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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
244 AM CDT Sat May 25 2024

IAZ060-260900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
244 AM CDT Sat May 25 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
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                      48          77          59          74          54
Temp                      50 50 65 73 76 74 66 63 61 60 66 72 74 71 63 59 56 55
Dewpt                     46 46 48 48 48 51 51 52 57 58 60 61 59 57 55 52 51 51
RH                        86 86 54 41 37 44 58 67 87 93 81 68 59 61 75 78 83 86
Wind dir                  SW  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  N NW NW  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   3  3  8 11 11 10 10 10 10  8  9 10 11 11  9  8  6  8
Clouds                    CL CL CL FW FW B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          90          70          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.69        0.14           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      D  D  L  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                           L  C  C  C  C  C  S


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
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      52    74      51    78      54    79      59    79
Temp          73 73   59 53 71 72   58 55 74 75   61 58 76 76   66 61 76 77
Dewpt         54 50   48 48 48 48   47 49 49 50   49 51 56 56   54 54 56 55
PWind dir         W      NW    NW      NW     E      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW CL CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30       0     5       0     5      10    20      40    40
Rain shwrs        C                                         S    C  C  C  C
Tstms             C

$$
IAZ039-260900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
244 AM CDT Sat May 25 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
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          75          56          68          52
Temp                      48 49 64 71 75 73 64 60 57 57 62 67 68 66 58 55 53 52
Dewpt                     44 45 48 50 49 50 52 51 52 55 57 59 58 55 52 51 48 49
RH                        86 86 56 47 40 44 65 72 83 93 84 75 70 68 80 86 83 89
Wind dir                  SW  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E  E  N NW  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   3  3  6 10 10  9  9 10 11 13 11 11 12 13 11 11 10 10
Clouds                    CL CL CL CL SC B1 B2 B1 OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          80          90          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.92        0.42        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      L  D  D  L  C  C  S  S        S
Tstms                                           C  C  C  C  C  S  S


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
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      51    70      47    75      51    78      56    79
Temp          70 70   56 52 67 68   54 51 72 73   57 55 75 75   62 59 76 75
Dewpt         53 51   49 48 47 46   47 46 48 48   48 49 53 54   53 52 54 54
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NE      SE     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50       5    10       0     0       5    10      30    30
Rain shwrs     S  C                                              C  C  C  C
Tstms             C

$$
IAZ048-260900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
244 AM CDT Sat May 25 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
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          75          57          72          52
Temp                      48 49 64 72 75 73 64 60 59 59 64 69 71 69 60 55 52 54
Dewpt                     46 47 50 49 49 51 52 52 55 57 60 61 60 57 54 52 51 51
RH                        93 93 60 44 40 46 65 75 87 93 87 76 68 66 81 90 96 90
Wind dir                  SW  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E NE  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   3  3  9 12 11 10 10 10 10  9  9 10 12 12  9  8  6  8
Clouds                    CL CL CL SC FW B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          80          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.73        0.12           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      D  D  L  L  C  C              S
Tstms                                           L  C  C  C  S  C


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
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    72      49    77      52    79      58    78
Temp          72 71   57 52 69 71   56 53 73 75   59 57 75 75   63 60 75 76
Dewpt         54 50   49 48 48 48   47 48 50 50   50 51 57 56   54 55 57 56
PWind dir         W      NW    NW       N     E      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40       5     5       0     5      10    20      40    40
Rain shwrs     S  C                                         S    C  C  C  C
Tstms             C

$$
IAZ004-260900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
244 AM CDT Sat May 25 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
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          74          55          70          51
Temp                      45 48 63 69 72 71 63 58 57 56 61 66 69 67 58 53 51 53
Dewpt                     42 43 48 48 48 49 50 51 52 53 56 56 55 53 51 49 48 48
RH                        89 83 58 47 42 46 62 77 83 90 84 70 61 61 77 86 89 83
Wind dir                   S  S  S SW  S SE SE SE SE  E NE  N  N  N  N NW NW  W
Wind spd                   6  9 16 19 14 11 10 10 10  8 10 13 14 13 10  9  9 10
Clouds                    CL CL FW B2 OV B2 B2 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          60          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.24        0.40           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  L  C  C  C  C              C
Tstms                                           C  C  C  S  S  S


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
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      49    71      46    76      53    79      58    78
Temp          70 68   54 50 67 70   52 50 72 74   59 57 74 75   62 59 74 74
Dewpt         48 47   46 45 45 44   45 45 47 47   49 50 55 54   53 52 55 54
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW       N     E      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW CL FW FW   FW CL CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50       5     5       0     0      10    20      40    40
Rain shwrs     C  C                                         S    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C                                              S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ035-260900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
244 AM CDT Sat May 25 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
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          75          55          70          50
Temp                      47 48 63 71 74 73 63 59 57 57 61 67 70 68 59 54 51 52
Dewpt                     44 45 49 48 47 49 51 52 54 55 57 59 58 54 52 51 49 50
RH                        89 89 60 44 38 43 65 78 90 93 87 75 66 61 78 90 93 93
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E NE  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   4  5 11 14 13 11 10 10 10  8  9 11 12 11  8  6  6  8
Clouds                    CL CL CL SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          70          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.99        0.11           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      L  L  L  L  C  C              S
Tstms                                           C  C  C  C  S  S


