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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
329 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

IAZ060-030900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
329 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            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                      44          71          50          66          46
Temp          63 60 57 53 47 44 59 68 71 69 58 54 52 51 56 60 63 62 55 51 48 47
Dewpt         56 53 49 46 43 40 45 41 41 45 46 45 45 47 51 52 49 46 45 43 42 41
RH            78 78 75 77 86 86 60 37 34 42 64 71 77 86 83 75 60 56 69 74 80 79
Wind dir       W NW NW NW  W  W SE SE SE SE  E  E SE SE NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      10  9  6  5  3  2  5  8 10  9  6  5  6  6  8 13 13 10  5  5  5  5
Clouds        OV B2 B1 FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 OV OV B2 B2 SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0          30          70          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.39        0.23           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                           S  S  C  S  S


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          69      53    76      57    75      53    75      50    71
Temp          65 67   57 56 71 74   65 59 72 71   59 54 71 70   56 52 66 67
Dewpt         46 48   49 52 60 59   58 54 53 50   46 47 50 48   45 45 47 45
PWind dir         E      SE    SE       S    SW      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      30    60      80    30      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs             S  C  C  L    D  L  C  C    S  S  C  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms                           S    C  C  C  S    S  S

$$
IAZ039-030900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
329 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            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                      43          72          48          64          44
Temp          61 59 55 51 45 43 58 68 71 68 57 52 50 49 56 59 61 59 53 48 46 45
Dewpt         58 54 50 48 44 41 45 41 41 44 45 43 43 43 48 50 50 47 46 43 41 41
RH            90 83 83 89 96 93 62 37 34 42 64 71 77 80 74 72 67 64 77 83 83 86
Wind dir      SW  W  W  W  W  W SW  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      10 10 11  8  5  3  3  5  8  8  5  6  5  6  5 10 13 11  6  5  5  5
Clouds        OV B2 B2 B1 FW SC FW CL FW FW FW FW B1 B2 OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           0          20          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.10        0.27           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  L  L  L  L
Obvis                     PF


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          69      50    76      58    75      51    74      49    68
Temp          65 66   54 53 70 72   63 60 72 69   56 54 71 68   54 51 64 64
Dewpt         44 46   46 47 56 58   58 56 55 52   48 47 51 49   46 44 46 44
PWind dir        NE       E    SE      SE    SW      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20    40      80    50      20    40      20    30
Rain shwrs                S  C  C    D  D  C  C    S  S  S  C    S     S  C
Tstms                                C  C  C  C    S  S          S

$$
IAZ048-030900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
329 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            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          71          49          64          43
Temp          61 59 54 50 44 42 57 66 70 68 57 53 51 50 55 58 61 61 53 48 45 44
Dewpt         54 52 49 46 42 40 45 41 42 46 46 45 46 47 51 51 49 47 45 43 41 41
RH            78 78 83 86 93 93 64 40 36 45 67 74 83 89 86 77 65 60 74 83 86 89
Wind dir       W NW  W  W  W SW  S SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      11 10  6  5  2  2  4  6  9  9  6  5  5  5 10 13 12 10  5  5  4  5
Clouds        OV B2 B1 FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 OV OV B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          40          70          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.27        0.15           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                           S  S  S  S  S  S


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          69      52    75      56    75      51    75      49    69
Temp          64 66   55 54 68 72   62 57 71 69   56 52 70 69   54 50 65 65
Dewpt         46 48   48 51 60 60   58 54 53 50   47 47 51 48   45 45 48 45
PWind dir         E       E    SE       S    SW      SW     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      20    60      80    30      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs             S  S  C  L    D  L  C  C    S  S  C  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms                           S    L  C  C  S    S  S          S

$$
IAZ004-030900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
329 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            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                      40          69          46          61          41
Temp          54 53 49 44 42 41 57 66 69 66 55 51 48 46 51 56 60 58 50 45 43 42
Dewpt         49 48 44 40 37 36 41 40 40 42 45 45 44 43 44 43 42 40 40 39 38 37
RH            83 83 83 86 82 82 55 38 35 42 69 80 86 89 77 62 51 51 68 79 82 82
Wind dir      NW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  E  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE
Wind spd       9 11 10  8  9  9 11 11 13 11  9  9 11 11 13 13 13 11  6  5  5  5
Clouds        B2 B1 FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B2 OV OV OV B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          60          40           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.20        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      L  L  C  C
Wind chill                36 35
Min chill              39    34                      39                      37


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          68      49    73      52    72      48    69      46    64
Temp          62 64   52 52 67 69   58 53 67 66   54 50 64 64   51 47 59 59
Dewpt         41 43   44 46 57 57   54 47 47 45   44 42 45 44   42 41 43 42
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       S    SW      SW     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC B1 B2   B1 B1 SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5      20    60      70    20      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs                S  S  L    L  C  S  S    S  S  S  C    S     S  C
Tstms                           S    C  C          S  S     S    S        S

$$
IAZ035-030900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
329 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            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          71          47          63          41
Temp          59 57 53 46 41 41 58 67 71 68 55 52 49 47 52 57 61 60 51 46 43 42
Dewpt         51 49 46 42 39 37 43 38 39 43 45 44 45 45 47 47 44 42 42 40 39 39
RH            75 75 77 86 92 85 57 34 31 40 69 74 86 93 83 69 53 51 71 79 86 89
Wind dir      NW NW  W  W SW SW SW  S  S  S SE SE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE
Wind spd      12 10  9  5  3  4  5  8 10 10  8  5  5 10 12 12 11 10  5  5  4  5
Clouds        B2 B2 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 OV OV OV B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          50          60           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.33        0.10           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                                       S
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          69      50    74      53    74      49    73      47    67
Temp          63 65   53 52 68 70   59 54 69 68   54 51 68 67   52 48 63 63
Dewpt         42 46   46 48 58 58   55 50 49 47   44 45 48 45   43 42 45 43
PWind dir         E      SE    SE       S    SW      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          5      20    60      80    30      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs                S  C  L    D  C  C  C    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms                           S    C  C  S       S  S          S

