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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

IAZ060-252200-
DES MOINES-POLK IA
41.54N  93.65W ELEV. 924 FT
1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

DATE             SAT 05/25/13            SUN 05/26/13            MON 05/27/13
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          56          73          62          77
TEMP                   57 61 62 59 57 57 57 65 70 73 71 67 64 63 63 70 75 77 75
DEWPT                  52 54 54 54 53 54 54 57 60 61 61 61 60 60 60 62 63 64 65
RH                     83 78 75 83 86 90 90 75 71 66 71 81 87 90 90 76 66 64 71
WIND DIR               SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD               16 12 13 13 12 11 11 10 10  9  9 10 11 10  9  9  9 10 10
CLOUDS                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR                     10          80          60          60          60
QPF 12HR                   0.03        0.45        0.29        0.25        0.28
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                    S  L  L  D  L  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  L
TSTMS                         S  L  L  D  L  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  L


DATE          TUE 05/28/13  WED 05/29/13  THU 05/30/13  FRI 05/31/13
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          64    81      67    82      67    80      66    79
TEMP          67 65 78 79   70 68 80 80   70 68 78 78   69 67 77 77
DEWPT         64 62 67 66   65 63 67 66   64 62 67 65   64 63 67 63
PWIND DIR         S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR         60    40      30    20      40    40      50    50
RAIN SHWRS     L  L  C  C    C  C  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
TSTMS          L  L  C  C    C  C  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ039-252200-
WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS-BLACK HAWK IA
42.55N  92.40W ELEV. 865 FT
1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

DATE             SAT 05/25/13            SUN 05/26/13            MON 05/27/13
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                      57          48          62          57          74
TEMP                   52 55 57 52 50 49 49 57 63 66 65 61 59 58 58 66 71 74 72
DEWPT                  48 48 46 47 47 47 47 50 52 53 53 54 55 55 55 58 60 61 61
RH                     86 77 67 83 89 93 93 77 67 63 65 78 87 90 90 75 68 64 68
WIND DIR               SE SE SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD               18 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 11 10 10 11 11 11 11 11
CLOUDS                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV
POP 12HR                     90          70          80          60          70
QPF 12HR                   0.28        0.22        0.25        0.16        0.30
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS              L  S     C  C  L  D  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  L
TSTMS                            C  C  L  D  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  L


DATE          TUE 05/28/13  WED 05/29/13  THU 05/30/13  FRI 05/31/13
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          61    79      65    81      65    79      65    79
TEMP          64 62 76 77   68 66 79 79   68 66 77 77   68 66 77 76
DEWPT         61 61 66 65   65 64 67 66   65 63 66 65   64 63 67 64
PWIND DIR        SE     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
AVG CLOUDS    OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 OV OV
POP 12HR         60    50      40    30      30    50      50    60
RAIN SHWRS     L  L  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  L  L
TSTMS          L  L  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  L  L

$$
IAZ048-252200-
AMES-STORY IA
41.99N  93.62W ELEV. 936 FT
1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

DATE             SAT 05/25/13            SUN 05/26/13            MON 05/27/13
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                      61          53          70          60          76
TEMP                   54 59 60 56 55 54 54 62 68 71 69 65 62 61 61 68 74 76 74
DEWPT                  50 52 52 52 51 52 52 55 58 58 58 59 59 59 59 61 62 63 64
RH                     86 78 75 86 86 93 93 78 70 63 68 81 90 93 93 78 66 64 71
WIND DIR               SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD               16 14 14 13 13 12 11 11 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10
CLOUDS                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV
POP 12HR                     70          80          70          60          60
QPF 12HR                   0.14        0.43        0.30        0.20        0.32
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS              C        L  L  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  L
TSTMS                            L  L  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  L


DATE          TUE 05/28/13  WED 05/29/13  THU 05/30/13  FRI 05/31/13
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          62    80      66    81      65    80      65    79
TEMP          65 63 77 78   69 67 79 79   68 66 78 78   68 66 77 76
DEWPT         63 62 67 66   65 64 67 66   64 63 67 65   64 63 66 63
PWIND DIR        SE     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
AVG CLOUDS    OV B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 OV B2
POP 12HR         60    40      40    30      40    40      50    50
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

$$
IAZ004-252200-
ESTHERVILLE-EMMET IA
43.40N  94.75W ELEV. 1315 FT
1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

