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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
900 PM CDT Sun Mar 17 2024

IAZ060-180900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
900 PM CDT Sun Mar 17 2024

Date           03/17/24      Mon 03/18/24            Tue 03/19/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      21          40          30          61          31
Temp                27 26 24 23 26 34 39 38 31 31 34 33 43 55 60 56 46 40 36 31
Dewpt               10  9  9  7  8  8  8  9 11 13 17 21 29 32 31 30 29 29 26 19
RH                  48 48 52 50 46 33 27 29 43 47 49 61 57 41 33 37 51 64 67 61
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N
Wind spd            12 11 11 11 14 13 12 10 10 17 18 12 13 16 18 12  6  9  8 11
Wind gust                                         29       26 31
Clouds              FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          16 15 13 12 14 25 31 32    23 27 24 36             34 29 22
Min chill              15    10    10    26    23    23    26          34    22


Date           03/20  Thu 03/21/24  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          44      27    48      30    48      31    50      34    50
Temp          40 41   31 28 42 44   36 31 43 44   35 32 44 46   38 36 46 47
Dewpt         11  9    8 10 16 24   26 26 28 27   26 26 30 30   31 32 36 36
PWind dir         N      NE    SE       E    NE       E     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0      10    30      40    20      30    50      60    70
Rain                                 C  C  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  L  L  L
Snow                            C    S                              S  S
Tstms                                                 S  S       S  S  S

$$
IAZ039-180900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
900 PM CDT Sun Mar 17 2024

Date           03/17/24      Mon 03/18/24            Tue 03/19/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      19          38          26          57          25
Temp                26 24 23 21 25 32 37 34 28 27 29 29 39 52 55 49 41 34 30 25
Dewpt               10  9  8  7  8  9  9  9 10 11 13 18 27 31 30 28 26 22 16 10
RH                  50 52 52 54 48 37 31 35 46 50 51 63 62 44 38 44 55 61 55 52
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd            13 12 12 12 16 13 14 10 10 13 14 13 17 21 24 17 13 13 13 13
Wind gust                                                     36 27
Clouds              SC SC B1 SC SC FW CL FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          14 13 11  9 12 22 28 27 22 19 21 18 30          34 25 20 13
Min chill              12     9     9    24    18    17    20          25    13


Date           03/20  Thu 03/21/24  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          41      22    41      25    44      26    47      28    48
Temp          37 36   25 23 37 36   29 26 38 38   29 27 41 40   32 30 44 43
Dewpt          5  2    4  4 13 21   23 22 26 25   22 22 28 28   26 25 34 33
PWind dir        NW      NE     E       E    NE      NE     E       E    SE
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0      10    40      50    20      30    40      50    60
Rain                                          S    C     C  C    C  C  C  L
Snow                         S  C    C  C  S  S       C  C  C    S  C  C

$$
IAZ048-180900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
900 PM CDT Sun Mar 17 2024

Date           03/17/24      Mon 03/18/24            Tue 03/19/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      20          38          28          60          28
Temp                25 25 24 22 25 32 38 36 29 29 31 30 41 54 58 54 43 37 32 28
Dewpt               10  9  9  8  8  8  8  9 11 13 17 21 30 32 31 29 29 27 22 15
RH                  52 50 52 54 48 36 28 32 46 51 56 69 65 43 36 38 57 67 66 58
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd            13 13 13 12 16 13 13  9 10 14 18 11 13 17 18 12  9  9 10 12
Wind gust                                         28       27 29
Clouds              SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL CL FW CL FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          13 13 12 10 12 22 29       22 23 20 33             30 24 17
Min chill              12     8     8    24    20    20    23          29    16


Date           03/20  Thu 03/21/24  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          43      25    45      27    46      28    49      31    48
Temp          38 39   27 25 39 41   32 28 41 41   32 30 44 42   35 33 45 44
Dewpt          9  6    7  7 16 22   25 24 27 25   25 24 30 30   30 29 36 34
PWind dir         N      NE    SE       E    NE       E     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0      10    30      40    20      30    50      60    70
Rain                                 C  C  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  L  L  L
Snow                         S  C    C  C  S  S       C  S          S  S
Tstms                                                 S  S       S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ004-180900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
900 PM CDT Sun Mar 17 2024

