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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
259 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024

IAZ060-050900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
259 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/04/24      Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue
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                      42          68          49          75          56
Temp          59 58 52 49 44 43 57 63 67 66 57 52 50 52 62 69 73 71 67 62 59 57
Dewpt         49 46 45 43 41 41 45 42 43 44 45 44 44 45 53 57 58 58 59 57 54 53
RH            69 64 77 80 89 93 64 46 42 45 64 74 80 77 72 66 59 63 75 84 83 86
Wind dir      NW  N  N NW NW  N  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      16 11  5  3  3  3  5  8  8  8  6  6  6  9 13 18 19 20 21 16 10 12
Wind gust                                                     33 33 33 26
Clouds        B1 SC CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          40          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.99
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  D  D  L  L  C
Tstms                                                          S  C  C  C  S  C
Obvis                        PF


Date           05/07  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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      51    75      50    69      47    66      46    71
Temp          70 70   57 54 70 70   56 51 65 64   54 48 60 62   51 47 65 66
Dewpt         55 51   46 46 51 51   46 45 50 46   43 42 42 39   39 39 41 40
PWind dir        SW      SW    SE       W    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      30    40      20    30      20    30      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C       C  C  C    S     S  C       S  S  C             S
Tstms          C  C             S    S     S  C       S     S

$$
IAZ039-050900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
259 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/04/24      Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue
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                      40          69          47          75          57
Temp          59 56 50 46 41 42 58 64 67 66 55 49 47 49 61 69 73 70 65 62 59 58
Dewpt         50 47 45 43 41 40 44 41 42 43 44 44 43 42 46 50 53 54 56 58 56 56
RH            72 72 83 89100 93 59 43 40 43 66 83 86 77 58 51 49 57 73 87 90 93
Wind dir      NW  N NW NW NW NW NE  E SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd      19 14  6  5  4  3  4  5  5  6  5  5  6 10 17 19 21 19 19 21 13 11
Wind gust                                                     32 29 29 33
Clouds        B2 SC CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          20         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.86
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  D  D  D  D  C
Tstms                                                                C  C     S


Date           05/07  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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      51    74      49    67      45    64      44    69
Temp          70 67   56 53 71 68   55 51 63 61   51 46 59 60   49 47 64 64
Dewpt         55 53   48 46 51 52   49 46 49 46   43 41 41 39   39 39 41 40
PWind dir        SW      SW     S      NW    NW       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      20    40      30    40      20    30      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    S     C  C    C  S  C  C    S  S  C  C             S
Tstms          C  C    S             C  S  S  S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ048-050900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
259 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/04/24      Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue
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                      41          68          48          73          55
Temp          58 57 49 46 42 43 57 63 66 65 55 50 48 50 61 68 71 70 65 60 58 56
Dewpt         48 46 44 43 41 41 45 42 43 45 46 45 44 44 52 57 58 58 59 58 55 54
RH            69 67 83 89 96 93 64 46 43 48 72 83 86 80 72 68 63 66 81 93 90 93
Wind dir       N  N  N NW NW NW  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      17 11  4  3  3  2  5  5  8  8  5  6  8 10 14 18 20 21 23 18 10 11
Wind gust                                                  28 32 34 34
Clouds        B2 SC CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          40          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.89
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  D  D  L  L  C
Tstms                                                          S  C  C  C  S  S
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           05/07  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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      51    74      49    68      45    65      45    70
Temp          67 69   56 52 70 68   54 50 63 62   51 46 59 61   49 46 64 65
Dewpt         55 51   47 46 51 52   47 47 50 47   44 42 42 40   39 39 41 40
PWind dir        SW      SW    SE      NW    NW       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW SC SC SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    30      20    30      20    30      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    S  S  C  C    S  S  S  C    S  S  C  C             S
Tstms          C  C    S  S     S    S  S  S  C    S  S     S

$$
IAZ004-050900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
259 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/04/24      Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue
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                      39          67          47          73          53
Temp          58 57 48 44 41 41 56 61 65 64 53 49 47 48 59 66 70 68 62 58 55 53
Dewpt         43 42 41 39 37 37 41 40 41 42 44 44 43 42 49 53 55 55 56 55 52 51
RH            57 57 77 82 85 85 57 46 41 45 71 83 86 80 69 63 59 63 81 90 90 93
Wind dir       N  N NW  W  W  W  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      16 10  5  5  5  4  5  8 11 11  9 10 11 13 21 26 29 29 28 18 13 13
Wind gust                                               33 41 48 49 47 28
Clouds        B1 FW FW CL FW CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          40          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.66
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  D  D  C  C  S
Tstms                                                          S  C  C  C  C  S


Date           05/07  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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          71      49    69      46    62      43    64      44    69
Temp          66 66   54 50 64 62   51 47 58 58   47 44 57 59   47 45 62 62
Dewpt         48 46   43 43 46 46   45 44 45 43   41 40 40 38   38 38 39 38
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      NW     N       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr         20      20    30      30    40      30    30      10    20
Rain shwrs     S  S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  S  C  C             S
Tstms          S  S    S        S    C  S     S    S                      S

