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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1216 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

IAZ060-032100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1216 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      73          54          67          43          70
Temp                   67 71 69 59 56 56 57 60 63 66 63 55 49 45 43 57 64 68 67
Dewpt                  44 43 46 46 46 49 54 56 52 49 45 43 42 40 40 43 44 44 46
RH                     43 36 44 62 69 77 90 87 67 54 52 64 77 82 89 59 48 42 47
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E
Wind spd                8 10 10  8 10 12 10 10 14 14 12  6  5  4  5  9  9  9  9
Clouds                 SC FW FW SC SC OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW CL FW SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          70          70           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.43        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  L  C
Tstms                                  C  C  S


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          51    77      57    75      52    74      49    69
Temp          55 53 71 75   65 59 71 70   58 54 71 71   56 51 65 65
Dewpt         46 48 58 59   57 53 52 50   46 47 50 49   44 44 46 43
PWind dir         E    SE       S    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    40      90    30      30    20      10    20
Rain shwrs              C    D  L  C  C    S  C  S             S  S
Tstms                   S    C  C  S  C    S  S

$$
IAZ039-032100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1216 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      72          50          64          42          69
Temp                   66 71 67 57 52 52 51 58 61 62 59 50 46 43 42 57 64 68 66
Dewpt                  42 42 46 45 43 42 42 53 54 50 46 44 42 40 40 43 43 44 44
RH                     42 35 47 64 71 69 71 83 78 65 62 80 86 89 93 59 46 42 45
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S NW NW  N NW  N  N  N NE  E  E SE
Wind spd                4  8  9  6  8 12 10 11 13 17 13  9  6  5  5  6  6  8  6
Clouds                 FW SC SC FW SC B1 OV OV OV B1 B1 FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          60          80           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.13        0.23           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  D  L  S
Tstms                                  S  C  S  S


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          48    75      58    74      51    73      49    68
Temp          51 50 71 72   64 59 71 68   56 54 70 69   54 51 64 63
Dewpt         44 44 55 56   57 55 54 53   49 47 50 50   46 44 46 44
PWind dir         E    SE      SE    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC B1   B1 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    30      90    50      30    30      10    30
Rain shwrs              C    L  D  C  C    C  S  C  C             C
Tstms                        S  C  S  C    C  S

$$
IAZ048-032100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1216 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      71          51          65          42          69
Temp                   66 69 67 56 53 54 54 58 60 63 60 51 46 43 42 56 64 68 66
Dewpt                  44 44 48 46 45 49 53 55 51 48 45 44 42 40 40 43 44 44 46
RH                     45 40 50 69 74 83 96 90 72 58 58 77 86 89 93 62 48 42 48
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  E  E SE SE
Wind spd                6 10  9  6 10 13  9 11 14 14 11  5  5  4  4  8  9  9  8
Clouds                 SC SC FW SC SC OV OV OV B2 B1 FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          80          70           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.34        0.07           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             L  L  S
Tstms                                  C  C


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          50    75      55    74      51    73      48    68
Temp          52 52 70 72   63 57 69 68   56 52 69 69   54 50 63 64
Dewpt         46 47 58 59   57 54 52 51   48 47 50 49   45 45 46 43
PWind dir         E    SE      SE    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW B1 B1   B1 B1 FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    40      90    30      30    20      10    20
Rain shwrs              C    D  L  C  C    S  C  S             S  S
Tstms                   S    C  C  S  C    S  S

$$
IAZ004-032100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1216 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      71          46          62          40          67
Temp                   66 69 65 56 53 48 46 51 56 61 59 50 45 42 41 54 62 65 64
Dewpt                  44 42 45 46 46 46 44 44 44 42 41 41 39 37 38 40 41 41 41
RH                     45 37 48 69 77 93 93 77 64 49 51 71 79 82 89 59 46 41 43
Wind dir               SW  S  S SE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  N  E SE SE SE
Wind spd               12 12 10  6 10 11 16 18 18 16 11  5  5  5  4  8 10 11 11
Clouds                 SC SC SC B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          90          50           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.36        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  D  C
Tstms                               S     S
Wind chill                               39
Min chill                                39                      37


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          48    74      53    70      49    68      46    63
Temp          51 50 68 70   59 54 66 65   53 50 64 63   50 47 58 58
Dewpt         43 44 55 56   54 49 46 45   44 43 45 43   41 40 42 40
PWind dir        SE    SE       S    SW      SW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN    BZ      WY    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          5    40      90    30      30    20      10    30
Rain shwrs              C    D  L  C  S    C  C  S  S          S  C
Tstms                   S    C  C  S  S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ035-032100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1216 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      71          48          63          39          68
Temp                   66 69 66 56 53 51 51 52 59 62 60 50 44 41 41 54 63 67 64
Dewpt                  44 42 45 46 45 49 51 48 48 45 42 41 40 38 38 42 41 43 43
RH                     45 37 47 69 74 93100 86 67 54 51 71 86 89 89 64 44 42 46
Wind dir                S  S SE SE SE SE SW  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  N  E  E SE SE
Wind spd                8 10 10  8 10 12  9 13 16 14 10  5  4  3  4  6  9 10  9
Clouds                 SC B1 SC B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          90          60           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.51        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             D  L  S
Tstms                                  C  C


