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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1229 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

IAZ060-142100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1229 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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                      70          51          74          58          75
Temp                   69 70 67 62 58 55 54 62 70 73 71 65 62 61 59 64 69 72 72
Dewpt                  58 57 55 54 53 51 49 50 54 55 56 57 57 57 56 58 58 57 56
RH                     68 63 65 75 83 86 83 65 57 53 59 75 84 87 90 81 68 59 57
Wind dir               NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  W  W
Wind spd               10 10  9  6  5  5  5  5  6  8  8  5  4  5  6  8  9  9  6
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0          10          50          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                                 S  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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          54    80      57    84      59    81      55    75
Temp          61 57 75 76   62 59 79 82   66 61 77 77   62 58 72 73
Dewpt         54 53 54 53   52 53 56 57   53 52 51 50   50 49 51 51
PWind dir         W     W      SW    SW       W     W       W     W
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    30      20    20      30    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  C    S  S     S    C  S  S  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms          C  S     S    S        S    C  S  S                S

$$
IAZ039-142100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1229 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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                      68          47          75          56          73
Temp                   65 67 65 58 55 51 50 61 71 74 72 65 62 59 57 64 69 70 69
Dewpt                  52 52 52 51 49 45 43 47 49 51 52 55 55 55 54 57 57 58 56
RH                     63 59 63 77 80 80 77 60 46 44 49 70 78 87 90 78 66 66 63
Wind dir                E  E  E  E  E NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd               12 10 10  8  6  5  6  6  8  9  8  6  8  8  9 10 10 10  8
Clouds                 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5           0           5          60          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.07        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  L  L  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                                    S  C  S     S  C  C  C


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    78      55    83      57    79      54    74
Temp          59 56 74 74   60 57 79 79   63 58 75 75   60 56 71 70
Dewpt         56 54 55 53   52 53 56 55   55 51 52 49   50 49 51 49
PWind dir        SW    SW       S    SW       W    NW       W     W
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30    40      20    30      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  C    S  S     C    C  C  S  C    S  C  C  C
Tstms          C  S     S    S  S     S    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ048-142100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1229 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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          51          74          57          75
Temp                   72 70 68 61 56 53 53 62 70 74 70 63 61 59 58 64 69 72 71
Dewpt                  58 55 54 53 52 50 48 49 53 54 56 57 57 57 57 58 58 57 55
RH                     61 59 61 75 86 89 83 62 55 50 61 81 87 93 96 81 68 59 57
Wind dir                E NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S  S  S  S SW  S  S SW  W NW
Wind spd               13 10  9  6  5  5  5  6  8  9  9  5  5  5  5  8  9  9  8
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          50          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.08        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                                 S  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  C


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    80      56    84      58    81      54    75
Temp          59 56 74 76   60 58 79 80   63 59 76 74   60 56 71 72
Dewpt         54 54 55 53   52 53 57 57   53 52 52 51   50 49 51 51
PWind dir         W     W      SW    SW       W    NW       W    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    30      20    30      30    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  C    S  S     C    C  S  S  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms          C  S     S    S  S     S    C  S  S                S

$$
IAZ004-142100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1229 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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          51          72          54          74
Temp                   70 72 69 61 55 53 53 61 67 71 67 61 58 55 54 63 68 72 71
Dewpt                  46 47 48 50 50 49 49 49 52 52 54 55 54 53 52 55 54 52 50
RH                     42 41 47 67 83 86 86 65 59 51 63 81 86 93 93 75 61 49 47
Wind dir                E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd               11 10 10  9  8  9  9 12 13 13 11 10 10 10  9 10 11 10 10
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          40          60          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.14           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                              S  C  C  C  S  S  S        S


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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      55    82      54    76      52    73
Temp          57 54 73 74   59 57 76 77   59 55 71 72   57 54 67 70
Dewpt         50 49 51 50   51 50 54 51   48 47 47 45   47 46 48 47
PWind dir         W    SW       S    SW      NW    NW       W    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    30      20    20      30    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     S     S  C    S  S  S  S    C  C  S  S    S  C  S  S
Tstms          S        S    S  S     S    C  C     S             S

$$
IAZ035-142100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1229 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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          50          74          55          75
Temp                   71 72 70 61 56 53 52 62 70 73 70 63 60 58 57 64 69 73 71
Dewpt                  54 52 52 51 51 50 49 49 52 53 54 56 57 56 55 57 57 54 52
RH                     55 49 53 70 83 89 89 62 53 49 57 78 90 93 93 78 66 51 51
Wind dir               NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  S  S SW SW  S SW  W  W  W
Wind spd               11 10 10  8  6  5  8  8 10 10 10  6  6  6  5  8  9 10  8
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          20          50          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.12        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  S  S  C  S  S  S


