Point Forecast: Ames IA  42.02N 93.62W	Last Update: 4:12 pm CDT Apr 19, 2026

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Weather Elements Fire Weather Aviation Weather Temperature (°F) Dewpoint (°F) Wind Chill (°F) Surface Wind  ktmphkm/hm/s Sky Cover (%) Precipitation Potential (%) Relative Humidity (%) Rain Thunder Snow Freezing Rain Sleet Fog Mixing Height  x100ftx100m Trans. Wind  ktmphkm/hm/s Vent Rate (x1000 mph-ft) Grassland Fire Danger Index Ceiling Height Visibility

48-Hour Period Starting: 4pm Sun, Apr 19 20265pm Sun, Apr 19 20266pm Sun, Apr 19 20267pm Sun, Apr 19 20268pm Sun, Apr 19 20269pm Sun, Apr 19 202610pm Sun, Apr 19 202611pm Sun, Apr 19 202612am Mon, Apr 20 20261am Mon, Apr 20 20262am Mon, Apr 20 20263am Mon, Apr 20 20264am Mon, Apr 20 20265am Mon, Apr 20 20266am Mon, Apr 20 20267am Mon, Apr 20 20268am Mon, Apr 20 20269am Mon, Apr 20 202610am Mon, Apr 20 202611am Mon, Apr 20 202612pm Mon, Apr 20 20261pm Mon, Apr 20 20262pm Mon, Apr 20 20263pm Mon, Apr 20 20264pm Mon, Apr 20 20265pm Mon, Apr 20 20266pm Mon, Apr 20 20267pm Mon, Apr 20 20268pm Mon, Apr 20 20269pm Mon, Apr 20 202610pm Mon, Apr 20 202611pm Mon, Apr 20 202612am Tue, Apr 21 20261am Tue, Apr 21 20262am Tue, Apr 21 20263am Tue, Apr 21 20264am Tue, Apr 21 20265am Tue, Apr 21 20266am Tue, Apr 21 20267am Tue, Apr 21 20268am Tue, Apr 21 20269am Tue, Apr 21 202610am Tue, Apr 21 202611am Tue, Apr 21 202612pm Tue, Apr 21 20261pm Tue, Apr 21 20262pm Tue, Apr 21 20263pm Tue, Apr 21 20264pm Tue, Apr 21 20265pm Tue, Apr 21 20266pm Tue, Apr 21 20267pm Tue, Apr 21 20268pm Tue, Apr 21 20269pm Tue, Apr 21 202610pm Tue, Apr 21 202611pm Tue, Apr 21 202612am Wed, Apr 22 20261am Wed, Apr 22 20262am Wed, Apr 22 20263am Wed, Apr 22 20264am Wed, Apr 22 20265am Wed, Apr 22 20266am Wed, Apr 22 20267am Wed, Apr 22 20268am Wed, Apr 22 20269am Wed, Apr 22 202610am Wed, Apr 22 202611am Wed, Apr 22 202612pm Wed, Apr 22 20261pm Wed, Apr 22 20262pm Wed, Apr 22 20263pm Wed, Apr 22 20264pm Wed, Apr 22 20265pm Wed, Apr 22 20266pm Wed, Apr 22 20267pm Wed, Apr 22 20268pm Wed, Apr 22 20269pm Wed, Apr 22 202610pm Wed, Apr 22 202611pm Wed, Apr 22 202612am Thu, Apr 23 20261am Thu, Apr 23 20262am Thu, Apr 23 20263am Thu, Apr 23 20264am Thu, Apr 23 20265am Thu, Apr 23 20266am Thu, Apr 23 20267am Thu, Apr 23 20268am Thu, Apr 23 20269am Thu, Apr 23 202610am Thu, Apr 23 202611am Thu, Apr 23 202612pm Thu, Apr 23 20261pm Thu, Apr 23 20262pm Thu, Apr 23 20263pm Thu, Apr 23 20264pm Thu, Apr 23 20265pm Thu, Apr 23 20266pm Thu, Apr 23 20267pm Thu, Apr 23 20268pm Thu, Apr 23 20269pm Thu, Apr 23 202610pm Thu, Apr 23 202611pm Thu, Apr 23 202612am Fri, Apr 24 20261am Fri, Apr 24 20262am Fri, Apr 24 20263am Fri, Apr 24 2026

Date	04/19								04/20
Hour (CDT)	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15
Temperature (°F)	54	54	53	52	48	45	41	39	37	35	34	33	32	31	31	30	34	39	44	50	53	57	60	63
Dewpoint (°F)	22	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	24	24	25	27	27	30	32	32	32
Wind Chill (°F)					44	42	38	36	33	31	30	29	27	26	25	24	28	33	38	45
Surface Wind (mph)	14	13	11	10	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	9	11	13	14	14	14	15
Wind Dir	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Gust	20																			20	20	21	22	24
Sky Cover (%)	17	12	8	4	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	8	3	5	5	4	8	3	4	8	15
Precipitation Potential (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Relative Humidity (%)	28	27	28	29	35	40	48	52	56	64	66	69	72	75	72	78	66	57	51	41	41	38	35	31
Rain	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Thunder	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Snow	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Freezing Rain	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Sleet	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Date									04/21
Hour (CDT)	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15
Temperature (°F)	64	65	65	63	62	59	56	55	56	56	55	54	53	52	52	53	56	60	65	69	73	76	79	80
Dewpoint (°F)	34	36	37	41	41	42	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	48	50	51	52	52	51	49
Wind Chill (°F)
Surface Wind (mph)	15	15	14	14	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	7
Wind Dir	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WNW
Gust	24	24	23	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	18
Sky Cover (%)	32	36	20	20	20	24	28	35	41	48	40	31	23	19	15	11	8	6	3	5	6	8	8	9
Precipitation Potential (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Relative Humidity (%)	32	34	35	44	46	53	64	69	66	66	69	71	74	77	77	74	69	64	58	53	48	43	38	34
Rain	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Thunder	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Snow	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Freezing Rain	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Sleet	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

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