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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1001 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

IAZ060-132100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1001 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date             Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      66          52          72          49          73
Temp                   65 65 64 61 59 56 55 61 67 71 71 61 56 52 51 61 69 70 69
Dewpt                  60 60 55 55 54 51 49 53 52 51 50 50 49 48 47 50 50 51 52
RH                     84 84 73 81 83 83 80 75 59 49 47 67 77 86 86 67 51 51 55
Wind dir               NE NE NE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E SE SE  E SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                5  8 10  6  9  9  9 11 10 10  8  5  4  4  4  6  8  9 10
Clouds                 OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          30          10           0          40
QPF 12hr                   0.16        0.07           0           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              D  D  C  C  S                                   C  C  C
Tstms                   C  C  C  S  S                                         S
Obvis                         H


Date          Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          55    73      53    78      56    81      56    80
Temp          60 58 69 70   59 56 73 74   61 58 77 77   64 59 76 77
Dewpt         53 55 53 52   51 51 53 52   52 52 55 55   53 53 55 56
PWind dir        SW    NW       W    SW      SW     W      SW     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1   SC FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60    40      20    30      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  L  C  C    S     S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  S  S  C    S        S    S  S                   S

$$
IAZ039-132100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1001 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date             Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      70          51          72          47          73
Temp                   69 70 68 61 57 54 53 59 68 71 70 59 53 49 48 61 69 72 69
Dewpt                  54 52 51 51 49 47 47 46 48 48 46 47 46 43 41 43 45 47 48
RH                     59 53 54 70 75 77 80 62 49 44 42 64 77 80 77 51 42 41 47
Wind dir                N  N NE  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  S
Wind spd                5  6  9  8  8  9 12 13 12 11 10  8  6  5  5  5  8  9 10
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC CL CL CL FW FW SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          20           5           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              L  C  S  S                                      S  S  C
Tstms                   S  S  S                                               S
Obvis                         H


Date          Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          54    73      52    78      56    81      55    79
Temp          59 56 69 68   56 54 74 73   60 57 75 76   61 57 76 76
Dewpt         51 52 52 51   51 50 53 52   53 52 54 53   53 52 55 54
PWind dir         S     W      SE    SW      SW     W       W    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW SC FW FW   SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         50    40      20    30      30    30      30    40
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C    S     S  C    C  S  S  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms          S  S  S  C    S        S    C  S

$$
IAZ048-132100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1001 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date             Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      67          50          73          49          73
Temp                   66 66 66 60 57 53 53 60 67 72 71 60 55 51 51 61 69 70 69
Dewpt                  58 56 54 52 50 47 47 52 51 50 48 50 49 48 47 50 51 51 53
RH                     75 70 65 75 77 80 80 75 56 46 44 69 80 89 86 67 53 51 57
Wind dir               NE NE NE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                5  6  9  6  8  9  9 11 11 10  9  4  4  4  5  6  9 10 10
Clouds                 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          20          10           0          40
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              L  L  S  S                                      C  C  C
Tstms                   C  S  S                                            S  C
Obvis                      H  H  H


Date          Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          55    74      52    78      56    81      55    79
Temp          59 56 69 69   57 54 73 73   60 57 75 76   61 57 76 76
Dewpt         54 55 54 51   51 51 53 53   53 52 55 54   52 52 55 54
PWind dir        SW    NW      SW    SW      SW     W       S     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60    40      20    30      30    30      30    40
Rain shwrs     C  L  C  C    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  S  S  S    S        S    S  S                   S

$$
IAZ004-132100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1001 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date             Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      74          45          73          51          73
Temp                   70 72 69 59 52 48 48 59 67 72 72 60 55 53 53 62 69 71 67
Dewpt                  42 40 39 39 40 41 40 45 45 43 42 43 44 46 48 50 51 51 52
RH                     36 31 33 47 63 77 74 60 45 35 34 53 66 77 83 65 53 49 59
Wind dir               NE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd               12 13 13  9  9  9  9 10 11 10 10  8 10 10 10 13 16 17 16
Wind gust                                                              27 27
Clouds                 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0          10          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                                                                   S  C  C
Obvis                   H


Date          Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          50    72      51    77      53    79      53    75
Temp          55 52 67 70   55 54 71 74   58 55 73 74   58 56 71 71
Dewpt         51 49 49 46   46 48 50 49   50 49 49 48   49 49 50 49
PWind dir         W    NW       S    SW       W     W       S     W
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         50    20      20    30      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  C     S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  C             S     S    S  S                   C

$$
IAZ035-132100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1001 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date             Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      73          47          74          50          73
Temp                   68 72 69 60 54 50 49 61 69 73 72 60 55 51 51 63 69 71 68
Dewpt                  51 46 44 42 42 43 42 49 48 45 44 46 47 48 48 50 51 51 52
RH                     54 39 40 51 64 77 77 65 47 37 37 60 74 89 89 62 53 49 57
Wind dir               NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                9 10 10  8  9  8  9 10 10  9  8  5  5  5  6  9 11 12 11
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30           5           0           5          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  S                                      S  S  C  C  L
Tstms                                                                   S  C  C
Obvis                   H  H


