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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
945 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024

IAZ060-140900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
945 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/13/24      Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu
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                      54          70          52          72          57
Temp                62 58 57 56 61 66 69 68 60 56 54 53 62 69 72 70 64 61 59 58
Dewpt               54 53 52 50 53 53 52 52 52 51 50 48 51 52 53 55 55 55 55 56
RH                  75 83 83 80 75 63 55 57 75 83 86 83 67 55 51 59 73 81 87 93
Wind dir             N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E SE  E  E SE  S  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd             6  6  6  9 10 11 10  9  5  4  4  5  6  8  9  8  5  6  5  6
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0          30          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S                                C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                                                          S  C  C  C  S  S
Obvis                H  H  H


Date           05/16  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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      53    80      60    86      61    81      56    76
Temp          70 71   58 55 74 77   64 61 81 83   67 62 78 77   64 59 74 74
Dewpt         56 53   51 50 53 53   53 53 58 57   57 56 57 57   53 52 53 53
PWind dir         W       W    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      NW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      10    20      20    20      30    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  C             S    S  S     S    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms          C  C                  S  S     S    S  C  S  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ039-140900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
945 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/13/24      Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu
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                      53          70          47          75          56
Temp                61 57 55 55 59 67 70 68 59 53 49 48 61 70 73 71 63 60 58 57
Dewpt               54 52 50 49 47 48 49 48 48 47 45 41 45 47 48 50 52 54 54 54
RH                  78 83 83 80 64 50 47 49 67 80 86 77 56 44 41 47 67 81 86 90
Wind dir            NE  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd             5  6  8 11 14 12 11 10  6  6  5  5  5  8 10  9  6  6  8  9
Clouds              OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0          20          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S                                S  S  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                                                             S  C  C  S  S
Obvis                K  H  H


Date           05/16  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    78      57    84      60    80      55    76
Temp          70 69   56 54 74 74   60 59 80 80   64 61 78 75   62 58 73 72
Dewpt         56 53   51 50 52 52   53 53 58 56   56 55 57 55   54 52 53 52
PWind dir         W      NW    SW       S     S      SW     W      NW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      10    20      20    20      30    40      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  C    S        S    S  S     S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  C    S        S    S  S     S    S  S  S  S    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ048-140900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
945 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/13/24      Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu
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          71          50          73          56
Temp                61 56 55 54 60 67 71 69 60 55 52 51 62 69 72 69 63 59 57 57
Dewpt               47 49 48 48 53 52 52 51 51 50 49 48 51 52 53 55 56 56 55 56
RH                  60 77 77 80 78 59 51 53 72 83 89 89 67 55 51 61 78 90 93 96
Wind dir             N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E SE  E  E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd             5  6  8  8 10 11 11  9  5  4  4  4  6 10 10  9  5  6  5  5
Clouds              OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0          30          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                                          S  C  C  C     S


Date           05/16  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    80      58    86      60    79      55    75
Temp          70 71   56 54 74 76   62 59 80 81   65 61 76 75   62 58 72 73
Dewpt         56 53   50 51 54 53   53 54 59 58   57 56 57 57   53 52 53 54
PWind dir         W       W    SW       S     S      SW     W      NW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      10    20      20    20      30    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  C             S    S  S     S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  S                  S  S     S    S  C  S  C    C  C  S

$$
IAZ004-140900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
945 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/13/24      Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu
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          73          51          72          52
Temp                56 51 49 48 59 68 72 71 61 56 53 53 62 68 70 67 60 56 55 53
Dewpt               42 43 42 41 46 45 44 44 46 47 48 48 51 51 52 53 54 53 52 51
RH                  59 74 77 77 62 43 37 38 58 72 83 83 67 54 53 61 81 90 90 93
Wind dir             N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W
Wind spd             8  8  8  8 11 12 11 10  8  9  9 10 13 14 13 12 11 10 10 10
Clouds              SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          50          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.12        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C  S
Tstms                                                       S  C  C     S


Date           05/16  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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          73      51    78      55    85      57    75      52    73
Temp          68 71   55 53 72 74   60 57 79 80   63 59 71 71   58 55 69 71
Dewpt         51 48   48 48 51 51   52 52 55 54   53 52 53 51   49 48 50 49
PWind dir        NW      SW    SW       S    SW       W    NW       N    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20    20      20    20      30    40      40    30
Rain shwrs     S  S    S  S     S    S  S     S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           S    S  S     S    S  C  S  C    C  S

$$
IAZ035-140900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
945 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/13/24      Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu
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          73          51          73          54
Temp                60 54 51 50 61 69 72 71 60 56 52 51 62 70 72 68 61 58 55 55
Dewpt               44 45 44 44 50 49 47 47 48 49 49 48 51 52 52 53 55 54 55 54
RH                  55 71 77 80 67 49 41 42 64 77 89 89 67 53 49 59 81 86100 96
Wind dir             N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd             8  8  6  8 12 12 11  9  5  5  5  5  9 11 11  9  5  6  6  6
Clouds              B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          50          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                                          C  C  S  C
Obvis                H


