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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
944 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024

IAZ060-142100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
944 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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          74          58          75
Temp                66 67 70 67 61 57 54 53 62 70 72 72 65 62 60 59 64 69 72 72
Dewpt               54 57 56 53 52 51 49 48 50 53 54 56 55 56 56 56 58 58 57 56
RH                  65 70 61 61 72 80 83 83 65 55 53 57 70 81 87 90 81 68 59 57
Wind dir            NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  W  W
Wind spd             8 11  9 10  8  5  5  5  5  8  6  8  4  5  5  6  8  9  9  6
Clouds              B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     20           0          10          60          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  S                             C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                                 S  S  C  S  S  S  C  C  C


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    80      57    84      59    81      55    75
Temp          61 57 75 76   62 59 79 82   66 61 77 77   62 58 72 73
Dewpt         54 53 54 53   52 53 56 57   53 52 51 50   50 49 51 51
PWind dir         W     W      SW    SW       W     W       W     W
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    30      20    20      30    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  C    S  S     S    C  S  S  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms          C  S     S    S        S    C  S  S                S

$$
IAZ039-142100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
944 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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          47          75          56          73
Temp                63 66 68 64 58 53 50 49 61 70 74 73 64 60 58 57 64 69 70 69
Dewpt               54 51 52 49 49 47 44 42 46 49 51 51 52 53 53 54 57 57 58 56
RH                  72 58 57 58 72 80 80 77 58 47 44 46 65 78 83 90 78 66 66 63
Wind dir            NE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd            13 12 12 10  8  6  5  6  6  6  8  8  5  8  9  9 10 10 10  8
Clouds              B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10           0          10          50          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.07        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                                    S  S        S  C  C  C


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    78      55    83      57    79      54    74
Temp          59 56 74 74   60 57 79 79   63 58 75 75   60 56 71 70
Dewpt         56 54 55 53   52 53 56 55   55 51 52 49   50 49 51 49
PWind dir        SW    SW       S    SW       W    NW       W     W
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30    40      20    30      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  C    S  S     C    C  C  S  C    S  C  C  C
Tstms          C  S     S    S  S     S    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ048-142100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
944 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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          74          57          75
Temp                65 69 70 67 59 55 53 53 62 70 73 71 64 61 58 58 64 69 72 71
Dewpt               52 55 54 53 52 51 49 48 49 53 53 55 56 56 56 57 58 58 57 55
RH                  63 61 57 61 78 86 86 83 62 55 49 57 75 84 93 96 81 68 59 57
Wind dir            NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW
Wind spd             9 11 10 10  6  5  5  6  6  8  9  9  5  5  5  5  8  9  9  8
Clouds              B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0          10          60          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.08        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                                 S  S  C  S  S  S  S  S  C


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    80      56    84      58    81      54    75
Temp          59 56 74 76   60 58 79 80   63 59 76 74   60 56 71 72
Dewpt         54 54 55 53   52 53 57 57   53 52 52 51   50 49 51 51
PWind dir         W     W      SW    SW       W    NW       W    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    30      20    30      30    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  C    S  S     C    C  S  S  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms          C  S     S    S  S     S    C  S  S                S

$$
IAZ004-142100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
944 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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          51          72          54          74
Temp                61 68 72 71 61 55 53 53 60 67 69 68 61 58 56 54 63 68 72 71
Dewpt               45 46 46 47 49 50 49 48 48 51 51 53 54 54 53 52 55 54 52 50
RH                  56 45 39 42 65 83 86 83 64 56 53 59 78 86 90 93 75 61 49 47
Wind dir            NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd            10 11 11 11  8  8  8  9 11 12 13 12 10 11 10  9 10 11 10 10
Clouds              CL FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          40          70          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.14           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                              S  C  C  C  S  S  S        S


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    77      55    82      54    76      52    73
Temp          57 54 73 74   59 57 76 77   59 55 71 72   57 54 67 70
Dewpt         50 49 51 50   51 50 54 51   48 47 47 45   47 46 48 47
PWind dir         W    SW       S    SW      NW    NW       W    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    30      20    20      30    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     S     S  C    S  S  S  S    C  C  S  S    S  C  S  S
Tstms          S        S    S  S     S    C  C     S             S

$$
IAZ035-142100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
944 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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          50          74          55          75
Temp                62 69 72 70 60 56 52 53 62 70 73 70 63 59 57 57 64 69 73 71
Dewpt               48 53 51 49 51 51 49 48 49 51 52 53 55 55 55 55 57 57 54 52
RH                  60 57 48 47 72 83 89 83 62 51 48 55 75 87 93 93 78 66 51 51
Wind dir            NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W
Wind spd            10 11 11 10  6  5  6  8  8 10 10 10  5  8  6  5  8  9 10  8
Clouds              FW B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          20          70          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.12        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                              S  S  C  C  S  S  C  S  S  S