DATE             SAT 05/25/13            SUN 05/26/13            MON 05/27/13
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          51          65          58          75
TEMP                   56 59 60 56 53 52 52 59 65 67 66 62 60 59 59 67 72 75 73
DEWPT                  51 51 50 50 49 50 50 52 53 54 54 55 56 57 57 59 60 61 61
RH                     83 75 69 80 86 93 93 78 65 63 65 78 87 93 93 75 66 62 66
WIND DIR               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD               17 18 16 14 14 13 13 13 14 14 14 13 12 11 11 12 12 13 13
CLOUDS                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR                     10          70          80          60          60
QPF 12HR                      0        0.31        0.28        0.12        0.31
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                       C  C  L  D  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  L
TSTMS                            C  C  L  D  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  L


DATE          TUE 05/28/13  WED 05/29/13  THU 05/30/13  FRI 05/31/13
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          61    79      64    80      64    79      62    77
TEMP          64 62 76 77   67 65 78 78   67 65 77 77   66 63 75 74
DEWPT         62 62 66 65   65 63 66 65   64 62 65 62   61 60 60 57
PWIND DIR        SE     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 B1 B2
POP 12HR         60    40      60    40      60    50      50    50
RAIN SHWRS     L  L  C  C    L  L  C  C    L  L  C  C    C  C  C  C
TSTMS          L  L  C  C    L  L  C  C    L  L  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ035-252200-
FORT DODGE-WEBSTER IA
42.55N  94.18W ELEV. 1165 FT
1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

DATE             SAT 05/25/13            SUN 05/26/13            MON 05/27/13
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          52          68          60          76
TEMP                   56 60 61 57 54 53 53 61 67 70 69 64 62 61 61 68 74 76 74
DEWPT                  51 52 51 51 51 51 51 54 56 57 57 58 58 58 58 60 62 63 63
RH                     83 75 70 80 90 93 93 78 68 63 66 81 87 90 90 76 66 64 69
WIND DIR               SE SE SE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD               12 16 14 13 13 12 12 13 14 13 12 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12
WIND GUST              23
CLOUDS                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV
POP 12HR                     30          80          80          60          60
QPF 12HR                   0.08        0.43        0.28        0.16        0.33
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS              S        C  L  D  D  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  L
TSTMS                            C  L  D  D  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  L


DATE          TUE 05/28/13  WED 05/29/13  THU 05/30/13  FRI 05/31/13
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          62    80      66    81      65    78      64    78
TEMP          65 63 77 78   69 67 79 79   68 66 76 76   67 65 76 75
DEWPT         63 62 67 66   66 64 67 66   64 63 66 64   63 62 64 60
PWIND DIR        SE     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    GN
AVG CLOUDS    OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 OV B2
POP 12HR         60    40      50    40      50    50      50    50
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

$$
IAZ094-252200-
LAMONI-DECATUR IA
40.63N  93.90W ELEV. 1125 FT
1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

DATE             SAT 05/25/13            SUN 05/26/13            MON 05/27/13
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                      67          58          76          63          78
TEMP                   60 66 67 62 60 59 59 69 75 77 76 69 66 64 64 71 76 78 76
DEWPT                  54 58 59 59 59 58 58 61 63 64 64 63 62 62 61 63 65 66 66
RH                     81 75 75 90 96 96 96 76 66 64 66 81 87 93 90 76 69 67 71
WIND DIR               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD               12 11 10 10 10  9  9 10 11 11 11 11 11 10  9  9 10 10 11
CLOUDS                 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
POP 12HR                     30          60          50          60          60
QPF 12HR                   0.01        0.35        0.23        0.23        0.17
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                    C  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
TSTMS                         C  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C


DATE          TUE 05/28/13  WED 05/29/13  THU 05/30/13  FRI 05/31/13
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          64    81      66    81      66    79      66    79
TEMP          67 65 78 79   69 67 79 79   69 67 77 77   69 67 77 77
DEWPT         64 62 66 66   64 63 67 66   63 62 67 65   65 64 68 66
PWIND DIR         S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
WIND CHAR        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B2 B2   B2 OV OV B2
POP 12HR         50    20      30    20      30    40      50    50
RAIN SHWRS     C  C  S  S    C  C  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
TSTMS          C  C  S  S    C  C  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ017-252200-
MASON CITY-CERRO GORDO IA
43.16N  93.33W ELEV. 1189 FT
1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

