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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

IAZ060-290900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      39          68          38          57          38
Temp                   42 40 40 51 62 65 64 55 50 44 38 42 51 56 54 46 42 41 39
Dewpt                  32 32 35 42 47 47 48 46 44 39 34 33 34 34 34 35 34 33 34
RH                     67 73 82 71 58 52 56 72 80 82 85 70 52 43 46 65 73 73 82
Wind dir                E  E  E SE  S  S SE NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                9  8  9 11 14 12  5  5 13 14 12 13 10 10  8  5  8  9 11
Clouds                 SC B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          20          20           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S                          S  S  C
Wind chill             36    34                   37 30 35                35 31
Min chill              36    33    33                30    31          37    30


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          56      42    53      36    53      33    56      36    66
Temp          52 54   46 43 49 51   42 36 47 50   39 34 50 52   42 37 58 61
Dewpt         40 41   41 39 42 39   36 31 32 29   27 26 30 31   30 30 38 38
PWind dir         E       E    NE       N     N      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      70    60      40    20       5     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  L  L  C    C  C  S
Snowshwrs                                  S
Tstms                  S  S  C  S    S  S

$$
IAZ039-290900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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          60          38          55          35
Temp                   30 31 31 41 54 58 55 50 46 42 38 42 50 53 50 44 40 37 35
Dewpt                  25 24 24 30 40 45 45 45 43 40 35 34 35 34 33 33 32 32 31
RH                     81 75 75 65 59 62 69 83 89 93 89 73 56 48 52 65 73 82 85
Wind dir                E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE NE NE
Wind spd                5  8 10 14 17 16 11  8  4 13 13 14 14 13  9  8  8  9 10
Clouds                 SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      5          20          30           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C                                C
Wind chill             24 23 22 33                35 29 34                30 28
Min chill              23    20    23                28    29          33    28


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          54      38    53      33    51      31    54      33    62
Temp          51 50   42 38 47 47   38 33 47 46   36 31 48 49   38 34 55 56
Dewpt         37 38   36 35 39 37   33 29 33 30   27 25 29 30   29 28 36 36
PWind dir         E       E    NE       N     N      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      70    70      40    20       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  L  L  L    C  C  S
Snowshwrs                               S  S
Tstms                        S  S

$$
IAZ048-290900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      35          64          35          55          35
Temp                   37 36 36 47 58 62 60 51 46 40 35 40 49 53 51 44 40 38 36
Dewpt                  30 29 32 39 47 49 49 47 43 38 33 32 35 35 34 35 33 32 33
RH                     75 75 85 74 67 62 67 86 89 92 92 73 58 50 52 70 76 79 89
Wind dir                E  E  E SE SE  S SE  N NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                8  9  9 12 14 12  5  4 13 16 13 13 11 10  8  5  6  8 10
Clouds                 SC B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          20          20           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  S  S                          S  S  C
Wind chill             31 29 28                   32 26 32                32 28
Min chill              30    27    29                25    27          34    28


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          54      40    52      33    52      31    55      34    65
Temp          51 51   43 40 47 48   39 34 47 48   36 32 49 51   39 35 56 59
Dewpt         39 40   39 37 41 39   35 30 33 29   27 26 31 31   30 29 38 38
PWind dir         E       E    NE       N     N      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      70    60      40    20       5     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  L  L  C    C  C  S
Snowshwrs                               S  S
Tstms                     S  C  S

$$
IAZ004-290900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      25          55          28          46          29
Temp                   25 27 28 37 48 52 49 41 36 31 28 34 41 44 41 34 31 31 30
Dewpt                  24 24 25 31 39 42 43 39 33 29 26 27 30 31 29 29 28 27 28
RH                     96 88 88 79 71 69 80 92 89 92 92 75 65 60 62 82 88 85 92
Wind dir                E  E  E SE SE SE  E NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NE NE NE
Wind spd                9 11 12 16 14 12  5  9 17 17 14 16 13 12 10  9 10  6  8
Wind gust                                               26
Clouds                 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0          20          20           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  S  S                                C
Snowshwrs                                                               S  S
Wind chill             16 17 18 27          35 26 20 16 23 33 38 35 27 22 24 22
Min chill              16    16    18          25    16    18    35    22    22


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          50      33    47      28    50      29    54      33    63
Temp          45 45   36 33 42 41   33 29 45 44   33 29 46 49   37 34 52 54
Dewpt         34 34   32 31 34 32   29 26 28 28   25 25 29 31   29 29 35 36
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE       N    NW      NW    NW       W    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC FW   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         40      70    60      30    10       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  L  L  L    C

$$
IAZ035-290900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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          60          31          51          32
Temp                   33 33 33 43 55 59 56 48 41 35 31 37 46 50 47 40 36 34 33
Dewpt                  29 27 29 36 44 47 48 44 39 34 29 30 33 34 32 32 30 30 31
RH                     85 78 85 76 66 64 74 86 92 96 92 75 60 54 56 73 79 85 92
Wind dir                E  E  E SE SE SE SE NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE NE NE  E
Wind spd                9 10 12 14 14 11  5  4 16 17 12 12 12 10  8  8  8  6  9
Clouds                 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          20          20           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  S  S                          S  S  C
Wind chill             25 25 24 36             33 25 21 29             29 28 25
Min chill              25    22    25          33    21    23          28    25


