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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
145 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

IAZ060-302100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
145 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Date             Tue 04/30/24            Wed 05/01/24            Thu 05/02/24
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                      80          51          71          55          73
Temp                      80 75 65 59 54 51 61 69 71 69 60 57 55 58 65 69 70 68
Dewpt                     54 57 55 52 48 46 45 43 45 46 47 48 51 53 60 62 61 56
RH                        41 54 70 78 80 83 56 39 39 44 62 72 86 83 84 78 73 65
Wind dir                   S  S  W  W  W  W  N  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S  S SW  W
Wind spd                  20 21 13 11  6  6  8 10 11 10 13 18 21 14 21 20 18 18
Wind gust                    34                            32 33    33 32    28
Clouds                    SC OV SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          80          30          90         100
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.66        0.05        0.74        0.79
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    D                 C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  C
Tstms                         D                 C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  C  C
Tornado                    A  A


Date          Fri 05/03/24  Sat 05/04/24  Sun 05/05/24  Mon 05/06/24
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      50    69      46    71      52    76
Temp          57 50 65 68   55 52 64 67   55 49 65 67   57 54 71 72
Dewpt         49 45 47 48   45 47 53 52   47 45 48 49   47 50 56 56
PWind dir         W    NW       E     S      NW    NE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC FW   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50    20      30    30      30    10      30    40
Rain shwrs     C  C  S  S    S  C  C  C    C  S          S  C  C  C
Tstms          C                   S  C    S                S  S  S

$$
IAZ039-302100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
145 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Date             Tue 04/30/24            Wed 05/01/24            Thu 05/02/24
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                      76          49          71          52          72
Temp                      74 72 64 57 51 50 60 68 71 66 57 55 52 54 59 66 69 67
Dewpt                     54 54 57 54 49 45 44 41 41 44 45 45 46 48 54 60 62 59
RH                        50 53 78 90 93 83 55 37 34 45 64 69 80 80 83 81 78 75
Wind dir                   S  S SW  W  W  W NW NW NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  S SW
Wind spd                  17 19 17 14 11  8 11 11  9  8  9 11 18 21 21 21 21 14
Wind gust                    31                               28 34 37 34 33 25
Clouds                    SC B2 OV FW FW FW SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          80          10          80          90
QPF 12hr                      0        0.37        0.01        0.46        0.78
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    L  C                    C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                         L  C                    S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C


Date          Fri 05/03/24  Sat 05/04/24  Sun 05/05/24  Mon 05/06/24
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    69      47    68      44    71      50    76
Temp          57 51 65 66   52 50 65 64   53 49 65 66   54 52 70 71
Dewpt         53 47 47 47   46 45 51 51   48 46 48 48   47 47 54 55
PWind dir         W    NW      NE    SE      NW    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC FW   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         60    20      20    30      30    10      20    40
Rain shwrs     L  C  S  S       S  C  C    C  S          S  S  C  C
Tstms          C                      S    S                      S

$$
IAZ048-302100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
145 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Date             Tue 04/30/24            Wed 05/01/24            Thu 05/02/24
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                      78          48          71          52          72
Temp                      77 70 62 56 51 49 61 69 71 66 56 54 52 54 61 66 68 66
Dewpt                     54 58 55 51 47 45 45 43 44 46 47 48 50 52 58 63 61 56
RH                        45 66 78 83 86 86 56 39 38 48 72 80 93 93 90 90 78 70
Wind dir                   S  S  W  W  W  W NW NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  S SW  W
Wind spd                  19 19 13 12  6  6  9  9 10 10 13 17 21 17 20 18 16 14
Wind gust                    32                               32    31 28
Clouds                    SC OV SC CL FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          90          20          90         100
QPF 12hr                   0.14        0.60        0.04        0.69        0.86
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    D                 S  S  L  L  D  D  D  D  L  L  C
Tstms                         D                 S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tornado                    A  A


