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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
228 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024

IAZ060-100900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
228 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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                      53          62          45          72          49
Temp                      55 54 57 59 61 60 55 51 48 47 58 68 71 68 61 57 51 50
Dewpt                     51 52 52 52 52 51 50 46 45 43 47 46 47 48 47 44 43 43
RH                        86 93 83 78 72 72 83 83 89 86 67 45 42 49 60 62 74 77
Wind dir                   N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  11  9 11 12 11  9  6  4  5  5  6 12 13 12  9  9  6  6
Clouds                    FW SC OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                     10          70          30          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07        0.01           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  L  L  C  S                 S  S
Tstms                            S  S  S  S                    S  S


Date           05/11  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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          73      53    79      56    75      56    78      57    77
Temp          70 71   57 55 76 73   62 58 71 71   61 58 73 74   62 58 72 72
Dewpt         42 43   41 43 51 52   52 53 55 53   53 54 56 55   54 53 54 51
PWind dir        NW      SW    SW      SW     S      SE    SE      SW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    30      30    50      30    40      40    50
Rain shwrs                      C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           C    C  C  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ039-100900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
228 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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                      53          60          41          70          46
Temp                      55 54 56 58 59 58 53 48 45 44 56 66 69 65 58 52 48 48
Dewpt                     53 50 52 51 51 49 48 45 41 40 44 45 46 49 46 44 42 41
RH                        93 86 86 77 75 72 83 89 86 86 64 47 44 56 64 74 80 77
Wind dir                   N NE  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  10 12 12 12 12  9  5  5  5  4  8 12 13 13 11  8  9  8
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW B1 SC SC CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                    100          70          30          30          20
QPF 12hr                   0.68        0.33        0.01        0.01        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  L  L  L  C  S  S              S  C  S
Tstms                      C  C  C  S  C  S                 S  S  S


Date           05/11  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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    80      55    76      54    77      55    76
Temp          68 68   55 53 76 74   60 56 73 71   59 56 72 72   60 56 72 70
Dewpt         43 44   43 43 51 51   52 50 53 52   52 51 56 55   55 53 54 52
PWind dir        NW      SW    SW      SW     S      SE    SE       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC B1 B1   B1 SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    30      30    50      30    40      40    50
Rain shwrs                      C    C  S  S  C    C  S  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           C    C  S     S    S  S  S  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ048-100900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
228 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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                      52          62          44          70          46
Temp                      53 54 57 59 61 60 54 49 46 46 58 66 69 66 58 53 48 49
Dewpt                     50 52 52 53 52 51 48 45 43 43 47 48 47 50 48 44 43 42
RH                        89 93 83 80 72 72 80 86 89 89 67 52 45 56 69 71 83 77
Wind dir                   N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  13  9 11 12 11  9  5  5  5  4  6 12 13 12  9  8  6  6
Clouds                    SC B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC CL CL
PoP 12hr                     20          70          30          30          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.12        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  L  L  C  S  S              S  C  S
Tstms                         S  S  C  C  S                 S  S  S


Date           05/11  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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          73      51    78      54    76      54    78      55    76
Temp          68 70   55 53 75 71   60 56 71 70   59 57 72 72   60 56 71 71
Dewpt         43 45   43 44 53 53   52 52 55 54   53 54 57 55   53 53 54 51
PWind dir        NW      SW    SW       S     S      SE    SE      SW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    30      30    50      30    40      40    50
Rain shwrs                      C    C  S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           C    C  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ004-100900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
228 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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                      49          63          42          71          46
Temp                      51 50 53 57 62 61 52 47 46 46 59 68 70 65 55 50 48 47
Dewpt                     48 48 48 49 48 44 44 42 40 40 46 47 44 42 40 40 38 39
RH                        89 93 83 75 60 53 74 83 79 79 62 47 39 43 57 68 68 74
Wind dir                  NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   6 12 13 14 16 11  6  5  5  6 11 17 19 17 11 10 10  8
Wind gust                                                        28
Clouds                    OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC FW SC CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     40          30           5          20           0
QPF 12hr                   0.13        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  S  S                       S  S
Tstms                      S  S  S  S                       S  S


Date           05/11  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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          73      52    80      51    76      52    77      53    71
Temp          69 70   55 54 75 74   57 54 70 72   57 54 72 72   58 54 66 67
Dewpt         40 43   42 43 50 50   47 47 50 49   48 50 54 52   50 49 49 46
PWind dir        NW      SW    SW      SW    SE       S    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    20      20    30      20    40      40    40
Rain shwrs                      S    S        C    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           S    S        S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  S

$$
IAZ035-100900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
228 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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                      50          62          42          70          45
Temp                      51 52 56 59 61 59 52 47 45 45 58 68 69 66 57 50 47 47
Dewpt                     49 50 52 53 51 49 47 44 42 42 47 47 47 46 44 42 40 41
RH                        93 93 86 80 70 69 83 89 89 89 67 47 45 48 62 74 76 79
Wind dir                   N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  14 10 11 12 12 10  5  5  4  4  9 12 14 12  9  6  6  5
Clouds                    B1 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     40          60          20          30           5
QPF 12hr                   0.20        0.11           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  L  C  C  S                 S  C
Tstms                      S  S  S  C  S  S                 S  S


