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POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1015 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

IAZ060-181000-
DES MOINES-POLK IA
41.54N  93.65W ELEV. 924 FT
1015 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

DATE           05/17/13      SAT 05/18/13            SUN 05/19/13            MON
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          85          68          83          67
TEMP                   67 64 64 75 81 85 81 73 70 69 68 74 77 82 81 75 72 69 67
DEWPT                  60 60 60 62 64 65 63 62 62 62 62 65 67 68 66 63 62 62 62
RH                     78 87 87 64 56 51 54 68 76 78 81 74 71 63 60 66 71 78 84
WIND DIR               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD                6  5  5  8 12 13 12  9  9  9 10 11 14 17 16 14 10 12 13
CLOUDS                 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2
POP 12HR                      5          10          30          60          60
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.12        0.20
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                   S  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
TSTMS                                        S  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C


DATE           05/20  TUE 05/21/13  WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13
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          79      59    72      55    69      54    69      53    71
TEMP          78 79   65 60 70 69   58 56 67 68   58 55 66 67   56 54 66 70
DEWPT         60 57   58 56 56 54   52 51 54 53   52 50 52 52   51 49 51 52
PWIND DIR        SW      SW    SW       W     W       N     N       E     E
WIND CHAR        BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC
POP 12HR         30      40    20      20    30      10    20      10    10
RAIN SHWRS     C  C    C  C  S  S    S  S  C  C          S  S
TSTMS          C  C    S  S  S  S    S  S

$$
IAZ039-181000-
WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS-BLACK HAWK IA
42.55N  92.40W ELEV. 865 FT
1015 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

DATE           05/17/13      SAT 05/18/13            SUN 05/19/13            MON
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          85          63          83          65
TEMP                   63 61 61 73 81 85 80 70 65 64 64 76 79 83 79 73 71 66 65
DEWPT                  59 59 59 62 62 62 61 60 59 59 61 63 65 66 64 63 63 63 63
RH                     87 93 93 68 53 46 52 71 81 84 90 64 62 57 60 71 76 90 93
WIND DIR               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S
WIND SPD                6  5  6 10 12 14 14  9 10 10 12 14 17 18 18 17 13 16 14
CLOUDS                 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR                      5          10          20          70          60
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.13        0.39
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                      S  S  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
TSTMS                                           S  S  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C


DATE           05/20  TUE 05/21/13  WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13
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          79      59    73      54    67      52    67      50    70
TEMP          79 77   64 60 72 70   58 55 66 65   55 53 62 67   56 51 66 68
DEWPT         60 57   60 58 58 55   54 52 54 52   51 48 51 50   47 44 47 48
PWIND DIR         S       S    SW       W    NW       N    NE       E     E
WIND CHAR        BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B2 B2   B2 B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR         40      50    40      30    30      20    20      10    10
RAIN SHWRS     C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S
TSTMS          C  C    S  S  S  S    S  S

$$
IAZ048-181000-
AMES-STORY IA
41.99N  93.62W ELEV. 936 FT
1015 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

DATE           05/17/13      SAT 05/18/13            SUN 05/19/13            MON
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                      61          84          65          81          65
TEMP                   65 62 61 75 81 84 81 70 67 66 66 73 77 81 79 73 71 67 65
DEWPT                  61 61 60 62 63 64 62 62 62 61 62 64 66 67 65 63 62 62 61
RH                     87 97 97 64 54 51 53 76 84 84 87 73 69 63 62 71 73 84 87
WIND DIR               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE  S
WIND SPD                6  6  6 10 12 14 13  9  9  9 11 11 16 18 17 17 11 13 12
CLOUDS                 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2
POP 12HR                      5           5          30          60          60
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.12        0.25
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                      S  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
TSTMS                                           S  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C


DATE           05/20  TUE 05/21/13  WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13
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          78      58    72      55    68      53    68      52    71
TEMP          78 76   64 59 71 68   59 56 66 66   57 54 66 66   56 53 68 69
DEWPT         58 56   58 55 56 54   52 51 53 52   50 49 52 51   51 47 49 51
PWIND DIR        SW      SW    SW       W     W       N    NE       E     E
WIND CHAR        BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
POP 12HR         40      40    20      30    30      10    20      10    10
RAIN SHWRS     C  C    C  C  S  S    C  C  C  C          S  S
TSTMS          C  C    S  S  S  S    S  S

$$
IAZ004-181000-
ESTHERVILLE-EMMET IA
43.40N  94.75W ELEV. 1315 FT
1015 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

