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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1015 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

IAZ060-042100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1015 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date             Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24
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                      64          42          68          50          74
Temp                   60 61 59 53 49 45 44 58 64 66 65 56 53 51 52 62 69 73 72
Dewpt                  51 48 45 43 42 40 40 44 42 43 45 45 44 44 46 53 57 58 57
RH                     72 62 60 69 77 82 86 59 45 43 48 66 71 77 80 72 66 59 59
Wind dir               NW NW  N  N NW NW NW  E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               16 16 11  6  4  4  3  6  8  9  8  6  6  8 10 13 18 19 23
Wind gust                                                                 31 37
Clouds                 B2 B2 SC CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30           0           0          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.10           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  D
Tstms                                                                      S  C


Date          Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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    76      53    74      50    69      49    66
Temp          62 56 71 72   58 55 70 70   56 51 64 64   54 49 62 63
Dewpt         56 51 50 49   47 48 52 49   44 44 46 44   44 44 43 41
PWind dir         S    SW       S     N       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr        100    30      20    40      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     D  D  C  C       S  C  C    S     S  S    S     S  S
Tstms          C  C  S  C       S  S  S    S     S  S    S     S  S

$$
IAZ039-042100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1015 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date             Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24
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                      63          40          69          48          74
Temp                   60 59 58 51 46 43 42 57 64 67 65 56 50 48 49 60 68 73 70
Dewpt                  53 49 45 43 42 40 39 44 42 42 43 45 43 42 43 46 51 53 53
RH                     78 69 62 74 86 89 89 62 45 40 45 66 77 80 80 60 54 49 55
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE  E SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               13 18 14  8  5  5  4  4  5  5  5  5  6  8 10 16 19 20 21
Wind gust                                                              29 32 35
Clouds                 OV B2 B1 FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     60           0           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.15           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  L
Tstms                                                                         S


Date          Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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          57    75      52    75      49    68      47    65
Temp          62 58 71 69   56 53 71 69   55 50 63 61   51 47 61 61
Dewpt         57 54 52 50   47 47 51 50   47 45 47 44   45 41 42 40
PWind dir        SE    SW      SW     S      NW    NW      NW     N
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr        100    50      20    50      30    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     L  D  C  C    S  S  C  C    C     S  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms          C  C  C  C    S  S     S    S        S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ048-042100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1015 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date             Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24
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                      62          42          67          48          73
Temp                   58 59 59 51 47 44 43 57 63 66 64 55 50 49 50 60 68 71 70
Dewpt                  50 48 45 43 42 41 41 44 42 43 45 46 44 44 46 52 57 58 58
RH                     75 67 60 74 83 89 93 62 46 43 50 72 80 83 86 75 68 63 66
Wind dir               NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NE  E SE SE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               16 17 12  5  4  4  3  5  5  8  8  5  6  8 10 16 18 20 23
Wind gust                                                              28 31 35
Clouds                 B2 B2 SC FW CL CL FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30           0           0          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.11           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  D
Tstms                                                                      S  C


Date          Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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          55    74      51    73      49    68      47    65
Temp          61 55 70 69   56 53 69 68   54 50 63 62   51 47 61 62
Dewpt         57 52 50 49   47 48 51 49   45 45 46 45   44 44 43 41
PWind dir         S    SW      SW    SW       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr        100    30      20    40      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     D  D  C  C       S  C  C    S     S  C    S  S  C  S
Tstms          C  C  S  C       S     S    S     S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ004-042100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1015 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date             Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24
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                      59          40          66          47          72
Temp                   52 58 57 48 45 43 43 57 62 65 63 54 50 48 49 59 66 69 67
Dewpt                  44 43 41 41 40 38 38 41 40 41 42 44 43 43 43 48 53 55 56
RH                     74 57 55 77 82 82 82 55 44 41 46 69 77 83 80 67 63 61 68
Wind dir                N  N  N NW  W  W NW  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               16 17 11  5  5  5  4  4  6 10 11  9 11 12 16 21 26 28 31
Wind gust                                                           33 40 46 51
Clouds                 B2 SC SC CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           5          30
QPF 12hr                   0.06           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  D
Tstms                                                                         C


Date          Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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    71      49    70      47    64      44    62
Temp          58 53 66 65   52 50 65 63   51 47 58 58   48 45 58 59
Dewpt         53 49 47 46   44 44 46 45   43 42 44 42   42 41 41 38
PWind dir         S    SW      SW    SW       W    NW       N     N
Wind char        WY    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr        100    20      20    40      30    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     D  C  S  S    S  S  S  C    C     S  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms          C  C  S  S    S  S     S    C        S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ035-042100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1015 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date             Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24
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                      60          41          67          47          72
Temp                   54 58 59 51 47 43 42 57 63 66 64 54 49 47 49 59 66 70 69
Dewpt                  47 45 43 42 41 39 39 42 41 42 43 45 43 43 44 51 55 57 56
RH                     77 62 55 71 79 86 89 57 44 42 46 71 80 86 83 75 68 63 63
Wind dir               NW  N  N  N NW  W NW  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               18 14 10  4  3  4  3  4  5  9  9  8  8  9 10 16 20 21 25
Wind gust                                                                 32 37
Clouds                 B2 B1 SC FW CL FW FW CL FW SC FW FW SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           5          30
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  D
Tstms                                                                      S  C