Date           03/17/24      Mon 03/18/24            Tue 03/19/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      15          38          29          56          20
Temp                20 20 19 17 21 31 37 37 30 31 31 30 37 49 53 49 38 31 26 22
Dewpt                8  7  6  5  6  6  7  7  9 12 18 26 30 30 29 27 24 19 12  5
RH                  59 56 56 58 52 34 28 28 41 45 58 85 75 48 39 42 57 61 55 47
Wind dir             N  N  N NW NW NW  W SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd            19 17 13 13 14 12 14 13 18 19 17 13 18 21 23 18 13 13 13 14
Wind gust                                   28 29          32 37 29          25
Clouds              B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill           4  5  6  3  8 21 28 30 22 23 23 19 27          30 21 14  8
Min chill               4     2     2    23    20    18    20          18     5


Date           03/20  Thu 03/21/24  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          38      21    38      19    41      23    40      24    43
Temp          32 33   23 22 32 33   25 21 34 35   27 25 35 35   28 27 38 40
Dewpt          2 -1    2  4 12 19   19 17 19 20   19 20 24 24   22 24 31 31
PWind dir         N      NE    SE      NE    NE      NE     E       E     E
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5      10    50      20    20      30    50      60    70
Rain                                                     C  C    C     L  L
Snow                         C  C    S        S    S  C  C  C    C  L  L  L

$$
IAZ035-180900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
900 PM CDT Sun Mar 17 2024

Date           03/17/24      Mon 03/18/24            Tue 03/19/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      17          39          28          58          24
Temp                25 23 21 19 23 31 38 37 29 29 31 30 39 52 56 52 41 34 29 25
Dewpt                9  8  7  6  7  7  7  8  8 11 16 21 29 32 30 27 26 24 18 10
RH                  50 52 54 56 50 36 27 29 40 46 53 69 67 46 37 38 55 66 63 52
Wind dir            NW  N  N NW NW NW  W SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd            13 14 13 12 13 12 13 10 12 16 16 10 13 17 18 13 10 10 10 13
Wind gust                                                     28
Clouds              SC SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          13 10  8  6 11 22 29 31 23 21 24 21 31          35 26 20 14
Min chill              10     6     6    25    20    20    23          26    13


Date           03/20  Thu 03/21/24  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          41      22    44      23    45      26    47      28    48
Temp          36 36   25 23 37 38   29 24 38 39   29 27 42 39   32 30 44 43
Dewpt          6  2    4  5 13 20   21 20 24 22   22 22 28 27   26 27 34 33
PWind dir         N      NE    SE      NE    NE      NE     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC B2 B1 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0      10    40      40    20      30    50      60    70
Rain                                 C     S  S    C     C  C    C  L  L  L
Snow                         S  C    C  S  S  S       C  C  C    S  L  L
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
IAZ094-180900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
900 PM CDT Sun Mar 17 2024

Date           03/17/24      Mon 03/18/24            Tue 03/19/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      21          40          29          64          33
Temp                28 26 24 23 27 35 39 37 30 30 31 33 44 59 62 57 48 42 37 34
Dewpt               13 12 10 10  9  8  9 10 11 13 16 21 29 32 32 32 31 31 29 26
RH                  53 55 54 57 46 32 28 32 44 49 53 61 55 36 32 38 51 65 72 72
Wind dir            NW  N  N NW NW NW NW  W SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N
Wind spd            10 11 10 11 16 14 13  9  9 14 20 13 13 13 17 10  8  8  8 10
Wind gust                                         32
Clouds              FW FW FW SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          19 15 14 12 14 25 31       23 23 23 37                31 26
Min chill              15    10    10    27    21    21    25          37    25


Date           03/20  Thu 03/21/24  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          49      28    52      32    53      35    54      37    54
Temp          44 43   32 29 45 48   38 34 47 47   38 35 49 47   40 38 47 49
Dewpt         18 13   11 11 20 28   30 31 32 30   30 30 33 34   34 35 40 38
PWind dir         N      NE    SE       E    NE       E     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0      10    20      40    30      30    40      60    70
Rain                            S    C  C  C  S    C  C  C  C    C  L  L  L
Tstms                                                            S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ017-180900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
900 PM CDT Sun Mar 17 2024