Date          Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          52    74      51    78      54    81      53    79
Temp          56 53 69 70   55 53 72 74   59 55 75 75   59 56 76 74
Dewpt         53 52 51 48   49 49 50 49   51 51 51 50   51 51 53 51
PWind dir        SW    NW      SE    SW      SW     W       S     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60    30      20    30      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     L  C  S  C    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  S     S    S        S    S  S                   S

$$
IAZ094-132100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1001 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date             Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      66          54          69          49          71
Temp                   64 64 62 60 59 57 56 61 65 68 67 60 55 52 51 61 67 68 66
Dewpt                  61 61 58 57 56 55 53 56 57 55 55 54 52 50 49 53 54 55 55
RH                     90 90 87 90 90 93 90 84 75 63 65 81 90 93 93 75 63 63 68
Wind dir                E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                4  6 11 10  9 10 10 12 12 11  8  5  5  5  5  5  6  8  6
Wind gust                    21
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                    100          60          20           0          30
QPF 12hr                   0.68        0.12           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              D  D  L  C  C  S  S  S                          C  C  C
Tstms                   C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S                             S  S


Date          Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          55    70      53    75      55    80      56    79
Temp          59 57 66 68   58 55 71 71   60 57 75 76   63 59 76 76
Dewpt         56 56 58 57   54 54 57 55   54 54 58 59   56 55 59 59
PWind dir         S     W       W    SW      SW    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60    50      20    30      20    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  L  C  C    S     S  C    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C  C  C    S     S  S    S                      C

$$
IAZ017-132100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1001 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date             Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      73          46          71          48          71
Temp                   70 72 69 58 53 48 49 58 67 70 69 57 52 49 49 60 67 70 66
Dewpt                  45 41 42 43 42 40 42 45 46 45 44 45 44 43 44 46 48 49 50
RH                     41 33 37 57 66 74 77 62 47 41 40 64 74 80 83 60 50 47 56
Wind dir                N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                9  9 10  9 10  9 10 11 11 10  9  9  8  8  8 10 10 12 12
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           5          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  L
Tstms                                                                      S  C
Obvis                   H  H


Date          Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          51    70      49    77      54    79      52    76
Temp          56 53 66 67   53 52 71 71   57 55 73 74   58 55 73 72
Dewpt         52 50 51 48   49 49 51 50   51 50 52 50   51 49 53 52
PWind dir        SW    NW      SE    SW      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         60    30      20    30      30    30      40    30
Rain shwrs     L  C  C  C    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  C     S    S        S    S  S                   S

$$
IAZ049-132100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1001 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date             Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      67          51          71          47          73
Temp                   66 66 65 59 57 54 53 58 67 70 69 57 52 48 48 61 69 71 68
Dewpt                  56 56 55 54 52 47 49 50 50 49 47 48 47 45 44 46 47 49 50
RH                     70 70 70 83 83 77 86 75 54 47 45 72 83 89 86 58 45 46 52
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE  N  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                5  6  8  8  9  9 10 13 11 10  8  5  5  5  5  5  6 10  9
Clouds                 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW CL CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          30          10           0          30
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.02           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              L  L  C  S                                      C  C  L
Tstms                   C  S  C  S                                            S
Obvis                      H  H


Date          Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          53    73      51    78      54    81      53    79
Temp          58 55 69 68   55 54 74 71   59 56 75 75   60 57 76 76
Dewpt         52 53 53 51   51 51 52 52   53 52 55 53   53 52 54 54
PWind dir         S     W      SW    SW      SW     W      SW     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B2 B1   SC FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         60    40      20    30      30    30      40    40
Rain shwrs     L  L  C  C    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  S  S  C    S        S    S  S

$$
IAZ086-132100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1001 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date             Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      68          57          67          48          71
Temp                   67 67 64 62 61 60 59 59 63 66 66 58 54 50 49 59 67 70 68
Dewpt                  61 61 59 58 58 58 57 56 55 53 52 50 49 46 45 49 50 51 52
RH                     81 81 84 87 90 93 93 90 75 63 61 75 83 86 86 69 54 51 57
Wind dir               SE NE NE NE NE  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E SE  S  S
Wind spd                5  5 10 10 10 10 11 13 13 12 10  8  6  5  5  5  5  5  5
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 FW CL CL FW FW FW SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     90          70          40           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.43        0.12        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              L  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S                    S  S  S
Tstms                   C  C  C  C  C  C  S     S                             S


Date          Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          55    70      53    77      56    81      58    79
Temp          59 58 66 67   58 56 72 71   61 58 75 77   64 60 76 76
Dewpt         53 55 57 56   54 54 57 55   53 54 58 58   56 56 59 58
PWind dir         S    SW       W    SW      SW     W      SW     S
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50    60      20    30      20    30      30    40
Rain shwrs     S  C  L  C    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S     S  C    S        C    S                      S

$$