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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
244 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

IAZ060-250900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
244 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 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          72          52          78          52
Temp                      53 52 59 65 72 66 61 57 54 52 64 74 77 72 63 59 56 54
Dewpt                     56 54 56 56 56 56 56 54 52 51 55 55 54 54 55 54 52 51
RH                       112108 90 73 57 70 84 90 93 96 73 51 45 53 75 83 86 90
Wind dir                   S SW  W  W  W NW SW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE  E  E NE NE
Wind spd                   3  3  4  5  6  4  4  5  5  4  5  6  6  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds                    B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0          20           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       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          78      58    78      59    77      60    76      58    76
Temp          74 71   61 59 74 72   64 60 72 71   64 61 72 70   62 59 72 69
Dewpt         55 55   55 54 59 58   59 57 60 59   60 58 62 61   61 58 60 56
PWind dir         E      NE    NE       N    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      10    20      30    30      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                      S    C  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    S        S

$$
IAZ039-250900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
244 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 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          72          49          77          51
Temp                      50 48 60 69 72 67 58 55 51 49 65 74 77 72 62 57 54 52
Dewpt                     49 49 55 54 53 53 54 52 51 49 54 53 52 53 53 53 52 50
RH                        96104 84 59 51 61 86 90100100 68 48 42 51 72 86 93 93
Wind dir                   E  E  S NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   2  3  4  5  6  5  3  4  4  4  4  6  6  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds                    B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10           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          80      56    79      58    79      59    78      58    76
Temp          76 72   60 56 75 72   62 59 74 71   63 60 73 71   62 58 72 69
Dewpt         54 53   55 53 57 57   58 56 59 58   60 58 61 60   61 57 59 54
PWind dir         E       E    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      10    20      20    30      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                      S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    S     S  S

$$
IAZ048-250900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
244 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 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          70          50          76          50
Temp                      50 50 59 66 70 65 58 55 51 50 64 73 76 71 61 56 53 51
Dewpt                     52 51 56 56 56 55 54 54 51 50 55 55 54 54 55 54 52 51
RH                       108104 90 70 61 70 86 96100100 73 53 46 55 81 93 96100
Wind dir                   S SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   2  3  4  5  6  5  4  4  5  4  5  6  6  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds                    B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       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          78      55    78      58    78      58    78      56    77
Temp          75 71   59 56 74 71   61 59 72 71   61 59 73 70   60 57 72 69
Dewpt         55 55   55 53 59 58   58 57 60 59   59 58 62 61   59 57 59 55
PWind dir         E       E    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      10    20      20    20      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                      S    S  S  S  S    S  S  S  C    S        S
Tstms                                                            S

$$
IAZ004-250900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
244 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 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                      46          72          49          77          50
Temp                      46 48 59 67 72 68 55 52 50 49 63 73 77 71 60 55 52 51
Dewpt                     43 46 51 52 50 50 50 49 47 47 52 52 51 52 51 51 49 48
RH                        89 93 75 59 46 52 83 89 89 93 67 48 40 51 72 86 89 89
Wind dir                   S  S  W  N NW  N NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  E SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                   4  5  6  8 10  6  5  5  5  5  5  6  5  4  3  3  3  3
Clouds                    OV OV B1 SC SC SC CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     40           5           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          78      51    78      55    79      54    78      54    75
Temp          74 70   56 52 74 70   59 55 72 69   59 56 72 69   58 55 70 66
Dewpt         53 51   51 50 53 54   53 52 55 54   54 53 56 56   55 53 54 50
PWind dir         S      SE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     5       5    10      10    10      10    10

$$
IAZ035-250900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
244 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 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          73          49          77          49
Temp                      48 49 60 70 73 69 57 53 50 49 63 74 77 72 60 55 52 50
Dewpt                     47 48 54 55 53 52 52 51 50 48 54 53 52 52 52 51 51 49
RH                        96 96 81 59 49 55 83 93100 96 72 48 42 49 75 86 96 96
Wind dir                   S SW  W NW NW  N NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   3  4  4  5  9  5  4  5  5  4  4  5  5  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds                    B1 OV OV B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     20          40           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C


