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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
629 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024

IAZ060-052100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
629 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date             Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24
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          49          74          57          75
Temp             46 57 64 67 66 57 52 50 52 62 69 73 72 67 63 59 57 64 70 73 70
Dewpt            42 45 41 42 43 44 43 44 46 52 57 58 58 60 58 55 54 53 50 47 48
RH               86 64 43 40 43 62 71 80 80 70 66 59 61 78 84 87 90 67 49 40 45
Wind dir          N  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd          2  4  6  9  9  6  6  6  9 12 16 19 17 18 16  9  9 13 14 17 13
Wind gust                                         29 29 31                27
Clouds           FW FW SC SC SC CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          90          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        1.57           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            D  D  L  L  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  S  S  S     S


Date          Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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    73      50    66      46    65      46    70
Temp          57 54 69 67   55 50 63 61   52 46 60 61   49 47 65 67
Dewpt         46 46 51 51   46 46 47 45   44 41 40 38   38 39 42 40
PWind dir        SW    SE      NW    NW       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW B1 SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         20    50      20    40      20    30       5    10
Rain shwrs        S  C  C    S        C    S  S  C  C             S
Tstms             S  S  C    S        C    S  S                   S

$$
IAZ039-052100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
629 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date             Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24
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          47          74          58          73
Temp             43 58 65 68 67 56 51 48 49 61 69 73 70 65 63 60 59 64 70 71 68
Dewpt            39 45 40 41 42 44 44 43 42 44 48 51 53 55 58 57 56 56 53 49 48
RH               86 62 40 37 40 64 77 83 77 53 47 46 55 70 84 90 90 75 55 46 49
Wind dir         NW  N SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW SW  W  W
Wind spd          1  3  4  5  6  5  6  8 10 16 17 18 17 16 20 17 11 14 16 18 14
Wind gust                                               27 33             28 25
Clouds           FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5         100          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        1.09        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            L  L  D  D  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                    C  C     C  C     S  S
Obvis            PF


Date          Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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    73      50    63      43    64      44    69
Temp          54 52 69 66   55 51 60 58   49 44 59 60   48 45 64 64
Dewpt         46 46 49 51   50 47 49 45   43 39 40 39   39 39 40 41
PWind dir        SW    SE       N     N       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         20    50      40    50      20    30       5    20
Rain shwrs     S  S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  C  C          S  S
Tstms          S  S     C    C  C  S  S    S  S                   S

$$
IAZ048-052100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
629 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date             Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24
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          48          73          56          73
Temp             43 57 64 68 65 55 51 49 50 60 68 71 70 65 61 58 57 63 69 71 68
Dewpt            40 45 42 42 44 45 44 44 45 51 56 58 58 59 59 55 54 53 50 47 48
RH               89 64 45 39 46 69 77 83 83 72 65 63 66 81 93 90 90 70 51 42 49
Wind dir         NW  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd          2  3  6  8  8  6  6  8 10 14 18 20 18 19 17 10  8 13 14 16 12
Wind gust                                            31 33
Clouds           FW FW FW SC CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          90          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        1.76           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            D  D  L  L  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  S  S  S     S


Date          Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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    72      48    64      44    64      44    70
Temp          55 52 68 65   53 50 60 59   49 44 59 60   48 45 64 65
Dewpt         46 46 50 51   47 47 49 45   44 41 41 39   39 39 42 41
PWind dir        SW    SE      NW    NW       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         20    50      30    40      20    30       5    20
Rain shwrs        S  C  C    C  S  S  C    S  S  C  C             S
Tstms             S     C    C  S  S  S    S  S                   S

$$
IAZ004-052100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
629 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date             Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24
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          47          71          53          69
Temp             43 57 62 66 63 53 50 49 49 59 65 70 68 62 58 56 54 60 65 68 64
Dewpt            39 43 40 42 42 44 44 44 43 49 53 55 56 57 55 53 50 48 46 43 44
RH               86 59 44 42 46 71 80 83 80 69 65 59 65 84 90 90 86 64 50 40 48
Wind dir         SW  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW SW  W  W
Wind spd          3  5  9 11 12  9 10 11 13 19 24 26 24 24 18 12 12 17 18 18 14
Wind gust                                   31 35 40 39 40 29          28 29
Clouds           CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          90          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.93           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  D  D  C  C        S  S  S
Tstms                                              S  C  C  C  S           S  S


Date          Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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          48    66      46    60      41    63      44    69
Temp          51 49 62 60   49 47 55 56   47 42 57 58   48 45 62 63
Dewpt         43 43 46 47   45 44 46 43   39 37 38 37   38 39 40 39
PWind dir        SW    SE       N     N       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    60      50    50      30    30       5    10
Rain shwrs     S  S  C  L    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms          S  S  S  C    C  S  S  S    S

$$
IAZ035-052100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
629 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date             Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24
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          72          54          72
Temp             42 57 63 66 65 55 50 49 49 60 67 70 68 63 59 56 54 61 67 70 67
Dewpt            40 46 42 42 44 45 44 44 44 51 55 57 57 58 56 54 52 51 47 44 45
RH               93 67 46 42 46 69 80 83 83 72 65 63 68 84 90 93 93 70 49 39 45
Wind dir          S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd          1  5  6  9  9  6  9  9 11 16 19 21 20 21 13 10  9 11 13 16 13
Wind gust                                   26       31 35
Clouds           FW CL FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          20          90          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        1.14           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  D  D  C  C  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                              S  C  C  C  S  S  S     S
Obvis            PF


