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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
629 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

IAZ060-150900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
629 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date           05/14/24      Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24            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          74          58          76          54
Temp             67 61 58 55 54 62 70 73 71 65 62 61 60 65 71 74 73 65 60 57 56
Dewpt            58 56 53 51 49 50 54 55 56 57 57 57 56 58 56 55 53 54 53 51 52
RH               73 84 83 86 83 65 57 53 59 75 84 87 87 78 59 51 49 68 78 80 86
Wind dir          E  E  E NE  E  E SE  S  S  S  S  S SW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W
Wind spd          9  4  3  4  4  5  8  8  8  5  4  5  5  5  9  8  6  3  4  3  4
Clouds           SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10          60          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                     S  C  C  C  S  C  C  C  S  S


Date           05/17  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24
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      59    85      60    82      57    79      59    78
Temp          77 78   64 60 81 82   68 61 79 79   63 60 75 77   65 61 72 74
Dewpt         54 54   53 54 58 58   53 53 53 55   52 53 56 55   54 55 56 54
PWind dir         S       S     S       W    SW       E    SE      SE     E
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      30    30      40    40      50    40
Rain shwrs        S             S    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           S    S  S  S  S    C  C  S  S    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ039-150900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
629 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date           05/14/24      Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24            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          75          56          75          53
Temp             66 59 55 51 50 61 71 74 72 65 62 59 59 65 71 73 71 63 58 55 56
Dewpt            53 52 49 45 43 47 49 51 52 55 55 55 54 57 56 55 54 54 53 52 53
RH               63 78 80 80 77 60 46 44 49 70 78 87 83 75 59 53 55 72 83 90 90
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW SW  S  S SW  S  S
Wind spd         11  5  5  5  6  6  8 10  8  6  8  8  8  8 10 10  8  5  4  5  4
Clouds           SC FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          60          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.07        0.07        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  L  L  L  L  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                        S  C  S  S  C  C  C  S


Date           05/17  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24
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      57    85      59    80      55    78      56    76
Temp          77 77   61 59 81 81   66 60 76 76   61 58 74 75   62 59 71 72
Dewpt         54 52   53 53 57 57   54 52 53 53   52 51 54 54   53 52 54 53
PWind dir         S      SE     S      SW     W      NE    SE       E     E
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      30    30      30    40      50    40
Rain shwrs        S             S    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           S    C  S  S  C    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  C

$$
IAZ048-150900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
629 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date           05/14/24      Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24            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          74          57          76          54
Temp             69 60 56 53 53 62 70 74 70 63 61 59 59 65 71 74 73 63 59 56 55
Dewpt            56 55 52 50 48 49 53 54 56 57 57 57 57 58 56 54 53 52 52 52 53
RH               63 84 86 89 83 62 55 50 61 81 87 93 93 78 59 50 49 67 78 86 93
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S  S  S  S SW SW  W SW SW  W  W SW  S SW
Wind spd         10  5  5  6  6  6  8  9  9  5  5  5  5  5  9  9  6  3  2  2  3
Clouds           SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10          60          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.08        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  C  C  S  S  C  C  C


Date           05/17  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24
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          81      58    86      58    81      56    78      57    77
Temp          77 78   61 59 81 81   66 59 77 76   61 57 74 75   63 60 71 73
Dewpt         54 53   54 55 58 58   53 53 53 54   51 52 55 55   54 55 56 53
PWind dir         S       S     S       W    SW       E    SE       E     E
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      30    30      40    40      50    40
Rain shwrs        S             S    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           S    C  S  S  C    C  C  S  S    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ004-150900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
629 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date           05/14/24      Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24            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          72          54          74          53
Temp             71 61 55 53 53 61 67 71 67 61 58 55 54 63 69 73 71 61 56 54 55
Dewpt            46 50 50 49 49 49 52 52 54 55 54 53 51 52 51 50 48 49 48 48 49
RH               41 67 83 86 86 65 59 51 63 81 86 93 90 67 53 44 44 65 74 80 80
Wind dir          E  E SE  S  S SE SE  S  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  S  S  S
Wind spd         10  8  9 10 11 12 13 13 11 10 10 10  9 10 11 11  9  5  5  6  8
Clouds           FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 FW SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                      5          40          60          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05        0.14           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                  S  C  C  C  S


Date           05/17  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24
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      58    84      55    75      53    77      54    73
Temp          77 78   61 60 80 77   60 56 71 72   58 55 72 73   59 55 68 69
Dewpt         52 50   51 52 56 51   48 47 49 47   47 48 51 50   50 49 50 49
PWind dir         S       S    SW      NW    NW       S    SE       E    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      20    20      30    30      30    40      40    30
Rain shwrs        S    S  S     S    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             S    S  S     S    C  S     S    S        S    S  C  C  C

$$
IAZ035-150900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
629 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date           05/14/24      Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24            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                      50          74          55          76          52
Temp             71 62 56 53 52 62 70 73 70 63 60 58 57 65 71 74 73 63 57 53 54
Dewpt            51 52 51 50 49 49 52 53 54 56 57 56 54 55 53 50 49 49 48 48 50
RH               49 70 83 89 89 62 53 49 57 78 90 93 90 70 53 43 43 60 72 83 86
Wind dir          E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W NW NW SW  S  S
Wind spd         11  8  6  6  8  9 10 11 10  6  6  6  5  8 10 10  6  3  4  3  5
Clouds           FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          20          50          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.12        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     C  C  C  S  C  S


