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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
259 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

IAZ060-080900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
259 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/06/24      Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24            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                      57          74          52          74          51
Temp                      59 58 64 70 72 70 60 56 54 53 64 72 72 66 59 56 54 53
Dewpt                     57 56 55 50 46 46 46 46 45 46 51 50 51 52 50 49 49 48
RH                        93 93 73 49 39 42 60 69 71 77 63 46 48 61 72 77 83 83
Wind dir                   S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SE  E SE SE NW  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                  10  9 11 16 18 12  6  8  6  4  8 12 12 10 10 11 10 12
Wind gust                             28
Clouds                    OV OV SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                    100          20          20          50          40
QPF 12hr                   0.50        0.01           0        0.07        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  S                       S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                      S  S                             S  C  C  C  C


Date           05/09  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24
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          62      44    70      48    69      47    76      54    79
Temp          59 59   50 46 65 66   54 50 66 67   53 50 71 73   59 56 76 77
Dewpt         47 44   42 40 43 45   42 41 40 41   40 42 46 47   46 47 50 50
PWind dir         N      NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      10    20      20    20       5    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C             S    S        S                  S  S     S
Tstms             S             S    S                           S  S     S

$$
IAZ039-080900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
259 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/06/24      Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24            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          73          49          74          50
Temp                      63 59 63 69 72 68 59 54 50 50 63 72 73 66 59 55 53 50
Dewpt                     60 56 57 55 50 48 47 46 46 46 50 49 48 51 51 51 49 47
RH                        90 90 81 61 46 49 64 74 86 86 62 44 41 58 75 86 86 89
Wind dir                  SE SE  S SW SW SW SW  S  S SE  E  E SE  E NE  N NE NE
Wind spd                  20  9 11 14 17 13  8  6  5  4  6 12 13 11 10 10 11 13
Wind gust                 31
Clouds                    OV OV B2 SC FW SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                    100          50          20          60          70
QPF 12hr                   0.61        0.13           0        0.05        0.38
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  C  C     S  S              S  C  C  L  L  L  L  L
Tstms                      C  C  S     S  S                    C  C  C  C  S  S


Date           05/09  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24
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          61      41    69      47    67      45    73      51    77
Temp          57 58   47 43 63 63   52 48 64 64   50 49 68 70   56 53 73 74
Dewpt         47 43   40 37 42 45   44 41 41 40   42 42 47 46   46 46 49 48
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW    NW       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   FW FW SC SC   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         60       5    20      30    30      10    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     L  C             S    C     S  C             S    S        S
Tstms          S  S             S    C                           S        S

$$
IAZ048-080900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
259 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/06/24      Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24            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                      56          73          50          73          50
Temp                      57 57 63 69 71 68 58 54 52 51 62 71 71 64 57 54 52 51
Dewpt                     57 55 55 51 47 48 47 47 46 46 51 50 51 53 50 51 50 49
RH                       100 93 75 53 42 49 67 77 80 83 67 47 49 67 77 90 93 93
Wind dir                   S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SE  E SE SE SW  N NW  N  N
Wind spd                   9  9 12 16 18 12  6  5  5  4  8 12 12 10 10 10 10 12
Wind gust                             28
Clouds                    OV OV SC FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                    100          20          20          50          50
QPF 12hr                   0.65        0.01           0        0.10        0.23
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  S                       S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                      S  S                             S  C  C  C  C  S


Date           05/09  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24
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          62      43    69      47    68      46    75      52    78
Temp          58 59   48 44 64 64   52 48 64 65   51 49 70 72   57 53 75 75
Dewpt         48 45   41 41 44 47   43 42 42 42   42 43 48 48   47 47 51 51
PWind dir         N      NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   FW FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         50       5    20      20    20       5    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C             S    S     S  S                     S     S
Tstms          S  S             S    S                              S     S

$$
IAZ004-080900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
259 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/06/24      Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24            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          68          46          67          47
Temp                      55 55 60 65 67 64 55 51 49 47 58 66 66 62 55 51 49 47
Dewpt                     54 52 50 48 46 44 45 44 43 43 45 46 47 48 49 48 46 44
RH                        96 90 69 54 47 48 69 77 80 86 62 48 50 60 80 89 89 89
Wind dir                  SE  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S NE  E NE NE NE NE  N  N  N
Wind spd                  16 14 17 21 20 14  8  6  5  5  9 13 14 13 14 16 14 16
Wind gust                                                              26
Clouds                    OV OV SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                    100          20          20          60          60
QPF 12hr                   0.33           0           0        0.18        0.39
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C           S  S           S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                      S                                S  C  C  C  C  S


