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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
159 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024

IAZ060-212100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
159 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024

Date             Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon 09/23/24
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                      89          58          64          53          68
Temp                      89 83 75 70 64 59 58 61 62 62 59 58 56 54 58 64 66 63
Dewpt                     67 68 69 64 58 56 54 53 52 50 50 50 49 49 50 51 51 51
RH                        48 61 82 81 81 90 86 75 70 65 72 75 77 83 75 63 58 65
Wind dir                  SW SW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E
Wind spd                  13  9  6 10 12 12 12 11 12  9  6  5  5  5  5  6  6  5
Clouds                    SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          60          60          30          20
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.78        0.26           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                         C  L  L  S  S  S


Date          Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24
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          50    72      50    75      52    74      54    76
Temp          55 52 68 65   55 51 72 68   57 53 70 68   59 55 73 70
Dewpt         52 49 52 52   52 49 54 55   54 52 57 57   56 54 58 57
PWind dir        NE    NW       W    NE       S    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20     0       5     5       5    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     S

$$
IAZ039-212100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
159 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024

Date             Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon 09/23/24
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                      92          58          68          50          69
Temp                      92 84 73 69 63 57 59 64 66 63 57 55 53 51 59 66 68 63
Dewpt                     64 66 67 62 56 55 53 52 50 49 48 48 46 45 48 48 47 48
RH                        40 55 81 78 78 93 80 65 56 60 72 77 77 80 67 52 47 58
Wind dir                  SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                  13 10  5  9 11 13 13 14 12  9  6  5  5  5  5  6  6  4
Clouds                    SC B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                     40          60          30          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.27        0.18        0.19           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  C  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                         C  C  C  C  S


Date          Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24
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          49    72      48    76      51    75      53    76
Temp          53 50 68 65   52 49 72 68   55 52 72 69   58 54 72 69
Dewpt         48 47 50 49   50 47 53 53   52 50 56 56   55 53 57 57
PWind dir        NE     N      NW     N       E    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20     5       5     0       5    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     S

$$
IAZ048-212100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
159 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024

Date             Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon 09/23/24
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                      90          57          65          50          69
Temp                      90 82 71 66 61 56 58 63 63 62 57 55 52 51 58 65 66 62
Dewpt                     66 68 67 60 56 54 53 52 50 49 49 48 47 47 49 50 49 50
RH                        45 63 87 81 84 93 83 67 62 62 75 77 83 86 72 58 54 65
Wind dir                  SW  W  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd                  14 10  8 10 12 12 13 13 13  9  5  5  5  5  5  6  5  4
Clouds                    SC B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          60          50          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.15        0.31        0.30           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    L  C  C  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                         L  C  C  S  S


Date          Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24
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          47    71      48    75      50    74      52    75
Temp          51 48 67 64   52 49 71 67   54 51 70 67   56 53 72 69
Dewpt         49 47 52 52   51 48 54 55   54 51 57 58   56 53 59 59
PWind dir        NE    NW       W    NW       S    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10     0       5     0       5    10      10    10

$$
IAZ004-212100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
159 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024

Date             Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon 09/23/24
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                      85          52          68          43          69
Temp                      82 73 63 58 54 51 56 64 66 61 52 49 46 44 57 64 67 62
Dewpt                     55 53 50 48 45 43 45 42 42 42 42 41 41 41 44 42 42 44
RH                        40 49 62 69 71 74 66 45 42 49 69 74 83 89 62 45 40 52
Wind dir                   N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  E  E  E SE
Wind spd                  16 16 17 18 16 13 16 16 14  8  5  4  4  3  4  5  5  5
Clouds                    SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S
Tstms                      S


Date          Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24
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          44    73      48    76      50    75      53    76
Temp          49 45 67 64   52 49 72 68   55 51 72 68   57 54 72 69
Dewpt         44 42 48 49   47 47 50 50   50 48 54 55   54 52 56 56
PWind dir         S    SW      SW    SW       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC SC   SC FW CL CL   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10     0       0     0       0     5      10    10

$$
IAZ035-212100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
159 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024

Date             Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon 09/23/24
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                      91          55          67          46          70
Temp                      90 78 68 62 57 54 57 63 65 62 54 51 49 47 58 66 68 62
Dewpt                     64 61 56 52 51 48 49 48 46 46 45 45 44 43 47 46 46 47
RH                        42 56 65 70 80 80 75 58 50 56 71 80 83 86 67 48 45 58
Wind dir                  SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E
Wind spd                  12 10 10 12 14 13 16 16 13  6  4  4  3  3  4  5  5  3
Clouds                    SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          40          20          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.31        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  C  C  C  S  S                    S  S
Tstms                      C  C  C  C


