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                  C  C  S  S


Date           05/10  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          69      45    70      50    78      51    76      53    77
Temp          67 65   51 46 65 68   53 52 73 73   57 53 71 72   57 55 74 72
Dewpt         44 41   38 37 39 40   40 42 47 46   45 44 46 45   47 48 51 51
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      SW     W      NW     W       S    SW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC B1   SC FW FW SC   FW SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5      10    10      20    20      20    30
Rain shwrs        S                                   S     S    S  S  S  C
Tstms             S                                   S             S  S  C

$$
IAZ035-080900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
359 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/07/24      Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri
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          72          49          62          43
Temp          71 68 58 51 49 50 63 70 70 62 55 53 51 49 53 57 60 59 51 47 45 45
Dewpt         46 45 46 45 44 44 49 48 49 50 50 49 49 47 47 46 44 41 41 41 41 41
RH            41 43 64 80 83 80 60 45 47 65 83 86 93 93 80 67 55 51 68 79 86 86
Wind dir      SW SW SW  S SE SE  E  E  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW  W
Wind spd      19 14  8  5  6  6 10 11 11 11  9 10 11 11 12 14 13 11  5  5  4  5
Wind gust     29
Clouds        B1 FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                     10          70          70          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.40        0.32        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C
Sprinkles         S
Tstms                               S  C  C  S  C  S        S


Date           05/10  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          69      45    70      49    79      51    78      53    79
Temp          66 65   51 46 65 68   52 50 74 74   58 53 73 73   58 55 75 74
Dewpt         45 43   41 40 41 41   40 42 49 47   45 46 48 46   48 50 53 51
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      SW     W       W     W       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW SC   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5    10      10    10      20    30      30    40
Rain shwrs        S                                   S     C    C  C  S  C
Tstms             S                                   S                S  S

$$
IAZ094-080900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
359 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/07/24      Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri
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          74          51          65          45
Temp          73 69 62 59 54 53 65 71 72 68 59 55 52 51 58 61 62 59 53 49 47 47
Dewpt         45 51 50 48 47 48 53 53 52 51 51 50 48 49 51 51 49 46 46 45 44 44
RH            37 53 65 67 77 83 65 53 49 54 75 83 86 93 77 70 62 62 77 86 89 89
Wind dir      SW SW  S  S SE SE SE SE SW  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd      16  9  8  6  5  6  9 10  9  9  9  9 12 12 13 13 13 11  8  6  6  6
Clouds        CL FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.04        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S        S  S  S     S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                  S  S                 S  S


Date           05/10  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          69      49    70      50    79      56    79      56    79
Temp          66 66   55 50 67 68   55 52 75 74   61 57 75 74   61 58 75 75
Dewpt         45 47   45 44 42 44   43 45 51 51   51 52 53 53   54 55 57 56
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      SW    SW      SW    SW       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     5       5    20      20    40      30    40
Rain shwrs                                    S    S  S  S  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms                                         S    S  S  S  C    C  C  S  C

$$
IAZ017-080900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
359 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/07/24      Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri
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          70          48          60          40
Temp          70 65 57 51 48 48 63 67 67 62 55 52 50 48 51 55 59 57 48 44 42 42
Dewpt         47 48 47 45 43 44 49 48 47 49 50 49 47 46 46 46 43 40 39 38 37 38
RH            44 54 69 80 83 86 60 50 49 62 83 89 89 93 83 72 55 53 71 79 82 86
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW  S SE  E  E  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W
Wind spd      19 13  8  5  5  5  9 11 12 11 10 12 12 12 13 14 14 12  8  6  5  5
Wind gust     29
Clouds        SC SC SC FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          60          80          40           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.22        0.31        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C  L  D  L  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                               S  C  C  C  C


Date           05/10  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          69      44    68      48    77      50    75      51    76
Temp          64 63   49 45 63 65   51 50 71 71   56 52 71 71   56 54 73 72
Dewpt         44 42   39 38 39 40   40 41 48 47   45 45 47 46   46 49 52 51
PWind dir         W      NW    NW      SW     W       W    NW       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW SC   FW SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    10      10    20      20    20      30    30
Rain shwrs        S                           S    S  S     S    C  S  S  C
Tstms             S                           S    S  S                   C

$$
IAZ049-080900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
359 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/07/24      Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri
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          74          50          62          41
Temp          73 69 58 53 51 52 65 72 71 64 56 55 52 50 54 57 59 58 50 46 43 42
Dewpt         46 45 45 45 45 46 49 50 51 52 51 50 49 48 48 47 45 43 41 41 39 39
RH            38 42 62 74 80 80 56 46 49 65 83 83 89 93 80 69 60 57 71 83 86 89
Wind dir      SW  W  S  S  S SE  E  E  E  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd      23 16  8  6  5  5  9 14 11 11 10 13 16 11 13 13 13 11  6  5  5  5
Wind gust     33
Clouds        FW CL FW SC B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          50          70          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07        0.33        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S        S  C  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
Sprinkles         S
Tstms                      S        S  C  C  S  C  S


Date           05/10  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          69      46    69      47    79      52    78      53    79
Temp          64 65   51 47 65 66   52 50 73 74   58 54 74 73   58 55 75 73
Dewpt         43 45   42 40 40 41   41 42 49 48   48 48 48 47   50 51 53 52
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      SW    SW      SW     W       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC FW   SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    10      10    20      20    30      30    40
Rain shwrs        S                           S    S  S     C    C  S  S  C
Tstms             S                           S    S  S             S     S

$$
IAZ086-080900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
359 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/07/24      Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri
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          74          51          63          45
Temp          75 69 61 57 54 54 65 70 72 70 59 56 53 52 56 59 61 59 53 50 47 47
Dewpt         51 51 50 49 48 49 54 54 54 55 52 51 50 50 51 49 47 46 45 44 43 43
RH            43 53 67 75 80 83 68 57 53 59 78 83 89 93 83 69 60 62 74 80 86 86
Wind dir      SW SW  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd      18 12  6  8  6  6 11 13 11  9  9 10 13 13 13 13 13 11 10  6  8  6
Wind gust     28
Clouds        CL CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          30          50          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.17        0.12           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  C  C  C  C  S  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                               S  C  C     S  S


Date           05/10  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          69      49    70      49    79      55    79      56    79
Temp          64 66   55 50 66 67   53 52 74 75   60 57 75 75   61 58 75 75
Dewpt         44 46   44 43 42 43   42 44 50 50   50 51 52 51   52 53 55 54
PWind dir        NW       W    NW      SW    SW      SW     W       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      10    10       5    20      20    30      30    40
Rain shwrs                                    S       S     C    S  C  S  C
Tstms                                         S       S     C    S  C  S  C

$$