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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
729 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024

IAZ060-200900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
729 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024

Date           05/19/24      Mon 05/20/24            Tue 05/21/24            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                      65          81          65          84          54
Temp                72 71 68 66 72 78 80 79 73 71 67 66 74 81 83 78 67 60 56 54
Dewpt               61 62 62 62 63 65 65 65 64 64 63 63 65 67 64 62 55 50 48 48
RH                  68 73 81 87 73 64 60 62 73 79 87 90 74 63 53 58 65 69 74 80
Wind dir            SE  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd            11 12 11 10 10 10  8  5  4  5  6  9 12 17 18 18 14 12 10 10
Wind gust                                                           25
Clouds              OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     70          60          60          80          40
QPF 12hr                   0.29        0.02        0.53        0.40        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  L  L  L  C  C  C  L  L  L  C  C  C  D  D  C  C
Tstms                C  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  C


Date           05/22  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24  Sun 05/26/24
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          71      50    77      58    78      58    75      54    76
Temp          67 69   56 53 74 75   62 59 73 74   65 61 71 71   59 56 71 73
Dewpt         48 45   46 47 48 49   49 51 59 59   57 57 55 53   52 51 54 55
PWind dir         W       W     S      SE    SE       S    NW       N    NE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     5      20    60      60    30      30    40
Rain shwrs                              S  C  L    L  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                   S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S

$$
IAZ039-200900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
729 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024

Date           05/19/24      Mon 05/20/24            Tue 05/21/24            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                      64          80          63          82          54
Temp                70 69 66 65 71 75 79 78 71 67 63 65 72 78 81 77 67 61 56 54
Dewpt               56 59 60 63 64 65 64 64 63 63 63 63 65 67 66 64 60 53 50 49
RH                  61 70 81 93 79 71 60 62 76 87100 93 79 69 60 64 78 75 80 83
Wind dir            SE SE SE  S  S SW SW SW  S SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd            11 12 11 11 12 13 10  6  4  5  5  9 12 18 19 19 19 18 16 14
Clouds              B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     80          80          40          90          60
QPF 12hr                   0.43        0.08        0.29        0.63        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  L  D  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  D  D  L  L        S
Tstms                C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L


Date           05/22  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24  Sun 05/26/24
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          68      49    76      54    77      57    75      52    75
Temp          66 66   55 52 72 73   59 57 74 74   63 59 71 70   58 55 71 72
Dewpt         50 47   46 47 48 48   49 49 56 57   57 56 56 52   52 50 52 53
PWind dir         W       W    SW      SE    SE       S     W       N    NE
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5      10    50      60    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     S  S                        C  C    L  C  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                                      S  C    C  C  C  C    S  S

$$
IAZ048-200900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
729 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024

Date           05/19/24      Mon 05/20/24            Tue 05/21/24            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                      64          81          64          82          53
Temp                70 69 66 66 72 77 80 79 72 68 66 65 72 78 81 75 63 58 54 53
Dewpt               61 61 62 63 64 66 65 65 64 64 64 64 66 68 65 63 55 50 49 49
RH                  73 76 87 90 76 69 60 62 76 87 93 97 81 71 58 66 75 75 83 86
Wind dir            SE  S  S  S SW SW SW  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd            11 11 10 10 10 10  8  5  4  5  6  9 13 18 18 18 16 14 12 11
Wind gust                                                           26
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     80          60          60          90          40
QPF 12hr                   0.24        0.04        0.47        0.68        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  D  D  C  C
Tstms                C  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  C


Date           05/22  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24  Sun 05/26/24
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          69      48    76      56    77      57    74      52    75
Temp          65 67   54 51 72 74   59 58 72 72   62 59 71 69   57 54 71 72
Dewpt         50 47   47 47 50 50   50 51 60 59   57 56 55 53   51 50 54 54
PWind dir         W       W     S      SE    SE      SW    NW       N    NE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     5      20    60      60    30      30    40
Rain shwrs                              S  C  L    L  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                   S  C  C    C  C  C  S    S  S

$$
IAZ004-200900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
729 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024