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    79      55    84      55    80      53    74
Temp          57 54 74 76   59 57 79 80   61 56 75 74   58 55 70 70
Dewpt         51 51 53 50   51 52 55 53   50 50 50 47   47 47 50 49
PWind dir         W    SW       S    SW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    30      20    30      30    20      20    30
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  C
Tstms          S        S    S  S  S  S    C  C     S             S

$$
IAZ094-142100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
944 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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          52          72          57          73
Temp                62 65 66 65 60 57 54 54 61 68 70 70 64 61 59 59 64 68 71 70
Dewpt               58 60 60 57 56 54 53 52 56 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 61 61 61 60
RH                  87 84 81 75 87 90 96 93 84 70 66 66 81 90 96 96 90 78 71 71
Wind dir             N  N NE NE NE NE NE  E  E SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  W  W
Wind spd             9  9  9  9  6  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  8  8  9  8
Clouds              OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     50          10          20          70          70
QPF 12hr                   0.08           0           0        0.08        0.14
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C                       S  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                S  S                          S  S  C  C  C  S  C  C  C  C


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    78      57    83      60    81      55    77
Temp          60 57 74 74   61 59 79 80   67 61 76 76   63 58 72 75
Dewpt         56 55 57 56   55 55 60 60   56 55 55 55   52 52 55 55
PWind dir         W    NW      SW    SW       W     W       W    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    30      20    20      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C    S        S    S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms          C  S     S    S        S    S  S  S  S          S  S

$$
IAZ017-142100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
944 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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          47          73          55          72
Temp                60 65 70 68 58 53 49 49 60 69 72 70 61 59 57 56 62 67 70 69
Dewpt               50 51 49 49 49 47 45 44 44 46 48 50 51 53 53 54 56 56 54 53
RH                  69 60 47 51 72 80 86 83 55 44 42 49 70 80 86 93 81 68 57 57
Wind dir             E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S SE  S  S  S SW SW  W  W
Wind spd            11 10 10 10  8  6  6  8  9 10 10 10  9 10 10  9 10 11 10 10
Clouds              B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          70          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.15        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                 S  S  C  S  S  C  C  S  S


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    77      54    81      54    76      52    72
Temp          56 54 71 73   58 56 76 77   60 55 72 72   57 54 68 67
Dewpt         52 51 53 50   51 50 55 53   50 48 50 47   47 47 49 48
PWind dir        SW     W      SW    SW      NW    NW      NW     W
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20    30      20    30      30    20      30    30
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    C  C  S  S    S  C  C  C
Tstms          S        S    S  S     S    C  C     S

$$
IAZ049-142100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
944 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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          48          74          56          74
Temp                64 65 67 64 57 53 50 50 61 70 73 71 62 59 58 57 63 69 71 69
Dewpt               55 54 54 52 50 48 46 44 47 51 52 53 54 54 55 55 57 57 57 56
RH                  73 68 63 65 77 83 86 80 60 51 48 53 75 83 90 93 81 66 61 63
Wind dir            NE NE  E NE  E  E NE  E  E  E  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW NW
Wind spd            12 12 12 10  6  5  5  6  5  6  8  6  5  5  6  6  8  9  9  6
Clouds              OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0          10          60          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                                    S  S  S     S  C  S  C


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    79      54    83      56    80      53    74
Temp          58 55 74 74   59 57 79 79   62 58 75 74   59 55 71 70
Dewpt         55 54 54 53   52 53 56 56   54 52 52 50   49 49 50 50
PWind dir         W     W       S    SW       W    NW       W     W
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    40      20    20      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  C    S  S     S    C  C  S  C    S  C  C  C
Tstms          C  S     S    S  S     S    C  C  S

$$
IAZ086-142100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
944 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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                      65          50          73          58          73
Temp                65 64 65 63 59 56 54 53 60 69 73 72 64 62 60 59 64 68 70 70
Dewpt               61 61 60 55 54 52 50 48 52 56 57 57 57 57 56 57 59 61 60 60
RH                  87 90 84 75 83 86 86 83 75 63 57 59 78 84 87 93 84 78 71 71
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E SE SE  E SE SE SE SE  S  S SW
Wind spd             9 12 12 10 10  9  6  8  6  6  5  5  5  5  6  8  9  9  9  9
Clouds              OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     60          10          10          50          80
QPF 12hr                   0.15           0           0        0.02        0.37
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           L  C  S                                C  C  D  D  D  D  C
Tstms                S  S                                   S  S  S  C  C  C  C


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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          56    78      57    83      61    81      56    76
Temp          61 59 73 74   61 59 78 80   66 62 76 76   63 59 73 72
Dewpt         58 56 58 57   55 55 59 59   57 56 55 54   52 52 54 53
PWind dir        SW    NW      SW    SW       W     W       W     W
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    40      20    20      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C    S  S     S    S  S  S  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms          C  S     S    S  S     S    S  S  S                S

$$