Date          Fri 05/03/24  Sat 05/04/24  Sun 05/05/24  Mon 05/06/24
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    70      48    68      44    70      51    76
Temp          55 48 65 66   53 50 63 65   53 48 64 66   54 52 69 71
Dewpt         50 45 47 48   46 46 53 51   46 45 49 49   48 49 56 56
PWind dir         W    NW       E     S      NW    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 SC SC FW   SC B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50    20      30    40      30    10      30    50
Rain shwrs     C  C  S  S       C  C  C    C  S          S  C  C  C
Tstms          C                   S  S                     S  S  S

$$
IAZ004-302100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
145 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Date             Tue 04/30/24            Wed 05/01/24            Thu 05/02/24
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          44          66          48          64
Temp                      69 66 57 52 46 45 56 63 66 63 53 50 49 49 54 58 63 61
Dewpt                     56 55 50 44 41 39 42 38 40 41 43 44 45 46 50 54 54 50
RH                        63 68 77 74 83 79 59 39 38 44 69 80 86 89 86 86 72 67
Wind dir                  SE  W  W  W  W SW  W  W  E SE  E  E  E  E  E SE  W  W
Wind spd                  20 14 17 17 11 10 12 10  9 10 12 17 21 21 18 11 14 18
Wind gust                                                     32 33          31
Clouds                    B2 OV SC CL FW FW SC SC B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     90          50           5          80          80
QPF 12hr                   0.53        0.01           0        0.52        0.66
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C                       C  C  D  D  D  D  C  C  C
Tstms                      C  C                       S  C  C  C  C  S  C  C  S


Date          Fri 05/03/24  Sat 05/04/24  Sun 05/05/24  Mon 05/06/24
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          43    66      44    63      42    70      50    74
Temp          49 44 60 62   50 48 55 58   47 44 62 65   53 51 67 68
Dewpt         45 41 43 43   43 43 46 44   41 41 44 44   46 47 53 53
PWind dir         W     W      NE    NE      NW     W       S     S
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   SC B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30    20      40    40      20    10      30    40
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  S    S  C  C  C    S             S  C  C  C
Tstms          S                      S                     S     S

$$
IAZ035-302100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
145 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Date             Tue 04/30/24            Wed 05/01/24            Thu 05/02/24
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                      76          45          69          49          69
Temp                      75 68 59 53 47 46 59 68 69 64 55 50 50 52 58 64 67 64
Dewpt                     54 56 53 47 43 43 43 40 41 43 45 45 47 49 55 59 57 53
RH                        48 65 80 80 86 89 55 36 36 46 69 83 89 89 90 84 70 67
Wind dir                   S SW  W  W  W SW NW NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S SW  W
Wind spd                  20 17 13 12  8  6  8  9 10 10 10 16 18 18 18 13 13 13
Wind gust                                                     29
Clouds                    SC OV SC FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          70          20          90          90
QPF 12hr                   0.34        0.44        0.07        0.67        0.73
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  L                 S  S  L  L  D  D  D  D  L  L  C
Tstms                      C  L                 S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C


Date          Fri 05/03/24  Sat 05/04/24  Sun 05/05/24  Mon 05/06/24
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    68      46    66      42    71      50    75
Temp          52 46 62 64   51 49 60 62   49 45 64 66   52 51 69 69
Dewpt         47 43 44 45   43 44 50 47   44 42 46 46   46 48 55 54
PWind dir         W    NW       E     S      NW     W      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40    20      30    40      20    10      30    50
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  S    S  C  C  C    S             S  C  C  C
Tstms          C                   S  S                     S  S  S

$$
IAZ094-302100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
145 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Date             Tue 04/30/24            Wed 05/01/24            Thu 05/02/24
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                      79          50          73          57          73
Temp                      78 74 66 57 53 50 60 68 73 69 60 59 57 62 66 69 70 66
Dewpt                     58 58 58 54 49 47 49 48 51 51 53 54 56 60 63 65 63 59
RH                        50 57 75 90 86 89 67 49 46 53 78 83 96 93 90 87 78 78
Wind dir                   S  S  W NW NW  N  E  E SE  E  E  E SE SE  S  S SW SW
Wind spd                  19 19 12 10  6  8  9 11 13 12 14 16 16 18 20 18 13 17
Wind gust                    32                            26       31 29
Clouds                    SC B2 B1 FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          90          50          90         100
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.70        0.09        0.95        1.23
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    L           S  S  C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  C
Tstms                         L           S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Tornado                    A  A


