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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
544 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

IAZ060-230900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
544 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

Date           05/22/24      Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat
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                      52          78          62          73          47
Temp             70 63 58 54 54 69 76 78 77 69 68 66 64 69 71 72 69 60 55 50 48
Dewpt            50 51 49 48 49 53 53 53 54 56 58 59 61 61 59 52 50 47 44 43 44
RH               49 65 72 80 83 57 45 42 45 63 70 78 90 76 66 49 51 62 66 77 86
Wind dir          W  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S SW  W  W  W NW NW  W  W
Wind spd          6  3  4  4  5  9 11 11 10 10 10  9 10 11 13 14 13 10  6  5  5
Wind gust                                                     25
Clouds           FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          80          60           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.77        0.09           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  D  D  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                     S  C  C  L  C  C  C


Date           05/25  Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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          73      57    70      53    73      54    75      52    79
Temp          70 71   61 57 67 68   59 54 70 71   59 55 72 73   59 54 76 77
Dewpt         47 50   52 54 57 54   52 51 51 51   49 49 51 50   49 50 51 52
PWind dir         S       E    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr          5      50    60      50    40      20    10       5    10
Rain shwrs             C  C  L  C    C  C  C  C    S
Tstms                  C  C  C  C    C  S     S    S

$$
IAZ039-230900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
544 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

Date           05/22/24      Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat
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          77          60          73          46
Temp             69 61 56 52 53 69 74 76 75 65 63 62 62 67 71 72 68 58 52 48 47
Dewpt            50 52 48 49 50 54 52 52 54 53 54 55 59 62 62 59 52 49 45 42 43
RH               51 72 74 89 89 59 46 43 48 65 72 78 90 84 73 64 57 72 77 80 86
Wind dir          W SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  W  W  W NW  W  W
Wind spd         11  5  4  4  4  9 12 11 10  9 10 10 13 14 17 17 14 11 10  9  8
Clouds           CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 OV B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          60          90          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.44        0.22        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      L  L  D  D  L  L
Tstms                                           C  C  C  C  C  S


Date           05/25  Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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          72      53    67      51    72      52    73      51    77
Temp          68 70   58 54 64 65   57 52 69 70   57 53 70 71   56 53 74 73
Dewpt         48 50   50 51 54 53   52 49 51 50   50 49 50 49   49 48 50 51
PWind dir        SW       E     E       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5      30    50      50    40      20    20       5    10
Rain shwrs             S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S     S  S
Tstms                  S  C  C  C    C  S     S    S        S

$$
IAZ048-230900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
544 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

Date           05/22/24      Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat
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                      52          77          60          73          45
Temp             69 62 57 54 54 69 75 77 75 66 65 62 62 66 70 71 68 57 52 47 46
Dewpt            51 51 49 50 50 55 54 53 54 56 57 59 61 61 59 52 50 47 44 43 44
RH               53 67 75 86 86 61 48 43 48 70 75 90 97 84 68 51 52 69 74 86 93
Wind dir          W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W NW NW  W  W
Wind spd         10  4  3  4  4  9 11 12 11 10 10 10 11 12 14 16 13 10  6  5  5
Wind gust                                                     26 24
Clouds           CL CL FW SC FW CL FW FW FW SC B2 B2 OV B2 B1 FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          80          60           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.88        0.08           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  D  D  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                     S  C  C  L  C  C  C


Date           05/25  Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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          72      55    69      52    73      53    74      51    78
Temp          69 70   58 55 66 66   57 53 70 71   58 53 71 72   57 52 75 76
Dewpt         49 51   51 53 57 54   52 51 52 52   49 49 51 50   49 50 52 53
PWind dir         S       E    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5      40    50      50    40      20    20       5    10
Rain shwrs             C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S     S
Tstms                  C  C  C  C    C  S     S    S

$$
IAZ004-230900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
544 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

Date           05/22/24      Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat
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          77          57          67          44
Temp             67 59 54 52 52 66 73 76 74 64 63 60 58 62 64 66 61 52 48 45 45
Dewpt            47 48 47 48 48 54 52 52 52 53 55 55 55 56 50 47 44 42 41 39 41
RH               49 67 77 86 86 65 48 43 46 67 75 84 90 81 60 50 53 69 77 79 86
Wind dir          W SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW
Wind spd         11  6  8  9 10 13 16 17 14 13 13 13 16 18 20 23 21 13 11 10 10
Wind gust                                                  31 35 32
Clouds           CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          90          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.51        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  D  D  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                     S  C  C  C  C  S     S
Wind chill                                                                   39
Min chill                                                                    38


Date           05/25  Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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          71      51    67      49    72      50    73      50    77
Temp          67 68   55 52 64 65   54 50 69 69   54 51 69 71   54 52 73 74
Dewpt         47 48   48 49 52 49   48 47 49 48   48 47 47 47   46 47 50 48
PWind dir        SW      SE    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      20    40      40    40      20    10       5    10
Rain shwrs             S  S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S
Tstms                  S  S  S  S    S        S    S

$$
IAZ035-230900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
544 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

Date           05/22/24      Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat
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          77          58          70          44
Temp             70 60 55 52 54 68 74 76 74 64 63 61 60 65 66 69 64 54 49 46 45
Dewpt            47 50 48 48 49 54 52 52 53 54 56 57 58 59 54 50 46 44 42 41 42
RH               44 69 77 86 83 61 46 43 48 70 78 87 93 81 65 51 52 69 77 83 89
Wind dir          W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW
Wind spd          9  6  4  5  5 10 13 14 12 10 11 10 12 13 16 18 16 10  8  6  6
Clouds           CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 OV OV B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          80          60           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.57        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  D  D  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                     S  C  L  C  C  C  S


