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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
244 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

IAZ060-260900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
244 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/24/24      Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat
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                      46          66          50          66          60
Temp                      49 47 56 64 65 63 58 55 52 51 53 59 62 65 66 65 63 61
Dewpt                     34 39 41 42 41 39 39 39 43 46 49 53 56 57 58 58 57 56
RH                        56 74 57 45 41 41 49 55 71 83 86 80 81 75 75 78 81 84
Wind dir                   E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                   8 11 14 18 19 18 19 23 23 23 23 23 23 21 26 26 21 18
Wind gust                                29 31 36 37 36 36 35 35 37 43 42 36 29
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10          10          90          90          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.46        0.39        0.24
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   S  C  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  S  S  S
Tstms                                        S  C  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  S  S  S


Date           04/27  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24
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      60    73      48    64      47    78      55    77
Temp          74 73   65 63 70 69   58 49 60 62   52 49 73 74   61 56 73 75
Dewpt         60 59   58 59 59 56   51 44 45 44   44 45 54 55   53 51 53 53
PWind dir        SW       S     S      SW     W      SW    SW      SW    SE
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 OV B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60     100    90      50    10      10    20      40    30
Rain shwrs     S  L    D  D  D  D    C  S                   S    C  C  S  C
Tstms          S  L    D  D  D  D    C  S                   S    C  C  S  C

$$
IAZ039-260900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
244 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/24/24      Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat
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          65          47          61          55
Temp                      41 42 53 63 65 63 54 52 49 47 49 52 55 57 59 61 62 61
Dewpt                     29 33 36 35 33 32 33 36 37 40 43 47 51 52 56 58 58 58
RH                        62 70 52 35 30 31 45 54 63 76 80 83 86 83 90 90 87 90
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                   8 11 14 19 19 17 16 18 21 21 25 26 25 26 21 25 24 21
Wind gust                                      31 35 36 40 41 39 41 36 39 37 33
Clouds                    B2 SC SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5          60         100          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.18        0.63        0.31
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         C  D  D  D  D  D  D  C  C  C
Tstms                                              C  D  D  D  D  D  D  C  C  C
Wind chill                   36
Min chill                    36    38                39    39


Date           04/27  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24
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          77      58    73      49    61      44    76      53    77
Temp          72 71   61 61 68 67   58 51 58 60   49 47 70 71   59 54 73 72
Dewpt         61 60   58 59 61 58   55 47 46 44   43 43 52 54   53 50 50 51
PWind dir        SW       S     S      SW     W       W    SW      SW     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B1 B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      90   100      70    30       5    20      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  L    D  D  D  D    L  C  C                S    C  C  S  C
Tstms          C  L    D  D  D  D    L  C                   S    C  C     S

$$
IAZ048-260900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
244 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/24/24      Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat
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                      44          66          48          65          57
Temp                      47 44 55 63 66 62 56 53 50 49 51 56 61 62 63 62 60 59
Dewpt                     32 38 41 41 40 39 38 38 42 45 48 52 54 56 58 58 57 56
RH                        56 79 59 44 38 43 51 57 74 86 89 86 78 81 84 87 90 90
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                   8 11 16 18 20 17 20 23 26 24 25 24 23 21 26 24 25 17
Wind gust                                   31 36 37 37 39 37 35 35 42 37 39 27
Clouds                    OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10          10          80         100          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.64        0.59        0.33
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  L  D  D  D  D  L  L  S  S  S
Tstms                                           C  L  D  D  D  D  L  L  S  S  S
Wind chill                   38
Min chill                    37


