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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
244 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024

IAZ060-230900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
244 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024

Date           09/22/24      Mon 09/23/24            Tue 09/24/24            Wed
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                      51          70          51          72          51
Temp          68 63 58 55 52 51 58 67 70 66 59 56 53 51 61 68 71 67 59 56 54 52
Dewpt         46 47 47 47 45 45 47 48 49 51 52 52 51 50 54 53 52 53 53 53 51 50
RH            45 56 67 74 77 80 67 50 47 58 78 86 93 96 78 59 51 61 80 90 90 93
Wind dir       N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E NE  N NW SW  W  W NW SW  W NW  N
Wind spd      10  6  5  4  4  3  4  4  5  3  2  2  2  2  2  4  4  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds        B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      5          20          10          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S


Date           09/25  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24
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          77      52    78      57    77      59    77      59    75
Temp          73 70   57 53 74 71   60 58 73 72   64 60 72 71   63 60 71 69
Dewpt         53 53   53 51 55 55   56 55 59 59   58 56 60 58   58 56 60 58
PWind dir         N      NE     E       E    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL   CL CL CL FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      20    30      40    30      30    30
Rain shwrs                              S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C

$$
IAZ039-230900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
244 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024

Date           09/22/24      Mon 09/23/24            Tue 09/24/24            Wed
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          72          47          74          48
Temp          69 63 55 51 47 45 60 70 72 66 58 54 51 48 61 70 73 67 58 54 51 49
Dewpt         42 44 45 44 42 41 47 46 45 46 47 46 47 47 52 50 48 48 49 50 49 47
RH            37 50 69 77 83 86 62 42 38 48 67 74 86 96 72 49 41 50 72 86 93 93
Wind dir       N  N  N  N  N  N  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE SE NW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      13 10  5  4  3  3  4  4  4  3  2  2  2  2  2  4  4  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds        SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/25  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24
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          78      50    79      55    80      58    79      58    77
Temp          74 70   55 51 75 71   59 56 75 72   63 59 75 71   62 58 74 69
Dewpt         51 51   51 49 53 54   55 54 57 57   56 56 57 57   58 56 58 57
PWind dir         N      NE     E       E    NE      NE     E       E    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL   CL CL CL FW   FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      10    30      30    30      30    20
Rain shwrs                                 S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  S

$$
IAZ048-230900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
244 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024

Date           09/22/24      Mon 09/23/24            Tue 09/24/24            Wed
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                      46          70          47          72          48
Temp          69 62 55 51 48 46 59 69 70 66 56 52 49 48 60 68 71 67 57 53 50 49
Dewpt         43 44 45 45 44 43 46 46 47 48 50 49 49 48 53 52 51 52 52 52 50 49
RH            39 52 69 80 86 89 62 44 44 52 80 89100100 78 57 49 59 83 96100100
Wind dir       N  N  N  N  N  N  E  E  E  S  E NE NE NE  S  W  W  W  N NW  N  N
Wind spd      12  6  5  3  3  2  4  4  4  3  2  2  1  2  2  4  4  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds        B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/25  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24
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          77      49    78      54    78      57    77      57    75
Temp          73 70   55 50 74 70   58 56 74 71   62 58 73 70   60 57 71 69
Dewpt         53 53   52 50 54 56   55 54 59 60   58 56 59 58   59 56 60 58
PWind dir         N      NE     E       E    NE      NE     E      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL   CL CL CL FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      10    30      30    30      30    20
Rain shwrs                                 S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  S

$$
IAZ004-230900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
244 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024

Date           09/22/24      Mon 09/23/24            Tue 09/24/24            Wed
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          71          46          74          49
Temp          67 60 51 47 44 43 59 67 71 64 52 48 47 47 59 68 71 67 57 53 51 50
Dewpt         41 42 41 40 40 40 44 42 41 41 41 40 41 43 47 49 50 50 49 49 48 47
RH            39 51 68 76 86 89 57 40 34 43 66 74 79 86 64 51 47 54 75 86 89 89
Wind dir       N  N  N  N SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd      11  6  4  2  2  2  4  5  6  5  5  5  4  4  4  5  5  4  3  3  3  3
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S  S  S


Date           09/25  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24
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          77      50    79      52    79      55    77      55    74
Temp          72 69   55 51 74 70   57 53 74 70   59 56 72 69   58 55 69 67
Dewpt         51 50   49 47 50 51   51 51 54 54   54 53 55 56   55 53 56 54
PWind dir         N       S     S      SE     E       E     E      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL   CL CL CL CL   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5    20      30    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                                    S    S  C  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ035-230900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
244 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024

