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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
900 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

IAZ060-242100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
900 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date             Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24
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                      73          47          76          59          75
Temp                67 68 72 69 60 55 50 50 64 71 75 72 65 62 61 61 66 70 73 70
Dewpt               63 60 54 50 47 46 44 45 47 48 49 51 51 53 55 57 60 60 59 57
RH                  87 76 53 51 62 72 80 83 54 44 40 48 60 72 81 87 81 71 62 63
Wind dir             S  W  W  W NW NW  W  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SW NW NW NW
Wind spd            11 14 14 13  9  5  4  3  6  9  9 10  9 10 10  9  9 10 11 10
Wind gust                 26
Clouds              B2 B2 FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     60           0           0          80          80
QPF 12hr                   0.15           0           0        1.09        0.25
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  S                             C  C  D  D  D  D  C  C  C
Tstms                C  S                                C  L  C  C  C  C  C  C
Flood                A


Date          Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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    73      52    73      50    75      54    79
Temp          59 56 69 70   59 54 69 70   55 52 71 74   60 57 75 76
Dewpt         53 51 51 50   49 48 49 48   46 47 49 49   48 49 55 55
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    20       5     5       5     0      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  S                                      S  S
Tstms          C  S  S  S                                      S  S

$$
IAZ039-242100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
900 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date             Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24
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                      73          46          74          56          69
Temp                65 68 70 68 59 54 49 49 62 70 73 70 63 59 57 57 61 65 68 65
Dewpt               61 63 60 53 49 45 43 44 48 50 51 51 52 51 51 54 57 59 59 55
RH                  87 84 71 59 69 71 80 83 60 49 46 51 67 75 80 90 87 81 73 70
Wind dir            SE  S  W  W NW NW  W SW  S  S  S SE SE SE  E  E  E NE NW NW
Wind spd            16 17 16 14 12  9  5  4  5  8 10  8  8  9 10 12 12 12 13 12
Clouds              B2 OV B1 SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     70           0           0          60          90
QPF 12hr                   0.39           0           0        0.47        0.62
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           L  L  S                                L  L  D  D  L  L  C
Tstms                C  L  S                                C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Flood                A


Date          Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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          52    71      51    69      47    73      51    77
Temp          57 54 68 66   56 53 66 66   53 50 69 71   56 55 74 75
Dewpt         52 50 51 49   48 48 47 46   45 46 48 48   47 47 52 53
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         40    40      10    10       5     0       5    20
Rain shwrs     C  S  C  C                                         S
Tstms          C  S     C                                         S

$$
IAZ048-242100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
900 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date             Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24
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                      73          46          74          57          72
Temp                66 68 71 67 58 52 49 49 63 70 74 71 63 60 58 58 63 67 70 67
Dewpt               61 59 55 51 47 45 44 46 48 50 50 53 53 52 55 56 60 61 59 57
RH                  84 73 57 56 67 77 83 89 58 49 43 53 70 75 90 93 90 81 68 70
Wind dir             S  W  W  W NW  W  W  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E NE NW NW NW
Wind spd            12 14 16 14 10  5  3  3  6 10 10 10  9 10 10 10 10 10 12 10
Wind gust                 27
Clouds              OV B2 FW FW CL CL CL FW CL SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 SC
PoP 12hr                     70           0           0          80          80
QPF 12hr                   0.13           0           0        0.64        0.31
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  S                             S  S  D  D  D  D  C  C  C
Tstms                C  S                                S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Flood                A


Date          Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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          52    72      51    72      48    75      53    78
Temp          57 53 68 68   57 53 67 68   53 51 70 72   58 55 74 76
Dewpt         52 50 53 50   49 48 49 48   46 47 49 50   48 49 55 56
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    30       5     5       5     0      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  S  C  C                                      S  S
Tstms          C  S  S  C                                      S  S

$$
IAZ004-242100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
900 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date             Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24
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                      67          44          73          54          67
Temp                62 65 65 61 53 48 45 48 62 69 71 69 61 58 56 56 60 63 66 64
Dewpt               57 52 48 44 42 41 41 42 47 48 48 48 50 51 51 52 55 55 54 52
RH                  84 63 54 53 66 77 86 80 58 47 44 47 67 77 83 86 84 75 65 65
Wind dir            SW  W  W  W  W SW  S  S  S SW  S SE SE SE SE  E NE NE  N  N
Wind spd            18 20 24 23 12  8  6  8 13 17 14 11 10 11 10 10 11 13 14 13
Wind gust                    33
Clouds              B2 FW SC FW CL CL CL CL FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     30           0           5          60          60
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.06        0.15
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S                                S  S  L  L  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                S                                      C  S  C  S  C  S  C


Date          Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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          49    70      48    70      47    74      53    78
Temp          54 52 66 66   53 50 65 67   51 50 69 72   57 56 73 75
Dewpt         50 48 49 46   46 44 45 43   44 44 47 47   47 48 54 53
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW    NW       N     E      SE     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    40       5     5       5     0      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C                                   S  S  S
Tstms          C  S  S  C                                   S  S  S

$$
IAZ035-242100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
900 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date             Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24
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                      71          45          74          55          69
Temp                65 67 68 64 55 49 46 48 62 70 73 70 62 58 57 56 61 65 67 65
Dewpt               60 54 51 47 45 44 43 43 48 49 49 50 51 52 53 54 57 58 57 54
RH                  84 63 54 54 69 83 89 83 60 47 43 49 67 80 86 93 87 78 70 68
Wind dir            SW  W  W  W NW  W  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E NE  N  N  N
Wind spd            13 17 18 17 10  5  4  4  8 12 11 10 10 10 10  9 10 11 12 11
Wind gust                 29
Clouds              OV SC SC FW FW CL CL CL FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     50           0           0          70          70
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0        0.44        0.22
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  S                             S  S  L  L  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                C  S                                S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Flood                A