Date           05/25  Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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          71      52    67      50    73      51    74      49    78
Temp          68 69   56 53 64 65   55 51 70 70   56 52 71 72   54 52 74 76
Dewpt         47 49   50 51 55 51   50 49 50 48   49 48 49 47   48 48 51 50
PWind dir         S       E    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      40    50      50    40      20    20       5    10
Rain shwrs             S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S        S
Tstms                  S  C  C  C    S  S     S    S        S

$$
IAZ094-230900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
544 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

Date           05/22/24      Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat
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          78          63          73          47
Temp             71 63 58 54 54 69 75 77 77 70 69 66 65 68 71 72 69 60 55 49 48
Dewpt            50 50 49 48 49 54 53 57 58 60 62 63 63 64 60 54 52 50 47 45 46
RH               47 62 72 80 83 59 46 50 52 71 78 90 93 87 68 53 55 69 74 86 93
Wind dir         SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW  N NE
Wind spd          4  4  4  4  5  9 10 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 14 11  9  6  5  5
Wind gust                                                  23
Clouds           FW CL FW FW CL CL FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          80          60           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.31        0.09           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  D  D  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                     C  C  C  L  C  C  S


Date           05/25  Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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          73      58    72      53    72      54    74      52    77
Temp          70 72   61 59 69 69   59 54 69 70   59 55 72 73   59 53 74 75
Dewpt         51 53   56 59 62 58   54 52 54 54   51 51 54 54   51 52 54 56
PWind dir        SE       E    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr          5      60    60      50    30      20    10       5    10
Rain shwrs             C  L  L  C    C  C  C  C    S
Tstms                  C  C  C  C    C  S     S    S

$$
IAZ017-230900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
544 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

Date           05/22/24      Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat
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          76          58          70          43
Temp             67 59 55 52 54 68 73 75 72 63 60 59 59 64 67 68 64 53 47 44 45
Dewpt            49 49 47 47 49 54 52 52 53 53 54 55 57 59 58 52 48 44 42 40 41
RH               52 69 74 83 83 61 48 45 51 70 81 87 93 84 73 57 56 71 83 86 86
Wind dir          W SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         12  6  5  5  5 10 13 13 11 10 10 11 14 17 17 19 17 12 10  9  9
Wind gust                                                        27
Clouds           CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          70          70          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.47        0.12           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  L  L  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                        S  C  C  C  C  C


Date           05/25  Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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          70      51    65      49    71      49    71      49    74
Temp          66 68   55 52 62 63   54 50 68 68   54 50 68 69   53 51 72 72
Dewpt         47 49   49 49 52 51   49 48 49 49   48 47 48 47   46 47 50 49
PWind dir        SW       E    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      30    40      40    40      20    20      10    10
Rain shwrs             S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S     S  S
Tstms                  S  C  C  C    S  S     S    S        S

$$
IAZ049-230900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
544 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

Date           05/22/24      Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat
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          77          60          73          45
Temp             68 60 55 53 54 68 74 76 74 64 62 62 61 67 71 72 68 56 51 47 46
Dewpt            52 51 48 49 50 54 53 52 53 53 55 57 59 62 61 56 52 47 44 42 43
RH               57 72 77 86 86 61 48 43 48 67 78 84 93 84 71 57 57 72 77 83 89
Wind dir          W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W NW NW  W  W
Wind spd         10  4  4  4  5  9 11 11 10  9 10 10 12 13 16 17 13 10  8  6  6
Clouds           CL CL FW SC FW CL FW FW FW SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          70          80          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.70        0.14           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  L  L  D  D  C  C
Tstms                                        S  C  L  L  C  C


Date           05/25  Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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          71      53    67      51    73      51    73      49    77
Temp          68 69   56 54 65 65   56 52 70 69   55 53 71 71   54 52 74 73
Dewpt         48 50   50 52 56 53   52 50 51 51   49 49 50 49   49 49 51 51
PWind dir         S       E    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5      40    50      50    40      20    20      10    10
Rain shwrs             C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S     S  S
Tstms                  C  C  C  C    C  S     S    S        S

$$
IAZ086-230900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
544 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

Date           05/22/24      Thu 05/23/24            Fri 05/24/24            Sat
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          79          63          77          49
Temp             71 63 57 53 54 70 76 79 77 68 67 65 65 69 74 74 70 61 56 51 50
Dewpt            49 51 51 49 50 53 52 53 56 57 59 60 62 65 64 60 55 52 48 46 46
RH               46 65 80 86 86 55 43 41 48 68 75 84 90 87 71 62 59 72 74 83 86
Wind dir          W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd          8  4  4  3  4  8 10 10 10  9 10 10 11 13 14 16 12 10  9  8  6
Clouds           CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          60          80           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.20        0.23           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      L  L  D  D  L  L
Tstms                                           C  C  L  C  C  C


Date           05/25  Sun 05/26/24  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24
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      57    72      54    73      54    73      52    77
Temp          70 72   60 59 70 70   60 55 70 71   58 55 71 72   57 55 74 75
Dewpt         49 51   54 57 62 57   54 53 54 53   52 51 53 52   52 51 53 54
PWind dir         E       E    NE      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      50    60      50    40      20    20       5    10
Rain shwrs             C  C  L  L    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms                  C  C  C  C    C  S     S    S  S     S

$$