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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
229 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

IAZ060-140900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/12/24      Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            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                      59          66          52          72          49
Temp                      62 61 64 65 65 64 61 59 56 55 61 67 71 71 61 56 52 51
Dewpt                     58 58 58 58 56 55 55 54 51 49 53 52 51 50 50 49 48 47
RH                        87 90 81 78 73 73 81 83 83 80 75 59 49 47 67 77 86 86
Wind dir                  NE SE NE NE  N NE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E SE SE  E SE
Wind spd                   4  3  5  6 10 10  6  9  9  9 11 10 10  8  5  4  4  4
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     70          80          30          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.13        0.20        0.07           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 L  L  L  D  D  C  C  S
Tstms                      C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Obvis                                     H


Date           05/15  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
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      55    73      53    78      56    81      56    80
Temp          69 69   60 58 69 70   59 56 73 74   61 58 77 77   64 59 76 77
Dewpt         50 52   53 55 53 52   51 51 53 52   52 52 55 55   53 53 55 56
PWind dir         S      SW    NW       W    SW      SW     W      SW     S
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      60    40      20    30      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs        C    C  L  C  C    S     S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                  S  S  S  C    S        S    S  S                   S

$$
IAZ039-140900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/12/24      Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            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                      59          70          51          72          47
Temp                      63 61 66 68 68 68 61 57 54 53 59 68 71 70 59 53 49 48
Dewpt                     55 56 57 56 55 51 51 49 47 47 46 48 48 46 47 46 43 41
RH                        75 84 73 65 63 54 70 75 77 80 62 49 44 42 64 77 80 77
Wind dir                   W SW NW  N NE NE  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   6  5  5  6  9  9  8  8  9 12 13 12 11 10  8  6  5  5
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          60          20           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.07        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  L  C  S  S
Tstms                      S  S  S  S  S  S
Obvis                                     H


Date           05/15  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
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      54    73      52    78      56    81      55    79
Temp          69 69   59 56 69 68   56 54 74 73   60 57 75 76   61 57 76 76
Dewpt         45 48   51 52 52 51   51 50 53 52   53 52 54 53   53 52 55 54
PWind dir        SE       S     W      SE    SW      SW     W       W    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW SC FW FW   SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      50    40      20    30      30    30      30    40
Rain shwrs        S    C  C  C  C    S     S  C    C  S  S  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms                  S  S  S  C    S        S    C  S

$$
IAZ048-140900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/12/24      Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            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                      59          67          50          73          49
Temp                      62 60 64 65 66 66 60 57 53 53 60 67 72 71 60 55 51 51
Dewpt                     57 58 58 57 54 54 52 50 47 47 52 51 50 48 50 49 48 47
RH                        84 93 81 75 65 65 75 77 80 80 75 56 46 44 69 80 89 86
Wind dir                  SW SW NW  N NE NE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE
Wind spd                   4  3  4  8 10  9  6  8  9  9 11 11 10  9  4  4  4  5
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     50          70          20          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.13           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  L  L  L  S  S
Tstms                      C  S  C  C  S  S
Obvis                                  H  H  H


Date           05/15  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
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      55    74      52    78      56    81      55    79
Temp          69 69   59 56 69 69   57 54 73 73   60 57 75 76   61 57 76 76
Dewpt         51 53   54 55 54 51   51 51 53 53   53 52 55 54   52 52 55 54
PWind dir         S      SW    NW      SW    SW      SW     W       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      60    40      20    30      30    30      30    40
Rain shwrs        C    C  L  C  C    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             S    C  S  S  S    S        S    S  S                   S

$$
IAZ004-140900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/12/24      Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            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                      53          74          45          73          51
Temp                      59 54 62 70 73 69 59 52 48 48 59 67 72 72 60 55 53 53
Dewpt                     43 46 46 41 40 39 39 40 41 40 45 45 43 42 43 44 46 48
RH                        55 74 56 35 30 33 47 63 77 74 60 45 35 34 53 66 77 83
Wind dir                   N  N NE NE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE  S
Wind spd                   5  9 12 14 16 13  9  9  9  9 10 11 10 10  8 10 10 10
Clouds                    OV B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C
Tstms
Obvis                      H  H  H  H


Date           05/15  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
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      50    72      51    77      53    79      53    75
Temp          69 67   55 52 67 70   55 54 71 74   58 55 73 74   58 56 71 71
Dewpt         51 52   51 49 49 46   46 48 50 49   50 49 49 48   49 49 50 49
PWind dir         S       W    NW       S    SW       W     W       S     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         60      50    20      20    30      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  C     S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             C    C  C             S     S    S  S                   C

$$
IAZ035-140900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/12/24      Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            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                      58          73          47          74          50
Temp                      60 59 64 69 72 69 60 54 50 49 61 69 73 72 60 55 51 51
Dewpt                     56 55 54 49 45 44 42 42 43 42 49 48 45 44 46 47 48 48
RH                        87 87 70 49 38 40 51 64 77 77 65 47 37 37 60 74 89 89
Wind dir                  NW  N NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd                   4  4  6 10 11 10  8  9  8  9 10 10  9  8  5  5  5  6
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW FW CL FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     40          30           5           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  C  C  S                                      S
Tstms                      S  S  S
Obvis                            H  H  H


