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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
644 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

IAZ060-232100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
644 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date             Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24
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                      80          62          74          48          74
Temp             59 69 75 79 77 69 67 65 63 68 71 73 69 60 55 51 50 62 69 73 71
Dewpt            51 54 51 51 53 56 57 60 60 62 60 54 50 48 46 44 45 47 49 50 51
RH               75 59 43 38 43 63 70 84 90 81 68 51 51 64 72 77 83 58 49 44 49
Wind dir          S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  W  W NW NW NW NW  W SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          6  8 11 13 11 10 13 12 11 12 13 17 13 10  6  5  5  5  8  9  9
Wind gust                                            24
Clouds           CL CL CL CL FW FW B1 OV OV B1 B1 FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0          80          40           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.56        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  D  D  C  C  S                             C
Tstms                         S  C  C  L  C  C  S                             S


Date          Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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    69      52    72      54    75      52    78
Temp          62 60 66 66   58 55 68 69   59 56 72 73   60 56 74 77
Dewpt         53 56 57 53   50 50 51 50   49 50 51 52   49 49 52 52
PWind dir         E    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW     N
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70    60      40    30      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  L  L  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  L  C  C    C

$$
IAZ039-232100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
644 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date             Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24
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                      78          60          72          47          72
Temp             58 68 75 78 76 66 62 62 61 67 70 72 69 59 53 48 49 60 68 71 70
Dewpt            52 56 54 51 52 52 53 56 59 62 62 60 53 50 46 43 44 47 48 49 50
RH               80 65 48 39 43 61 72 81 93 84 76 66 57 72 77 83 83 62 49 46 49
Wind dir          S SW  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W NW NW  W  W  S SE SE
Wind spd          5 10 11 13 12 11 12 13 13 16 16 16 14 12 10  8  6  8  9 10  8
Clouds           FW CL FW CL CL FW SC B2 OV B1 B2 B1 FW FW CL FW FW FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          60          60           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.46        0.27           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          L  L  L  C  C  C                          S
Tstms                               C  C  C  C  C  S


Date          Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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    66      51    71      51    73      50    76
Temp          58 57 63 65   56 54 68 66   56 54 71 71   57 54 73 74
Dewpt         51 53 54 52   50 49 51 49   49 49 51 50   49 48 50 50
PWind dir         E    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50    60      40    40      20    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     S  C  L  C    C  C  C  C    S     S  S
Tstms          S  C  C  C    S             S     S  S

$$
IAZ048-232100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
644 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date             Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24
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                      78          60          73          46          73
Temp             58 68 75 78 76 67 65 62 61 67 69 72 67 58 53 48 49 61 68 72 70
Dewpt            52 56 53 50 53 55 57 60 60 62 60 54 51 48 45 44 45 47 50 50 52
RH               80 65 46 37 45 65 75 93 97 84 73 53 56 69 74 86 86 60 52 46 53
Wind dir          S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  W  W  W NW NW NW  W  S SE SE SE
Wind spd          5  9 12 14 12 10 13 13 13 14 14 18 14 10  6  5  5  6  9  9  9
Wind gust                                            25
Clouds           CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 OV OV B1 B1 FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          80          30           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.84        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  D  D  C  C  S                             C
Tstms                         S  C  C  L  C  C  S                             S


Date          Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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    67      51    71      52    75      51    78
Temp          59 58 64 65   56 54 67 68   57 54 71 72   57 54 74 75
Dewpt         53 56 57 53   50 50 52 51   50 50 52 52   49 49 52 52
PWind dir         E    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW     N
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         60    60      40    30      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  L  L  C    C  C  C  C    S
Tstms          C  C  C  C    S             S

$$
IAZ004-232100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
644 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date             Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24
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                      78          57          68          44          71
Temp             56 67 73 77 75 64 62 59 58 62 65 67 62 53 48 46 47 59 66 69 67
Dewpt            50 54 53 52 51 53 54 57 57 56 52 49 45 43 42 41 42 45 47 47 48
RH               80 63 49 42 43 67 75 93 96 81 63 52 54 69 80 83 83 60 50 45 50
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  S  S SE
Wind spd          6 11 16 20 19 16 17 16 14 18 20 23 21 14 11 10 10 11 13 12  9
Wind gust                 31 31                33 34 34
Clouds           FW CL CL CL FW SC B2 OV OV SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          90          40           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.66        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  D  D  C                                   S
Tstms                         S  C  C  C  C


Date          Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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    67      49    71      51    73      49    76
Temp          56 54 63 65   53 51 66 67   55 53 70 71   55 53 72 74
Dewpt         50 50 52 48   48 48 48 48   48 47 49 48   47 47 50 49
PWind dir         E    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW     N
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    40      40    30      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S
Tstms          S  C  S  S    S        S    S

$$
IAZ035-232100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
644 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date             Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24
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                      78          58          70          44          72
Temp             58 68 75 77 76 65 63 60 59 64 67 69 65 56 50 47 47 60 67 70 69
Dewpt            52 55 53 51 51 53 55 58 58 59 55 51 47 45 44 42 44 46 47 48 49
RH               80 63 46 40 42 65 75 93 96 84 65 53 52 66 80 83 89 60 49 45 49
Wind dir          S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S SW  W  W NW  W  W  W SW  S  S SE SE
Wind spd          8 10 14 17 16 13 16 12 14 14 18 20 17 11  8  5  5  8 10 10  8
Wind gust                                         31
Clouds           CL CL CL CL FW SC B2 OV OV B2 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          90          30           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.63        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  D  D  C  S                                C
Tstms                         S  C  L  C  C  S                                S


