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

IAZ060-250900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
300 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      62          73          47          76          59
Temp                      68 64 68 70 72 69 60 55 50 50 64 71 75 72 65 62 61 61
Dewpt                     63 62 64 62 54 50 47 46 44 45 47 48 49 51 51 53 55 57
RH                        84 93 87 76 53 51 62 72 80 83 54 44 40 48 60 72 81 87
Wind dir                  SE SE  S  W  W  W NW NW  W  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                  13 11 12 13 14 13  9  5  4  3  6  9  9 10  9 10 10  9
Wind gust                       23    26
Clouds                    B2 OV B2 B2 FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                     80          80           0           0          80
QPF 12hr                   0.20        0.21           0           0        1.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 L  D  C  S                             C  C  D  D  D
Tstms                      L  L  C  S                                C  L  C  C
Flood                      A  A  A
Svr Tstorm                 A  A


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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      54    73      52    73      50    75      54    79
Temp          70 70   59 56 69 70   59 54 69 70   55 52 71 74   60 57 75 76
Dewpt         60 57   53 51 51 50   49 48 49 48   46 47 49 49   48 49 55 55
PWind dir         W      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      30    20       5     5       5     0      10    20
Rain shwrs     D  C    C  S  S  S                                      S  S
Tstms          C  C    C  S  S  S                                      S  S

$$
IAZ039-250900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
300 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      61          73          46          74          56
Temp                      63 63 66 70 70 68 59 54 49 49 62 70 73 70 63 59 57 57
Dewpt                     56 60 62 65 60 53 49 45 43 44 48 50 51 51 52 51 51 54
RH                        78 90 87 84 71 59 69 71 80 83 60 49 46 51 67 75 80 90
Wind dir                  SE  S SE  S  W  W NW NW  W SW  S  S  S SE SE SE  E  E
Wind spd                  13 14 16 18 16 14 12  9  5  4  5  8 10  8  8  9 10 12
Wind gust                    26    28
Clouds                    B2 OV B2 OV B1 SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                     70          90           0           0          60
QPF 12hr                   0.19        0.53           0           0        0.47
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  D  L  L  S                                L  L  D
Tstms                      C  L  C  L  S                                C  C  C
Flood                      A  A  A
Svr Tstorm                 A  A


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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          69      52    71      51    69      47    73      51    77
Temp          65 65   57 54 68 66   56 53 66 66   53 50 69 71   56 55 74 75
Dewpt         59 55   52 50 51 49   48 48 47 46   45 46 48 48   47 47 52 53
PWind dir        NE      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2   B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         90      40    40      10    10       5     0       5    20
Rain shwrs     D  L    C  S  C  C                                         S
Tstms          C  C    C  S     C                                         S

$$
IAZ048-250900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
300 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      62          73          46          74          57
Temp                      66 63 66 68 71 67 58 52 49 49 63 70 74 71 63 60 58 58
Dewpt                     63 61 63 61 55 51 47 45 44 46 48 50 50 53 53 52 55 56
RH                        90 93 90 78 57 56 67 77 83 89 58 49 43 53 70 75 90 93
Wind dir                  SE SE  S  W  W  W NW  W  W  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd                  14 12 14 14 16 14 10  5  3  3  6 10 10 10  9 10 10 10
Wind gust                             27
Clouds                    B2 OV OV B2 FW FW CL CL CL FW CL SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     90          80           0           0          80
QPF 12hr                   0.37        0.19           0           0        0.64
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 L  D  C  S                             S  S  D  D  D
Tstms                      L  L  C  S                                S  C  C  C
Flood                      A  A  A
Svr Tstorm                 A  A