Date           05/19/24      Mon 05/20/24            Tue 05/21/24            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                      60          79          59          72          49
Temp                65 62 62 61 69 75 78 76 67 63 61 60 64 69 71 66 56 53 51 49
Dewpt               56 59 59 59 61 62 61 60 59 59 59 58 61 64 61 58 52 48 47 46
RH                  73 90 90 93 76 64 56 58 75 87 93 93 90 84 71 75 86 83 86 89
Wind dir            SE  S  S  S  W NW  N NE NE NE  E  E SE SE  S  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd            14 13 11  9  9 10 10 10  9  9 10 13 16 19 20 21 21 21 19 18
Wind gust                                                     31    33 32 29
Clouds              OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     80          30          80         100          40
QPF 12hr                   0.72        0.05        1.00        1.25        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           L  D  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  C  C        S
Tstms                L  L  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C


Date           05/22  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24  Sun 05/26/24
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          66      47    74      54    72      50    69      49    74
Temp          60 62   52 49 69 72   58 56 68 67   57 52 65 67   54 52 68 69
Dewpt         47 46   44 44 48 49   49 49 56 56   52 48 49 48   47 46 50 50
PWind dir        NW       W    SW      SE    SE      NW    NW      NE    NE
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5      30    60      50    20      20    30
Rain shwrs     S  S                     C  C  L    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  C
Tstms                                   S  S  C    C  C  S  S    S

$$
IAZ035-200900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
729 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024

Date           05/19/24      Mon 05/20/24            Tue 05/21/24            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                      62          81          62          78          50
Temp                67 66 63 63 72 77 80 79 70 66 64 63 70 76 75 70 60 54 51 50
Dewpt               58 60 61 61 63 64 63 62 62 62 62 62 65 67 63 60 53 49 47 47
RH                  73 81 93 93 73 64 56 56 76 87 93 97 84 74 66 71 78 83 86 89
Wind dir            SE SE  S  S SW SW  S  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  S SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd            12 11 10  9  9  9  6  5  5  5  6 10 14 18 19 18 18 17 14 13
Clouds              B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     80          40          70          90          30
QPF 12hr                   0.33           0        0.60        0.77        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           L  D  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  D  D  C  C        S
Tstms                L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  D  C  S


Date           05/22  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24  Sun 05/26/24
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          68      47    76      55    74      53    73      50    75
Temp          64 65   52 50 72 74   59 56 70 71   60 55 68 69   55 53 70 71
Dewpt         48 45   45 46 48 48   49 49 58 57   56 53 52 49   49 48 51 51
PWind dir         W       W    SW      SE    SE      SW    NW      NE    NE
Wind char        BZ      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5      30    60      60    30      30    40
Rain shwrs     S  S                     C  C  L    L  C  C  C    S  C  S  C
Tstms                                   S  C  C    C  C  C  S    S  S

$$
IAZ094-200900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
729 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024

Date           05/19/24      Mon 05/20/24            Tue 05/21/24            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                      65          80          66          84          53
Temp                75 71 67 65 71 75 79 78 72 70 68 67 75 81 83 78 67 59 55 53
Dewpt               64 63 63 63 65 66 67 67 66 66 66 66 67 69 67 64 58 52 50 50
RH                  69 76 87 93 81 74 67 69 81 87 93 97 76 67 59 62 73 78 83 89
Wind dir            SE  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd            11 12 11 10 11 11  9  6  5  6  8 10 14 18 18 17 13 10  9  9
Clouds              B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     70          50          60          70          50
QPF 12hr                   0.35        0.06        0.03        0.15        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           L  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Svr Tstorm           A  A


Date           05/22  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24  Sun 05/26/24
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          71      50    76      58    78      59    75      55    76
Temp          67 69   56 52 73 74   62 60 75 75   65 62 72 72   60 57 71 73
Dewpt         51 48   47 47 50 52   52 56 63 62   59 60 61 57   55 54 58 59
PWind dir        NW       W     S      SE     S       S    NW      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   CL FW FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     5      30    60      50    30      30    40
Rain shwrs                              C  C  L    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                   S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S     S

$$
IAZ017-200900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
729 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024

