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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
959 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

IAZ060-222200-
DES MOINES-POLK IA
41.54N  93.65W ELEV. 924 FT
959 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      63          51          69          46          71
TEMP                59 62 63 60 56 53 52 52 59 66 68 67 57 50 46 49 63 68 71 69
DEWPT               52 51 51 47 48 47 47 46 46 45 44 43 43 42 42 41 43 45 46 47
RH                  78 67 65 62 74 80 83 80 62 47 42 42 59 74 86 74 48 43 41 45
WIND DIR             W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD             9 12 14 14 13 12 12 12 14 16 13  9  6  5  4  5 11 13 13 11
CLOUDS              OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B1
POP 12HR                     40          30          10           0           5
QPF 12HR                   0.02        0.01           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
DRIZZLE              O  O  O  O
RAIN SHWRS           C  C  C  S  S  S                                         L
TSTMS                                                                         L


DATE          SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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    68      57    72      60    76      63    79
TEMP          56 54 62 68   59 59 70 71   62 61 75 75   67 64 78 77
DEWPT         49 50 55 56   56 55 61 60   58 57 62 62   61 59 65 64
PWIND DIR        SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR         60    50      50    40      30    30      30    30
RAIN SHWRS     L  L  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
TSTMS          L  L  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ039-222200-
WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS-BLACK HAWK IA
42.55N  92.40W ELEV. 865 FT
959 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      62          49          67          41          69
TEMP                58 61 62 61 56 53 51 49 57 63 66 63 51 45 42 45 59 65 69 66
DEWPT               52 53 52 52 50 48 47 45 44 42 40 38 38 39 38 38 40 41 43 45
RH                  80 75 70 72 80 83 86 86 62 46 38 39 61 79 86 76 49 41 39 47
WIND DIR            SW  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E SE  S SE SE
WIND SPD             4  8 11 14 13 13 13 14 17 17 16 10  6  4  2  3  9  9 10 10
CLOUDS              B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC
POP 12HR                     70          60          10           0           0
QPF 12HR                   0.07        0.03           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
DRIZZLE              O  O  O  O
RAIN SHWRS           C  L  L  L  L  C  C                                      C
TSTMS                                                                         C


DATE          SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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    63      52    67      55    73      60    78
TEMP          51 50 59 62   54 53 65 66   58 56 71 72   63 62 77 76
DEWPT         47 47 50 51   50 50 55 55   54 53 58 58   58 58 63 63
PWIND DIR        SE    SE      SE     E       E    SE      SE    SE
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR         40    50      40    40      30    30      30    30
RAIN SHWRS     C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
TSTMS          C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ048-222200-
AMES-STORY IA
41.99N  93.62W ELEV. 936 FT
959 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      60          49          67          43          69
TEMP                56 59 60 56 54 51 50 49 57 64 66 64 53 47 44 45 59 66 69 67
DEWPT               53 54 53 49 48 47 46 46 45 44 43 41 41 41 41 41 43 45 46 48
RH                  90 83 78 77 80 86 86 89 64 48 43 43 64 79 89 86 55 47 44 50
WIND DIR             W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD             9 12 14 16 13 12 13 13 16 16 13 10  8  5  3  4 12 13 13 12
CLOUDS              OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B1
POP 12HR                     70          30           5           0          10
QPF 12HR                   0.04        0.02           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
DRIZZLE              O  O  O  O
RAIN SHWRS           C  L  C  C  C  C  S                                      C
TSTMS                                                                         C


DATE          SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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    66      55    70      58    74      61    78
TEMP          55 52 61 66   57 57 68 70   61 59 73 73   66 61 76 76
DEWPT         48 50 54 54   55 54 59 59   58 56 61 61   61 59 65 63
PWIND DIR        SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR         50    50      50    40      40    30      30    30
RAIN SHWRS     C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
TSTMS          C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ004-222200-
ESTHERVILLE-EMMET IA
43.40N  94.75W ELEV. 1315 FT
959 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      56          44          66          42          69
TEMP                53 55 56 53 51 48 46 45 55 63 65 63 51 45 42 45 59 67 69 64
DEWPT               46 47 48 48 45 44 42 41 40 39 37 35 36 37 38 38 40 42 44 46
RH                  77 74 74 83 80 86 86 86 57 41 35 35 56 73 86 76 49 40 40 52
WIND DIR             N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD            13 13 16 17 16 13 12 12 14 17 14 11  9  6  5  8 16 17 16 14
CLOUDS              OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2
POP 12HR                     80          60           0           0          20
QPF 12HR                   0.07        0.02           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
DRIZZLE              O  O  O  O
RAIN SHWRS           C  D  L  L  C                                      S  S  C
TSTMS                                                                   S  S  C
WIND CHILL                               39
MIN CHILL                                38                      38


DATE          SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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    65      54    70      56    73      60    77
TEMP          56 52 62 64   56 55 68 69   60 57 70 73   65 61 75 76
DEWPT         48 50 53 53   53 52 57 56   56 55 59 58   60 58 63 61
PWIND DIR        SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 B2
POP 12HR         50    40      40    40      40    30      30    40
RAIN SHWRS     C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
TSTMS          C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ035-222200-
FORT DODGE-WEBSTER IA
42.55N  94.18W ELEV. 1165 FT
959 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      59          47          67          43          69
TEMP                56 58 59 54 53 50 49 48 58 65 66 64 53 46 43 46 61 67 69 65
DEWPT               50 50 49 47 47 46 45 44 44 43 41 38 39 40 39 39 43 46 47 48
RH                  80 75 69 77 80 86 86 86 59 45 40 38 59 79 86 76 51 47 45 54
WIND DIR            NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E SE  S SE  S  S
WIND SPD             8 12 13 12 11 10 10 11 13 14 13  9  6  4  3  5 12 12 12 12
CLOUDS              OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2
POP 12HR                     80          40           0           0          20
QPF 12HR                   0.05        0.01           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
DRIZZLE              O  O  O  O
RAIN SHWRS           C  D  L  C  C                                      S  S  C
TSTMS                                                                   S  S  C