Date           05/16  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    79      57    86      58    79      53    75
Temp          71 71   55 53 74 75   61 58 80 80   64 59 76 74   60 56 72 71
Dewpt         53 48   48 48 52 52   53 53 58 56   55 53 54 52   51 50 52 50
PWind dir        NW      SW    SW       S     S      SW     W      NW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      20    20      20    20      30    40      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  C    S        S    S  S     S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  S             S    S  S     S    S  S  S  S    C  S  S

$$
IAZ094-140900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
945 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/13/24      Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu
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                      55          68          52          72          57
Temp                59 59 57 56 61 65 67 66 59 56 54 53 62 67 70 67 62 60 58 58
Dewpt               58 58 56 54 56 57 57 56 54 53 52 51 55 56 57 57 57 57 57 58
RH                  96 96 96 93 84 75 70 70 83 90 93 93 78 68 63 70 84 90 96100
Wind dir             N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  S  S  S SE  S  S  S
Wind spd             6  6  9 10 11 11 11  9  5  5  5  5  5  6  8  6  5  5  5  5
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          20           0          30          60
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.02           0           0        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           L  C  C  S  S                          C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                S        S  S                             S  C  C  C  C  C
Obvis                      H


Date           05/16  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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      52    78      58    84      61    81      56    76
Temp          68 70   58 55 74 76   63 59 80 80   67 62 78 77   64 59 73 73
Dewpt         59 56   52 52 56 56   54 55 61 61   59 59 60 60   56 55 57 57
PWind dir         W      NW    SW       S     S       S     S      NW    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      10    20      20    20      30    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     C  C             S    S  S     S    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms          C  C                                S  S  C  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ017-140900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
945 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/13/24      Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu
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          71          47          72          54
Temp                54 52 50 49 58 67 70 69 58 53 49 49 60 68 71 68 60 58 55 55
Dewpt               45 46 43 44 46 48 47 46 47 47 46 44 45 47 47 49 52 53 53 53
RH                  71 80 77 83 64 50 44 44 67 80 89 83 58 47 42 51 75 83 93 93
Wind dir             N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E SE  S  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd             8  8  8  9 11 12 11  9  6  6  6  6 10 10 11 10  6 10  9 10
Clouds              B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.18
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                                          S  C  C  C     S


Date           05/16  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    76      55    83      57    76      53    73
Temp          68 69   53 52 71 71   59 57 78 78   63 59 74 73   58 55 70 70
Dewpt         53 49   48 48 51 51   52 52 57 56   55 53 54 53   50 50 51 50
PWind dir         W       W    SW       S     S      SW     W      NW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    20      20    20      30    40      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  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  S     S

$$
IAZ049-140900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
945 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/13/24      Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu
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                      53          69          47          74          55
Temp                61 57 56 54 58 65 68 67 57 53 50 48 61 69 72 69 61 59 56 56
Dewpt               53 53 51 50 51 51 51 50 49 48 47 45 47 49 50 52 54 54 54 55
RH                  75 86 83 86 77 60 54 54 75 83 89 89 60 49 46 55 78 83 93 96
Wind dir            NE  N  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd             8  8  9  9 14 14 12  9  5  5  5  5  5  6  9  8  5  6  8  8
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          20           0          20          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S                                S  S  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                                                             C  C  C  S  S
Obvis                H  H  H


Date           05/16  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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    79      57    85      58    79      53    75
Temp          69 69   56 53 74 73   60 58 80 80   63 59 77 75   61 57 72 72
Dewpt         56 53   51 50 52 53   53 53 58 57   56 55 57 56   54 52 53 52
PWind dir         W      NW    SW       S    SW      SW    SW      NW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC FW SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      20    20      20    20      30    40      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  C    S        S    S  S     S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  C    S        S    S  S     S    S  S  S  S    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ086-140900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
945 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Date           05/13/24      Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu
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                      58          65          51          72          57
Temp                61 60 60 59 61 61 63 62 58 55 52 52 60 68 72 70 63 60 58 59
Dewpt               60 59 58 58 58 56 54 54 52 51 49 48 51 54 54 55 55 55 55 56
RH                  97 96 93 96 90 84 72 75 80 86 89 86 72 61 53 59 75 84 90 90
Wind dir            NE NE  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd             8  8  8 10 12 12 13 10  8  5  5  5  8  6  5  5  5  5  6  8
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     90          60           0          10          50
QPF 12hr                   0.25        0.06           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           D  C  C  C  C  C                             S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                S  S  S  S  S  S                             S  S  C  S  S


Date           05/16  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24
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          73      53    78      59    84      62    81      57    76
Temp          69 70   58 56 74 76   63 61 79 80   67 64 79 76   64 60 74 73
Dewpt         59 57   54 53 55 55   54 55 59 59   58 58 60 60   57 55 57 56
PWind dir        SW      NW    SW       S    SW       S    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      20    20      20    20      30    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  L    S        S    S  S     S    S  C  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms          C  C    S        S    S             S  S  S  C    C  C  S  S

$$