Date          Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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    67      49    72      51    75      49    78
Temp          57 56 64 65   54 52 66 68   55 53 71 71   56 53 74 76
Dewpt         51 53 54 51   48 49 49 48   48 48 51 49   47 48 50 49
PWind dir         E    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW     N
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50    50      40    40      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S
Tstms          C  C  S  S    S        S    S

$$
IAZ094-232100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
644 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date             Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24
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                      78          62          74          48          74
Temp             58 68 74 78 77 69 67 64 63 68 71 73 70 60 54 50 51 62 70 73 72
Dewpt            50 54 53 55 58 60 62 62 63 65 62 55 53 50 48 46 47 50 51 53 54
RH               75 61 48 45 52 73 84 93100 90 73 53 55 69 80 86 86 65 51 49 53
Wind dir          S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  W NW NW NW NW  N NE  E SE SE SE
Wind spd          4  8  9 11 10 10 12 13 12 11 16 16 11  8  5  5  4  5  8 10  9
Clouds           FW CL CL CL FW SC B2 OV OV B2 B1 FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          80          50           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.60        0.08           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  D  D  C  C  S                             L
Tstms                         C  C  C  L  C  C  S                             C


Date          Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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    72      52    72      53    75      52    77
Temp          63 61 68 67   58 55 68 68   58 55 72 73   59 55 74 76
Dewpt         58 61 62 58   53 51 53 53   51 51 54 54   51 52 54 55
PWind dir         E    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         80    60      40    30      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     L  D  L  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  L  C  C    C

$$
IAZ017-232100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
644 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date             Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24
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          57          70          44          71
Temp             56 67 73 76 74 63 60 59 58 64 67 69 64 54 49 45 46 59 66 69 67
Dewpt            52 56 54 51 51 52 52 55 57 60 59 53 49 45 42 41 42 45 47 48 49
RH               86 68 51 42 44 67 75 87 96 87 75 57 58 71 77 86 86 60 50 47 52
Wind dir          S SW  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  S  S SE
Wind spd          5 10 12 16 13 11 13 14 17 17 17 20 18 13 10  9  9 10 11 11  8
Wind gust                    25    24    27    27 31
Clouds           SC CL CL CL FW FW SC OV OV B1 B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          80          40           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.59        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S  L  L  C  C  C  S                          S
Tstms                            S  C  C  C  C  C


Date          Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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    64      48    70      50    72      48    75
Temp          56 54 62 63   53 51 64 66   54 52 69 68   54 52 72 72
Dewpt         50 51 53 50   48 48 49 48   48 47 50 49   47 47 50 49
PWind dir        SE    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    50      40    30      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S
Tstms          S  C  S  S    S             S

$$
IAZ049-232100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
644 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date             Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24
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                      78          59          72          45          73
Temp             59 67 74 77 76 65 62 61 60 67 69 71 67 57 52 48 48 60 68 71 69
Dewpt            52 56 53 50 52 52 54 58 60 63 62 57 52 48 46 43 44 47 48 49 51
RH               78 68 48 39 43 63 75 90100 87 78 61 59 72 80 83 86 62 49 46 53
Wind dir          S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  W  W  W NW NW  W  S  S SE SE
Wind spd          6  9 10 13 12 11 13 13 14 14 14 18 14 10  9  6  5  6  8  9  8
Wind gust                                         28
Clouds           FW CL CL CL CL SC SC B2 OV B2 B2 SC FW CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          80          50           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.44        0.19           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S  L  L  C  C  C  S                          C
Tstms                            S  C  L  C  C  C  S


Date          Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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    67      50    71      51    73      49    76
Temp          58 56 63 64   55 53 67 66   55 54 71 71   56 52 73 74
Dewpt         52 55 55 53   50 49 51 50   49 50 51 52   49 49 50 51
PWind dir         E    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         60    60      50    30      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  L  L  C    C  C  C  C    S        S
Tstms          C  C  C  C    S             S        S

$$
IAZ086-232100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
644 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Date             Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24
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                      79          63          76          49          75
Temp             58 71 76 79 78 69 67 66 65 70 73 74 72 62 56 52 51 62 69 73 72
Dewpt            50 53 49 51 55 57 59 61 63 65 65 61 56 53 50 47 47 49 50 51 52
RH               75 53 39 38 45 66 75 84 93 84 76 64 57 72 80 83 86 62 51 46 49
Wind dir          S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW  N  E SE SE SE
Wind spd          4  9 10 12 11 11 12 13 12 12 14 16 12 10  9  6  5  6  8  8  9
Clouds           FW CL CL CL FW FW SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          50          60           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.48        0.26           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          L  L  L  C  L  S                          C
Tstms                               C  C  C  C  L  S                          S


Date          Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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    72      53    72      54    74      52    77
Temp          63 61 68 67   59 56 68 68   58 56 71 72   59 56 73 75
Dewpt         55 58 61 57   53 52 54 52   51 52 54 54   52 51 53 53
PWind dir        SE    NE      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70    70      50    40      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  L  L  C    C  C  C  C    S        S
Tstms          C  L  C  C    C             S        S

$$