Date          Fri 05/03/24  Sat 05/04/24  Sun 05/05/24  Mon 05/06/24
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      50    69      47    71      54    76
Temp          56 50 66 66   55 53 66 67   55 49 66 67   57 56 71 71
Dewpt         52 47 49 50   48 49 56 55   50 47 51 51   50 54 59 59
PWind dir         W     N       E     S       N    NE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC SC FW   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50    20      30    40      30    20      30    50
Rain shwrs     C  C  S  S    S  C  C  C    C  S     S    S  C  C  C
Tstms          C                S  C  C    S             S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ017-302100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
145 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Date             Tue 04/30/24            Wed 05/01/24            Thu 05/02/24
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          45          68          48          66
Temp                      71 68 59 53 47 46 58 65 68 64 55 51 48 49 54 60 64 62
Dewpt                     55 54 53 49 44 42 42 39 39 43 43 43 44 46 51 56 58 55
RH                        57 61 80 86 89 86 55 38 34 46 64 74 86 89 90 87 81 78
Wind dir                  SE  S  W  W  W  W  W NW  E SE  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  W
Wind spd                  17 19 13 17 12 10 12 11  9  8 10 12 17 19 21 18 14 14
Wind gust                    31    27                         27 32 34 28    25
Clouds                    B1 OV B1 FW CL FW FW B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          90          10          80          90
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.43           0        0.42        1.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  D                       C  C  D  D  D  D  L  L  C
Tstms                      C  D                          S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C


Date          Fri 05/03/24  Sat 05/04/24  Sun 05/05/24  Mon 05/06/24
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    67      45    64      42    70      49    75
Temp          52 47 61 62   49 48 59 60   48 45 62 64   51 51 68 68
Dewpt         48 43 44 45   43 43 49 48   44 42 46 46   46 46 54 54
PWind dir         W     W       E     S      NW     W       S     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC FW   SC B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50    20      30    40      30    10      30    40
Rain shwrs     C  C  S          C  C  C    C  S          S  C  C  C
Tstms          C                      S                           S

$$
IAZ049-302100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
145 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Date             Tue 04/30/24            Wed 05/01/24            Thu 05/02/24
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                      77          47          71          51          72
Temp                      76 72 63 55 49 48 60 69 71 65 55 53 51 53 60 67 70 66
Dewpt                     52 54 56 53 48 45 46 42 43 45 45 46 48 51 56 62 61 58
RH                        43 53 78 93 96 89 60 37 36 48 69 77 89 93 87 84 73 75
Wind dir                   S  S  W  W  W  W NW  N  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  S SW
Wind spd                  19 21 14 12  9  6  9  9  9  9 10 13 19 18 19 21 18 18
Wind gust                    34                            24 33 31 29 34    28
Clouds                    SC OV B2 FW CL FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          90          10          80         100
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.69        0.02        0.69        0.78
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    L  C                    L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                         L  C                    S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C


Date          Fri 05/03/24  Sat 05/04/24  Sun 05/05/24  Mon 05/06/24
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      46    68      44    70      49    76
Temp          55 49 65 66   52 49 63 64   52 47 64 65   52 51 69 71
Dewpt         50 46 47 48   45 46 51 52   47 46 48 49   47 48 56 55
PWind dir         W    NW       E     S      NW    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC FW   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         60    20      20    30      30    10      20    50
Rain shwrs     L  C  S  S       S  C  C    C  S          S  S  C  C
Tstms          C                      S    S                S     S

$$
IAZ086-302100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
145 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Date             Tue 04/30/24            Wed 05/01/24            Thu 05/02/24
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                      79          51          74          57          75
Temp                      78 75 65 58 54 52 65 72 74 70 58 59 59 60 67 71 73 70
Dewpt                     54 56 57 56 52 49 49 47 48 49 48 49 52 55 62 64 63 61
RH                        43 52 75 93 93 89 56 41 40 47 69 69 78 84 84 79 71 73
Wind dir                   S  S SW  W  W NW  N NE  E  E  E  E  E SE  S  S  S SW
Wind spd                  18 19 16 13 10  9 10  9 10 10 13 14 16 17 19 24 21 18
Wind gust                    31                            25    27 29 36 32
Clouds                    SC B1 OV SC FW FW SC SC FW SC B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          70          20          80          90
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.22        0.02        0.63        0.61
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       L              S  S  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                            L              S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L
Tornado                    A  A


Date          Fri 05/03/24  Sat 05/04/24  Sun 05/05/24  Mon 05/06/24
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    71      50    71      48    72      53    77
Temp          59 54 67 68   55 53 66 68   57 52 66 68   57 55 71 73
Dewpt         55 51 51 51   48 49 54 55   51 49 51 50   49 51 57 57
PWind dir         W    NW       E     S      NW     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC FW   FW SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         70    20      20    30      30    10      20    40
Rain shwrs     L  C  S  S    S  S  C  C    C  S     S       S  C  C
Tstms          L  C                   C    C                S  S  S

$$