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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
315 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

IAZ060-030900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
315 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun
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          71          50          66          45
Temp          68 64 57 53 47 44 59 68 71 69 58 54 52 52 56 62 65 64 56 52 48 47
Dewpt         56 52 49 46 43 40 45 41 41 45 46 45 45 47 50 51 49 47 45 44 43 42
RH            65 65 75 77 86 86 60 37 34 42 64 71 77 83 80 67 56 54 66 74 83 83
Wind dir       W NW NW NW  W  W SE SE SE SE  E  E SE  E  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE
Wind spd      11 10  6  5  3  2  5  8 10  9  6  5  6  5  9 10 12 11  6  5  5  5
Clouds        OV B2 B1 FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           0          30          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.16        0.26           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                           S  S  S  S  C  S


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          70      54    77      58    77      53    77      52    74
Temp          66 69   58 57 72 75   66 61 73 73   59 56 73 72   58 54 69 70
Dewpt         47 50   49 52 61 60   58 57 53 51   48 50 53 50   46 46 48 48
PWind dir         E      SE    SE       S    SW      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      20    50      70    40      20    30      20    10
Rain shwrs             S  S  C  C    L  L  C  C    S  S  C  S    S
Tstms                           S    C  C  C  S    S  S  S  S    S

$$
IAZ039-030900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
315 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun
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                      43          72          48          65          44
Temp          67 63 55 51 45 43 58 68 71 68 57 52 50 50 58 61 62 60 54 50 46 46
Dewpt         59 54 50 48 44 41 45 41 41 44 45 43 43 43 48 50 49 47 46 45 42 41
RH            75 72 83 89 96 93 62 37 34 42 64 71 77 77 69 67 62 62 74 83 86 83
Wind dir      SW  W  W  W  W  W SW  S SE SE SE SE SE  E  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      11 11 11  8  5  3  3  5  8  8  5  6  5  6  8 10 11 11  8  6  6  5
Clouds        OV B2 B2 B1 FW SC FW CL FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                      5           0          20          50           5
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0        0.15           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C                                S  S  C  C  C  C
Tstms          C                                            S  S
Obvis                     PF


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          70      51    76      58    75      52    75      51    72
Temp          66 68   55 54 70 72   64 61 73 71   57 54 70 69   56 52 67 67
Dewpt         45 48   47 48 57 58   59 57 56 52   49 48 53 51   47 46 48 47
PWind dir         E      SE    SE       S    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20    40      70    50      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                S  C  C    L  L  C  C    C  S  C  C    S     S  S
Tstms                                C  C  C  S    S  S     S    S

$$
IAZ048-030900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
315 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun
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          71          49          65          44
Temp          66 62 54 50 44 42 57 66 70 68 57 53 51 51 55 60 63 62 54 50 46 45
Dewpt         55 52 49 46 42 40 45 41 42 46 46 45 46 47 49 50 49 47 46 44 43 42
RH            68 70 83 86 93 93 64 40 36 45 67 74 83 86 80 69 60 58 74 80 89 89
Wind dir       W NW  W  W  W SW  S SE SE SE SE  E  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE
Wind spd      12 10  6  5  2  2  4  6  9  9  6  5  5  6  8 11 11 10  5  5  5  5
Clouds        OV B2 B1 FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          40          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.18        0.29           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                           S  S  S     C  S


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          70      53    76      57    76      52    75      50    73
Temp          66 68   56 55 70 73   63 60 73 71   57 54 71 70   56 52 68 68
Dewpt         46 49   49 51 61 60   59 57 54 51   48 49 53 50   46 46 48 48
PWind dir         E      SE    SE       S    SW      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      20    50      70    40      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs             S  S  C  C    L  L  C  C    C  S  C  C    S        S
Tstms                           S    C  C  C  S    S  S  S  S    S

$$
IAZ004-030900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
315 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun
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          46          63          41
Temp          58 58 49 44 42 41 57 66 69 66 55 51 48 47 52 58 61 60 51 46 43 43
Dewpt         49 48 44 40 37 36 41 40 40 42 45 45 44 43 44 44 42 40 40 39 38 38
RH            72 69 83 86 82 82 55 38 35 42 69 80 86 86 74 59 49 47 66 76 82 82
Wind dir      NW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  E  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE SE
Wind spd      11 12 10  8  9  9 11 11 13 11  9  9 11 10 12 13 13 10  6  5  5  6
Clouds        B2 B1 FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          60          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.10        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      L  L  C  C
Wind chill                36 35
Min chill              39    34                                              37


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          70      51    76      53    71      50    70      47    69
Temp          64 67   55 54 70 69   60 55 67 67   54 51 65 66   52 49 62 63
Dewpt         42 44   46 48 57 57   55 51 47 47   45 45 46 43   43 42 43 43
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       S    SW      SW     W       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20    50      70    30      20    20      20    10
Rain shwrs             S  S  S  C    L  C  C  C    S  S  S  S    S
Tstms                           S    C  C  S  S    S  S     S    S

$$
IAZ035-030900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
315 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun
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          71          47          65          41
Temp          63 60 53 46 41 41 58 67 71 68 55 52 49 49 53 58 63 61 53 47 44 43
Dewpt         52 50 46 42 39 37 43 38 39 43 45 44 45 45 48 47 45 43 42 41 40 40
RH            67 69 77 86 92 85 57 34 31 40 69 74 86 86 83 67 52 51 66 79 86 89
Wind dir      NW NW  W  W SW SW SW  S  S  S SE SE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE
Wind spd      12 11  9  5  3  4  5  8 10 10  8  5  5  8 10 11 11 10  5  5  5  5
Clouds        B2 B2 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 OV OV B2 B2 SC FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          50          40           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.10        0.13           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                                 S     S
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          70      52    76      54    75      50    73      48    71
Temp          65 67   54 54 71 72   61 57 70 69   55 52 68 69   53 49 66 66
Dewpt         44 46   47 50 59 59   56 54 49 48   46 47 49 46   44 43 46 44
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       S    SW      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      20    50      70    40      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs             S  S  S  C    L  L  C  C    S  S  C  S    S        S
Tstms                           S    C  C  C  S    S  S  S  S    S