DATE           05/17/13      SAT 05/18/13            SUN 05/19/13            MON
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                      61          86          64          81          63
TEMP                   64 61 62 75 83 86 82 70 68 65 64 73 80 81 79 69 68 64 63
DEWPT                  59 60 60 61 61 60 59 60 60 60 61 62 63 64 60 61 59 60 59
RH                     84 97 93 62 47 42 46 71 76 84 90 68 56 56 52 76 73 87 87
WIND DIR               SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S
WIND SPD                6  8  8 16 18 20 19 13 13 13 13 16 19 19 17 13 10 10 13
CLOUDS                 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV
POP 12HR                     10          10          40          60          80
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.04        0.26        0.59
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                   S  C  C  L  L  L  L  D  D  L  L  C
TSTMS                                        S  C  C  L  L  L  L  D  D  L  L  C
OBVIS                     PF PF


DATE           05/20  TUE 05/21/13  WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13
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      54    67      52    64      49    66      50    70
TEMP          73 72   60 55 66 65   57 52 62 63   53 50 61 65   54 51 66 68
DEWPT         56 53   55 52 53 51   51 49 50 48   48 46 48 47   49 47 47 47
PWIND DIR         S      SW    SW       W     N       N    NE       E     E
WIND CHAR        BZ      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR         50      40    50      40    30      20    20      10    10
RAIN SHWRS     C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S
TSTMS          C  C    S  S  S  S    S  S

$$
IAZ035-181000-
FORT DODGE-WEBSTER IA
42.55N  94.18W ELEV. 1165 FT
1015 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

DATE           05/17/13      SAT 05/18/13            SUN 05/19/13            MON
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                      61          86          65          82          64
TEMP                   65 62 61 75 83 86 80 71 67 66 65 71 80 82 80 72 70 66 64
DEWPT                  60 60 59 62 63 64 62 61 60 60 61 63 66 67 64 63 61 61 60
RH                     84 93 93 64 51 48 54 71 78 81 87 76 62 61 58 73 73 84 87
WIND DIR               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
WIND SPD                6  6  8 12 16 17 16 11 13 12 13 16 18 21 18 17 11 14 14
CLOUDS                 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2
POP 12HR                      5          10          30          60          70
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.15        0.33
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                   S  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
TSTMS                                        S  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C


DATE           05/20  TUE 05/21/13  WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13
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          77      56    71      53    67      52    67      51    71
TEMP          77 73   62 57 70 67   58 54 65 64   55 53 65 65   54 53 67 69
DEWPT         58 55   56 53 55 52   52 50 52 51   50 48 50 50   51 47 47 49
PWIND DIR        SW      SW    SW       W    NW       N    NE       E     E
WIND CHAR        BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC B1 SC SC
POP 12HR         40      30    40      30    30      10    20      10    10
RAIN SHWRS     C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C          S  S
TSTMS          C  C    S  S  S  S    S  S

$$
IAZ094-181000-
LAMONI-DECATUR IA
40.63N  93.90W ELEV. 1125 FT
1015 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

DATE           05/17/13      SAT 05/18/13            SUN 05/19/13            MON
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          83          66          84          65
TEMP                   65 63 62 73 79 83 80 72 69 68 67 77 81 84 82 75 70 66 65
DEWPT                  60 60 60 62 65 66 64 64 64 63 63 66 69 70 67 63 62 62 61
RH                     84 90 93 68 62 57 58 76 84 84 87 69 67 63 61 66 76 87 87
WIND DIR               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE  S
WIND SPD                8  5  5  8 10 12 10  9  9  8  9 12 14 16 16 13 14  8 12
CLOUDS                 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR                      5          10          40          60          70
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.02        0.13        0.13
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                   S  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
TSTMS                                        S  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C


DATE           05/20  TUE 05/21/13  WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13
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          80      59    73      55    70      55    70      54    71
TEMP          78 79   65 59 70 72   59 56 66 69   59 56 67 69   58 55 66 70
DEWPT         61 60   60 56 58 56   52 51 54 54   53 51 55 55   53 51 53 55
PWIND DIR        SW      SW    SW       W     W      NW     N       E     E
WIND CHAR        BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR         30      50    20      20    20      10    20      10    10
RAIN SHWRS     C  C    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  S          S  S
TSTMS          C  C    S  S  S  S    S  S

$$
IAZ017-181000-
MASON CITY-CERRO GORDO IA
43.16N  93.33W ELEV. 1189 FT
1015 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