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
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      49    72      48    77      52    79      57    79
Temp          73 70   55 50 69 70   53 51 73 75   58 56 76 75   63 59 76 75
Dewpt         51 47   47 46 47 45   46 46 48 48   49 51 56 55   54 53 56 54
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW       N     E      SE     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW CL FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40       5     5       0     0      10    20      40    40
Rain shwrs     S  C                                         S    C  C  C  C
Tstms             C                                                       S

$$
IAZ094-260900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
244 AM CDT Sat May 25 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
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                      48          76          61          76          54
Temp                      50 50 64 72 76 73 66 65 62 62 67 74 75 71 64 60 56 55
Dewpt                     47 47 50 50 50 53 52 55 60 61 64 64 62 61 59 56 54 53
RH                        89 89 60 46 40 49 61 70 93 97 90 71 64 71 84 87 93 93
Wind dir                  NW SE  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  W  W NW  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   2  3  8 10 11 10 10 11 10  9  8 10 11 10  8  6  6  8
Wind gust                                20       20
Clouds                    CL CL CL CL FW B2 SC B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          90          80          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        1.02        0.34        0.35
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      D  D  L  D  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                           L  C  L  L  C  C  S  S


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
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      52    74      51    76      54    79      59    77
Temp          72 72   58 53 71 72   57 55 74 75   60 58 76 76   65 61 74 75
Dewpt         56 54   50 50 52 51   50 50 52 53   52 54 59 58   57 57 58 58
PWind dir         W      NW    NW       N    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   CL CL CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     5       5     5      10    20      40    40
Rain shwrs        S                                      S  S    C  C  C  C
Tstms             S

$$
IAZ017-260900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
244 AM CDT Sat May 25 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
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          74          53          65          49
Temp                      45 47 62 70 72 70 61 58 55 54 58 63 65 63 55 52 49 51
Dewpt                     42 44 48 49 48 49 51 50 51 53 56 57 56 53 51 49 48 48
RH                        89 89 60 47 42 47 70 75 86 96 93 81 73 70 86 89 96 89
Wind dir                  SW  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  E  E NE  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   5  5 11 14 13 10  9 10 10 11 10 11 13 13 10 10 10 10
Clouds                    CL CL CL SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          70          70          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.61        0.43           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      L  L  L  L  C  C              S
Tstms                                           C  C  C  S  S  S


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
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      48    69      45    74      49    77      55    77
Temp          70 67   54 49 66 67   51 49 70 72   56 55 74 73   60 58 74 73
Dewpt         52 48   47 45 45 45   45 45 47 47   48 49 54 54   52 51 55 54
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW       N     E      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50       5    10       0     0       5    20      30    30
Rain shwrs     S  C                                         S    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C

$$
IAZ049-260900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
244 AM CDT Sat May 25 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
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          75          56          71          51
Temp                      47 48 63 70 74 72 62 59 57 57 64 70 71 68 58 54 51 53
Dewpt                     45 46 49 50 49 50 50 51 54 55 59 60 59 56 53 51 49 50
RH                        93 93 60 49 41 46 65 75 90 93 84 71 66 65 83 90 93 89
Wind dir                  SW  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E  E  N NW  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   3  3  6 11 10 10 10 10 11 11 10 10 12 13 10 10  9  9
Clouds                    CL CL CL FW SC B2 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          80          80          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.74        0.29           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      L  D  D  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                           L  C  C  C  C  S  S


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
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      50    71      47    76      50    78      55    78
Temp          71 70   55 51 68 69   53 51 72 73   57 55 75 75   62 58 75 75
Dewpt         54 51   49 48 47 47   47 46 49 49   49 50 54 55   53 53 55 55
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW     E      SE     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40       5     5       0     0      10    20      30    30
Rain shwrs        C                                         S    C  C  C  C
Tstms             C

$$
IAZ086-260900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
244 AM CDT Sat May 25 2024

Date           05/24/24      Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon
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                      48          77          60          77          54
Temp                      50 51 63 72 76 74 65 63 62 62 67 74 76 72 64 60 56 54
Dewpt                     47 48 49 49 49 50 51 51 55 60 63 64 63 60 57 55 52 52
RH                        89 89 60 44 39 43 60 65 78 93 87 71 64 66 78 84 86 93
Wind dir                  NW  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  W NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   4  3  6  9 10 10 10 11 12 12 11 11 13 12 10 10 10 10
Wind gust                                         23
Clouds                    CL CL CL CL CL B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          80          90          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.96        0.23        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      L  D  D  L  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                           C  L  L  C  C  C  S  S


Date           05/27  Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
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      53    73      51    77      53    79      57    80
Temp          72 72   59 54 70 71   57 55 73 75   60 58 76 76   64 61 77 77
Dewpt         55 54   50 50 50 49   49 49 51 51   51 51 56 56   54 56 57 57
PWind dir         W      NW    NW      NW     N      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW CL FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30       5     5       0     5      10    20      30    30
Rain shwrs        C                                         S    S  C  C  C
Tstms             C

$$