Date          Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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    70      47    61      42    64      43    69
Temp          53 50 66 62   51 47 58 57   47 43 58 60   47 45 64 64
Dewpt         43 44 49 48   46 45 47 44   41 39 39 37   38 39 41 40
PWind dir        SW     S      NW     N       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         30    60      40    50      30    30      10    20
Rain shwrs        C  C  L    C  S  C  C    C  S  C  C             S
Tstms             S  S  C    C  S  S  S    C  S                   S

$$
IAZ094-052100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
629 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date             Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24
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          51          74          56          74
Temp             44 57 62 65 64 56 53 52 53 62 69 72 71 66 62 59 57 64 70 73 70
Dewpt            41 45 44 45 47 47 47 47 50 57 60 61 61 61 59 56 55 55 52 50 51
RH               89 64 52 48 54 72 80 83 89 84 73 68 71 84 90 90 93 73 53 44 51
Wind dir          N  E  E SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  W  W  W SW
Wind spd          4  8  8  8  6  5  6  6  9 12 14 18 16 17 17  9  9 12 13 14 10
Wind gust                                            26 29
Clouds           SC SC SC B1 B1 FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                      5          10          20          90          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        1.34        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  D  D  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                              S  C  C  C  C  C  S


Date          Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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    73      49    67      46    64      45    69
Temp          57 53 69 67   54 50 63 62   52 47 60 61   49 46 65 65
Dewpt         48 48 55 53   48 46 48 46   46 44 42 39   39 40 43 42
PWind dir         S     S       W    NW      NW     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30    50      10    30      20    30       5    10
Rain shwrs        C  C  C             C       S  C  C
Tstms             S  S  S             S       S  S

$$
IAZ017-052100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
629 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date             Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24
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          45          71          54          70
Temp             41 57 63 65 64 54 49 46 47 59 66 70 68 62 60 57 56 61 67 68 64
Dewpt            39 44 40 41 43 44 43 42 42 48 51 51 53 54 56 55 54 53 49 46 46
RH               92 62 43 41 46 69 80 86 83 67 58 51 59 75 87 93 93 75 52 45 52
Wind dir          W SW  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  W  W
Wind spd          4  3  4  6  8  6  9  9 11 18 19 23 20 18 20 13 10 14 17 18 13
Wind gust                                   28 29    32 32 32             28
Clouds           FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC B1 B1 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5          90          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        1.13           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            D  D  D  D  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                 S  C  C  S  C  S     S  S


Date          Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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          48    70      47    59      40    63      43    68
Temp          51 49 66 63   52 48 56 55   45 41 57 58   45 45 62 62
Dewpt         44 43 47 48   47 45 47 44   40 36 40 37   37 39 40 39
PWind dir        SW    SE       N     N       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    50      50    50      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     S  S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  S
Tstms          S  S     C    C  C  S  S    S

$$
IAZ049-052100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
629 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date             Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24
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          73          56          73
Temp             43 57 64 68 65 54 50 48 49 61 68 72 70 64 62 58 57 64 69 71 68
Dewpt            40 45 41 41 42 42 41 42 44 49 53 55 56 58 58 57 55 55 51 48 48
RH               89 64 43 37 43 64 71 80 83 65 59 55 61 81 87 96 93 73 53 44 49
Wind dir         NW NE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  W  W  W
Wind spd          4  4  6  6  6  5  6  8 10 16 17 18 18 18 19 10  9 13 14 16 13
Wind gust                                               29 33             26
Clouds           FW FW FW SC FW CL CL FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          90          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        1.30           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            L  L  D  D  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                 S  C  C  S  C  S     S  S


Date          Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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    73      48    64      43    64      43    69
Temp          54 52 69 66   53 49 60 58   49 43 58 59   47 45 64 64
Dewpt         46 46 50 51   49 47 49 45   44 40 41 39   38 39 41 41
PWind dir        SW    SE      NW    NW       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   B1 SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         20    50      40    40      20    30      10    20
Rain shwrs     S  S  C  C    C  S  S  C    S  S  S  C             S
Tstms          S  S     C    C  S  S  C    S  S

$$
IAZ086-052100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
629 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date             Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24
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          49          74          59          75
Temp             46 58 64 67 65 56 52 50 52 61 69 72 72 67 65 61 60 66 72 73 70
Dewpt            43 46 44 43 44 45 45 46 47 53 56 58 59 60 60 58 57 58 55 52 52
RH               89 64 48 42 46 66 77 86 83 75 63 61 64 78 84 90 90 75 55 48 53
Wind dir          N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW SW SW  W  W
Wind spd          4  8  9  6  6  6  8  8 10 12 14 16 14 16 19 12 11 13 14 17 12
Wind gust                                               26 34
Clouds           SC SC SC B1 B1 FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 OV B2 B1 FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10         100          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.89           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            L  L  D  D  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                    C  C  S  C  C  S  C


Date          Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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    75      51    67      47    65      46    69
Temp          57 55 71 69   57 52 64 61   52 48 59 61   49 47 64 65
Dewpt         49 49 53 53   50 47 49 47   45 44 43 39   39 40 43 42
PWind dir        SW    SE      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20    60      20    30      20    30       5    20
Rain shwrs        S  C  L    S        C    S  S  C  C             S
Tstms                   C    S        C    S  S                   S

$$