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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1229 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

IAZ060-082100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1229 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Date             Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24
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                      75          52          62          46          70
Temp                   74 74 69 60 54 53 52 56 60 62 61 55 51 47 48 59 67 69 68
Dewpt                  50 52 54 53 51 50 50 51 51 50 49 48 46 44 43 47 46 46 46
RH                     43 46 59 78 90 89 93 83 72 65 65 77 83 89 83 64 47 44 45
Wind dir               SE  E NE  N NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd               12 12  9 11 13 11 11 11 12 12  9  6  5  5  5  9 12 13 13
Wind gust                                                                    24
Clouds                 SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     60          70          50          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.09        0.08           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  L  L  S  S  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                      C  L  C  S  S     S  S  S  S


Date          Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          49    72      51    78      55    79      56    79
Temp          57 51 68 70   56 53 75 75   61 57 75 75   62 58 76 77
Dewpt         43 42 42 43   40 43 49 50   50 51 53 51   51 53 55 54
PWind dir        NW    NW      SW    SW       S     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          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

$$
IAZ039-082100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1229 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Date             Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24
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          53          60          42          69
Temp                   73 73 68 61 56 54 53 56 59 59 58 52 48 44 44 57 67 68 65
Dewpt                  49 49 51 52 53 51 49 50 49 49 48 46 44 40 40 44 45 45 46
RH                     43 43 54 72 90 90 86 80 69 69 69 80 86 86 86 62 45 43 50
Wind dir                E  E  E NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  W  W NW
Wind spd               11 14 13 11 14 13 11 12 13 12  9  5  5  5  5  8 13 14 17
Wind gust                                                                    27
Clouds                 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     60          80          60          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.70        0.12           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  L  D  D  L  C  L  C  C                    S  S
Tstms                      C  L  L  L  S  S  S  C  C


Date          Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          47    69      48    77      53    78      53    78
Temp          53 48 67 66   52 51 74 72   58 55 74 72   59 55 75 74
Dewpt         41 39 40 40   41 42 48 49   48 48 51 50   51 50 54 53
PWind dir        NW    NW      SW    SW       S     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10     5       5    20      20    30      20    40
Rain shwrs                            S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms                                 S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ048-082100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1229 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Date             Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24
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          52          62          45          70
Temp                   73 72 66 58 54 52 52 56 60 61 60 53 49 46 46 58 66 69 67
Dewpt                  50 52 54 52 50 50 50 51 51 51 50 47 45 43 43 47 47 47 48
RH                     44 49 65 80 86 93 93 83 72 70 69 80 86 89 89 67 50 45 50
Wind dir                E  E  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd               11 12 11 12 16 13 11 11 12 11  9  5  5  5  4  9 12 13 14
Wind gust                                                                    26
Clouds                 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     70          80          50          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.15        0.20        0.12           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  D  D  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                      C  L  C  C  C     S  C  S


Date          Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          47    71      48    78      54    79      55    79
Temp          54 48 67 68   54 51 74 74   59 55 74 74   60 56 76 75
Dewpt         43 42 42 44   42 43 51 50   50 50 53 52   52 53 56 55
PWind dir        NW    NW      SW    SW       S     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          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

$$
IAZ004-082100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1229 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Date             Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24
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                      69          48          62          44          72
Temp                   69 67 62 54 52 50 48 52 56 62 61 51 47 45 46 61 68 71 66
Dewpt                  50 47 49 49 49 48 46 47 47 45 43 42 42 41 41 45 45 43 40
RH                     51 49 62 83 89 93 93 83 72 54 51 71 83 86 83 56 43 36 38
Wind dir                S NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd               13 10 11 11 11 12 12 13 16 16 11  6  5  5  9 13 18 21 19
Wind gust                                                              28 34 34
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     70          80          30           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.33        0.15           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  L  D  L  C  C  S
Tstms                   S  C  C  C  C  S


Date          Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          46    72      48    78      53    77      54    79
Temp          52 47 66 68   53 51 73 73   58 54 72 73   58 55 74 74
Dewpt         37 37 39 40   42 43 49 48   47 47 49 47   47 50 52 51
PWind dir        NW    NW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5       5    10      20    20      20    30
Rain shwrs                                 S  S     S    S  S     C
Tstms                                      S  S     S    S  S     C

$$
IAZ035-082100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1229 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Date             Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24
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                      72          50          61          43          70
Temp                   71 70 64 55 51 51 50 55 58 61 59 51 47 44 45 59 67 69 66
Dewpt                  48 49 51 51 50 50 49 50 51 48 47 45 43 42 42 46 46 46 44
RH                     44 47 63 86 96 96 96 83 77 62 64 80 86 93 89 62 47 44 45
Wind dir               NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd                8 13 11 12 12 12 11 10 12 12 10  5  5  4  5 10 13 14 13
Wind gust              18
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     70          80          50          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.47        0.70        0.16           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  D  D  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                   S  C  L  C  C  C     S  S  S