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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      52    72      51    72      48    75      53    78
Temp          67 67   57 53 68 68   57 53 67 68   53 51 70 72   58 55 74 76
Dewpt         61 57   52 50 53 50   49 48 49 48   46 47 49 50   48 49 55 56
PWind dir         N      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      30    30       5     5       5     0      10    20
Rain shwrs     D  C    C  S  C  C                                      S  S
Tstms          C  C    C  S  S  C                                      S  S

$$
IAZ004-250900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
300 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      59          67          44          73          54
Temp                      62 60 63 65 65 61 53 48 45 48 62 69 71 69 61 58 56 56
Dewpt                     58 58 57 50 48 44 42 41 41 42 47 48 48 48 50 51 51 52
RH                        87 93 81 58 54 53 66 77 86 80 58 47 44 47 67 77 83 86
Wind dir                  SE  S SW  W  W  W  W SW  S  S  S SW  S SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd                  18 16 18 20 24 23 12  8  6  8 13 17 14 11 10 11 10 10
Wind gust                 28             33
Clouds                    OV OV B2 FW SC FW CL CL CL CL FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                    100          60           0           5          60
QPF 12hr                   0.56        0.02           0           0        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  L  S                                S  S  L  L  L
Tstms                      L  L  S                                      C  S  C


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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          67      49    70      48    70      47    74      53    78
Temp          63 64   54 52 66 66   53 50 65 67   51 50 69 72   57 56 73 75
Dewpt         55 52   50 48 49 46   46 44 45 43   44 44 47 47   47 48 54 53
PWind dir        NE      NW    NW      NW    NW       N     E      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      40    40       5     5       5     0      20    20
Rain shwrs     L  L    C  C  C  C                                   S  S  S
Tstms          C  C    C  S  S  C                                   S  S  S

$$
IAZ035-250900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
300 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      61          71          45          74          55
Temp                      65 62 66 68 68 64 55 49 46 48 62 70 73 70 62 58 57 56
Dewpt                     60 60 61 55 51 47 45 44 43 43 48 49 49 50 51 52 53 54
RH                        84 93 84 63 54 54 69 83 89 83 60 47 43 49 67 80 86 93
Wind dir                  SE SE SW  W  W  W NW  W  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd                  16 11 14 16 18 17 10  5  4  4  8 12 11 10 10 10 10  9
Wind gust                    21       29
Clouds                    OV OV OV SC SC FW FW CL CL CL FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr                     90          70           0           0          70
QPF 12hr                   0.44        0.05           0           0        0.44
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  L  C  S                             S  S  L  L  L
Tstms                      L  L  C  S                                S  C  C  C
Flood                      A  A  A
Svr Tstorm                 A  A


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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          69      50    71      49    71      46    75      52    79
Temp          65 65   54 52 67 68   54 51 67 68   52 50 70 73   57 55 75 76
Dewpt         58 54   50 49 51 48   46 46 47 45   45 46 48 47   48 48 54 54
PWind dir         N      NW    NW      NW    NW       N     E      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      40    30       5     5       5     0      10    20
Rain shwrs     L  L    C  C  C  C                                      S  S
Tstms          C  C    C  S  S  C                                      S  S

$$
IAZ094-250900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
300 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      66          74          48          75          61
Temp                      68 67 70 71 72 69 60 54 50 50 64 71 74 73 65 64 62 63
Dewpt                     64 65 67 63 55 53 50 47 46 46 48 49 51 53 53 55 60 62
RH                        87 93 90 76 55 57 69 77 86 86 56 46 44 49 65 73 93 97
Wind dir                   S  S  S  W  W NW NW NW  N SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                  12 11 13 13 13 11  8  5  3  3  6  9 10 10 10 10 10  9
Wind gust                 23 23 24 24 24
Clouds                    B2 OV B2 B2 FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          60           0           5          90
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.13           0           0        1.19
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  L  C  C                             C  C  D  D  D
Tstms                      C  L  C  C                             S  C  L  L  L
Svr Tstorm                 A  A


