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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
259 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024

IAZ060-090900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
259 AM CDT Wed May 8 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          53          61          47
Temp                      56 57 65 72 74 67 60 57 54 54 57 59 60 59 54 51 49 48
Dewpt                     45 45 50 51 52 54 52 51 50 50 51 50 49 48 47 45 43 43
RH                        66 64 58 48 46 63 75 80 86 86 80 72 67 67 77 80 80 83
Wind dir                  SE  E  E  E SE  N  N NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   3  4  8 12 10  9  8 11 11 10 11 13 13 10  5  5  5  5
Clouds                    B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                     10          60          70          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07        0.09        0.08           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  L  L  C  C  L  C  C  C  S  S
Sprinkles
Tstms                                  C  C  C  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          70      49    72      51    78      55    79      56    79
Temp          67 68   57 51 68 70   56 53 75 75   61 57 75 75   62 58 76 77
Dewpt         46 46   43 42 42 43   40 43 49 50   50 51 53 51   51 53 55 54
PWind dir         W      NW    NW      SW    SW       S     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     5       5    20      20    40      20    40
Rain shwrs                                    S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms                                         S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C

$$
IAZ039-090900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
259 AM CDT Wed May 8 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          51          60          42
Temp                      52 54 65 72 73 65 58 56 53 52 54 58 59 58 51 47 44 44
Dewpt                     45 46 50 48 49 51 51 52 49 48 49 48 47 47 45 43 40 40
RH                        77 74 58 42 43 60 77 86 86 86 83 69 64 67 80 86 86 86
Wind dir                   S  S  E  E  E NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   1  3  6 12 13 13 12 13 14 12 12 14 13 10  5  5  5  5
Wind gust                                      24 25
Clouds                    SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                     20          70          80          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.08        0.70        0.12           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S        C  D  D  D  L  C  C  C  C  S  S
Sprinkles
Tstms                                  C  L  C  C  S  S  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      47    69      48    77      53    78      53    78
Temp          67 65   53 48 67 66   52 51 74 72   58 55 74 72   59 55 75 74
Dewpt         45 46   41 39 40 40   41 42 48 49   48 48 51 50   51 50 54 53
PWind dir         W      NW    NW      SW    SW       S     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10     5       5    20      20    30      20    40
Rain shwrs        S                           S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms                                         S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ048-090900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
259 AM CDT Wed May 8 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                      51          74          51          61          45
Temp                      53 54 63 71 72 64 58 55 53 52 55 58 60 59 52 49 46 46
Dewpt                     45 46 51 50 52 52 51 51 51 50 51 50 49 49 47 45 43 43
RH                        74 74 65 47 49 65 77 86 93 93 86 75 67 69 83 86 89 89
Wind dir                   S  S  E  E  E  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   3  4  8 13 11 11  9 12 13 11 12 13 13 10  5  5  5  4
Clouds                    B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          70          70          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.15        0.20        0.12           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S     C  L  L  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S
Sprinkles
Tstms                                  C  L  C  C  C     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          70      47    71      48    78      54    79      55    79
Temp          66 67   54 48 67 68   54 51 74 74   59 55 74 74   60 56 76 75
Dewpt         47 48   43 42 42 44   42 43 51 50   50 50 53 52   52 53 56 55
PWind dir         W      NW    NW      SW    SW       S     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     5       5    20      20    40      20    30
Rain shwrs                                    S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms                                         S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C

$$
IAZ004-090900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
259 AM CDT Wed May 8 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                      45          69          47          61          45
Temp                      46 49 60 67 67 61 55 53 50 48 51 56 60 59 51 49 46 46
Dewpt                     43 44 47 47 47 49 49 50 48 45 45 45 44 43 41 41 41 41
RH                        89 83 62 49 49 65 80 89 93 89 80 66 55 55 68 74 83 83
Wind dir                  SE SE SE  E  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  W  W  W
Wind spd                   4  5 10 11 13 12 10 12 13 13 14 17 17 12  5  5  6  9
Clouds                    SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                      5          70          70          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07        0.33        0.15           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  C  L  L  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          72      46    72      48    78      53    77      54    79
Temp          68 66   52 47 66 68   53 51 73 73   58 54 72 73   58 55 74 74
Dewpt         45 40   37 37 39 40   42 43 49 48   47 47 49 47   47 50 52 51
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SE     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     5       5    10      20    20      20    30
Rain shwrs                                         S  S     S    S  S     C
Tstms                                              S  S     S    S  S     C