Date          Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          46    72      48    79      53    79      53    80
Temp          52 47 67 68   53 51 75 74   58 54 74 74   58 55 75 75
Dewpt         40 38 40 41   40 42 49 48   47 49 52 49   50 51 54 53
PWind dir        NW    NW      SW    SW      SW     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          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

$$
IAZ094-082100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1229 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Date             Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24
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          50          63          46          70
Temp                   73 72 69 60 55 51 50 58 62 63 62 55 51 48 48 59 67 69 68
Dewpt                  52 56 57 54 51 49 49 52 52 51 50 49 47 45 45 48 47 46 48
RH                     48 57 66 81 86 93 96 80 70 65 65 80 86 89 89 67 49 44 49
Wind dir               SE SE NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW  W  W
Wind spd                9  9  6 10 10 10 10 13 13 12  9  8  6  6  6  9 12 13 11
Clouds                 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          30          50          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.07           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C              S  C  C  S  S
Tstms                      S  C                 S  S  S


Date          Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          49    72      51    78      55    78      56    78
Temp          57 51 69 69   55 53 74 73   60 56 73 74   61 58 75 75
Dewpt         44 44 43 45   43 45 51 51   52 53 55 54   54 55 57 56
PWind dir        NW    NW      SW    SW       S     S       S     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          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

$$
IAZ017-082100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1229 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Date             Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24
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                      71          50          60          40          70
Temp                   66 69 65 56 53 51 50 55 58 60 59 50 44 41 44 59 67 69 65
Dewpt                  50 48 50 52 51 49 49 49 48 47 45 42 40 38 39 44 44 44 42
RH                     56 47 58 86 93 93 96 80 69 62 60 74 86 89 82 57 43 40 43
Wind dir                E NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd                9 12 11 10 11 10 10 12 13 12 10  6  5  5  5 10 14 18 17
Wind gust                                                                 29 31
Clouds                 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     60          90          50          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.15        0.69        0.11           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  L  D  L  L  C  C  S  S                    S  S
Tstms                   S  C  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  S


Date          Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          45    69      47    76      52    76      53    78
Temp          50 46 64 65   52 50 72 71   56 53 72 71   57 55 74 73
Dewpt         38 37 39 39   40 42 48 48   47 47 50 48   47 50 53 51
PWind dir        NW    NW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5       5    10      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs                            S    S  S     C    S  S     C
Tstms                                 S    S  S     C    S  S     C

$$
IAZ049-082100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1229 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Date             Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24
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                      75          51          61          43          69
Temp                   73 72 67 58 54 52 51 56 59 59 59 51 47 44 44 58 66 68 66
Dewpt                  48 49 52 53 52 50 50 50 50 50 48 47 44 42 41 45 45 45 46
RH                     41 44 59 83 93 93 96 80 72 72 67 86 89 93 89 62 47 43 48
Wind dir                E  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd               11 13 11 11 14 13 10 12 13 11  9  5  5  5  5  8 12 13 13
Clouds                 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     60          80          60          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.23        0.10           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  L  D  L  C  C  L  C  C  S                 S  S
Tstms                      C  L  L  L  S     S  C  S  S


Date          Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          46    70      47    78      53    78      53    79
Temp          52 47 67 66   52 50 74 72   58 54 74 73   58 55 75 74
Dewpt         42 40 41 42   40 42 49 48   49 49 53 51   51 51 54 53
PWind dir        NW    NW      SW    SW       S     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC CL CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10     5       5    20      20    40      30    40
Rain shwrs                            S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                                 S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  S

$$
IAZ086-082100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1229 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Date             Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24
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                      75          53          61          47          70
Temp                   74 74 70 62 58 54 53 55 59 61 60 54 51 49 48 58 66 69 67
Dewpt                  55 54 57 57 55 52 51 52 51 51 50 49 48 46 45 47 45 45 47
RH                     51 50 63 84 90 93 93 90 75 70 69 83 89 89 89 67 47 42 49
Wind dir               SE SE SE  N NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW  W  W
Wind spd               14 13  9  9 12 12 12 13 14 13  9  8  8  6  8 10 12 13 11
Clouds                 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          60          60          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.04        0.10           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  L  C  S  C  C  C  L  S  S
Tstms                      C  C  C  C              S  S  S


Date          Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          49    71      50    78      55    78      56    78
Temp          57 51 67 68   54 53 74 73   60 57 74 74   61 58 75 75
Dewpt         45 43 42 43   42 43 50 50   50 51 54 54   53 54 57 56
PWind dir        NW    NW      SW    SW       S     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW CL FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          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

$$