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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      54    72      52    73      50    75      55    78
Temp          73 71   60 56 70 70   58 54 70 71   56 53 72 73   59 57 74 76
Dewpt         64 60   56 53 54 52   51 50 52 51   48 48 52 52   51 52 57 58
PWind dir         W      NW    NW      NW    NW       N     E      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC   SC SC SC FW   CL CL FW FW   CL CL FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      30    20       5     5       5     5      10    20
Rain shwrs     D  C    C  S  S                                         S  S
Tstms          L  C    C  S                                            S  S

$$
IAZ017-250900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
300 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      59          70          44          73          54
Temp                      61 60 64 66 68 63 54 49 45 47 61 68 71 68 60 58 55 55
Dewpt                     55 58 61 60 53 48 44 42 41 43 47 49 49 51 51 50 50 52
RH                        81 93 90 81 59 58 69 77 86 86 60 51 46 54 72 75 83 90
Wind dir                  SE  S  S SW  W  W NW  W SW SW  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd                  14 14 17 17 18 18 13 10  5  5  9 12 11 10  9 10 10 11
Wind gust                 25 25       28
Clouds                    OV OV B2 B2 SC FW FW CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     90          80           0           0          60
QPF 12hr                   0.35        0.16           0           0        0.23
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 L  D  L  C                                   L  L  L
Tstms                      L  L  L  C                                   C  C  C
Flood                      A  A  A
Svr Tstorm                 A  A


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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          65      48    69      48    67      45    72      50    76
Temp          60 60   53 51 65 64   53 50 63 64   50 49 67 69   54 53 73 74
Dewpt         57 53   49 47 51 48   46 45 46 45   45 44 47 47   46 46 53 53
PWind dir        NE      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      40    30      10     5       5     0      10    20
Rain shwrs     L  L    C  S  C  C                                         S
Tstms          C  C    C     S  C                                         S

$$
IAZ049-250900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
300 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      61          73          45          74          55
Temp                      65 63 66 69 70 67 57 51 47 48 62 70 72 69 61 58 57 57
Dewpt                     61 60 63 65 57 53 48 45 44 45 48 50 50 52 51 51 52 55
RH                        87 90 90 87 63 61 72 80 89 89 60 49 46 55 70 77 83 93
Wind dir                  SE  S SE SW  W  W NW NW  W  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                  13 11 16 17 17 14 10  8  5  3  5  8  9  9  9  9 10 11
Wind gust                    23    27
Clouds                    B2 OV OV OV SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     70          90           0           5          70
QPF 12hr                   0.30        0.37           0           0        0.66
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 L  D  C  C                             S  S  L  L  D
Tstms                      L  L  C  C                                S  C  C  C
Flood                      A  A  A
Svr Tstorm                 A  A


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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      51    71      50    70      46    74      50    77
Temp          67 66   55 53 68 67   55 52 67 66   52 50 69 71   56 54 74 74
Dewpt         60 57   52 50 51 50   48 48 48 47   46 46 48 48   47 48 52 54
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      40    30      10     5       5     0      10    20
Rain shwrs     D  L    C  S  S  C                                         S
Tstms          C  C    C  S  S  C                                         S

$$
IAZ086-250900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
300 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

Date           05/23/24      Fri 05/24/24            Sat 05/25/24            Sun
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                      64          77          48          76          60
Temp                      67 68 68 76 73 71 62 55 51 51 63 72 75 73 65 63 62 63
Dewpt                     64 64 65 68 63 56 52 48 47 47 48 49 49 52 52 52 55 60
RH                        90 87 90 76 71 59 70 77 86 86 58 44 40 48 63 67 78 90
Wind dir                  SE  S SE  S  W  W NW NW NW SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                  13 13 14 17 14 11 10  9  5  4  5  8  9  9  9 10 11 12
Wind gust                 24 24 25 29
Clouds                    B2 OV OV B2 B2 FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 OV B2
PoP 12hr                     50          90           0           0          80
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.23           0           0        0.90
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  L  C  C  C                          S  S  D  D  D
Tstms                      C  L  C  C  C                             S  L  L  L
Svr Tstorm                 A  A


Date           05/26  Mon 05/27/24  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24
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      55    72      53    72      50    74      52    78
Temp          73 71   60 56 69 69   58 55 69 70   55 52 70 72   58 56 75 76
Dewpt         65 61   55 52 54 53   51 50 51 49   48 48 50 50   48 50 54 55
PWind dir        SW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         90      30    30       5     5       5     0      10    20
Rain shwrs     D  L    C  S  S  C                                         S
Tstms          L  C    C  S     C                                         S

$$