DATE             SAT 05/25/13            SUN 05/26/13            MON 05/27/13
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          49          61          57          73
TEMP                   52 54 56 52 51 50 50 57 62 64 63 60 58 58 58 65 71 73 71
DEWPT                  48 48 47 47 47 47 47 49 51 52 53 54 54 55 55 57 59 60 61
RH                     86 80 72 83 86 89 89 75 67 65 70 81 86 90 90 75 66 64 71
WIND DIR               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD               18 17 16 14 13 13 13 14 16 16 14 12 12 11 11 11 12 12 12
CLOUDS                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV
POP 12HR                     60          70          80          60          60
QPF 12HR                   0.03        0.16        0.25        0.15        0.30
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS              C  S     C  C  L  D  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  L
TSTMS                            C  C  L  D  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  L


DATE          TUE 05/28/13  WED 05/29/13  THU 05/30/13  FRI 05/31/13
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          60    78      64    80      64    78      64    77
TEMP          63 61 75 76   67 65 78 78   67 65 76 76   67 65 75 75
DEWPT         61 61 66 66   65 63 66 66   65 63 65 64   63 62 64 60
PWIND DIR        SE     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
AVG CLOUDS    OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 OV B2
POP 12HR         60    50      60    40      50    50      50    50
RAIN SHWRS     L  L  C  C    L  L  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
TSTMS          L  L  C  C    L  L  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ049-252200-
MARSHALLTOWN-MARSHALL IA
42.11N  92.91W ELEV. 972 FT
1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

DATE             SAT 05/25/13            SUN 05/26/13            MON 05/27/13
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          50          65          58          75
TEMP                   53 56 58 54 52 51 51 59 64 67 66 62 60 59 59 67 72 75 73
DEWPT                  49 49 48 49 49 50 50 53 55 56 56 57 57 57 57 59 61 62 63
RH                     86 77 69 83 89 96 96 80 73 68 70 84 90 93 93 75 68 64 71
WIND DIR               SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD               18 16 14 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10
CLOUDS                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
POP 12HR                     90          80          80          60          70
QPF 12HR                   0.21        0.42        0.33        0.21        0.34
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS              L  S  S  C  L  L  D  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  L
TSTMS                         S  C  L  L  D  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  L


DATE          TUE 05/28/13  WED 05/29/13  THU 05/30/13  FRI 05/31/13
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          62    80      66    80      65    79      65    78
TEMP          65 63 77 78   69 67 78 78   68 66 77 77   68 66 76 76
DEWPT         62 62 66 65   65 63 67 66   65 63 66 65   64 63 66 63
PWIND DIR        SE     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
AVG CLOUDS    OV B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 OV OV
POP 12HR         60    50      40    30      40    40      50    60
RAIN SHWRS     L  L  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  L  L
TSTMS          L  L  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  L  L

$$
IAZ086-252200-
OTTUMWA-WAPELLO IA
41.11N  92.45W ELEV. 836 FT
1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

DATE             SAT 05/25/13            SUN 05/26/13            MON 05/27/13
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          53          72          61          78
TEMP                   55 61 62 58 55 54 54 62 68 71 70 65 63 62 62 70 75 78 76
DEWPT                  50 52 51 52 52 53 53 56 58 59 59 59 59 59 59 62 64 65 65
RH                     83 72 67 80 90 96 96 81 70 66 68 81 87 90 90 76 69 64 69
WIND DIR               SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD               16 11 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 10 10  9  9  9  9  9  9 10 10
CLOUDS                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2
POP 12HR                     90          80          70          70          70
QPF 12HR                   0.26        0.46        0.38        0.29        0.26
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS              L  S  C  L  L  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C
TSTMS                   S  S  C  L  L  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C


DATE          TUE 05/28/13  WED 05/29/13  THU 05/30/13  FRI 05/31/13
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          63    81      67    82      66    81      66    79
TEMP          66 64 78 79   70 68 80 80   69 67 79 79   69 67 77 77
DEWPT         63 62 67 66   63 63 67 67   63 63 67 65   64 64 68 66
PWIND DIR         S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 OV
POP 12HR         40    30      20    20      30    40      40    50
RAIN SHWRS     C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
TSTMS          C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$



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