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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
315 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024

IAZ060-032100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
315 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      74          53          67          43          70
Temp          47 46 60 70 73 72 60 57 54 53 57 64 67 60 55 49 46 45 57 64 68 67
Dewpt         45 43 47 43 42 46 47 46 47 51 53 51 49 46 44 42 40 40 43 44 44 46
RH            93 89 62 38 33 39 62 67 77 93 86 63 52 60 66 77 79 82 59 48 42 47
Wind dir      SW  S SE SE SE SE  E SE SE  S NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E
Wind spd       3  2  5  9 12 10  8  9 10  9 12 14 14 11  6  5  4  5  9  9  9  9
Clouds        FW SC FW SC FW FW SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW CL FW SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0          90          50           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.43        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             L  C  C
Tstms                                  C  C  S
Obvis          F  F


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          51    77      57    75      52    74      49    69
Temp          55 53 71 75   65 59 71 70   58 54 71 71   56 51 65 65
Dewpt         46 48 58 59   57 53 52 50   46 47 50 49   44 44 46 43
PWind dir         E    SE       S    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    40      90    30      30    20      10    20
Rain shwrs              C    D  L  C  C    S  C  S             S  S
Tstms                   S    C  C  S  C    S  S

$$
IAZ039-032100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
315 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      71          48          64          42          69
Temp          48 45 60 68 71 68 55 51 49 49 53 60 64 58 52 47 44 43 57 64 68 66
Dewpt         44 42 47 42 42 45 46 45 44 44 49 51 49 47 44 42 40 40 43 43 44 44
RH            86 89 62 39 35 43 72 80 83 83 86 72 58 67 74 83 86 89 59 46 42 45
Wind dir       W SW  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E SE
Wind spd       3  2  4  5 11 10  8  9 10 11 10 13 16 12  9  6  5  5  6  6  8  6
Clouds        FW B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC OV OV OV B1 SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          70          80           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.13        0.24           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  D  C  S
Tstms                                  S  C     S
Obvis         PF  F


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          48    75      58    74      51    73      49    68
Temp          51 50 71 72   64 59 71 68   56 54 70 69   54 51 64 63
Dewpt         44 44 55 56   57 55 54 53   49 47 50 50   46 44 46 44
PWind dir         E    SE      SE    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC B1   B1 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    30      90    50      30    30      10    30
Rain shwrs              C    L  D  C  C    C  S  C  C             C
Tstms                        S  C  S  C    C  S

$$
IAZ048-032100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
315 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      71          51          65          42          69
Temp          45 44 60 68 71 68 57 54 52 51 54 60 64 58 52 47 44 43 56 64 68 66
Dewpt         43 41 47 43 43 46 47 46 47 50 52 50 48 46 44 41 40 40 43 44 44 46
RH            93 89 62 40 36 45 69 74 83 96 93 69 56 64 74 79 86 89 62 48 42 48
Wind dir       W SW  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  E  E SE SE
Wind spd       3  3  5  9 12 11  8  9 12  9 13 16 16 10  6  5  4  4  8  9  9  8
Clouds        FW B1 FW FW SC FW SC B1 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0         100          40           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.34        0.07           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             L  C
Tstms                                  C  C
Obvis         PF  F


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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    75      55    74      51    73      48    68
Temp          52 52 70 72   63 57 69 68   56 52 69 69   54 50 63 64
Dewpt         46 47 58 59   57 54 52 51   48 47 50 49   45 45 46 43
PWind dir         E    SE      SE    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW B1 B1   B1 B1 FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    40      90    30      30    20      10    20
Rain shwrs              C    D  L  C  C    S  C  S             S  S
Tstms                   S    C  C  S  C    S  S

$$
IAZ004-032100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
315 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      71          45          62          40          67
Temp          42 43 60 69 71 67 56 52 47 45 50 57 62 56 49 44 42 42 54 62 65 64
Dewpt         37 38 43 42 41 43 46 45 45 44 43 42 42 40 40 38 38 38 40 41 41 41
RH            82 82 53 37 34 42 69 77 93 96 77 57 48 55 71 79 86 86 59 46 41 43
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW  S  S SE  N  N  N  N  N NW  N  N NW  N  N  E SE SE SE
Wind spd       6  8 11 13 12 11  9 10 13 14 17 14 13 12  6  5  5  4  8 10 11 11
Clouds        CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          90          40           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.36        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  D  C
Tstms                               S     S
Wind chill                               38
Min chill        35                      37    38                36


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          48    74      53    70      49    68      46    63
Temp          51 50 68 70   59 54 66 65   53 50 64 63   50 47 58 58
Dewpt         43 44 55 56   54 49 46 45   44 43 45 43   41 40 42 40
PWind dir        SE    SE       S    SW      SW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN    BZ      WY    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          5    40      90    30      30    20      10    30
Rain shwrs              C    D  L  C  S    C  C  S  S          S  C
Tstms                   S    C  C  S  S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ035-032100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
315 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      71          48          63          39          68
Temp          43 42 59 67 71 68 57 52 50 48 52 56 62 58 50 45 42 41 54 63 67 64
Dewpt         40 40 45 40 41 44 46 45 47 48 47 46 45 42 41 39 38 38 42 41 43 43
RH            89 93 60 37 34 42 67 77 89100 83 69 54 55 71 79 86 89 64 44 42 46
Wind dir      SW  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  E  N  N NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  E  E SE SE
Wind spd       4  4  8 10 12 12 10 10 11 11 16 17 14 10  5  5  4  4  6  9 10  9
Clouds        FW SC FW SC SC SC SC B2 OV OV B2 B2 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          90          40           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.51        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             D  C
Tstms                                  S  C
Obvis         PF PF