$$
IAZ094-030900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
329 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            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                      45          71          51          66          47
Temp          62 60 57 53 47 46 60 67 70 68 58 55 53 52 60 63 63 62 55 52 49 48
Dewpt         59 56 52 48 45 43 46 44 46 50 48 48 49 52 57 56 53 50 48 46 45 45
RH            90 87 83 83 93 89 60 43 42 52 69 77 86100 90 78 70 65 77 80 86 89
Wind dir      NW NW NW  N  N NE  E  E SE SE  E SE SE SE  W NW  N  N  N  N  N NE
Wind spd       9 10  9  6  5  5  8 10 10  8  8  9  8  8  9 11 13 10  8  6  6  9
Clouds        OV OV B1 FW CL FW CL CL FW FW CL SC B2 B2 OV B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           0          40          80          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.36        0.35           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  S                             C  C  D  D  C  C
Tstms          C  S                             S  C  C  C  C  S
Flood          A  A  A


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          69      55    76      57    75      53    74      50    71
Temp          65 66   59 58 71 74   65 59 72 71   58 54 71 70   56 52 68 67
Dewpt         50 53   54 56 62 63   60 57 56 53   49 50 53 51   46 46 51 49
PWind dir         E      SE    SE       S    SW      SW     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      30    70      80    40      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs        S    C  C  C  L    D  L  C  C    S  S  C  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms                  S  S  S  C    C  C  C  S    S  S

$$
IAZ017-030900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
329 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            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          70          46          61          40
Temp          57 54 49 46 41 41 58 66 68 66 54 49 48 46 51 54 59 58 49 45 42 42
Dewpt         52 50 47 43 39 38 42 39 39 44 44 43 43 44 47 47 46 43 42 40 38 38
RH            83 86 93 89 92 89 55 37 34 45 69 80 83 93 86 77 62 57 77 82 86 86
Wind dir       W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  S  S SE SE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      10 11  8  9  5  5  8  8 10 10  8  6  6  8 10 13 12 10  6  5  5  5
Clouds        OV B2 B1 FW CL FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.17        0.18           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  C  C  C  C


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          67      48    73      54    72      49    71      47    64
Temp          62 63   50 50 67 69   59 55 68 66   54 51 66 64   51 48 60 60
Dewpt         42 44   44 46 55 57   55 52 51 48   45 44 48 46   43 42 45 43
PWind dir         E      SE    SE       S    SW      SW     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC B1 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          5      20    50      80    40      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs                S  S  C    D  L  C  C    S  S  S  C    S     S  C
Tstms                           S    C  C  S  S    S  S          S        S

$$
IAZ049-030900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
329 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            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          71          47          64          43
Temp          61 58 53 49 44 42 57 67 70 67 54 50 48 49 56 58 61 59 52 48 44 44
Dewpt         57 53 50 47 42 41 45 41 40 45 45 44 44 44 50 51 49 47 45 43 41 41
RH            87 83 89 93 93 96 64 39 33 45 71 80 86 83 80 77 65 64 77 83 89 89
Wind dir       W  W NW  W  W  W  S SE SE SE SE  E SE SE NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      11 11  9  5  4  2  4  5  8  6  6  5  5  5  5 10 12 10  5  5  5  5
Clouds        OV OV B2 SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           0          20          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.16        0.23           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  L  L  L  L
Tstms                                                       S
Obvis                        PF


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          69      50    75      56    74      51    74      48    69
Temp          64 66   53 52 69 72   62 57 71 68   55 52 70 68   54 49 65 64
Dewpt         45 48   46 49 58 58   58 56 54 51   47 47 51 49   45 44 47 45
PWind dir         E       E    SE       S    SW      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20    50      80    40      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs             S  S  S  C    D  L  C  C    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms                           S    C  C  C  C    S  S          S

$$
IAZ086-030900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
329 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            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                      47          72          51          69          47
Temp          67 63 59 55 50 48 60 69 72 69 58 53 52 54 62 65 64 63 57 53 49 49
Dewpt         63 60 54 51 48 45 47 43 44 48 47 46 46 48 57 58 55 51 49 47 45 45
RH            87 90 83 86 93 89 62 39 37 47 67 77 80 80 84 78 73 65 75 80 86 86
Wind dir      SW  W NW NW NW  N NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  W NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      10  9 12  9  5  5  6  9  9  8  8  9  8 10 10 10 13 11 10  9  8  8
Clouds        OV OV OV B1 FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50           0          20          70          10
QPF 12hr                   0.22           0        0.03        0.31           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     L  C  C                          S  S  C  C  L  L
Tstms          C  C  S                             S  S  S  C  C
Obvis                        PF
Flood          A  A  A


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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      54    77      59    77      54    76      51    72
Temp          65 68   59 57 71 75   66 62 74 71   59 56 72 71   57 53 67 67
Dewpt         48 50   52 54 61 61   60 59 58 55   49 50 54 52   47 48 50 48
PWind dir        NE       E    SE       S    SW      SW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC B1 SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      30    50      80    50      20    40      30    30
Rain shwrs        S    S  C  C  C    L  D  C  C    S  S  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                           S    C  C  C  C    S

$$