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

IAZ060-242100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
529 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date             Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      72          52          78          52          78
Temp             52 59 65 72 66 61 57 54 52 64 74 77 72 63 59 56 54 65 74 76 71
Dewpt            54 56 56 56 56 56 54 52 51 55 55 54 54 55 54 52 51 56 55 55 55
RH              108 90 73 57 70 84 90 93 96 73 51 45 53 75 83 86 90 73 51 48 57
Wind dir         SW  W  W  W NW SW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          3  4  5  6  4  4  5  5  4  5  6  6  3  2  2  2  2  3  5  6  5
Clouds           B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S
Obvis            PF


Date          Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          58    78      59    77      60    76      58    76
Temp          61 59 74 72   64 60 72 71   64 61 72 70   62 59 72 69
Dewpt         55 54 59 58   59 57 60 59   60 58 62 61   61 58 60 56
PWind dir        NE    NE       N    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    20      30    30      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs              S    C  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    S        S

$$
IAZ039-242100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
529 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date             Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      72          49          77          51          80
Temp             48 60 69 72 67 58 55 51 49 65 74 77 72 62 57 54 52 66 76 78 72
Dewpt            49 55 54 53 53 54 52 51 49 54 53 52 53 53 53 52 50 55 54 52 53
RH              104 84 59 51 61 86 90100100 68 48 42 51 72 86 93 93 68 46 40 51
Wind dir          E  S NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          3  4  5  6  5  3  4  4  4  4  6  6  3  2  2  2  2  3  5  5  5
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          56    79      58    79      59    78      58    76
Temp          60 56 75 72   62 59 74 71   63 60 73 71   62 58 72 69
Dewpt         55 53 57 57   58 56 59 58   60 58 61 60   61 57 59 54
PWind dir         E    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    20      20    30      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs              S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    S     S  S

$$
IAZ048-242100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
529 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date             Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      70          50          76          50          78
Temp             50 59 66 70 65 58 55 51 50 64 73 76 71 61 56 53 51 66 75 77 71
Dewpt            51 56 56 56 55 54 54 51 50 55 55 54 54 55 54 52 51 56 55 54 55
RH              104 90 70 61 70 86 96100100 73 53 46 55 81 93 96100 70 50 45 57
Wind dir         SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          3  4  5  6  5  4  4  5  4  5  6  6  3  2  2  2  2  3  5  5  4
Clouds           B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S
Obvis            PF


Date          Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          55    78      58    78      58    78      56    77
Temp          59 56 74 71   61 59 72 71   61 59 73 70   60 57 72 69
Dewpt         55 53 59 58   58 57 60 59   59 58 62 61   59 57 59 55
PWind dir         E    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    20      20    20      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs              S    S  S  S  S    S  S  S  C    S        S
Tstms                                                    S

$$
IAZ004-242100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
529 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date             Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      72          49          77          50          78
Temp             48 59 67 72 68 55 52 50 49 63 73 77 71 60 55 52 51 64 74 76 70
Dewpt            46 51 52 50 50 50 49 47 47 52 52 51 52 51 51 49 48 53 53 52 51
RH               93 75 59 46 52 83 89 89 93 67 48 40 51 72 86 89 89 67 48 43 51
Wind dir          S  W  N NW  N NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE
Wind spd          5  6  8 10  6  5  5  5  5  5  6  5  4  3  3  3  3  5  9 10  8
Clouds           OV B1 SC SC SC CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs


Date          Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          51    78      55    79      54    78      54    75
Temp          56 52 74 70   59 55 72 69   59 56 72 69   58 55 70 66
Dewpt         51 50 53 54   53 52 55 54   54 53 56 56   55 53 54 50
PWind dir        SE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     5       5    10      10    10      10    10

$$
IAZ035-242100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
529 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date             Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      73          49          77          49          80
Temp             49 60 70 73 69 57 53 50 49 63 74 77 72 60 55 52 50 66 75 78 70
Dewpt            48 54 55 53 52 52 51 50 48 54 53 52 52 52 51 51 49 54 54 53 53
RH               96 81 59 49 55 83 93100 96 72 48 42 49 75 86 96 96 65 48 42 55
Wind dir         SW  W NW NW  N NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          4  4  5  9  5  4  5  5  4  4  5  5  2  2  2  2  2  2  5  5  4
Clouds           OV OV B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C


