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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
214 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

IAZ060-250900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
214 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date           09/24/24      Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24            Fri
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          78          52          78          58
Temp          71 67 61 57 55 53 64 74 77 72 63 59 56 54 65 74 76 71 65 61 60 59
Dewpt         54 55 55 54 53 51 55 55 54 54 55 54 52 51 56 55 55 55 55 55 55 54
RH            55 65 81 90 93 93 73 51 45 53 75 83 86 90 73 51 48 57 70 81 84 83
Wind dir      NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE
Wind spd       5  3  2  2  2  3  4  5  5  3  2  2  2  2  3  5  6  5  4  3  5  5
Clouds        B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/27  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24  Tue 10/01/24
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      59    77      60    76      58    76      54    71
Temp          74 72   64 60 72 71   64 61 72 70   62 59 72 69   60 55 67 64
Dewpt         59 58   59 57 60 59   60 58 62 61   61 58 60 56   54 50 50 48
PWind dir        NE       N    NE      NE    NE      NE     N      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      30    30      20    30      20    20      10    10
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
214 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date           09/24/24      Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24            Fri
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          77          51          80          56
Temp          73 67 58 54 52 49 65 74 77 72 62 57 54 52 66 76 78 72 63 60 58 56
Dewpt         51 52 53 52 51 49 54 53 52 53 53 53 52 50 55 54 52 53 55 55 54 53
RH            46 59 83 93 96100 68 48 42 51 72 86 93 93 68 46 40 51 75 84 86 90
Wind dir      NW NW  N NW NW NW NW  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE
Wind spd       5  4  2  2  2  2  4  6  6  3  2  2  2  2  3  5  5  5  4  3  5  6
Clouds        B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/27  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24  Tue 10/01/24
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      58    79      59    78      58    76      54    71
Temp          75 72   62 59 74 71   63 60 73 71   62 58 72 69   58 54 67 63
Dewpt         57 57   58 56 59 58   60 58 61 60   61 57 59 54   54 50 50 45
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      20    30      20    30      20    20      10    10
Rain shwrs        S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    S     S  S    S
Tstms                                                            S

$$
IAZ048-250900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
214 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date           09/24/24      Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24            Fri
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          76          50          78          55
Temp          70 66 58 55 52 49 64 73 76 71 61 56 53 51 66 75 77 71 62 59 57 56
Dewpt         54 55 55 54 52 49 55 55 54 54 55 54 52 51 56 55 54 55 55 55 54 53
RH            57 68 90 96100100 73 53 46 55 81 93 96100 70 50 45 57 78 87 90 90
Wind dir      NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE
Wind spd       4  3  2  2  2  2  4  5  5  3  2  2  2  2  3  5  5  4  3  2  4  5
Clouds        B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/27  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24  Tue 10/01/24
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      58    78      56    77      52    71
Temp          74 71   61 59 72 71   61 59 73 70   60 57 72 69   57 52 67 63
Dewpt         59 58   58 57 60 59   59 58 62 61   59 57 59 55   54 49 49 47
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      20    20      20    30      20    20      10    10
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
214 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date           09/24/24      Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24            Fri
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          77          50          78          51
Temp          72 66 57 53 51 49 63 73 77 71 60 55 52 51 64 74 76 70 60 56 53 52
Dewpt         50 50 50 49 48 47 52 52 51 52 51 51 49 48 53 53 52 51 51 51 49 50
RH            46 56 77 86 89 93 67 48 40 51 72 86 89 89 67 48 43 51 72 83 86 93
Wind dir       N  N NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S SE NE
Wind spd       8  5  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  5  9 10  8  5  4  3  3
Clouds        FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/27  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24  Tue 10/01/24
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    79      54    78      54    75      49    68
Temp          74 70   59 55 72 69   59 56 72 69   58 55 70 66   54 50 63 60
Dewpt         53 54   53 52 55 54   54 53 56 56   55 53 54 50   47 44 44 41
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5       5    10      10    10      10    10      10    10

$$
IAZ035-250900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
214 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date           09/24/24      Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24            Fri
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          49          80          52
Temp          71 66 58 53 51 48 63 74 77 72 60 55 52 50 66 75 78 70 60 57 55 53
Dewpt         53 53 53 52 49 48 54 53 52 52 52 51 51 49 54 54 53 53 52 52 52 51
RH            53 63 83 96 93100 72 48 42 49 75 86 96 96 65 48 42 55 75 83 90 93
Wind dir      NW  N  N NW NW NW  N  N  N NE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E NE NE
Wind spd       5  2  2  2  2  2  3  5  4  2  2  2  2  2  2  5  5  4  2  2  2  4
Clouds        SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/27  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24  Tue 10/01/24
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      56    79      55    77      50    71
Temp          74 71   60 57 72 70   60 57 74 70   59 56 72 68   55 50 66 62
Dewpt         55 55   54 55 58 58   57 55 60 58   58 55 58 53   50 47 47 44
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10      10    20      10    20      10    20      10    10
Rain shwrs                   S  S          S  S          S