Date           03/17/24      Mon 03/18/24            Tue 03/19/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      16          37          26          54          20
Temp                22 21 19 18 22 30 35 34 27 26 28 28 37 49 52 46 37 30 25 21
Dewpt                7  7  7  5  6  7  7  7  8  9 13 21 27 30 29 26 23 17 10  7
RH                  52 54 59 56 49 37 30 32 44 48 53 75 67 48 41 45 56 58 52 54
Wind dir             N  N  N NW NW NW  W  W SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NW  N
Wind spd            14 16 13 12 14 13 14 10 13 16 14 13 18 20 24 17 13 14 13 13
Wind gust                                                  33 40 27    25
Clouds              SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC CL FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill           9  7  6  5  9 19 25 27 19 18 20 17 27       39 28 20 13  8
Min chill               6     4     4    22    16    16    18    39    17     6


Date           03/20  Thu 03/21/24  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          38      20    37      20    41      22    41      24    44
Temp          33 32   22 21 32 31   25 21 36 35   26 24 37 36   27 26 40 41
Dewpt          2 -2    1  1 13 19   19 18 22 21   20 19 25 24   22 23 32 31
PWind dir         N      NE    SE      NE    NE      NE     E       E    SE
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5      10    50      40    20      30    50      60    70
Rain                                          S          C  C    L     C  L
Snow                         C  C    C  S     S    C  C  C  C    L  C  C  L

$$
IAZ049-180900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
900 PM CDT Sun Mar 17 2024

Date           03/17/24      Mon 03/18/24            Tue 03/19/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      19          37          25          58          25
Temp                24 23 22 21 24 32 36 34 27 26 28 28 40 53 56 50 41 35 30 25
Dewpt                9  8  8  7  8  8  8  8 11 12 15 19 28 32 31 29 28 25 19 12
RH                  52 52 54 54 50 36 30 33 50 55 58 68 62 44 38 44 59 66 63 57
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N
Wind spd            13 11 13 13 17 14 14  9 10 13 16 11 14 18 19 13 10 10 10 13
Wind gust                                         26       28 34
Clouds              SC FW SC SC SC FW CL FW FW SC CL CL FW SC FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          12 12  9  8 11 22 27 28 21 18 20 18 32          34 27 21 14
Min chill              11     7     8    24    17    18    21          27    13


Date           03/20  Thu 03/21/24  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          42      22    43      25    45      26    48      28    48
Temp          37 36   25 23 37 37   30 26 39 39   30 27 42 41   33 30 44 43
Dewpt          8  4    5  7 15 22   24 23 27 25   24 23 30 29   28 28 35 34
PWind dir         N      NE    SE       E    NE      NE     E       E    SE
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0      10    30      50    20      30    40      50    70
Rain                                 C     S  S    C     C  C    C  C  C  L
Snow                         S  C    C  C  S          C  C  S       S  C

$$
IAZ086-180900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
900 PM CDT Sun Mar 17 2024

Date           03/17/24      Mon 03/18/24            Tue 03/19/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      21          39          27          61          31
Temp                27 26 24 23 27 34 38 35 28 28 30 32 43 56 59 55 45 39 34 32
Dewpt               13 12 10  9 10 10  9 10 12 13 15 19 27 32 31 32 30 29 27 22
RH                  55 55 54 54 48 36 29 35 50 53 53 58 53 40 34 41 55 67 75 66
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N
Wind spd            11 12 11 12 17 16 14  9 10 14 18 16 16 17 18 12 10  9  9 11
Wind gust                                                     28
Clouds              FW FW FW SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          16 15 13 11 14 24 29 29 22 20 22 22 36          39 33 27 23
Min chill              14    11    11    25    19    18    24          31    20


Date           03/20  Thu 03/21/24  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          46      27    49      32    51      32    53      35    52
Temp          42 41   30 28 42 44   36 33 45 44   35 32 47 47   38 36 47 48
Dewpt         13 11   10 11 17 24   28 29 31 30   29 28 32 31   32 33 37 38
PWind dir         N      NE    SE       E    NE      NE     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0      10    30      50    20      30    40      50    70
Rain                         S  S    C  C  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  L  L
Snow                         S  C
Tstms                                                            S  S  S  S

$$


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