Date           05/19/24      Mon 05/20/24            Tue 05/21/24            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                      60          79          60          76          50
Temp                65 62 61 62 68 75 79 77 67 63 62 61 67 73 75 71 60 55 51 50
Dewpt               54 58 59 60 62 65 63 62 62 61 61 61 63 66 64 62 56 50 47 47
RH                  68 87 93 93 81 71 58 60 84 93 97100 87 79 69 73 87 83 86 89
Wind dir            SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  S SE  E  E  E SE SE  S SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd            12 12 11 10 10 11  8  6  5  5  6 10 14 18 19 18 19 19 18 17
Wind gust                                                        28 29 29
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     80          60          60          90          50
QPF 12hr                   0.80        0.07        0.53        0.87        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  D  D  L  C  C  S  C  C  C  L  L  L  D  D  C  C        S
Tstms                C  L  C  C  C  C  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  D  C  S


Date           05/22  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24  Sun 05/26/24
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          65      47    73      51    74      53    72      49    74
Temp          62 62   51 49 69 71   56 54 70 69   59 55 68 66   54 52 69 69
Dewpt         49 46   44 44 48 48   48 47 55 56   55 51 52 49   47 47 50 51
PWind dir         W       W    SW      SE    SE       S    NW       N    NE
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5      20    50      60    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     S  S                     S  C  C    L  C  C  S    S  S  S  C
Tstms             S                           C    C  C  C  S    S  S

$$
IAZ049-200900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
729 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024

Date           05/19/24      Mon 05/20/24            Tue 05/21/24            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                      64          80          62          82          53
Temp                70 69 67 66 70 75 79 78 69 65 63 64 72 78 82 76 64 58 55 53
Dewpt               58 61 62 63 64 65 65 65 64 63 63 63 65 67 65 64 58 52 49 49
RH                  66 76 84 90 81 71 62 64 84 93100 97 79 69 56 66 81 80 80 86
Wind dir            SE SE  S  S SW SW SW SW  S SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd            12 12 11 11 12 12  9  5  4  5  5  9 13 19 19 19 17 14 13 12
Wind gust                                                     31 31
Clouds              B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     70          70          50          80          50
QPF 12hr                   0.28        0.05        0.35        0.56        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  D  D  C  C
Tstms                C  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  C


Date           05/22  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24  Sun 05/26/24
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          69      48    76      54    77      57    75      52    75
Temp          66 66   53 51 72 73   58 56 74 72   62 59 71 70   56 54 71 71
Dewpt         49 47   47 47 48 49   49 50 57 58   57 56 56 52   51 50 52 53
PWind dir         W       W    SW      SE    SE       S    NW       N    NE
Wind char        BZ      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     5      20    50      60    30      30    40
Rain shwrs                              S  C  C    L  C  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms                                   S  S  C    C  C  C  C    S  S

$$
IAZ086-200900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
729 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024

Date           05/19/24      Mon 05/20/24            Tue 05/21/24            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                      67          81          66          86          55
Temp                74 72 70 68 72 77 80 79 72 70 67 67 76 83 85 81 70 64 58 56
Dewpt               63 63 63 64 65 66 66 66 66 65 65 66 67 68 67 65 62 55 52 51
RH                  69 73 78 87 79 69 62 64 81 84 93 97 74 61 55 58 76 73 80 83
Wind dir            SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S SE SE  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd            11 12 11 11 12 13 10  6  5  5  6 10 13 18 19 19 17 13 11 11
Wind gust                                                           27
Clouds              B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          60          60          70          60
QPF 12hr                   0.33        0.05        0.12        0.19        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  L  L  L  C  C  L  L  L  C  S  S  L  L  L  L  S  S  S
Tstms                C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  C  C  S  S  C  C  L  C  S  S


Date           05/22  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24  Sun 05/26/24
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          72      50    77      56    79      60    76      56    76
Temp          68 70   56 54 73 75   61 59 75 76   66 63 73 73   62 58 71 73
Dewpt         52 48   48 49 49 50   50 52 61 61   60 59 62 58   55 55 58 58
PWind dir         W       W     S      SE    SE       S    SW       N    NE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5      20    50      60    40      30    40
Rain shwrs     S                        S  C  C    L  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                      S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S

$$