$$
IAZ035-090900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
259 AM CDT Wed May 8 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                      47          72          50          60          43
Temp                      48 52 62 69 70 62 56 53 53 51 54 57 58 59 51 47 45 45
Dewpt                     45 45 49 48 48 51 50 50 50 49 49 49 46 46 43 42 42 42
RH                        89 77 62 47 45 67 80 89 89 93 83 75 64 62 74 83 89 89
Wind dir                   E SE SE  E  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW  W
Wind spd                   4  5 10 10 12 11 10 10 12 11 11 14 13 10  5  5  4  5
Clouds                    B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          70          80          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.47        0.70        0.16           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  S  S  C  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C
Sprinkles
Tstms                               S  C  L  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          70      46    72      48    79      53    79      53    80
Temp          67 66   52 47 67 68   53 51 75 74   58 54 74 74   58 55 75 75
Dewpt         46 44   40 38 40 41   40 42 49 48   47 49 52 49   50 51 54 53
PWind dir         W      NW    NW      SW    SW      SW     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     5       5    20      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs                                    S    S  S     C    S  S     C
Tstms                                         S    S  S     C    S  S     C

$$
IAZ094-090900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
259 AM CDT Wed May 8 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          50          63          47
Temp                      53 55 64 71 72 69 60 55 51 51 58 61 62 59 53 51 48 48
Dewpt                     48 48 52 54 55 54 53 51 49 50 52 52 50 50 48 47 45 45
RH                        83 77 65 55 55 59 78 86 93 96 80 72 65 72 83 86 89 89
Wind dir                   S  E  E SE  S  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   4  4  9 10  8  6  9  9 11 11 12 13 13 10  8  6  8  6
Clouds                    SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          30          30          50          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  C  S     S  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                  C  C  S     S        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          70      49    72      51    78      55    78      56    78
Temp          67 68   57 51 69 69   55 53 74 73   60 56 73 74   61 58 75 75
Dewpt         47 48   44 44 43 45   43 45 51 51   52 53 55 54   54 55 57 56
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      SW    SW       S     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     5       5    30      30    40      30    40
Rain shwrs                                    C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms                                         C    C  C  S  C    C  C  S  C

$$
IAZ017-090900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
259 AM CDT Wed May 8 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          71          49          59          42
Temp                      47 50 61 68 69 62 56 54 51 50 52 55 58 57 49 45 43 44
Dewpt                     45 45 49 48 48 50 51 50 48 48 48 47 45 44 42 40 38 39
RH                        93 83 65 49 47 65 83 86 89 93 86 74 62 62 77 82 82 82
Wind dir                  NE  E  E  E  E NE NE  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W
Wind spd                   3  4  8 11 13 11 10 11 11 11 12 13 13 10  6  5  5  5
Clouds                    SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          70          80          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.15        0.69        0.11           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C  L  D  L  L  C  C  S  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          70      45    69      47    76      52    76      53    78
Temp          67 65   50 46 64 65   52 50 72 71   56 53 72 71   57 55 74 73
Dewpt         44 42   38 37 39 39   40 42 48 48   47 47 50 48   47 50 53 51
PWind dir         W      NW    NW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       5    10      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs        S                           S    S  S     C    S  S     C
Tstms                                         S    S  S     C    S  S     C

$$
IAZ049-090900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
259 AM CDT Wed May 8 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                      51          75          50          60          43
Temp                      53 55 65 72 72 65 57 56 53 51 55 57 59 58 51 47 45 44
Dewpt                     45 45 49 48 49 51 51 52 50 49 49 49 48 48 46 43 42 41
RH                        74 69 56 42 44 60 80 86 89 93 80 75 67 69 83 86 89 89
Wind dir                   E SE  E  E  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   4  4  8 14 12 11 11 12 14 11 12 13 13  9  5  5  5  5
Clouds                    B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          60          70          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.23        0.10           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S        C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                  C  L  C  C  C  S  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      46    70      47    78      53    78      53    79
Temp          66 66   52 47 67 66   52 50 74 72   58 54 74 73   58 55 75 74
Dewpt         45 46   42 40 41 42   40 42 49 48   49 49 53 51   51 51 54 53
PWind dir         W      NW    NW      SW    SW       S     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC CL CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10     5       5    20      20    40      30    40
Rain shwrs        S                           S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                                         S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  S

$$
IAZ086-090900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
259 AM CDT Wed May 8 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                      51          75          51          62          46
Temp                      53 55 66 72 74 70 61 57 53 52 56 59 61 59 53 51 48 48
Dewpt                     48 48 55 54 54 56 54 54 51 51 52 51 49 50 48 47 46 45
RH                        83 77 68 53 50 61 78 90 93 96 86 75 65 72 83 86 93 89
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE SE SE  N NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   5  5 11 14 11  6 10  9 12 12 13 14 13 10  9  8  8  8
Clouds                    SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B1 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0          60          60          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.04        0.10           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  C  S  S
Tstms                               S  C  C  C  C  S     S  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          70      49    71      50    78      55    78      56    78
Temp          66 67   57 51 67 68   54 53 74 73   60 57 74 74   61 58 75 75
Dewpt         45 47   45 43 42 43   42 43 50 50   50 51 54 54   53 54 57 56
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      SW    SW       S     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW CL FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC 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

$$