$$
IAZ035-050900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
259 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/04/24      Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue
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                      39          67          47          73          53
Temp          57 57 49 45 41 41 56 62 65 64 53 49 47 48 60 67 70 68 63 58 55 53
Dewpt         47 44 44 42 39 39 43 41 42 43 45 44 43 43 51 55 56 57 57 55 53 52
RH            69 62 83 89 92 92 62 46 43 46 74 83 86 83 72 65 61 68 81 90 93 96
Wind dir       N  N NW  W  W  W SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      14  9  3  3  3  2  5  6  9  9  6  8  9 10 14 20 21 21 23 14 10 11
Wind gust                                                     33 33 34
Clouds        B1 FW CL FW SC FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          40          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.79
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  D  D  C  C  C
Tstms                                                          S  C  C  C  C
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           05/07  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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          72      49    72      46    65      43    65      43    70
Temp          67 66   54 50 68 66   52 49 61 60   49 44 59 60   47 45 63 64
Dewpt         51 48   44 44 48 49   46 45 47 44   41 41 41 38   38 39 40 38
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      NW    NW       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      20    40      30    40      20    30      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C       S  C  C    C  S  S  C    S  S  C  C             S
Tstms          C  C             S    C  S  S  S    S        S             S

$$
IAZ094-050900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
259 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/04/24      Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue
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                      42          67          51          75          56
Temp          60 57 51 49 43 43 57 63 65 65 56 53 51 53 63 70 73 72 67 60 58 56
Dewpt         50 48 46 44 42 42 45 45 46 48 47 47 48 50 57 60 61 60 61 58 56 55
RH            69 72 83 83 96 96 64 52 50 54 72 80 89 89 81 71 66 66 81 93 93 96
Wind dir       N  N  N  N  N  N  E  E SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      16 11  5  4  4  4  9  9  9  6  6  6  6  9 12 16 18 18 21 13 10 11
Wind gust                                                     28 28 33
Clouds        B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          50          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        1.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  C  C  D  D  L  L  C
Tstms                                                          S  C  L  L  C  C


Date           05/07  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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          76      52    75      49    70      47    65      46    70
Temp          71 70   58 55 70 69   56 51 67 65   54 48 61 61   51 47 65 65
Dewpt         58 55   48 50 55 52   48 47 51 49   47 45 44 41   40 41 43 41
PWind dir        SW       S    SW       W    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         40      30    40      20    20      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C       C  C  C    S        S       S  S  S             S
Tstms          C  C       S  S  C    S        S       S     S

$$
IAZ017-050900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
259 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/04/24      Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue
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                      39          66          45          72          54
Temp          55 54 46 43 40 41 56 62 66 63 53 47 45 46 58 66 70 68 62 59 56 55
Dewpt         47 45 44 41 39 39 42 40 41 42 44 43 41 42 48 51 53 54 55 56 54 54
RH            74 71 93 93 96 92 59 44 40 46 71 86 86 86 69 58 55 61 78 90 93 96
Wind dir       N  N NW  W  W  W  W  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd      17 11  5  5  5  4  4  4  5  8  6  8  8 11 18 21 24 21 21 21 12 12
Wind gust                                                  33 39 37 34 34
Clouds        B2 FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          20          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.80
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  D  D  D  D  C
Tstms                                                             C  C  C


Date           05/07  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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          71      49    71      46    62      42    63      43    68
Temp          65 64   53 50 67 65   51 47 58 57   47 43 57 58   47 45 62 62
Dewpt         53 50   45 44 48 49   46 45 47 44   40 39 40 38   38 39 40 39
PWind dir        SW      SW     S      NW    NW       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    40      40    40      30    30      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    S  S  C  C    C  S  C  C    C  S  C  C             S
Tstms          C  C    S  S          C  S  S  S    S

$$
IAZ049-050900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
259 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/04/24      Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue
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                      39          68          46          73          55
Temp          58 56 48 44 40 41 57 63 66 65 53 48 47 48 61 68 71 69 64 61 58 56
Dewpt         50 47 45 43 40 40 44 42 41 43 43 43 43 43 50 54 56 56 58 58 56 54
RH            75 72 89 96100 96 62 46 40 45 69 83 86 83 67 61 59 63 81 90 93 93
Wind dir      NW  N NW NW NW NW NE  E SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd      18 13  5  5  4  3  5  5  6  6  6  6  8  9 16 18 18 18 20 18 10 11
Wind gust                                                     33 31 31 31
Clouds        B2 SC CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          30         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.95
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  D  D  D  D  C
Tstms                                                             S  C  C     S


Date           05/07  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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      49    73      48    67      44    64      43    69
Temp          68 68   55 51 70 68   53 49 63 62   50 45 59 60   48 45 63 64
Dewpt         55 52   47 46 51 52   48 46 50 46   43 41 41 39   39 39 41 39
PWind dir        SW      SW    SE       W    NW       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW SC SC SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      20    40      30    30      20    30      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    S  S  C  C    C  S  S  C    S  S  S  C             S
Tstms          C  C    S  S     S    C  S  S  S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ086-050900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
259 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/04/24      Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue
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                      42          68          50          75          58
Temp          62 59 52 49 44 43 57 63 67 66 56 52 50 52 63 69 73 72 67 65 60 59
Dewpt         54 50 47 45 43 42 46 45 45 46 45 45 46 47 54 57 58 59 60 60 57 56
RH            75 72 83 86 96 96 67 52 45 48 66 77 86 83 72 66 59 64 78 84 90 90
Wind dir      NW NW  N NW  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd      17 14  9  8  5  5  9  8  8  5  5  8  8 11 13 16 18 14 19 20 12 13
Wind gust                                                        25 29 34
Clouds        B2 B1 FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          30         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.86
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  C  C  D  D  D  D  C
Tstms                                                             S  C  C  S  C


Date           05/07  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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      54    76      52    70      48    65      46    69
Temp          72 71   58 55 71 71   58 53 66 65   53 49 61 61   51 48 63 65
Dewpt         59 56   48 49 55 54   51 48 51 48   46 44 42 40   41 41 42 41
PWind dir        SW      SW    SE       W    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 FW   FW FW SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      30    50      20    20      20    30      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    S  C  C  C    S        S       S  S  C             S
Tstms          C  C    S        C    S        S       S     S

$$