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          53      37    50      30    52      29    55      33    65
Temp          49 49   40 37 46 45   36 31 47 47   34 30 48 50   38 34 56 57
Dewpt         38 38   35 35 38 36   31 28 30 28   25 25 31 31   29 29 38 38
PWind dir         E      NE    NE       N     N      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 SC SC   FW SC FW FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         40      80    60      40    10       5     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  D  L  L    C  S
Snowshwrs                               S
Tstms                     S  S  S

$$
IAZ094-290900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      42          69          40          60          41
Temp                   46 45 43 54 64 69 66 58 51 45 40 45 54 59 55 47 44 43 42
Dewpt                  37 38 38 45 48 49 50 49 47 41 36 37 37 36 37 36 37 36 38
RH                     71 76 82 71 56 49 56 72 86 86 85 73 52 42 51 65 76 76 86
Wind dir                S  S SE  S  S  S  S SW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E
Wind spd                8  6  9 16 17 13  9 11 13 14 11 12  9  8  6  6  8 10 12
Wind gust                       27
Clouds                 SC B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          10          20           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S                          C  C  C
Tstms                                     S                                   S
Wind chill                                        38 33 39                37 35
Min chill                    38    38                32    33          39    35


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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      46    59      36    53      33    57      37    67
Temp          58 58   49 48 55 52   44 37 49 50   39 34 52 53   42 38 61 62
Dewpt         45 46   46 46 47 43   38 33 34 30   29 27 31 32   32 32 38 38
PWind dir         E      NE    NE       N     N      NW    NW       W    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      60    60      40    20       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  S    L  L  L  C    C  C  S
Tstms          S  S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S

$$
IAZ017-290900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      26          57          31          49          31
Temp                   26 26 27 37 50 54 51 45 40 35 31 36 44 47 44 37 34 32 31
Dewpt                  23 23 22 28 37 42 43 42 39 34 29 30 32 32 31 31 29 29 29
RH                     88 88 81 70 61 64 74 89 96 96 92 79 62 56 60 79 82 88 92
Wind dir                E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE NE  E
Wind spd                6  9 12 16 17 16 10  6  9 18 13 14 14 12  9  8  8  6  9
Wind gust                                            24
Clouds                 SC B2 B2 SC SC B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      5          20          30           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C                                C
Wind chill             18 17 16 28             34 24 21 27 37       31 27 26 23
Min chill              17    15    16          33    19    22    38    26    23


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          51      35    49      30    50      28    53      32    62
Temp          48 47   37 35 45 43   34 30 45 44   32 28 46 47   36 32 53 53
Dewpt         35 36   33 32 36 34   30 27 31 28   25 24 29 30   28 27 35 36
PWind dir         E      NE    NE       N    NW      NW    NW       W    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         40      70    70      40    20       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  L  L  L    C  S  S
Snowshwrs                               S  S

$$
IAZ049-290900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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          62          36          54          35
Temp                   34 33 33 44 57 61 58 50 46 40 36 41 50 53 49 42 39 36 35
Dewpt                  27 26 29 35 44 47 48 46 43 39 34 34 35 35 34 34 32 32 32
RH                     75 75 85 70 62 60 69 86 89 96 92 76 56 50 56 73 76 85 89
Wind dir                E  E  E SE SE SE SE  E  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE NE NE
Wind spd                8  9 11 13 16 14  8  5  9 16 13 13 12 10  8  5  6  8 10
Clouds                 SC B2 B2 SC B1 B2 OV B2 SC B2 B1 SC SC B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          20          20           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  S  S                                C
Wind chill             28 25 24 37                32 27 33                30 28
Min chill              27    23    25                26    28          33    27


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          53      38    52      33    51      29    54      32    63
Temp          50 50   42 38 47 46   38 33 46 45   34 29 48 48   37 34 56 56
Dewpt         38 39   38 36 41 38   34 29 32 29   27 25 30 31   29 28 38 38
PWind dir         E       E    NE       N     N      NW    NW       W    SW
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   FW SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      70    70      40    20       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  L  L  C    C  C  S
Snowshwrs                               S  S
Tstms                     S  S  S

$$
IAZ086-290900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      39          68          44          61          41
Temp                   43 40 40 52 64 68 66 59 55 49 44 47 55 59 56 47 44 43 42
Dewpt                  34 34 36 42 47 47 49 50 50 45 41 38 38 36 37 36 36 37 38
RH                     70 79 85 69 54 47 54 72 83 86 89 71 53 42 49 65 73 79 86
Wind dir                E  E  E SE SE  S SE  S SW  W NW NW NW NW  N NE NE  E  E
Wind spd                9  8  9 10 16 14  9 11 12 14 13 13 11 10  8  6  6 10 12
Clouds                 SC B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          20          30           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.06           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C                          S  S  L
Tstms                                     S  S
Wind chill             37    34                      37                   37 35
Min chill              36    33    35                36    37          38    33


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          58      44    57      38    53      34    55      36    65
Temp          54 55   48 45 52 52   44 39 48 49   39 34 50 51   41 36 58 60
Dewpt         43 44   43 43 46 43   39 35 34 31   28 28 30 31   30 31 38 39
PWind dir         E       E    NE       N     N      NW    NW       W    SW
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         60      70    70      40    20       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     L  C    L  L  L  L    C  C  S
Tstms                  S  S  S  S    C  S

$$


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