Date           09/22/24      Mon 09/23/24            Tue 09/24/24            Wed
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          46          73          47
Temp          69 62 54 50 47 44 59 68 71 64 53 49 48 47 59 68 72 67 57 52 50 48
Dewpt         42 43 44 43 43 42 45 42 41 42 44 44 45 45 50 50 50 50 50 50 49 48
RH            37 50 69 77 86 93 60 39 34 45 71 83 89 93 72 52 46 54 77 93 96100
Wind dir       N  N  N  N NE NE  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  S SW NW NW
Wind spd      12  8  3  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds        B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/25  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24
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          77      48    79      52    79      56    78      55    76
Temp          73 69   54 49 74 70   57 53 75 71   61 56 73 70   59 55 71 68
Dewpt         52 51   50 49 53 53   53 53 57 57   56 54 57 57   57 55 57 56
PWind dir         N      SE    SE       E     E      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL   CL CL CL FW   FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      10    30      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                                 S  C    C  C  C  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ094-230900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
244 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024

Date           09/22/24      Mon 09/23/24            Tue 09/24/24            Wed
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                      51          68          50          70          50
Temp          64 60 57 55 53 51 58 65 68 64 58 54 52 51 61 67 69 64 58 55 53 51
Dewpt         54 52 49 48 47 47 48 52 53 54 54 53 52 51 56 55 54 55 55 54 53 51
RH            70 75 75 77 80 86 69 63 59 70 86 96100100 84 65 59 73 90 96100100
Wind dir       N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N NW  W NW NW  N NW  N  N
Wind spd      11  6  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  3  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds        OV B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                     10          30          10          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S                 S  S  C


Date           09/25  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24
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          74      51    75      56    73      57    73      58    73
Temp          71 66   55 52 72 67   59 57 70 67   61 58 69 67   60 58 69 66
Dewpt         54 54   53 51 56 57   57 55 59 60   59 56 60 61   59 58 60 60
PWind dir         N      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL   CL CL FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      20    30      40    40      30    20
Rain shwrs                              S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ017-230900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
244 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024

Date           09/22/24      Mon 09/23/24            Tue 09/24/24            Wed
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          44          73          47
Temp          68 59 51 47 44 42 59 69 71 64 54 50 46 45 60 69 71 65 55 52 49 48
Dewpt         42 43 44 42 41 40 44 42 41 42 43 44 43 44 49 48 48 48 48 48 47 47
RH            39 55 77 83 89 93 57 37 34 45 66 80 89 96 67 47 44 54 77 86 93 96
Wind dir       N  N  N  N  N NE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  W NW  N  N NW NW
Wind spd      16  8  4  2  2  2  3  4  4  3  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds        FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/25  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24
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          76      48    78      51    79      55    78      55    76
Temp          73 68   54 49 74 69   56 53 75 70   59 56 73 69   58 55 71 68
Dewpt         51 51   49 47 52 52   53 52 56 56   56 53 57 56   57 54 57 55
PWind dir         N       E    SE       E     E       E     E      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL   CL CL CL FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      10    20      30    20      30    20
Rain shwrs                                    S    C  C  S  S    C  S  S  S

$$
IAZ049-230900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
244 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024

Date           09/22/24      Mon 09/23/24            Tue 09/24/24            Wed
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          47          72          47
Temp          69 61 54 50 46 44 58 67 71 65 56 52 50 48 61 68 71 64 56 52 50 48
Dewpt         43 44 44 44 43 41 47 47 47 48 48 47 46 46 52 50 50 51 50 49 48 47
RH            39 53 69 80 89 89 67 49 42 54 74 83 86 93 72 52 47 63 80 89 93 96
Wind dir       N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N
Wind spd      13  8  5  4  3  3  4  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds        B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0          10          10           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/25  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24
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          76      49    77      54    78      56    77      56    75
Temp          72 68   53 50 74 68   57 55 73 70   61 57 72 69   59 56 71 67
Dewpt         51 52   50 49 54 55   54 53 57 59   56 54 58 58   57 55 59 58
PWind dir         N      NE     E       E    NE      NE     E      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL   CL CL CL FW   FW SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      20    30      30    30      30    20
Rain shwrs                              S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  S

$$
IAZ086-230900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
244 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024

Date           09/22/24      Mon 09/23/24            Tue 09/24/24            Wed
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                      49          70          50          71          50
Temp          68 64 57 55 50 49 58 66 70 66 59 56 53 51 62 68 71 66 58 55 53 50
Dewpt         54 51 48 47 46 46 50 53 53 53 53 52 51 51 55 54 53 53 54 53 51 50
RH            61 63 72 74 86 89 75 63 55 63 80 86 93100 78 61 53 63 86 93 93100
Wind dir       N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  E NE NE  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  N
Wind spd      11  8  6  5  5  5  5  5  5  4  3  3  3  3  4  5  5  3  2  2  2  3
Clouds        B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                      5          20          30           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S                       S  C


Date           09/25  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24
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          75      51    76      56    75      59    75      59    74
Temp          72 68   55 52 73 70   60 57 72 70   63 59 71 70   62 60 71 69
Dewpt         55 55   53 51 57 59   56 56 61 61   58 57 61 61   60 58 62 61
PWind dir         N      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     E      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0    10      20    40      40    40      40    30
Rain shwrs                              S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$