Date          Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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    73      50    72      47    67      45    64
Temp          59 53 68 67   53 51 68 66   52 47 61 60   49 46 60 61
Dewpt         55 50 48 46   44 45 48 46   44 44 45 43   43 42 41 39
PWind dir         S    SW      SW    SW       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr        100    30      20    40      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  C       S  C  C    S     S  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms          C  C  S  C       S     S    S     S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ094-042100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1015 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date             Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24
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                      64          43          66          52          76
Temp                   60 61 59 51 48 44 44 57 62 65 63 56 54 53 54 64 70 74 73
Dewpt                  53 51 48 45 43 41 41 45 45 47 48 47 47 48 51 58 60 61 61
RH                     78 70 67 80 83 89 89 64 54 52 58 72 77 83 90 81 71 64 66
Wind dir               NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               14 14 12  6  5  5  4  9 10  9  6  6  8  8 10 13 16 18 21
Wind gust                                                                 29 33
Clouds                 B2 B2 SC CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20           0           5          20          30
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  S  S  C  C  D
Tstms                                                                   S  C  C


Date          Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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    75      54    75      50    69      48    66
Temp          61 56 71 71   58 56 70 69   56 50 65 64   54 49 63 62
Dewpt         58 54 53 53   50 52 56 52   47 46 49 45   44 45 45 43
PWind dir         S    SW       S    NE      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr        100    30      30    40      10    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  S       C  C  C          S  S    S     S  S
Tstms          C  C  C  S       S  S  C                  S     S  S

$$
IAZ017-042100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1015 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date             Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24
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                      57          40          66          45          72
Temp                   53 55 56 48 44 41 42 57 63 65 63 53 48 45 47 58 66 70 68
Dewpt                  47 46 44 42 41 38 39 42 42 42 43 44 42 41 42 48 52 54 53
RH                     80 72 64 80 89 89 89 57 46 43 48 71 80 86 83 69 61 57 59
Wind dir               NW NW  N NW NW  W NW  N  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               17 17 11  5  5  5  4  4  4  5  6  6  9  9 11 18 21 24 24
Wind gust                 27                                           34 39 40
Clouds                 OV B2 B1 FW CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW CL SC FW SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     50           0           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.14           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  D
Tstms                                                                         S


Date          Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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    72      49    72      47    64      44    62
Temp          59 55 67 65   52 50 67 65   51 47 59 58   48 45 58 58
Dewpt         55 51 50 48   44 45 48 47   44 43 45 44   42 41 41 39
PWind dir        SE    SW      SW    SW       W    NW       N     N
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr        100    40      20    40      30    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     D  D  C  C    S  S  C  C    C  S  S  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms          C  C  C  C    S        S    C  S     S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ049-042100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1015 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date             Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24
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                      64          40          67          46          74
Temp                   61 60 57 49 46 43 42 57 64 66 64 54 49 47 48 59 68 71 69
Dewpt                  53 49 46 43 42 40 39 43 42 42 44 44 43 43 44 50 54 55 55
RH                     75 67 67 80 86 89 89 59 45 42 48 69 80 86 86 72 61 57 61
Wind dir               NW  N  N  N NW NW  N NE  E  E SE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               14 19 13  6  5  5  3  6  5  6  5  5  6  8 10 14 18 18 20
Wind gust                                                              29 33 34
Clouds                 OV B2 B1 FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     50           0           0          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.11           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  D
Tstms                                                                         S


Date          Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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          55    75      50    75      48    68      45    65
Temp          61 55 71 69   55 52 70 68   54 49 63 62   50 46 60 61
Dewpt         58 53 51 49   47 48 51 49   45 45 46 44   44 43 43 40
PWind dir         S    SW      SW     S       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr        100    40      20    50      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     D  D  C  C    S  S  C  C    S     S  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms          C  C  C  C    S  S     S    S     S  S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ086-042100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1015 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date             Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24
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          42          68          51          75
Temp                   66 62 61 53 49 45 45 58 64 66 64 56 53 52 53 62 69 73 72
Dewpt                  58 54 50 46 44 42 42 46 45 45 47 45 45 46 48 54 57 58 58
RH                     75 75 67 77 83 89 89 64 50 47 54 66 74 80 83 75 66 59 61
Wind dir                W NW NW  N  N NW NW NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               13 17 14  9  8  6  5  9  9  8  5  6  8  9 10 13 16 17 18
Wind gust                                                                    29
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     60           5           5          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C                                         S  S  S  S  L
Tstms                   C                                                  S  S


Date          Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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          59    77      55    78      51    71      50    67
Temp          65 59 73 72   59 57 72 71   58 53 66 66   54 50 63 63
Dewpt         60 56 55 53   50 52 56 54   48 47 49 45   45 45 45 43
PWind dir         S    SW       S    SE      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr        100    50      20    50      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     L  D  C  C       S  C  C    S     S  C    S     S  C
Tstms          C  C  C  C          S  C    S     S  S    S        S

$$