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    79      55    84      55    80      53    74
Temp          57 54 74 76   59 57 79 80   61 56 75 74   58 55 70 70
Dewpt         51 51 53 50   51 52 55 53   50 50 50 47   47 47 50 49
PWind dir         W    SW       S    SW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    30      20    30      30    20      20    30
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  C
Tstms          S        S    S  S  S  S    C  C     S             S

$$
IAZ094-142100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1229 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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                      68          52          72          57          73
Temp                   67 67 65 61 58 56 55 61 68 71 69 64 61 60 59 64 68 71 70
Dewpt                  61 61 59 57 55 55 53 56 58 59 59 59 58 58 58 61 61 61 60
RH                     81 81 81 87 90 96 93 84 70 66 70 84 90 93 96 90 78 71 71
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E SE  S SE  E SE SE SE  S  S  W  W
Wind spd               11  9  8  6  5  5  5  4  5  5  5  4  4  4  5  8  8  9  8
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     40           5          20          60          70
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0        0.08        0.14
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C                          C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                   C  C                          C  C  C  C  S  C  C  C  C


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    78      57    83      60    81      55    77
Temp          60 57 74 74   61 59 79 80   67 61 76 76   63 58 72 75
Dewpt         56 55 57 56   55 55 60 60   56 55 55 55   52 52 55 55
PWind dir         W    NW      SW    SW       W     W       W    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    30      20    20      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C    S        S    S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms          C  S     S    S        S    S  S  S  S          S  S

$$
IAZ017-142100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1229 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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                      70          47          73          55          72
Temp                   67 69 66 58 54 51 50 60 68 72 70 63 59 58 56 62 67 70 69
Dewpt                  53 50 49 49 48 46 44 45 47 49 51 53 55 55 54 56 56 54 53
RH                     61 51 54 72 80 83 80 58 47 44 51 70 87 90 93 81 68 57 57
Wind dir                E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W
Wind spd               12 10  9  8  6  6  6  8 10 10 10  9 10  9  9 10 11 10 10
Clouds                 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.15        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                 S  C  C  S  S  C  C  S  S


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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      54    81      54    76      52    72
Temp          56 54 71 73   58 56 76 77   60 55 72 72   57 54 68 67
Dewpt         52 51 53 50   51 50 55 53   50 48 50 47   47 47 49 48
PWind dir        SW     W      SW    SW      NW    NW      NW     W
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20    30      20    30      30    20      30    30
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    C  C  S  S    S  C  C  C
Tstms          S        S    S  S     S    C  C     S

$$
IAZ049-142100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1229 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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                      68          48          74          56          74
Temp                   67 66 66 58 54 51 51 61 70 74 71 63 61 59 57 63 69 71 69
Dewpt                  55 54 53 52 50 47 45 47 51 52 54 56 56 57 55 57 57 57 56
RH                     65 65 63 80 86 86 80 60 51 46 55 78 84 93 93 81 66 61 63
Wind dir                E NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  S SE  S  S  S  S  S SW NW
Wind spd               13 11 10  8  6  5  6  6  8  9  8  5  6  6  6  8  9  9  6
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           5          60          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                                 S  S  C  C     S  C  S  C


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    79      54    83      56    80      53    74
Temp          58 55 74 74   59 57 79 79   62 58 75 74   59 55 71 70
Dewpt         55 54 54 53   52 53 56 56   54 52 52 50   49 49 50 50
PWind dir         W     W       S    SW       W    NW       W     W
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    40      20    20      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  C    S  S     S    C  C  S  C    S  C  C  C
Tstms          C  S     S    S  S     S    C  C  S

$$
IAZ086-142100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1229 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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                      67          50          73          58          73
Temp                   67 66 64 60 56 53 53 61 69 73 71 65 62 60 59 64 68 70 70
Dewpt                  61 60 59 56 54 51 49 52 56 58 58 58 58 58 57 59 61 60 60
RH                     81 81 84 87 93 93 86 72 63 59 63 78 87 93 93 84 78 71 71
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E SE SE SE SE  S SE SE  S  S SW
Wind spd               12 11 10  9  8  6  6  6  5  5  5  4  5  6  8  9  9  9  9
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     60           5           5          40          80
QPF 12hr                   0.07           0           0        0.02        0.37
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              L  S                          S  S  C  C  D  D  D  D  C
Tstms                   C  S                                S  S  S  C  C  C  C


Date          Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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          56    78      57    83      61    81      56    76
Temp          61 59 73 74   61 59 78 80   66 62 76 76   63 59 73 72
Dewpt         58 56 58 57   55 55 59 59   57 56 55 54   52 52 54 53
PWind dir        SW    NW      SW    SW       W     W       W     W
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    40      20    20      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C    S  S     S    S  S  S  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms          C  S     S    S  S     S    S  S  S                S

$$