Date           04/27  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24
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    73      46    62      44    77      53    77
Temp          74 71   61 60 69 67   56 48 58 61   49 48 71 73   59 54 73 73
Dewpt         60 59   59 58 60 56   51 44 45 44   44 44 54 56   53 51 53 53
PWind dir        SW      SE     S      SW     W      SW    SW       W     E
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 OV B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      90    90      60    20      10    20      40    30
Rain shwrs     S  C    D  D  D  D    L  S  S             S  S    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C    D  D  D  D    L  S                   S    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ004-260900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
244 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/24/24      Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat
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                      44          68          47          61          52
Temp                      48 44 56 65 68 64 55 52 50 48 51 53 57 57 57 58 56 53
Dewpt                     30 33 39 41 40 39 38 38 41 44 46 49 51 52 54 55 52 51
RH                        49 65 53 41 36 40 53 59 71 86 83 86 80 83 90 90 86 93
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW
Wind spd                  12 14 20 25 26 25 25 25 23 24 26 26 25 24 25 23 21 18
Wind gust                                35 36 37 36 37 41 41 39 40 41 36 34
Clouds                    B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          10         100          90          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.50        0.35        0.35
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  C  C
Tstms                                        S  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  C  C
Wind chill                   37
Min chill                    37    39                      39


Date           04/27  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24
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          68      47    65      41    58      42    76      49    76
Temp          64 63   51 48 58 58   48 43 52 57   46 44 69 71   55 51 70 71
Dewpt         53 51   47 47 50 49   45 39 41 42   41 41 51 50   47 43 44 46
PWind dir         W      NE    NE      NW     W      SW    SW      NW     E
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      80    90      60    10      10    30      30    20
Rain shwrs        S    L  D  D  D    L  C                   C    C  S     S
Tstms             S    L  D  D  D    L  C                   S    S        S

$$
IAZ035-260900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
244 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/24/24      Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat
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                      45          67          47          63          54
Temp                      48 45 56 65 66 63 55 52 50 48 51 56 60 60 60 60 58 56
Dewpt                     32 36 41 41 40 38 37 38 41 44 47 51 53 54 55 55 54 52
RH                        54 70 57 41 38 39 51 59 71 86 86 83 78 81 84 84 86 86
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW
Wind spd                  11 11 16 20 21 19 20 21 23 23 24 24 23 20 23 21 18 13
Wind gust                                   32 34 36 37 39 36 36 32 35 34 29
Clouds                    B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10         100         100          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.71        0.63        0.40
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  S  S
Tstms                                        S  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  S  S
Wind chill                   39
Min chill                    38                      39    39


Date           04/27  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24
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          76      54    71      43    61      42    78      51    78
Temp          71 69   56 56 65 64   52 45 55 59   47 45 71 73   57 52 73 73
Dewpt         56 55   54 54 56 53   48 41 43 42   42 42 52 52   50 47 48 49
PWind dir        SW      NE     S      SW     W      SW    SW       W    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         40      90    90      60    10      10    30      30    30
Rain shwrs        C    D  D  D  D    L  S                S  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms             C    D  D  D  D    L  S                   C    C  S     S

$$
IAZ094-260900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
244 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/24/24      Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat
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                      46          64          51          68          61
Temp                      50 47 55 61 62 61 56 54 52 52 55 61 66 67 65 64 63 63
Dewpt                     43 43 44 45 44 45 44 45 48 50 54 57 60 59 59 60 60 61
RH                        77 86 66 56 52 56 64 71 86 93 96 87 81 75 81 87 90 93
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                   6 11 17 18 20 18 19 20 23 20 24 23 24 23 26 25 19 18
Wind gust                                   29 33 33 33 39 37 37 35 41 37 31 28
Clouds                    B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          30          90         100          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.57        0.46        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S  C  C  C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  C  C        C
Tstms                                     C  C  C  D  D  D  D  D  C  C        C