Date           05/17  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24
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          82      57    86      57    79      54    78      55    76
Temp          78 79   61 59 82 81   63 58 76 75   59 56 74 75   60 57 70 72
Dewpt         52 51   52 53 58 54   51 51 51 50   49 50 53 52   52 52 53 51
PWind dir         S       S     S       W    NW       E    SE       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      30    30      40    40      50    40
Rain shwrs        S             S    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           S    C  S  S  C    C  C  S  S    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ094-150900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
629 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date           05/14/24      Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24            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          72          57          73          54
Temp             66 61 58 56 55 61 68 71 69 64 61 60 59 64 69 72 71 63 59 56 55
Dewpt            61 58 55 55 53 56 58 59 59 59 58 58 58 61 61 59 58 58 56 55 55
RH               84 90 90 96 93 84 70 66 70 84 90 93 96 90 76 64 63 84 90 96100
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE  E SE  S SE  E SE SE  S  W  S  W  W  S SW  W  N
Wind spd          8  5  4  4  4  4  5  5  5  4  4  4  5  5  8  8  6  5  4  3  4
Clouds           SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          20          60          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.08        0.10        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                     C  C  C  C  S  C  C  C  S  S  S
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           05/17  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24
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    84      59    82      57    79      59    79
Temp          74 75   62 59 80 80   66 60 78 77   63 60 75 77   65 61 74 74
Dewpt         58 58   55 56 60 61   56 55 57 57   55 56 60 60   57 58 60 58
PWind dir         E       S     S       W     S      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      20    20      40    30      50    40
Rain shwrs     S  S             S    S  S     S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             S             S    S  S     S    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ017-150900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
629 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date           05/14/24      Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24            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          73          55          74          51
Temp             69 59 54 51 50 60 68 72 70 63 59 58 57 63 69 72 71 61 55 53 54
Dewpt            50 51 48 46 44 45 47 49 51 53 55 55 53 54 53 51 49 50 49 48 50
RH               51 75 80 83 80 58 47 44 51 70 87 90 86 72 57 48 46 67 80 83 86
Wind dir          E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  N  S  S  S
Wind spd         11  6  6  8  8  8 10 11 10  9 10  9  9 10 10 10  8  5  5  5  6
Clouds           FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          70          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.15        0.02        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  C  C  S  C  S     S


Date           05/17  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24
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    83      56    77      52    76      53    73
Temp          76 77   60 58 79 79   61 57 74 73   58 55 72 72   59 55 68 69
Dewpt         52 51   52 52 56 54   51 50 51 49   48 48 52 51   51 50 51 50
PWind dir         S       S     S       W    NW       E    SE       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      20    20      30    30      30    40      40    40
Rain shwrs        S    S  S     S    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             S    S        S    C  S     S    C  S     S    S  S  S  C

$$
IAZ049-150900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
629 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date           05/14/24      Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24            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          74          56          75          53
Temp             66 58 54 51 51 61 70 74 71 63 61 59 58 65 70 73 71 62 57 54 55
Dewpt            55 53 50 47 45 47 51 52 54 56 56 57 56 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 53
RH               68 83 86 86 80 60 51 46 55 78 84 93 93 75 61 53 55 72 83 90 93
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  S SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW
Wind spd         11  6  8  8  8  8  8  9  8  5  6  6  5  6  9  9  5  4  3  4  4
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          60          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.07        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                     S  S  C  C  S  C  C  C  S


Date           05/17  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24
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    85      58    80      55    78      56    76
Temp          77 77   61 58 80 80   64 59 76 76   60 57 74 75   61 59 71 72
Dewpt         54 53   53 54 57 57   53 53 53 53   52 51 53 54   53 54 55 53
PWind dir         S       S     S       W    SW       E    SE       E     E
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      30    30      40    40      50    40
Rain shwrs        S             S    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           S    C  S  S  C    C  C  S  S    S  C  C  C

$$
IAZ086-150900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
629 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date           05/14/24      Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24            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                      50          73          58          73          56
Temp             63 58 56 53 53 61 69 73 71 65 62 60 60 65 69 70 71 63 59 57 58
Dewpt            59 56 54 51 49 52 56 58 58 58 58 58 58 60 60 59 58 58 56 56 56
RH               87 93 93 93 86 72 63 59 63 78 87 93 93 84 73 68 63 84 90 96 93
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE NE  E SE SE SE SE  S SE  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S
Wind spd         11  8  6  6  6  6  6  6  5  4  5  6  8  9  9  8  6  5  4  5  5
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5          40          70          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.23        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                           S  S  S  C  C  C  S  S  S


Date           05/17  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24
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    83      61    82      58    79      60    79
Temp          75 77   62 60 79 80   67 62 78 79   63 60 76 77   65 62 74 75
Dewpt         58 57   56 56 60 60   56 55 57 57   55 56 59 58   56 57 59 57
PWind dir        SE       S     S      SW    SW      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      10    20      20    20      40    30      50    50
Rain shwrs     S  C             S    S  S  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             S             S    S  S  S  S    C  S  S  S    C  C  C  C

$$