Date           05/15  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
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    74      51    78      54    81      53    79
Temp          69 68   56 53 69 70   55 53 72 74   59 55 75 75   59 56 76 74
Dewpt         51 52   53 52 51 48   49 49 50 49   51 51 51 50   51 51 53 51
PWind dir         S      SW    NW      SE    SW      SW     W       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      60    30      20    30      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     S  C    L  C  S  C    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             C    C  S     S    S        S    S  S                   S

$$
IAZ094-140900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/12/24      Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            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                      59          66          54          69          49
Temp                      61 60 63 64 64 62 60 59 57 56 61 65 68 67 60 55 52 51
Dewpt                     60 59 60 60 59 58 57 56 55 53 56 57 55 55 54 52 50 49
RH                        97 96 90 87 84 87 90 90 93 90 84 75 63 65 81 90 93 93
Wind dir                   E SE  E  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   4  6  6  6  9 11 10  9 10 10 12 12 11  8  5  5  5  5
Wind gust                                21
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     90         100          60          20           0
QPF 12hr                   0.43        0.78        0.12           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  D  D  D  D  L  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                      C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S


Date           05/15  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
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      55    70      53    75      55    80      56    79
Temp          67 66   59 57 66 68   58 55 71 71   60 57 75 76   63 59 76 76
Dewpt         54 55   56 56 58 57   54 54 57 55   54 54 58 59   56 55 59 59
PWind dir         S       S     W       W    SW      SW    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      60    50      20    30      20    30      30    30
Rain shwrs        C    C  L  C  C    S     S  C    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             S    S  C  C  C    S     S  S    S                      C

$$
IAZ017-140900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/12/24      Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            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                      55          73          46          71          48
Temp                      60 57 62 70 71 69 58 53 48 49 58 67 70 69 57 52 49 49
Dewpt                     52 50 49 45 43 42 43 42 40 42 45 46 45 44 45 44 43 44
RH                        75 77 62 41 36 37 57 66 74 77 62 47 41 40 64 74 80 83
Wind dir                   W  N NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE
Wind spd                  11  8  9 10 11 10  9 10  9 10 11 11 10  9  9  8  8  8
Clouds                    OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S
Tstms                      S
Obvis                      H  H  H  H  H


Date           05/15  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
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    70      49    77      54    79      52    76
Temp          67 66   56 53 66 67   53 52 71 71   57 55 73 74   58 55 73 72
Dewpt         48 50   52 50 51 48   49 49 51 50   51 50 52 50   51 49 53 52
PWind dir         S      SW    NW      SE    SW      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      60    30      20    30      30    30      40    30
Rain shwrs        C    L  C  C  C    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             S    C  C     S    S        S    S  S                   S

$$
IAZ049-140900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/12/24      Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            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                      59          67          51          71          47
Temp                      62 60 64 66 66 65 59 57 54 53 58 67 70 69 57 52 48 48
Dewpt                     56 57 57 57 56 55 54 52 47 49 50 50 49 47 48 47 45 44
RH                        81 90 78 73 70 70 83 83 77 86 75 54 47 45 72 83 89 86
Wind dir                   W SW NW  N NE NE NE  N  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   5  4  4  6 10  8  8  9  9 10 13 11 10  8  5  5  5  5
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW CL CL FW SC
PoP 12hr                     40          70          30          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.14        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  C  L  L  C  S
Tstms                      C  S  C  C  S  C  S
Obvis                                  H  H


Date           05/15  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
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    73      51    78      54    81      53    79
Temp          69 68   58 55 69 68   55 54 74 71   59 56 75 75   60 57 76 76
Dewpt         47 50   52 53 53 51   51 51 52 52   53 52 55 53   53 52 54 54
PWind dir        SE       S     W      SW    SW      SW     W      SW     S
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B2 B1 B2 B1   SC FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      60    40      20    30      30    30      40    40
Rain shwrs        C    L  L  C  C    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                  S  S  S  C    S        S    S  S

$$
IAZ086-140900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/12/24      Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            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          68          57          67          48
Temp                      62 62 65 67 66 64 62 61 60 59 59 63 66 66 58 54 50 49
Dewpt                     57 58 60 61 60 59 58 58 58 57 56 55 53 52 50 49 46 45
RH                        84 87 84 81 81 84 87 90 93 93 90 75 63 61 75 83 86 86
Wind dir                   S SE SE SE  E NE NE NE  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   5  5  6  6  8 10 10 10 10 11 13 13 12 10  8  6  5  5
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     70          90          70          40           0
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.47        0.12        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 L  L  L  L  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                      C  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S     S


Date           05/15  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
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      55    70      53    77      56    81      58    79
Temp          67 68   59 58 66 67   58 56 72 71   61 58 75 77   64 60 76 76
Dewpt         50 52   53 55 57 56   54 54 57 55   53 54 58 58   56 56 59 58
PWind dir        SE       S    SW       W    SW      SW     W      SW     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      50    60      20    30      20    30      30    40
Rain shwrs        S    S  C  L  C    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                  S     S  C    S        C    S                      S

$$