Date          Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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          50    71      49    71      46    75      52    79
Temp          54 52 67 68   54 51 67 68   52 50 70 73   57 55 75 76
Dewpt         50 49 51 48   46 46 47 45   45 46 48 47   48 48 54 54
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW    NW       N     E      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    30       5     5       5     0      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C                                      S  S
Tstms          C  S  S  C                                      S  S

$$
IAZ094-242100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
900 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date             Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24
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                      74          48          75          61          76
Temp                69 69 72 69 60 54 50 50 64 71 74 73 65 64 62 63 67 73 74 71
Dewpt               66 61 55 53 50 47 46 46 48 49 51 53 53 55 60 62 65 64 62 60
RH                  90 76 55 57 69 77 86 86 56 46 44 49 65 73 93 97 93 73 66 68
Wind dir             S  W  W NW NW NW  N SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SW  W  W NW
Wind spd            13 14 13 11  8  5  3  3  6  9 10 10 10 10 10  9  9 10 11 10
Wind gust              25 24
Clouds              B2 B2 FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50           0           5          90          80
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0           0        1.19        0.18
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C                             C  C  D  D  D  D  C  C  C
Tstms                C  C                             S  C  L  L  L  C  C  C  C


Date          Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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      52    73      50    75      55    78
Temp          60 56 70 70   58 54 70 71   56 53 72 73   59 57 74 76
Dewpt         56 53 54 52   51 50 52 51   48 48 52 52   51 52 57 58
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW    NW       N     E      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   CL CL FW FW   CL CL FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    20       5     5       5     5      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  S  S                                         S  S
Tstms          C  S                                            S  S

$$
IAZ017-242100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
900 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date             Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24
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          44          73          54          65
Temp                65 65 68 63 54 49 45 47 61 68 71 68 60 58 55 55 58 60 63 60
Dewpt               60 59 53 48 44 42 41 43 47 49 49 51 51 50 50 52 55 57 56 53
RH                  84 81 59 58 69 77 86 86 60 51 46 54 72 75 83 90 90 90 78 78
Wind dir             S  W  W  W NW  W SW SW  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E  E NE  N  N
Wind spd            16 14 18 18 13 10  5  5  9 12 11 10  9 10 10 11 11 12 13 12
Wind gust                 28
Clouds              B2 B2 SC FW FW CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     60           0           0          60          70
QPF 12hr                   0.11           0           0        0.23        0.39
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           L  C                                   L  L  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                L  C                                   C  C  C  S  C  C  C


Date          Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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          48    69      48    67      45    72      50    76
Temp          53 51 65 64   53 50 63 64   50 49 67 69   54 53 73 74
Dewpt         49 47 51 48   46 45 46 45   45 44 47 47   46 46 53 53
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    30      10     5       5     0      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  S  C  C                                         S
Tstms          C     S  C                                         S

$$
IAZ049-242100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
900 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date             Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24
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                      73          45          74          55          72
Temp                66 67 70 67 57 51 47 48 62 70 72 69 61 58 57 57 62 67 69 66
Dewpt               62 63 57 53 48 45 44 45 48 50 50 52 51 51 52 55 59 60 59 57
RH                  87 87 63 61 72 80 89 89 60 49 46 55 70 77 83 93 90 78 70 73
Wind dir             S SW  W  W NW NW  W  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  E  W NW NW
Wind spd            14 13 17 14 10  8  5  3  5  8  9  9  9  9 10 11 10 10 12 11
Clouds              OV OV SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     70           0           5          70          80
QPF 12hr                   0.26           0           0        0.66        0.44
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C                             S  S  L  L  D  D  L  L  C
Tstms                C  C                                S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Flood                A


Date          Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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          51    71      50    70      46    74      50    77
Temp          55 53 68 67   55 52 67 66   52 50 69 71   56 54 74 74
Dewpt         52 50 51 50   48 48 48 47   46 46 48 48   47 48 52 54
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    30      10     5       5     0      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  C                                         S
Tstms          C  S  S  C                                         S

$$
IAZ086-242100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
900 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date             Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24
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                      77          48          76          60          77
Temp                69 75 73 71 62 55 51 51 63 72 75 73 65 63 62 63 68 73 75 71
Dewpt               66 68 63 56 52 48 47 47 48 49 49 52 52 52 55 60 65 65 62 61
RH                  90 79 71 59 70 77 86 86 58 44 40 48 63 67 78 90 90 76 64 71
Wind dir             S SW  W  W NW NW NW SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  W  W NW
Wind spd            16 17 14 11 10  9  5  4  5  8  9  9  9 10 11 12 11 11 12 11
Clouds              OV B2 B2 FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     70           0           0          80          90
QPF 12hr                   0.18           0           0        0.90        0.50
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C                          S  S  D  D  D  D  L  L  C
Tstms                C  C  C                             S  L  L  L  C  C  C  C


Date          Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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    72      53    72      50    74      52    78
Temp          60 56 69 69   58 55 69 70   55 52 70 72   58 56 75 76
Dewpt         55 52 54 53   51 50 51 49   48 48 50 50   48 50 54 55
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         30    30       5     5       5     0      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  C                                         S
Tstms          C  S     C                                         S

$$