Point Forecast: Ames IA  42.02N 93.62W	Last Update: 10:24 am CDT Jul 15, 2025

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48-Hour Period Starting: 11am Tue, Jul 15 202512pm Tue, Jul 15 20251pm Tue, Jul 15 20252pm Tue, Jul 15 20253pm Tue, Jul 15 20254pm Tue, Jul 15 20255pm Tue, Jul 15 20256pm Tue, Jul 15 20257pm Tue, Jul 15 20258pm Tue, Jul 15 20259pm Tue, Jul 15 202510pm Tue, Jul 15 202511pm Tue, Jul 15 202512am Wed, Jul 16 20251am Wed, Jul 16 20252am Wed, Jul 16 20253am Wed, Jul 16 20254am Wed, Jul 16 20255am Wed, Jul 16 20256am Wed, Jul 16 20257am Wed, Jul 16 20258am Wed, Jul 16 20259am Wed, Jul 16 202510am Wed, Jul 16 202511am Wed, Jul 16 202512pm Wed, Jul 16 20251pm Wed, Jul 16 20252pm Wed, Jul 16 20253pm Wed, Jul 16 20254pm Wed, Jul 16 20255pm Wed, Jul 16 20256pm Wed, Jul 16 20257pm Wed, Jul 16 20258pm Wed, Jul 16 20259pm Wed, Jul 16 202510pm Wed, Jul 16 202511pm Wed, Jul 16 202512am Thu, Jul 17 20251am Thu, Jul 17 20252am Thu, Jul 17 20253am Thu, Jul 17 20254am Thu, Jul 17 20255am Thu, Jul 17 20256am Thu, Jul 17 20257am Thu, Jul 17 20258am Thu, Jul 17 20259am Thu, Jul 17 202510am Thu, Jul 17 202511am Thu, Jul 17 202512pm Thu, Jul 17 20251pm Thu, Jul 17 20252pm Thu, Jul 17 20253pm Thu, Jul 17 20254pm Thu, Jul 17 20255pm Thu, Jul 17 20256pm Thu, Jul 17 20257pm Thu, Jul 17 20258pm Thu, Jul 17 20259pm Thu, Jul 17 202510pm Thu, Jul 17 202511pm Thu, Jul 17 202512am Fri, Jul 18 20251am Fri, Jul 18 20252am Fri, Jul 18 20253am Fri, Jul 18 20254am Fri, Jul 18 20255am Fri, Jul 18 20256am Fri, Jul 18 20257am Fri, Jul 18 20258am Fri, Jul 18 20259am Fri, Jul 18 202510am Fri, Jul 18 202511am Fri, Jul 18 202512pm Fri, Jul 18 20251pm Fri, Jul 18 20252pm Fri, Jul 18 20253pm Fri, Jul 18 20254pm Fri, Jul 18 20255pm Fri, Jul 18 20256pm Fri, Jul 18 20257pm Fri, Jul 18 20258pm Fri, Jul 18 20259pm Fri, Jul 18 202510pm Fri, Jul 18 202511pm Fri, Jul 18 202512am Sat, Jul 19 20251am Sat, Jul 19 20252am Sat, Jul 19 20253am Sat, Jul 19 20254am Sat, Jul 19 20255am Sat, Jul 19 20256am Sat, Jul 19 20257am Sat, Jul 19 20258am Sat, Jul 19 20259am Sat, Jul 19 202510am Sat, Jul 19 202511am Sat, Jul 19 202512pm Sat, Jul 19 20251pm Sat, Jul 19 20252pm Sat, Jul 19 20253pm Sat, Jul 19 20254pm Sat, Jul 19 20255pm Sat, Jul 19 20256pm Sat, Jul 19 20257pm Sat, Jul 19 20258pm Sat, Jul 19 20259pm Sat, Jul 19 202510pm Sat, Jul 19 2025

Date	07/15													07/16
Hour (CDT)	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10
Temperature (°F)	82	84	85	87	87	88	89	87	87	84	79	76	75	74	73	73	71	71	70	69	71	72	73	76
Dewpoint (°F)	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	72	71	71	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	70	71	72	72
Heat Index (°F)	86	89	91	94	94	95	96	94	94	90	79	76	75											76
Surface Wind (mph)	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	7
Wind Dir	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSW	SW
Gust
Sky Cover (%)	4	6	9	10	9	9	8	6	7	9	7	8	23	31	38	44	57	66	72	77	71	66	66	65
Precipitation Potential (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	11	10	15	20	20	20	44	44	44	44
Relative Humidity (%)	69	65	65	61	61	59	57	61	61	70	79	85	87	87	90	87	93	93	97	100	97	97	97	87
Rain	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc
Thunder	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	SChc	SChc	SChc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc
Date														07/17
Hour (CDT)	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10
Temperature (°F)	77	79	80	81	81	81	81	80	78	76	73	70	68	66	65	64	63	62	61	59	59	60	61	63
Dewpoint (°F)	72	72	73	73	73	73	72	71	70	69	68	67	66	64	63	62	61	60	59	58	58	58	58	58
Heat Index (°F)	77	79	84	86	86	86	85	83	78	76
Surface Wind (mph)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Wind Dir	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Gust
Sky Cover (%)	70	67	63	61	61	62	62	63	66	60	65	70	72	74	75	75	76	78	79	80	85	80	74	69
Precipitation Potential (%)	44	44	61	61	61	61	61	61	56	56	56	56	56	56	32	32	32	32	32	32	12	12	12	12
Relative Humidity (%)	85	79	79	77	77	77	74	74	76	79	84	90	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	96	96	93	90	84
Rain	Chc	Chc	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	--	--	--	--
Thunder	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	--	--	--	SChc	SChc	SChc	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

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