DATE          SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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    66      54    70      58    74      61    77
TEMP          56 52 60 66   56 55 69 69   62 58 71 73   66 62 76 75
DEWPT         48 50 54 55   55 53 58 58   57 55 61 60   61 59 64 63
PWIND DIR        SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
POP 12HR         50    50      50    40      30    30      30    30
RAIN SHWRS     C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
TSTMS          C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ094-222200-
LAMONI-DECATUR IA
40.63N  93.90W ELEV. 1125 FT
959 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      64          50          67          45          69
TEMP                58 62 64 60 54 53 51 51 58 63 67 65 55 49 45 47 60 67 69 66
DEWPT               50 51 50 47 48 47 47 47 48 48 47 47 45 44 43 43 44 46 48 49
RH                  75 67 60 62 80 80 86 86 69 58 49 52 69 83 93 86 55 47 47 54
WIND DIR             W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N NE NE NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD            13 14 16 13 12 12 12 12 12 13 12  9  6  5  4  6 12 13 13 11
CLOUDS              OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1
POP 12HR                     20          10          10           0          10
QPF 12HR                   0.02           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
DRIZZLE              O  O
RAIN SHWRS           S  S                                                     C
TSTMS                                                                         C


DATE          SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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    70      58    72      61    76      62    78
TEMP          55 54 64 70   61 59 71 71   64 62 75 74   66 63 77 75
DEWPT         49 51 57 59   59 57 63 62   61 59 64 64   62 60 66 65
PWIND DIR        SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR         50    50      50    50      40    40      30    30
RAIN SHWRS     C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
TSTMS          C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ017-222200-
MASON CITY-CERRO GORDO IA
43.16N  93.33W ELEV. 1189 FT
959 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      58          46          65          40          68
TEMP                55 57 58 55 52 50 47 46 55 63 64 62 49 44 41 43 59 66 68 65
DEWPT               51 50 51 47 47 45 44 43 41 39 37 35 36 38 38 38 40 42 44 46
RH                  86 77 77 74 83 83 89 89 59 41 37 36 61 79 89 82 49 42 42 50
WIND DIR             N NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E SE  S  S SE SE
WIND SPD             6 10 13 16 14 13 13 14 16 17 16 11  8  5  4  6 12 12 12 11
CLOUDS              OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B1
POP 12HR                     80          70           0           0           5
QPF 12HR                   0.08        0.03           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
DRIZZLE              O  O  O  O
RAIN SHWRS           C  D  L  L  C  S                                         C
TSTMS                                                                         C


DATE          SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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    63      52    67      54    72      59    77
TEMP          52 50 59 62   55 53 65 66   58 55 70 72   63 60 76 75
DEWPT         47 48 51 52   51 50 54 54   54 53 58 57   58 58 63 62
PWIND DIR        SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
POP 12HR         50    40      30    40      30    30      30    40
RAIN SHWRS     C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
TSTMS          C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ049-222200-
MARSHALLTOWN-MARSHALL IA
42.11N  92.91W ELEV. 972 FT
959 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      62          49          67          42          69
TEMP                57 61 62 60 54 52 51 49 57 64 67 63 52 46 43 45 59 66 69 67
DEWPT               54 53 53 49 49 48 47 46 45 44 42 40 40 41 40 39 42 44 45 46
RH                  90 75 72 67 83 86 86 89 64 48 40 43 63 83 89 79 53 45 42 47
WIND DIR             W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD             8 10 14 16 13 12 13 14 17 17 16 10  6  5  3  4 11 11 12 11
CLOUDS              OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B1
POP 12HR                     70          50          10           0           0
QPF 12HR                   0.04        0.03           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
DRIZZLE              O  O  O  O
RAIN SHWRS           C  L  C  C  C  C  S                                      C
TSTMS                                                                         C


DATE          SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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    63      54    69      57    74      61    77
TEMP          54 51 60 63   56 55 66 68   59 58 73 73   65 62 76 75
DEWPT         48 49 52 53   53 52 57 57   56 55 60 59   60 59 64 63
PWIND DIR        SE    SE       E     E      SE    SE      SE     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR         50    50      40    40      40    30      30    30
RAIN SHWRS     C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
TSTMS          C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ086-222200-
OTTUMWA-WAPELLO IA
41.11N  92.45W ELEV. 836 FT
959 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      63          51          67          43          68
TEMP                58 62 63 61 56 53 52 52 58 63 67 64 54 47 44 46 59 66 68 66
DEWPT               54 53 53 50 49 48 48 47 48 48 46 44 44 43 42 41 42 43 45 46
RH                  86 72 70 67 77 83 86 83 69 58 47 48 69 86 93 83 53 43 43 48
WIND DIR             W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD            10 12 14 13 13 12 12 13 16 17 13  9  6  6  3  4 10 10 10 10
CLOUDS              B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC
POP 12HR                     40          30          10           0           0
QPF 12HR                   0.02        0.02           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
DRIZZLE              O  O  O  O
RAIN SHWRS           C  C  C  S  C  C  S                                      C
TSTMS                                                                         C


DATE          SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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    67      56    70      58    75      62    79
TEMP          52 51 63 67   59 57 67 70   61 59 74 74   65 63 77 77
DEWPT         47 48 54 55   56 54 60 59   57 56 62 62   61 59 65 65
PWIND DIR        SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR         40    50      50    50      30    30      30    30
RAIN SHWRS     C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
TSTMS          C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$



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