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          48    75      53    73      49    71      46    67
Temp          50 50 68 71   60 54 68 66   53 51 68 66   51 48 62 62
Dewpt         44 45 57 57   55 51 48 48   45 45 47 45   42 42 44 41
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      WY    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 B1   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    50      90    30      30    20      10    30
Rain shwrs              C    D  L  C  C    S  C  S  S          S  C
Tstms                   S    C  C  S  S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ094-032100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1216 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      71          56          67          43          68
Temp                   68 70 68 59 58 58 58 62 63 66 63 54 49 45 44 56 64 67 66
Dewpt                  47 47 52 50 51 55 57 59 56 52 49 46 44 42 42 45 47 48 49
RH                     47 44 57 72 77 90 96 90 78 61 60 74 83 89 93 66 54 50 54
Wind dir                E  E  E  E SE SE  S  W NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd               10 10 10 10 11 12  9 11 13 14 10  9  8  5  6 11 10 10  9
Clouds                 FW CL FW FW B1 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          70          80           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.47        0.08           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  D  C
Tstms                                  C  C  S


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          53    77      56    75      52    74      49    70
Temp          56 55 71 74   64 57 72 70   58 54 71 70   56 51 65 65
Dewpt         49 53 62 61   60 54 54 54   48 50 53 52   46 45 49 47
PWind dir         E    SE       S    SW      SW     W       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    60      90    30      30    20      10    20
Rain shwrs           S  L    D  L  C  C    S  C  S             S  S
Tstms                   S    C  C  C  C    S

$$
IAZ017-032100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1216 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      71          47          61          39          67
Temp                   64 68 65 54 51 49 49 52 56 60 57 48 42 39 42 54 62 65 64
Dewpt                  42 40 45 46 44 43 47 49 48 46 43 42 40 37 38 42 41 42 43
RH                     45 36 48 74 77 80 93 89 74 60 59 80 93 92 86 64 46 43 46
Wind dir                S  S SE SE SE SE SE NW NW NW  N NW NW NW  N NE  E SE SE
Wind spd                6 10  9  6  9 10 10 11 16 17 12  5  5  5  5  5  6  8  8
Clouds                 FW SC SC B1 B1 OV OV OV B2 B1 FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          80          80           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.37        0.12           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  D  C
Tstms                                  C  C


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          46    74      55    71      49    71      46    65
Temp          48 47 68 70   60 56 67 64   53 51 66 66   51 48 60 59
Dewpt         43 43 55 56   55 52 49 50   46 45 47 46   42 42 43 42
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW SC B1   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         10    30      90    30      30    20      20    30
Rain shwrs              C    D  D  C  C    C  S  S  S    S        C
Tstms                        C  C  S  C    C  S     S    S

$$
IAZ049-032100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1216 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      71          50          65          40          69
Temp                   66 70 68 54 51 52 52 59 61 63 60 50 45 42 41 55 64 67 65
Dewpt                  43 42 44 44 44 46 50 56 53 49 46 43 41 39 39 43 43 44 46
RH                     43 36 42 69 77 80 93 90 75 60 60 77 86 89 92 64 46 43 50
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E SE
Wind spd                5  9  8  5  8 12 10 10 13 16 11  8  5  5  5  6  8  8  6
Clouds                 FW SC FW FW SC B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          70          90           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.23        0.15           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  D  C
Tstms                                  C  C  S


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          47    75      55    74      50    73      47    68
Temp          51 50 68 71   62 57 70 68   55 52 69 68   53 49 63 63
Dewpt         45 46 57 57   57 55 52 52   49 47 50 50   45 44 46 44
PWind dir         E    SE      SE    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    40      90    40      30    30      10    30
Rain shwrs              C    D  D  C  C    C  C  C  S             C
Tstms                        C  C  S  C    C  C

$$
IAZ086-032100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1216 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      72          53          70          44          69
Temp                   66 70 68 58 56 55 57 64 68 68 64 54 50 46 45 57 65 68 67
Dewpt                  46 46 50 48 47 50 53 60 60 55 50 47 45 43 43 46 46 46 48
RH                     48 42 52 69 72 83 86 87 76 63 60 77 83 89 93 67 50 45 50
Wind dir                E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  W NW  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E
Wind spd                9  9  6  8 10 11 13 11 12 13 12 10 10  8  6 10 10  8  6
Clouds                 FW CL CL CL FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          30          60           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.06        0.22           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  L  C
Tstms                                     C  S  C


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          52    77      60    77      54    76      50    70
Temp          56 54 71 75   66 61 73 71   58 57 72 71   57 52 66 66
Dewpt         48 50 59 60   60 58 57 55   50 51 55 53   47 46 50 47
PWind dir         E    SE       S    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    40      90    50      30    30      10    30
Rain shwrs              C    D  D  C  C    S  C  C  C             C
Tstms                   S    C  C  C  C    S  S     S

$$