Date          Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24
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          44    72      46    76      50    74      52    76
Temp          49 45 67 64   51 47 72 68   54 50 71 67   56 53 72 68
Dewpt         47 45 50 50   49 47 53 53   51 50 56 57   55 53 58 57
PWind dir         E     W      SW     W       S    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10     0       0     0       0    10      10    10

$$
IAZ094-212100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
159 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024

Date             Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon 09/23/24
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                      82          58          62          53          64
Temp                      82 79 73 70 66 59 58 59 60 59 56 56 54 54 57 61 62 59
Dewpt                     69 69 70 68 64 59 58 57 56 56 53 52 51 51 52 54 54 54
RH                        65 72 90 93 93100100 93 87 90 90 86 90 90 83 78 75 83
Wind dir                   S  S SW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                  10  6  5  5 10 12 11 11 12  9  8  6  6  5  5  6  5  4
Clouds                    B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          90          80          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.59        0.44        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S     L  D  L  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                      S     L  L  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S


Date          Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24
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          50    69      48    72      51    71      52    73
Temp          54 51 66 62   52 49 69 65   54 52 69 65   56 54 71 66
Dewpt         54 51 54 55   52 49 55 57   54 52 58 59   56 54 59 59
PWind dir         N     N      NW     N       S    SW      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20     0       5     5      10    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     S                                         S  S

$$
IAZ017-212100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
159 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024

Date             Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon 09/23/24
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                      90          53          67          45          69
Temp                      90 77 67 61 56 53 56 64 65 60 53 50 48 46 57 65 67 61
Dewpt                     64 62 57 53 51 48 48 46 45 45 44 44 43 42 46 45 44 46
RH                        42 60 70 75 83 83 74 52 48 58 71 80 83 86 67 48 43 58
Wind dir                  SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  E  E
Wind spd                  10 10 10 13 16 13 16 16 14  8  5  4  4  4  4  5  5  4
Clouds                    SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          30          10          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.13           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                      C  C  C  S


Date          Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24
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          43    71      47    75      49    74      51    74
Temp          49 45 67 63   51 48 71 66   54 50 71 67   56 52 71 67
Dewpt         46 44 49 49   47 46 51 52   51 48 56 56   54 51 57 57
PWind dir         E     S      SW    SW       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10     5       0     0       0     5      10    10

$$
IAZ049-212100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
159 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024

Date             Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon 09/23/24
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                      89          57          65          50          68
Temp                      88 80 71 67 62 56 58 62 63 61 56 53 51 50 57 63 66 61
Dewpt                     65 67 68 61 56 54 53 53 51 50 49 47 46 46 49 49 49 50
RH                        47 65 90 81 81 93 83 72 65 67 77 80 83 86 75 60 54 67
Wind dir                  SW SW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd                  14  9  5  8 12 13 13 13 13  8  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  3
Clouds                    FW B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          60          40          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.15        0.13        0.19           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  C  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                         C  C  C  C  S


Date          Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24
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          47    71      46    75      50    74      51    75
Temp          51 48 67 63   51 47 71 66   54 50 70 66   55 52 71 67
Dewpt         48 46 51 51   50 46 53 54   51 50 56 57   54 52 57 58
PWind dir        NE     N      NW     W       S     W       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20     5       5     0       5    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     S

$$
IAZ086-212100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
159 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024

Date             Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon 09/23/24
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                      88          61          65          54          66
Temp                      87 82 75 73 69 63 62 62 63 62 58 58 57 55 58 63 64 62
Dewpt                     68 69 69 69 66 63 61 60 58 57 55 53 52 51 53 55 54 54
RH                        53 65 82 87 90100 97 93 84 84 90 83 83 86 83 75 70 75
Wind dir                  SW SW SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                  11  8  5  5 10 10 11 11 11  9  8  6  6  6  6  8  8  5
Clouds                    B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          70          80          40          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.34        0.28        0.05        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  L  L  D  D  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                            C  C  C  C  S        S


Date          Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24  Fri 09/27/24
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    70      49    74      51    73      52    75
Temp          56 53 67 65   54 50 70 67   56 52 70 67   57 53 72 68
Dewpt         53 51 56 55   52 50 55 56   54 51 58 59   56 53 59 60
PWind dir        NE     N      NW     N      SW    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30     5       5     5       5    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     S  C                                      S  S

$$