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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
845 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

IAZ060-190900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
845 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Date           04/18/24      Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            Sun
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                      33          57          32          51          32
Temp                44 41 37 35 49 56 57 54 46 40 34 32 41 48 51 50 44 39 35 33
Dewpt               35 32 29 27 28 25 23 25 25 24 23 22 23 25 25 25 26 26 26 26
RH                  70 70 72 72 44 30 27 32 43 52 64 66 48 40 36 37 49 59 69 75
Wind dir            NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W
Wind spd             9  5  4  6 13 20 20 14 12 11  9  9 13 14 14 11  5  6  5  5
Wind gust                          31 32 25             24 25 25
Clouds              FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                   29                32 27 24 33
Min chill              35    28    32          31    23    26          33    26
Frost                   Y  Y  Y


Date           04/21  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24  Wed 04/24/24  Thu 04/25/24
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          61      38    65      48    63      37    63      43    62
Temp          56 58   43 40 60 63   56 49 59 58   45 39 58 60   49 45 57 60
Dewpt         27 28   30 31 37 40   42 40 40 36   34 32 34 33   34 35 41 42
PWind dir        NW      SW     S      SW    NW       N     E      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    CL CL   CL FW B1 B2   B2 SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0       0    40      60    20       5    10      30    40
Rain shwrs                      C    L  C  S                     S  C  C  C
Tstms                                S  S

$$
IAZ039-190900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
845 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Date           04/18/24      Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            Sun
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                      32          55          30          50          30
Temp                43 38 34 33 47 53 55 50 41 35 31 30 40 45 48 47 40 36 32 31
Dewpt               36 33 29 28 28 26 25 25 25 24 23 22 24 26 26 25 26 26 25 25
RH                  76 82 82 82 47 35 31 37 52 64 72 72 52 47 42 42 57 67 75 78
Wind dir            NW NW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W
Wind spd             9  4  4  8 18 24 24 19 13 11 11 12 17 18 18 12  8  6  5  5
Wind gust                          35 36 32
Clouds              FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC FW CL CL SC B1 B2 B1 SC FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          37       26             34 28 22 20 31 37          30    25
Min chill              34    25    28          27    20    23    38    30    23
Frost                   Y  Y  Y


Date           04/21  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24  Wed 04/24/24  Thu 04/25/24
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          60      35    63      46    59      34    60      39    61
Temp          55 57   41 37 60 58   51 46 56 54   41 35 55 56   44 39 57 56
Dewpt         27 28   29 30 36 39   44 41 42 37   33 28 32 32   32 30 37 38
PWind dir         W      SW     S      SW    NW       N     E      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    CL CL   CL FW SC B2   OV B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr          0       0    50      80    30       5     5      20    30
Rain shwrs                      C    D  C  C  S                     S  C  C
Tstms                                S  S

$$
IAZ048-190900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
845 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Date           04/18/24      Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            Sun
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                      32          56          30          51          30
Temp                42 39 34 33 48 53 55 51 42 37 32 30 40 46 50 49 42 36 33 31
Dewpt               35 32 29 27 28 25 25 26 26 25 23 23 24 26 26 26 28 27 26 26
RH                  76 76 82 78 46 33 31 37 53 61 69 75 52 45 39 40 57 69 75 81
Wind dir            NW NW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W
Wind spd            10  6  5  6 16 21 21 16 11 10 10 10 14 16 14 11  5  5  5  5
Wind gust                       26 34 33 27             25 26
Clouds              FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B1 SC FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          36       27             35 30 24 22 32 39                25
Min chill              33    26    30          29    22    24          30    24
Frost                   Y  Y  Y