Date           04/27  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24
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      60    73      47    65      48    76      56    77
Temp          74 72   64 63 67 66   56 48 60 62   52 50 72 74   61 56 73 74
Dewpt         64 62   61 61 61 56   51 45 47 47   47 47 56 57   53 53 58 58
PWind dir         S       S     S      SW     W      SW     S      SW     S
Wind char        BZ      WY    BZ      BZ    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 OV B2 B2   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70     100    90      50    10      10    20      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  L    D  D  D  D    C                      S    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  L    D  D  D  D    C                      S    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ017-260900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
244 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/24/24      Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat
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          65          45          60          52
Temp                      45 40 53 62 65 61 52 49 47 46 48 50 54 56 55 57 58 56
Dewpt                     28 31 38 38 36 33 33 35 38 40 44 47 49 51 54 55 55 53
RH                        51 70 57 41 34 35 48 58 71 79 86 89 83 83 96 93 90 90
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW
Wind spd                  10 10 16 20 23 19 17 20 21 23 25 26 25 23 21 21 23 18
Wind gust                                   27 34 36 37 41 42 41 37 36 34 37 29
Clouds                    B2 B1 SC SC FW SC B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     10           5          70          90          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.47        0.54        0.36
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  C  C  S
Tstms                                              C  D  D  D  D  D  D  C  C  S
Wind chill                   33                   39 38
Min chill                    33    36                36    36


Date           04/27  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24
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      52    69      44    58      41    76      50    76
Temp          69 68   55 53 64 63   53 45 53 56   46 44 68 71   55 51 70 71
Dewpt         56 55   52 52 57 55   51 43 43 42   41 41 51 53   50 46 45 47
PWind dir        SW      NE    SE      SW     W       W    SW       W    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      90    90      70    20       5    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    L  D  D  D    L  C  S                S    C  C  S  S
Tstms          S  C    L  D  D  D    L  C  S                S    C  S     S

$$
IAZ049-260900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
244 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/24/24      Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat
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          65          47          63          55
Temp                      44 43 53 62 64 62 54 52 49 47 50 53 58 59 60 61 60 60
Dewpt                     29 35 39 38 36 34 35 37 39 43 46 49 53 54 57 58 58 57
RH                        55 73 59 41 35 35 48 56 68 86 86 86 83 83 90 90 93 90
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                   9 10 14 18 18 16 16 19 21 23 24 25 24 21 23 26 23 19
Wind gust                                   27 33 39 39 39 41 39 36 39 43 39 33
Clouds                    B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5          70         100          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.46        0.52        0.27
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  S  S  C
Tstms                                           S  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  S  S  C
Wind chill                   37                      39
Min chill                    36    36                39    39


Date           04/27  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24
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          77      58    73      47    62      43    76      52    76
Temp          72 71   61 60 68 67   57 48 58 60   49 46 70 71   58 53 73 72
Dewpt         60 60   58 59 60 57   53 45 46 44   43 44 53 54   52 51 52 51
PWind dir        SW       S     S      SW     W       W    SW      SW     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 OV B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr         60      90    90      70    20      10    20      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  L    D  D  D  D    L  C  S                S    C  C  S  C
Tstms          C  L    D  D  D  D    L  C                   S    C  C     S

$$
IAZ086-260900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
244 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/24/24      Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat
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                      44          65          49          64          61
Temp                      45 45 53 62 64 63 56 54 52 49 51 55 60 63 64 65 65 64
Dewpt                     38 38 39 39 38 38 37 39 41 45 48 53 56 58 59 60 61 61
RH                        76 76 59 43 38 39 49 57 66 86 89 93 87 84 84 84 87 90
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                   9 13 13 17 17 14 17 19 20 21 23 24 21 23 23 24 23 19
Wind gust                                   28 31 35 36 37 37 35 36 37 39 35 33
Clouds                    B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          10          60          90          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.32        0.69        0.14
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  C  D  D  D  D  L  L  S  S  S
Tstms                                           S  C  D  D  D  D  L  L  S  S  S
Wind chill                   39
Min chill                    39


Date           04/27  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24
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      62    73      51    65      47    76      56    77
Temp          74 74   65 64 70 69   60 53 61 62   52 50 71 74   61 57 73 74
Dewpt         64 63   61 62 62 60   55 49 49 47   46 46 55 56   54 53 56 55
PWind dir         S       S     S      SW     W       W    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      90    90      60    20      10    20      40    30
Rain shwrs     S  L    D  D  D  D    L  S  S  S             S    C  C  S  C
Tstms          S  L    D  D  D  D    L  S                   S    C  C  S  S

$$


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