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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
901 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024

IAZ060-240900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
901 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024

Date           09/23/24      Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu
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          71          51          77          53
Temp                61 59 53 51 59 67 71 67 60 57 54 51 63 73 75 70 63 58 55 54
Dewpt               55 56 53 51 54 55 54 54 55 54 52 51 55 55 54 54 54 54 52 51
RH                  81 90100100 83 65 55 63 84 90 93100 75 53 48 57 72 86 90 90
Wind dir            SE  S SW  W  W  W  W NW  W NW NW NW  N  N  N NE SE SE  S NE
Wind spd             3  3  2  3  5  5  6  3  2  2  2  2  3  4  4  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds              SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      5          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                        PF


Date           09/26  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
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      58    77      60    77      60    77      59    76
Temp          75 71   61 59 73 72   65 61 72 71   64 61 72 71   63 61 72 70
Dewpt         55 55   56 55 59 57   57 57 61 61   62 59 63 62   60 57 60 57
PWind dir         E       E    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20    30      50    40      40    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S     S

$$
IAZ039-240900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
901 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024

Date           09/23/24      Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu
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                      47          71          48          78          51
Temp                55 54 50 47 58 68 71 66 58 54 51 49 64 74 76 71 62 57 54 52
Dewpt               50 48 49 47 53 52 50 50 50 50 49 49 53 52 51 53 54 53 52 50
RH                  83 80 96100 83 57 47 56 75 86 93100 67 46 42 53 75 86 93 93
Wind dir             E  E  E  E  E NW NW  N NE  N NW NW NW NW NW  N  E SE SE  E
Wind spd             3  3  2  2  2  4  5  3  2  2  2  2  3  4  4  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds              SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Sprinkles


Date           09/26  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
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          79      56    79      59    78      59    79      59    76
Temp          76 71   59 57 75 72   62 59 74 71   63 60 74 72   63 60 73 69
Dewpt         53 54   55 54 57 55   57 56 60 60   62 58 61 60   60 58 59 56
PWind dir         E       E    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20    20      30    40      30    40      30    20
Rain shwrs                S  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  S

$$
IAZ048-240900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
901 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024

Date           09/23/24      Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu
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                      49          71          49          77          50
Temp                58 56 49 49 60 69 71 68 59 55 52 50 64 74 76 70 61 56 53 51
Dewpt               52 53 49 49 54 54 53 53 53 52 51 50 55 55 54 55 54 53 52 51
RH                  80 90100100 81 59 53 59 80 90 96100 73 51 46 59 78 90 96100
Wind dir             S SE SW SW SW NW NW  N NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  E SE SE SE NE
Wind spd             2  2  2  3  4  5  5  2  2  2  2  2  3  4  4  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds              SC SC SC B2 OV B1 B1 SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      5          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                        PF


Date           09/26  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
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          78      56    78      58    77      58    78      57    75
Temp          75 71   59 57 73 72   62 58 72 71   61 59 73 71   61 58 72 69
Dewpt         55 55   56 54 58 57   57 56 61 61   61 58 62 62   60 57 60 58
PWind dir         E       E    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20    30      40    40      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                            S

$$
IAZ004-240900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
901 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024

Date           09/23/24      Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu
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                      47          71          48          77          50
Temp                53 50 48 48 59 68 71 67 57 53 50 49 64 73 75 70 60 55 52 51
Dewpt               42 42 42 45 50 50 51 51 49 49 48 47 52 51 51 52 51 51 49 48
RH                  66 74 80 89 72 52 49 56 75 86 93 93 65 46 43 53 72 86 89 89
Wind dir             S  S  S  S NW NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NW  N  N SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd             5  5  4  3  5  8  9  5  3  3  3  4  3  4  4  4  3  3  3  3
Clouds              CL B1 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     20          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S


Date           09/26  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
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          79      52    78      54    77      56    78      55    75
Temp          75 70   56 53 73 70   59 55 72 69   59 57 72 69   59 57 70 66
Dewpt         52 52   51 51 54 53   53 52 54 56   56 55 57 55   55 54 56 54
PWind dir         S      SE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE       E    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      10    20      20    20      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs                      S       S  S  S    S  S  S  S             S

$$
IAZ035-240900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
901 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024

Date           09/23/24      Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu
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          72          48          78          49
Temp                55 53 48 48 59 67 72 67 58 54 51 49 63 73 76 70 60 55 52 50
Dewpt               46 47 47 48 52 51 51 51 51 51 49 49 53 52 51 52 51 51 50 49
RH                  72 80 96100 78 56 48 56 77 90 93100 70 48 42 53 72 86 93 96
Wind dir             S  S  S SW  W NW NW  N  N NW NW NW NW  N  N NE SE  S  S SE
Wind spd             3  3  3  3  5  5  5  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds              FW FW B1 OV B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     10          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S