Date           04/21  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24  Wed 04/24/24  Thu 04/25/24
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          60      36    64      45    62      35    62      42    62
Temp          55 58   41 38 59 60   52 46 58 56   42 37 56 59   46 43 57 58
Dewpt         28 28   30 32 38 42   43 41 40 36   34 31 33 33   34 35 41 42
PWind dir         W      SW     S      SW    NW       N     E      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    CL CL   FW FW B1 B2   B2 SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0       0    60      70    20       5    10      20    40
Rain shwrs                   S  L    L  C  S                     S  S  C  C
Tstms                                S  S

$$
IAZ004-190900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
845 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Date           04/18/24      Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            Sun
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                      30          50          29          49          29
Temp                37 35 31 30 41 46 49 45 37 33 31 29 37 43 47 47 39 34 31 30
Dewpt               28 27 25 23 23 22 22 21 21 21 20 21 23 24 24 23 24 23 23 22
RH                  70 72 78 75 48 38 34 38 52 61 63 72 56 47 40 38 54 64 72 72
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W
Wind spd             9  8  8 11 21 25 26 21 13 14 13 13 18 18 17 13 10 10  8  9
Wind gust                          39 39 39    25          28 27
Clouds              CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC FW FW CL FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          30 28 24 20 31 37    37 28 23 21 19 27 34       32 27 24 22
Min chill              27    20    23    37    22    19    21    36    26    20
Freeze                  W  W  W


Date           04/21  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24  Wed 04/24/24  Thu 04/25/24
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          60      37    61      41    57      33    60      41    62
Temp          54 56   40 39 55 57   47 42 51 51   38 34 53 56   45 42 56 56
Dewpt         24 25   29 31 39 42   41 38 37 33   29 28 32 31   33 33 38 40
PWind dir         W      SW     S       W     N       N    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    CL CL   FW SC B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW SC   B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0       5    70      60    20       0     5      20    40
Rain shwrs                   C  L    L  S  S                        S  C  C
Tstms                                S  S

$$
IAZ035-190900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
845 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Date           04/18/24      Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            Sun
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                      31          53          29          51          28
Temp                41 37 32 32 46 50 52 49 40 35 31 29 39 45 49 48 40 35 31 30
Dewpt               32 30 27 26 27 24 25 24 24 22 22 21 24 25 26 24 26 26 25 24
RH                  70 75 81 78 47 36 35 37 52 59 69 72 54 45 40 39 57 69 78 78
Wind dir            NW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W
Wind spd             8  5  5  8 16 21 21 17 12 10 10 10 13 16 13 10  6  6  5  5
Wind gust                          32 33 27
Clouds              FW CL FW CL CL FW FW SC SC FW CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 SC FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                   25 39          33 27 22 20 31 38          29 25 24
Min chill              32    24    26          27    20    24    39    29    22
Freeze                  W  W  W


Date           04/21  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24  Wed 04/24/24  Thu 04/25/24
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          60      36    62      43    59      33    62      41    62
Temp          54 57   40 38 57 59   49 44 55 54   40 34 56 57   45 42 57 57
Dewpt         26 25   30 31 39 42   41 39 39 34   31 29 33 31   33 34 40 40
PWind dir         W      SW     S       W    NW       N    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    CL CL   FW SC B1 B2   B2 SC B1 SC   SC FW FW SC   B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0       0    70      60    20       5    10      20    40
Rain shwrs                   C  L    L  C  S                     S  S  C  C
Tstms                           S    S  S

$$
IAZ094-190900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
845 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Date           04/18/24      Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            Sun
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                      34          58          34          52          32
Temp                43 41 37 36 48 55 57 55 45 42 37 34 42 48 51 50 43 38 35 34
Dewpt               37 33 29 28 30 29 28 31 30 28 25 24 25 27 27 27 28 28 26 26
RH                  79 73 72 72 49 37 33 40 55 57 61 66 50 44 39 41 55 67 69 72
Wind dir             N NW NW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd            10  8  5  4 10 13 13  9  8 10 10  9 13 12 13 10  6  6  5  5
Clouds              CL CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          37 35                      36 30 28 35
Min chill              34    30    32          35    27    29          33    26
Frost                   Y  Y  Y