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          80      52    79      56    79      56    79      55    77
Temp          75 70   57 53 74 71   60 57 72 70   60 57 74 70   59 56 72 68
Dewpt         54 53   52 51 55 55   54 55 58 58   57 55 60 58   58 55 58 53
PWind dir        SE       E    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       5    10      10    20      10    20      10    20
Rain shwrs                                 S  S          S  S          S

$$
IAZ094-250900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
244 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 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          52          75          51
Temp                      54 53 60 66 70 65 59 56 54 52 64 73 74 69 60 56 54 52
Dewpt                     57 54 58 57 57 57 57 55 53 52 57 55 55 55 55 54 53 52
RH                       112104 93 73 63 75 93 96 96100 78 53 51 61 84 93 96100
Wind dir                   W  W  W NW  W  N SW  W NW NW  N  N  N NE  E NE NE NE
Wind spd                   2  4  5  5  5  4  3  5  5  4  5  6  6  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                      5          20           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                     PF 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          75      57    74      58    74      58    73      56    74
Temp          72 68   59 58 71 68   61 59 70 67   61 59 69 66   60 58 70 66
Dewpt         55 56   56 56 61 60   60 57 61 60   60 58 62 63   60 58 61 58
PWind dir         E      NE     N       N    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      20    30      30    30      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs                S  S  C    C  C  S  C    S  S  S  S             S

$$
IAZ017-250900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
244 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 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          72          48          76          48
Temp                      45 45 59 69 72 67 56 53 50 48 63 73 75 69 59 55 52 50
Dewpt                     45 46 53 53 52 52 52 51 50 48 54 53 52 52 52 51 50 48
RH                       100104 80 57 49 59 86 93100100 72 49 45 55 78 86 93 93
Wind dir                  SE  S  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE  E SE SE SE
Wind spd                   3  4  5  5  8  5  4  5  5  4  5  6  6  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds                    SC B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0          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      52    78      55    78      56    78      54    75
Temp          75 69   56 53 74 69   59 56 72 69   59 56 73 69   59 55 72 66
Dewpt         53 52   52 50 55 55   54 54 58 57   57 55 59 57   57 55 57 53
PWind dir        SE       E    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    10      20    20      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                              S  S  S    S     S  S    S     S  S

$$
IAZ049-250900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
244 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 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          50          76          49
Temp                      50 50 61 69 70 67 58 54 51 50 64 73 76 70 60 56 52 50
Dewpt                     52 51 56 55 54 55 54 52 50 49 55 54 53 54 53 51 50 49
RH                       108104 84 61 57 65 86 93 96 96 73 51 45 57 78 83 93 96
Wind dir                  SE SE SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   2  3  4  6  6  4  5  5  5  4  5  6  6  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds                    B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0          20           5           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          78      54    78      57    77      58    76      56    75
Temp          74 69   58 55 73 70   60 57 72 69   60 58 72 68   59 57 71 67
Dewpt         54 54   54 53 58 59   57 56 59 59   59 57 62 62   59 56 59 56
PWind dir         E      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      10    20      30    30      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                   S  S    C  S  C  S    S  S  C  S    S     S  S
Tstms                                                            S

$$
IAZ086-250900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
244 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 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          70          51          76          51
Temp                      56 54 60 68 70 65 61 57 54 51 63 73 76 71 61 57 54 52
Dewpt                     59 57 60 60 57 57 57 55 53 51 57 56 55 56 55 54 52 51
RH                       111112100 76 63 75 87 93 96100 81 55 48 59 81 90 93 96
Wind dir                   N NW NW NW NW  W  W  W NW NW  N  N  N NE NE  E NE NE
Wind spd                   3  4  5  6  6  5  5  4  5  4  5  6  6  3  2  2  2  3
Clouds                    B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          20           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S
Obvis                     PF 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      59    75      59    75      59    73      58    74
Temp          74 70   61 59 72 70   62 60 71 69   62 60 69 68   62 59 70 68
Dewpt         57 57   57 56 62 62   60 58 62 63   61 60 65 64   61 59 63 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 FW   B1 B1 B2 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5      20    40      50    40      40    30      30    20
Rain shwrs                S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms                                                            S

$$