Date          Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

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

$$
IAZ094-242100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
529 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date             Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      70          52          75          51          75
Temp             53 60 66 70 65 59 56 54 52 64 73 74 69 60 56 54 52 64 72 74 68
Dewpt            54 58 57 57 57 57 55 53 52 57 55 55 55 55 54 53 52 56 55 55 56
RH              104 93 73 63 75 93 96 96100 78 53 51 61 84 93 96100 75 55 51 65
Wind dir          W  W NW  W  N SW  W NW NW  N  N  N NE  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          4  5  5  5  4  3  5  5  4  5  6  6  2  2  2  2  2  3  5  5  4
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis            PF


Date          Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          57    74      58    74      58    73      56    74
Temp          59 58 71 68   61 59 70 67   61 59 69 66   60 58 70 66
Dewpt         56 56 61 60   60 57 61 60   60 58 62 63   60 58 61 58
PWind dir        NE     N       N    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20    30      30    30      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs        S  S  C    C  C  S  C    S  S  S  S             S

$$
IAZ017-242100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
529 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date             Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      72          48          76          48          78
Temp             45 59 69 72 67 56 53 50 48 63 73 75 69 59 55 52 50 65 75 76 69
Dewpt            46 53 53 52 52 52 51 50 48 54 53 52 52 52 51 50 48 54 53 52 52
RH              104 80 57 49 59 86 93100100 72 49 45 55 78 86 93 93 68 46 43 55
Wind dir          S  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          4  5  5  8  5  4  5  5  4  5  6  6  2  2  2  2  2  3  5  6  4
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis            PF


Date          Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          52    78      55    78      56    78      54    75
Temp          56 53 74 69   59 56 72 69   59 56 73 69   59 55 72 66
Dewpt         52 50 55 55   54 54 58 57   57 55 59 57   57 55 57 53
PWind dir         E    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      20    20      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                      S  S  S    S     S  S    S     S  S

$$
IAZ049-242100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
529 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date             Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      71          50          76          49          78
Temp             50 61 69 70 67 58 54 51 50 64 73 76 70 60 56 52 50 65 74 76 69
Dewpt            51 56 55 54 55 54 52 50 49 55 54 53 54 53 51 50 49 55 54 53 54
RH              104 84 61 57 65 86 93 96 96 73 51 45 57 78 83 93 96 70 50 45 59
Wind dir         SE SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          3  4  6  6  4  5  5  5  4  5  6  6  2  2  2  2  2  3  5  5  3
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis            PF


Date          Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          54    78      57    77      58    76      56    75
Temp          58 55 73 70   60 57 72 69   60 58 72 68   59 57 71 67
Dewpt         54 53 58 59   57 56 59 59   59 57 62 62   59 56 59 56
PWind dir        NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         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

$$
IAZ086-242100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
529 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date             Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      70          51          76          51          77
Temp             54 60 68 70 65 61 57 54 51 63 73 76 71 61 57 54 52 65 74 75 70
Dewpt            57 60 60 57 57 57 55 53 51 57 56 55 56 55 54 52 51 57 57 57 57
RH              112100 76 63 75 87 93 96100 81 55 48 59 81 90 93 96 75 55 54 63
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW  W  W  W NW NW  N  N  N NE NE  E NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          4  5  6  6  5  5  4  5  4  5  6  6  3  2  2  2  3  4  6  8  5
Clouds           B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S
Obvis            PF


Date          Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          59    75      59    75      59    73      58    74
Temp          61 59 72 70   62 60 71 69   62 60 69 68   62 59 70 68
Dewpt         57 56 62 62   60 58 62 63   61 60 65 64   61 59 63 61
PWind dir        NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         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

$$