DATE           05/17/13      SAT 05/18/13            SUN 05/19/13            MON
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                      61          84          63          81          64
TEMP                   63 61 61 75 81 84 79 69 66 64 65 73 78 81 77 71 69 65 65
DEWPT                  59 59 59 61 62 62 60 60 60 60 61 62 64 66 63 63 61 62 62
RH                     87 93 93 62 53 48 52 73 81 87 87 68 62 60 62 76 76 90 90
WIND DIR               SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  S
WIND SPD                6  6  8 12 14 17 16 11 12 12 13 16 18 19 17 14  9 11 16
CLOUDS                 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR                      5          10          30          60          70
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.19        0.60
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                      S  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
TSTMS                                           S  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
OBVIS                     PF PF


DATE           05/20  TUE 05/21/13  WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13
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          76      57    71      52    64      50    66      49    70
TEMP          76 73   61 58 70 67   56 53 62 62   53 51 62 65   54 51 66 69
DEWPT         59 55   57 55 56 53   53 50 52 51   50 46 49 49   48 45 46 48
PWIND DIR         S      SW    SW       N     N       N    NE       E     E
WIND CHAR        BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC FW
POP 12HR         40      40    50      30    40      20    20      10    10
RAIN SHWRS     C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S
TSTMS          C  C    S  S  S  S    S  S

$$
IAZ049-181000-
MARSHALLTOWN-MARSHALL IA
42.11N  92.91W ELEV. 972 FT
1015 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

DATE           05/17/13      SAT 05/18/13            SUN 05/19/13            MON
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          84          64          82          65
TEMP                   64 61 61 73 80 84 80 71 67 66 65 75 76 82 79 73 72 67 65
DEWPT                  61 61 61 61 62 62 60 61 61 61 62 64 66 67 64 63 63 63 62
RH                     90100100 66 54 48 51 71 81 84 90 69 71 61 60 71 73 87 90
WIND DIR               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S
WIND SPD                6  5  5 10 13 16 14 10 10 11 13 14 17 19 18 16 13 14 14
CLOUDS                 SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2
POP 12HR                      5           5          30          60          60
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.12        0.34
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                      S  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
TSTMS                                           S  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C


DATE           05/20  TUE 05/21/13  WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13
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          78      59    73      55    68      53    67      51    71
TEMP          78 78   65 60 72 70   59 56 67 66   56 54 64 66   56 52 66 70
DEWPT         59 57   60 57 58 55   53 52 54 53   51 49 52 50   50 45 49 50
PWIND DIR         S      SW    SW       W     W       N    NE       E     E
WIND CHAR        BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR         30      50    30      30    30      20    20      10    10
RAIN SHWRS     C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S
TSTMS          C  C    S  S  S  S    S  S

$$
IAZ086-181000-
OTTUMWA-WAPELLO IA
41.11N  92.45W ELEV. 836 FT
1015 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

DATE           05/17/13      SAT 05/18/13            SUN 05/19/13            MON
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          83          64          84          66
TEMP                   63 61 61 71 79 83 79 68 66 64 66 78 83 84 79 73 71 68 66
DEWPT                  60 60 60 63 64 65 63 63 62 61 62 65 68 69 67 65 62 63 63
RH                     90 97 97 76 60 55 58 84 87 90 87 64 61 61 67 76 73 84 90
WIND DIR               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SE  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD                5  4  5  8 11 12 11  8 10 11 12 14 14 16 17 11 13 11 14
CLOUDS                 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC
POP 12HR                      5           5          30          60          60
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.08        0.27
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                      S  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
TSTMS                                           S  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C


DATE           05/20  TUE 05/21/13  WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13
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          82      61    75      57    70      55    69      53    72
TEMP          80 80   66 62 73 73   61 58 68 68   58 56 66 68   56 54 68 71
DEWPT         64 62   62 59 60 58   56 54 54 55   53 51 54 54   51 48 51 52
PWIND DIR         S       S    SW       W     W      NW     N       E     E
WIND CHAR        BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
POP 12HR         30      50    30      30    30      10    20      10    10
RAIN SHWRS     C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C          S  S
TSTMS          C  C    S  S  S  S    S  S

$$



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