$$
IAZ094-250900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
214 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date           09/24/24      Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24            Fri
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          75          51          75          57
Temp          69 63 58 56 53 52 64 73 74 69 60 56 54 52 64 72 74 68 62 59 58 58
Dewpt         57 58 58 55 53 51 57 55 55 55 55 54 53 52 56 55 55 56 56 56 56 56
RH            66 84100 96100 96 78 53 51 61 84 93 96100 75 55 51 65 81 90 93 93
Wind dir       W NW  W NW NW NW  N  N  N NE  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  N
Wind spd       5  3  2  2  2  3  4  5  5  2  2  2  2  2  3  5  5  4  4  4  5  8
Clouds        B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S                                                     S  S  S
Tstms          S  S


Date           09/27  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24  Tue 10/01/24
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    74      58    73      56    74      53    69
Temp          71 68   61 59 70 67   61 59 69 66   60 58 70 66   57 53 66 62
Dewpt         61 60   60 57 61 60   60 58 62 63   60 58 61 58   54 51 52 50
PWind dir         N       N    NE      NE    NE      NE     N       N    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   SC FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         30      30    30      20    20      10    20      10     5
Rain shwrs     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
214 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date           09/24/24      Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24            Fri
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          76          48          78          52
Temp          70 65 56 53 51 48 63 73 75 69 59 55 52 50 65 75 76 69 60 56 54 53
Dewpt         52 52 52 51 49 48 54 53 52 52 52 51 50 48 54 53 52 52 51 52 52 50
RH            53 63 86 93 93100 72 49 45 55 78 86 93 93 68 46 43 55 72 86 93 89
Wind dir      NW  N NW  W NW NW NW  N  N NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E NE NE
Wind spd       4  3  2  2  3  3  4  6  6  2  2  2  2  2  3  5  6  4  4  3  3  4
Clouds        SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/27  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24  Tue 10/01/24
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      56    78      54    75      50    69
Temp          74 69   59 56 72 69   59 56 73 69   59 55 72 66   55 50 65 61
Dewpt         55 55   54 54 58 57   57 55 59 57   57 55 57 53   51 47 46 43
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10      20    20      20    20      20    20      20    10
Rain shwrs                S  S  S    S     S  S    S     S  S    S
Tstms                                                            S

$$
IAZ049-250900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
214 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date           09/24/24      Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24            Fri
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          76          49          78          54
Temp          69 64 57 53 51 49 64 73 76 70 60 56 52 50 65 74 76 69 61 58 56 55
Dewpt         54 54 53 52 50 49 55 54 53 54 53 51 50 49 55 54 53 54 54 54 53 53
RH            59 70 86 96 96100 73 51 45 57 78 83 93 96 70 50 45 59 78 86 90 93
Wind dir      NW NW  N NW NW NW  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE
Wind spd       5  3  2  2  2  2  4  5  5  2  2  2  2  2  3  5  5  3  3  3  4  5
Clouds        B2 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    S


Date           09/27  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24  Tue 10/01/24
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      57    77      58    76      56    75      51    70
Temp          73 70   60 57 72 69   60 58 72 68   59 57 71 67   56 52 66 61
Dewpt         58 59   57 56 59 59   59 57 62 62   59 56 59 56   52 49 49 47
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      30    30      20    30      20    20      10    10
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
214 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date           09/24/24      Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24            Fri
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          76          51          77          59
Temp          70 65 59 56 54 52 63 73 76 71 61 57 54 52 65 74 75 70 63 61 60 59
Dewpt         55 57 57 55 53 51 57 56 55 56 55 54 52 51 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 56
RH            59 75 93 96 96 96 81 55 48 59 81 90 93 96 75 55 54 63 81 87 90 90
Wind dir      NW NW  W NW NW NW  N  N  N NE NE  E NE NE  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE
Wind spd       6  4  3  3  3  3  4  5  6  3  2  2  2  3  4  6  8  5  5  5  6  9
Clouds        B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S                                                        S  S  C


Date           09/27  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24  Tue 10/01/24
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      59    75      59    73      58    74      55    69
Temp          72 70   62 60 71 69   62 60 69 68   62 59 70 68   59 55 66 62
Dewpt         62 62   60 58 62 63   61 60 65 64   61 59 63 61   56 52 54 52
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE     N      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      50    40      40    30      30    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S    S
Tstms                                              S             S

$$