Date           09/26  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
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          79      53    79      56    78      56    79      56    76
Temp          76 70   56 54 74 71   60 57 72 70   60 58 74 70   60 58 72 68
Dewpt         54 53   53 53 55 55   54 54 58 58   58 56 60 59   58 56 58 56
PWind dir        SE       E    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      10    20      20    30      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                   S  S    S  S  C  C    S  S  S  S    S     S  S

$$
IAZ094-240900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
901 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024

Date           09/23/24      Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu
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          70          51          74          52
Temp                60 59 54 52 59 67 70 65 58 56 54 51 63 71 73 67 60 56 54 52
Dewpt               59 57 54 52 57 56 56 57 56 54 52 51 57 55 54 55 56 55 53 52
RH                  96 93100100 93 68 61 75 93 93 93100 81 57 51 65 87 96 96100
Wind dir             S SW  W NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N NE  E  E NE NE
Wind spd             2  3  3  4  4  6  6  2  2  2  2  2  3  4  4  2  2  2  2  3
Clouds              B1 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                      5          20          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.11           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S
Tstms                                  S
Obvis                     PF  F


Date           09/26  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
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          74      58    73      58    73      57    75      57    74
Temp          72 67   59 58 70 68   62 59 69 67   61 59 71 67   61 58 70 66
Dewpt         56 57   57 56 59 58   59 57 61 62   61 59 63 62   61 58 60 59
PWind dir         E      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC B1 B2 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      30    40      50    50      40    30      20    10
Rain shwrs                C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S
Tstms                                                       S    S

$$
IAZ017-240900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
901 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024

Date           09/23/24      Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu
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          71          47          77          49
Temp                53 51 45 44 58 68 71 66 56 52 50 48 64 73 76 69 59 55 52 50
Dewpt               46 47 45 44 51 51 50 50 50 50 49 48 53 52 51 52 51 51 50 49
RH                  77 86100100 77 54 47 56 80 93 96100 67 48 42 55 75 86 93 96
Wind dir            SE SE  S  S  S  W NW  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW  N SE SE  S SE
Wind spd             4  3  3  4  4  5  6  3  2  2  2  2  2  3  4  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds              FW SC SC B2 OV B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                        PF


Date           09/26  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
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          78      51    78      54    77      56    79      55    75
Temp          75 69   56 53 74 70   59 55 72 69   60 56 74 69   59 57 71 67
Dewpt         53 52   52 51 55 54   54 53 57 57   57 55 59 59   58 55 57 55
PWind dir        SE       E    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      10    20      20    30      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                   S  S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ049-240900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
901 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024

Date           09/23/24      Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu
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                      49          71          49          76          49
Temp                57 57 51 49 60 69 71 66 58 54 51 50 64 73 74 68 59 55 52 50
Dewpt               51 52 51 49 54 53 52 52 51 50 49 48 53 53 53 54 54 51 51 50
RH                  80 83100100 81 57 51 61 77 86 93 93 67 49 48 61 83 86 96100
Wind dir            SE SE  E NE  W NW NW  N  N NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  E SE SE  E
Wind spd             4  3  2  1  3  4  5  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  4  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds              B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      5          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Sprinkles
Obvis                        PF


Date           09/26  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
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      54    77      57    77      58    77      57    75
Temp          74 69   58 55 73 70   60 58 72 69   61 58 71 69   60 58 71 67
Dewpt         54 54   54 53 58 56   56 55 60 62   61 58 62 62   60 56 59 58
PWind dir         E       E    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20    30      40    40      40    30      30    20
Rain shwrs                S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  S
Tstms                                                            S

$$
IAZ086-240900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
901 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024

Date           09/23/24      Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu
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                      54          71          50          76          51
Temp                60 60 58 54 61 68 71 67 59 55 52 50 62 72 74 69 61 57 54 52
Dewpt               59 58 58 54 58 56 55 55 54 53 52 50 56 56 55 57 55 54 53 52
RH                  96 93100100 90 65 57 65 83 93100100 81 57 51 66 81 90 96100
Wind dir             E NE  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE SE  E NE NE
Wind spd             3  2  3  3  4  6  6  4  3  2  2  2  3  5  5  3  3  2  3  3
Clouds              B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  S
Obvis                        PF


Date           09/26  Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
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      58    76      59    74      59    76      59    74
Temp          73 70   61 59 72 71   63 60 70 69   63 60 71 69   61 60 71 68
Dewpt         57 58   57 56 61 60   59 59 64 64   62 60 66 64   61 59 62 61
PWind dir         E      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   B1 B2 B2 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      30    40      60    60      50    40      30    20
Rain shwrs             S  C  C  C    L  L  L  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms                                                       S    S

$$