Date           04/21  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24  Wed 04/24/24  Thu 04/25/24
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          59      37    66      49    64      39    63      45    62
Temp          54 57   42 39 61 63   56 50 61 59   46 39 58 60   49 46 58 60
Dewpt         30 31   33 32 39 42   46 43 42 39   36 35 37 36   38 38 45 45
PWind dir        NW      SW     S      SW    NW       N     E      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW FW B1 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr          0       0    40      60    30       5    10      30    50
Rain shwrs                      C    L  C  C                     S  C  C  C
Tstms                                S  S

$$
IAZ017-190900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
845 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Date           04/18/24      Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            Sun
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                      30          51          29          48          28
Temp                39 35 32 31 44 48 50 46 36 33 30 29 36 42 47 45 37 33 30 29
Dewpt               31 29 26 25 25 24 24 24 23 21 20 21 24 25 25 23 25 23 23 23
RH                  73 78 78 78 47 39 36 42 59 61 66 72 61 50 42 41 61 66 75 78
Wind dir            NW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W
Wind spd             8  6  6 10 18 24 25 18 12 13 13 13 18 18 17 12  6  8  8  8
Wind gust                       28 37 39 32                28 28
Clouds              CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC FW FW CL FW B1 B1 B1 B1 FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          33 29 26 23 36       38 28 23 19 19 26 33    39    26 23 21
Min chill              29    22    26    37    23    19    21    36    26    20
Freeze                  W  W  W


Date           04/21  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24  Wed 04/24/24  Thu 04/25/24
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          59      34    61      42    57      32    59      38    60
Temp          54 55   39 37 57 55   47 43 52 51   37 33 53 55   42 39 55 54
Dewpt         26 27   28 30 36 41   41 39 39 35   29 27 31 30   30 30 37 39
PWind dir         W      SW     S      SW    NW       N    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    CL CL   CL FW B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW SC   SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0       0    60      70    20       0     5      20    30
Rain shwrs                   S  L    L  C  S                        S  C  C
Tstms                                S  S

$$
IAZ049-190900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
845 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Date           04/18/24      Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            Sun
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                      30          55          29          50          29
Temp                41 38 33 32 47 54 55 51 40 35 31 29 39 45 48 47 39 36 31 30
Dewpt               36 33 29 27 28 25 24 25 25 24 23 22 24 26 26 25 26 26 26 25
RH                  82 82 85 81 47 32 30 36 55 64 72 75 54 47 42 42 59 67 81 81
Wind dir            NW NW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W
Wind spd             9  5  5  6 14 23 21 14 12 10  9  9 16 16 14 10  5  5  5  5
Wind gust                       25 36 35 25                26 27
Clouds              FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL SC SC B2 B1 SC FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          35       26             33 28 23 21 31 38             25 24
Min chill              32    25    29          27    20    23    39    30    23
Frost                   Y  Y  Y


Date           04/21  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24  Wed 04/24/24  Thu 04/25/24
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          60      33    63      44    61      34    60      39    61
Temp          54 55   39 36 60 58   51 45 56 55   41 35 55 56   44 40 57 56
Dewpt         28 28   30 31 37 40   42 41 41 36   33 29 32 32   32 32 39 40
PWind dir         W      SW     S      SW    NW       N     E      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    CL CL   CL FW SC B2   B2 SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr          0       0    50      70    30       5    10      20    40
Rain shwrs                      C    L  C  C  S                     S  C  C
Tstms                                S  S

$$
IAZ086-190900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
845 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Date           04/18/24      Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            Sun
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                      34          59          33          52          33
Temp                43 41 37 36 48 56 58 54 45 39 35 33 42 48 50 49 42 38 35 34
Dewpt               41 36 32 30 31 28 27 29 29 27 26 26 25 27 26 27 28 28 28 28
RH                  93 82 82 79 51 34 30 38 53 62 69 75 50 44 39 42 57 67 75 78
Wind dir            NW NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  W NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W
Wind spd             9  9  6  6 12 17 18 13 10 12 10 10 13 14 14 11  6  6  5  6
Wind gust                          27 28
Clouds              FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Wind chill             35    30             39 32 28 25 35                29 28
Min chill              35    28    32          31    24    27          33    26


Date           04/21  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24  Wed 04/24/24  Thu 04/25/24
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          60      36    65      50    64      38    62      43    62
Temp          55 57   41 38 61 61   56 50 61 58   45 39 56 59   47 44 57 59
Dewpt         30 31   31 32 37 41   43 44 43 40   37 32 35 35   35 35 42 43
PWind dir        NW      SW     S      SW    NW       N     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    CL FW   CL FW SC B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr          0       0    30      70    30       5    10      20    40
Rain shwrs                      C    L  L  C  S                  S  S  C  C
Tstms                                S  S

$$


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