Date           05/11  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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          73      51    79      52    76      53    78      53    74
Temp          69 70   55 53 76 73   57 54 72 72   57 54 73 72   59 55 69 70
Dewpt         42 43   42 43 52 51   50 50 53 51   51 51 55 53   51 51 52 48
PWind dir        NW      SW    SW      SW    SE      SE     S      SW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    30      20    40      30    40      40    40
Rain shwrs                      C    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           C    S  S  S  S    S  S  S  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ094-100900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
228 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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                      51          64          45          70          49
Temp                      54 52 59 62 63 61 55 51 48 47 58 67 69 68 60 56 52 50
Dewpt                     52 51 53 53 52 51 50 48 46 45 48 47 47 49 48 46 44 44
RH                        93 96 80 72 67 70 83 89 93 93 69 49 45 51 64 69 74 80
Wind dir                  NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   9 10 13 13 13 10  6  6  6  6  9 12 12  9  8  9  6  6
Clouds                    FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                      5          50          30          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  C  C  S  S
Tstms                               S  C  S  S


Date           05/11  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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          73      52    77      56    71      56    77      56    77
Temp          70 70   56 54 73 71   61 58 68 68   60 57 72 72   62 58 72 72
Dewpt         44 46   43 46 53 55   55 56 57 56   56 56 58 57   56 55 57 54
PWind dir        NW      SW    SW       S     S       E    SE      SW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW FW SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    40      40    60      40    50      40    40
Rain shwrs                   S  C    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                        S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ017-100900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
228 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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                      51          61          40          69          44
Temp                      54 52 56 58 59 59 51 45 42 44 57 66 68 64 55 49 46 46
Dewpt                     52 51 51 50 49 47 44 41 39 39 44 46 46 45 43 41 39 39
RH                        93 96 83 75 69 64 77 86 89 82 62 48 45 50 64 74 76 76
Wind dir                   N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   8  9 11 12 12 10  6  5  5  5  9 13 17 14 10  9  9  8
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     90          60          20          30          10
QPF 12hr                   0.46        0.13           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  L  L  L  S  S                 S  C
Tstms                      S  S  C  C  S  S                 S  S


Date           05/11  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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      51    78      51    75      51    77      53    72
Temp          67 68   54 53 75 72   57 54 70 70   56 54 71 70   58 54 68 67
Dewpt         41 42   42 42 51 50   49 48 51 49   48 49 54 53   52 51 51 49
PWind dir        NW      SW    SW      SW    SE      SE     S      SW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    20      20    30      30    40      50    50
Rain shwrs                      S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           S    S  S     S    S  S  S  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ049-100900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
228 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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                      51          60          42          69          45
Temp                      53 53 56 57 59 58 52 48 45 44 56 65 68 65 57 51 47 47
Dewpt                     50 51 52 52 52 50 49 45 42 41 46 46 47 49 47 44 42 42
RH                        89 93 86 83 78 75 89 89 89 89 69 50 47 56 69 77 83 83
Wind dir                   N NE  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  17 10 11 13 11  9  5  5  5  4  6 12 13 10  9  8  8  6
Clouds                    B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW SC FW SC SC SC SC CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     30          70          30          30          20
QPF 12hr                   0.35        0.17        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  L  L  L  C  S              S  C  S
Tstms                      S  S  C  S  C  C                 S  S  S


Date           05/11  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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    79      53    76      53    78      55    76
Temp          68 68   53 52 75 71   59 55 71 70   58 55 72 72   59 56 72 70
Dewpt         43 45   42 43 52 51   52 51 54 53   52 53 56 54   55 53 54 51
PWind dir        NW      SW    SW      SW     S      SE    SE       S     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    30      30    50      30    50      40    50
Rain shwrs                      C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           C    C  S  S  S    C  S  S  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ086-100900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
228 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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                      54          62          46          69          49
Temp                      59 55 57 61 60 59 54 51 49 48 57 66 68 67 60 57 52 51
Dewpt                     55 53 54 53 53 51 50 48 47 46 49 46 46 49 48 48 45 45
RH                        87 93 90 75 78 75 86 89 93 93 75 48 45 52 64 72 77 80
Wind dir                   N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd                   5  9 11 12 13 10  8  8  6  8  9 12 12 10 10 10  9  9
Clouds                    B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW CL
PoP 12hr                     20          70          40          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.07        0.02           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  C  L  C  S                    S
Tstms                            S  S  S  S  S                    S


Date           05/11  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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          73      52    78      58    74      57    77      58    77
Temp          69 69   55 54 75 72   62 59 70 70   61 58 72 72   62 59 73 72
Dewpt         44 45   43 44 52 53   53 55 57 55   55 55 58 56   56 56 57 55
PWind dir        NW      SW    SW      SW     S      SE     E       S     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0    30      30    60      30    50      40    50
Rain shwrs                      C    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           C    C  C  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  S  C

$$