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          48    75      53    73      49    71      46    67
Temp          50 50 68 71   60 54 68 66   53 51 68 66   51 48 62 62
Dewpt         44 45 57 57   55 51 48 48   45 45 47 45   42 42 44 41
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      WY    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 B1   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    50      90    30      30    20      10    30
Rain shwrs              C    D  L  C  C    S  C  S  S          S  C
Tstms                   S    C  C  S  S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ094-032100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
315 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      72          54          67          44          68
Temp          48 47 60 69 72 69 60 57 56 54 59 65 67 60 54 49 46 46 56 64 67 66
Dewpt         46 44 48 45 47 50 50 49 52 54 58 55 52 49 47 44 42 42 45 47 48 49
RH            93 89 64 42 41 51 69 75 86100 96 70 59 67 77 83 86 86 66 54 50 54
Wind dir       N NE  E  E SE SE  E SE  S  S  W NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd       4  3  8 10 11  8  8  9 11 10 11 14 14 11  9  6  5  6 11 10 10  9
Clouds        CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          90          70           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.47        0.08           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  L  C
Tstms                                  C  C  S
Obvis         PF PF


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          53    77      56    75      52    74      49    70
Temp          56 55 71 74   64 57 72 70   58 54 71 70   56 51 65 65
Dewpt         49 53 62 61   60 54 54 54   48 50 53 52   46 45 49 47
PWind dir         E    SE       S    SW      SW     W       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    60      90    30      30    20      10    20
Rain shwrs           S  L    D  L  C  C    S  C  S             S  S
Tstms                   S    C  C  C  C    S

$$
IAZ017-032100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
315 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      71          46          61          39          67
Temp          42 42 60 68 71 67 55 51 47 46 51 57 61 56 48 44 41 41 54 62 65 64
Dewpt         40 40 44 41 41 44 45 44 45 46 47 47 46 43 42 39 37 38 42 41 42 43
RH            93 93 55 37 34 43 69 77 93100 86 69 58 62 80 82 85 89 64 46 43 46
Wind dir      SW SW SW  S  S  S SE SE SE NE NW NW NW  N  N NW  N  N NE  E SE SE
Wind spd       5  5  9  9 11 10  8  8  9 10 13 16 16 11  6  6  5  5  5  6  8  8
Clouds        FW SC CL FW SC SC SC SC OV OV OV B2 B1 FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          90          60           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.37        0.12           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             D  L
Tstms                                  S  S
Obvis         PF PF


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          46    74      55    71      49    71      46    65
Temp          48 47 68 70   60 56 67 64   53 51 66 66   51 48 60 59
Dewpt         43 43 55 56   55 52 49 50   46 45 47 46   42 42 43 42
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW SC B1   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         10    30      90    30      30    20      20    30
Rain shwrs              C    D  D  C  C    C  S  S  S    S        C
Tstms                        C  C  S  C    C  S     S    S

$$
IAZ049-032100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
315 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      72          50          65          41          69
Temp          46 44 61 69 72 67 56 54 51 50 56 61 65 58 50 46 42 42 55 64 67 65
Dewpt         44 43 47 43 41 44 45 45 46 47 52 51 49 47 44 41 39 39 43 43 44 46
RH            93 96 60 39 33 43 66 71 83 89 86 70 56 67 80 83 89 89 64 46 43 50
Wind dir       W SW SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E SE
Wind spd       3  2  5  8 12 10  9 10 11 12 10 13 17 11  8  5  5  5  6  8  8  6
Clouds        FW B1 FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          90          70           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.23        0.15           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  L  C
Tstms                                  C  C  S
Obvis         PF  F


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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    75      55    74      50    73      47    68
Temp          51 50 68 71   62 57 70 68   55 52 69 68   53 49 63 63
Dewpt         45 46 57 57   57 55 52 52   49 47 50 50   45 44 46 44
PWind dir         E    SE      SE    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    40      90    40      30    30      10    30
Rain shwrs              C    D  D  C  C    C  C  C  S             C
Tstms                        C  C  S  C    C  C

$$
IAZ086-032100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
315 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      72          53          70          45          69
Temp          50 49 62 69 72 69 57 55 55 53 62 68 70 61 55 51 47 46 57 65 68 67
Dewpt         48 46 49 45 45 48 48 47 49 50 57 58 55 51 48 45 43 43 46 46 46 48
RH            93 89 62 42 38 47 72 74 80 89 84 70 59 70 77 80 86 89 67 50 45 50
Wind dir      NW  N  E  E  E SE  E SE SE SE  S NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E
Wind spd       5  4  8 10 11  9  9 10 11 10  9 13 16 12 11  9  6  6 10 10  8  6
Clouds        FW SC FW FW CL FW SC SC SC OV B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          20          90          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.06        0.22           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                D  C  C  S
Tstms                                     C  S  C  S
Obvis         PF PF


Date          Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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    77      60    77      54    76      50    70
Temp          56 54 71 75   66 61 73 71   58 57 72 71   57 52 66 66
Dewpt         48 50 59 60   60 58 57 55   50 51 55 53   47 46 50 47
PWind dir         E    SE       S    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    40      90    50      30    30      10    30
Rain shwrs              C    D  D  C  C    S  C  C  C             C
Tstms                   S    C  C  C  C    S  S     S

$$