$$
IAZ094-030900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
315 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun
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          71          51          67          46
Temp          67 64 57 53 47 46 60 67 70 68 58 55 53 54 59 63 64 63 56 52 48 47
Dewpt         58 55 52 48 45 43 46 44 46 50 48 48 49 52 56 55 54 51 48 46 45 45
RH            73 73 83 83 93 89 60 43 42 52 69 77 86 93 90 75 70 65 74 80 89 93
Wind dir      NW NW NW  N  N NE  E  E SE SE  E SE SE  E  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE
Wind spd      12 10  9  6  5  5  8 10 10  8  8  9  8  8 10 11 11 12  8  6  6  9
Clouds        OV OV B1 FW CL FW CL CL FW FW CL SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0          40          60          10
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0        0.22        0.16           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S                                C  C  L  L  C  C
Tstms          S                                S  C  C  S  C  S
Flood          A  A  A


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          70      55    77      58    76      55    77      53    74
Temp          66 68   59 58 71 75   67 61 73 72   60 57 73 71   58 54 70 70
Dewpt         51 54   54 56 64 62   61 58 55 55   51 52 56 53   48 48 51 51
PWind dir         E      SE    SE       S    SW      SW     W       W     N
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      30    60      70    40      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs        S    C  C  C  L    L  L  C  C    S  S  C  S    S        S
Tstms                  S     S  S    C  C  C  S    S  S  S  S    S        S

$$
IAZ017-030900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
315 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun
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          70          46          62          41
Temp          61 57 49 46 41 41 58 66 68 66 54 49 48 49 52 56 61 59 50 46 43 43
Dewpt         52 50 47 43 39 38 42 39 39 44 44 43 43 44 46 47 46 44 43 41 38 39
RH            72 77 93 89 92 89 55 37 34 45 69 80 83 83 80 72 58 57 77 83 82 86
Wind dir       W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  S  S SE SE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      11 12  8  9  5  5  8  8 10 10  8  6  6  8  9 11 12 10  8  6  5  5
Clouds        OV B2 B1 FW CL FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          40           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.15           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                                       S


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          69      50    75      55    73      50    71      48    70
Temp          64 65   52 51 68 70   61 57 70 68   54 52 66 66   52 49 64 64
Dewpt         43 45   46 47 56 57   57 54 51 49   46 46 49 47   44 43 46 44
PWind dir         E      SE    SE       S    SW      SW     W       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20    40      70    40      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                S  S  C    L  L  C  C    S  S  C  C    S     S  S
Tstms                           S    C  C  C  S    S  S     S    S

$$
IAZ049-030900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
315 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun
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          71          47          64          43
Temp          67 62 53 49 44 42 57 67 70 67 54 50 48 49 55 60 62 61 52 48 45 45
Dewpt         57 53 50 47 42 41 45 41 40 45 45 44 44 44 49 50 49 47 45 43 42 42
RH            70 72 89 93 93 96 64 39 33 45 71 80 86 83 80 69 62 60 77 83 89 89
Wind dir       W NW NW  W  W  W  S SE SE SE SE  E SE  E  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      12 10  9  5  4  2  4  5  8  6  6  5  5  5  6 10 11 10  6  5  5  5
Clouds        OV OV B2 SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           0          20          50           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.05        0.26           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C                                S  S  C  C  C  C
Tstms          S                                      S     C  S
Obvis                        PF


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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          70      50    76      57    76      50    75      50    72
Temp          65 67   54 54 70 72   63 60 73 70   55 53 70 69   55 51 67 67
Dewpt         46 49   47 50 59 60   58 57 55 51   48 49 53 51   46 46 48 48
PWind dir         E      SE    SE       S    SW      SW     W       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      20    50      80    50      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs             S  S  C  C    D  L  C  C    C  S  C  C    S        S
Tstms                           S    C  C  C  S    S  S     S    S

$$
IAZ086-030900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
315 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Date           05/02/24      Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun
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          72          51          70          47
Temp          70 66 59 55 50 48 60 69 72 69 58 53 52 54 60 66 66 64 56 53 50 49
Dewpt         63 59 54 51 48 45 47 43 44 48 47 46 46 48 54 56 54 52 49 48 46 45
RH            78 78 83 86 93 89 62 39 37 47 67 77 80 80 81 70 65 65 77 83 86 86
Wind dir      SW  W NW NW NW  N NE  E  E  E  E  E SE  E SE  W  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      13 10 12  9  5  5  6  9  9  8  8  9  8  8 10 10 10 11 10  8  6  8
Clouds        OV OV OV B1 FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40           0          20          60          10
QPF 12hr                   0.18           0        0.02        0.17           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  C  C                          S  S  C  C  L  L
Tstms          C  C  S                             S     S  C  S
Obvis                        PF
Flood          A  A  A


Date           05/05  Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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      54    78      62    78      56    78      53    74
Temp          67 69   58 57 73 75   67 64 75 74   60 58 73 72   59 54 70 69
Dewpt         50 52   51 53 62 61   61 61 59 56   52 52 56 55   50 49 52 51
PWind dir         E      SE    SE       S    SW      SW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   FW SC SC FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         10      20    50      70    50      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs             S  S  C  C    L  L  C  C    C  S  C  C    S        S
Tstms                           S    S  C  C  C    C  S     S    S        S

$$