Date           05/09  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24
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          63      43    69      45    68      46    74      51    77
Temp          57 59   47 46 65 63   50 46 63 65   50 49 69 70   56 52 71 73
Dewpt         44 41   40 40 44 41   39 38 39 39   40 41 45 45   44 44 46 48
PWind dir         N      NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W       W    SW
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC FW SC SC   SC FW FW SC   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         30       5    30      10    10      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  S             C                                         S
Tstms                           S                                         S

$$
IAZ035-080900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
259 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/06/24      Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24            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          71          48          71          48
Temp                      55 55 62 67 69 67 56 52 50 49 61 69 70 62 55 52 50 49
Dewpt                     55 54 53 49 46 45 46 45 44 45 48 48 47 50 49 49 48 47
RH                       100 96 72 52 44 45 69 77 80 86 62 47 44 65 80 89 93 93
Wind dir                   S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  E  E  E  E NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                  11 11 12 18 18 13  6  5  5  5  8 11 14 11 10 10 12 13
Clouds                    OV B2 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                    100          20          20          60          60
QPF 12hr                   0.35           0           0        0.13        0.47
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  S        S  S           S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                      S  S        S  S              S  S  C  C  C  C  S


Date           05/09  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24
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          62      41    69      45    68      46    76      51    78
Temp          58 59   47 44 65 64   51 47 64 65   50 48 70 71   56 52 74 75
Dewpt         47 41   40 41 44 43   41 40 40 40   40 42 46 46   45 45 49 48
PWind dir         N      NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         50       5    30      20    20      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C             C    S        S                           S
Tstms             S             S    S                                    S

$$
IAZ094-080900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
259 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/06/24      Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24            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                      56          73          52          72          50
Temp                      58 57 63 70 72 69 60 57 56 53 64 70 70 67 59 55 52 51
Dewpt                     56 56 56 51 48 49 48 48 48 49 54 54 53 53 51 49 48 48
RH                        93 96 78 51 42 49 64 72 74 86 70 57 55 61 75 80 86 89
Wind dir                   W SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SE SE SE SW  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  10  9 10 14 17 10  6  6  5  6 10 12 11 10  9  9 10 10
Clouds                    OV B2 SC CL FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW B1
PoP 12hr                    100          10          20          40          20
QPF 12hr                   0.27           0           0        0.03        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S                          S  S  C  C  S  S        S
Tstms                      S                                S  S  S  S


Date           05/09  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24
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          63      45    69      48    69      48    76      53    79
Temp          61 59   50 46 65 65   54 50 66 67   52 50 72 72   59 55 76 75
Dewpt         50 46   44 42 44 46   44 43 43 42   41 44 48 48   47 49 53 52
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       W    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      10    20      10    20       0    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  C             S             S                  S  S     S
Tstms                           S                                S  S     S

$$
IAZ017-080900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
259 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/06/24      Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24            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          47          71          48
Temp                      57 55 61 67 69 66 56 51 49 48 60 68 70 64 55 52 50 48
Dewpt                     56 54 55 51 48 46 46 44 43 44 47 47 48 50 50 48 47 45
RH                        96 96 81 56 47 48 69 77 80 86 62 47 45 60 83 86 89 89
Wind dir                   S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SE  E  E  E NE NE  N NE  N
Wind spd                  11 11 13 16 18 12  8  6  5  5  8 12 14 12 10 13 13 13
Wind gust                             28
Clouds                    OV OV B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr                    100          30          20          60          70
QPF 12hr                   0.57        0.01           0        0.08        0.44
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  C  S     S  S           S  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                      C  C        S  S                 S  C  C  C  C


Date           05/09  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24
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          61      40    68      45    66      45    72      49    75
Temp          56 57   45 43 63 61   49 46 62 63   48 48 67 69   54 51 71 73
Dewpt         45 40   38 38 43 43   41 39 40 40   40 41 46 45   44 44 46 48
PWind dir         N       N     W      NW    NW       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   FW FW SC B1   SC FW FW SC   FW FW SC SC   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         50       5    30      30    20      10    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  S             C    C        S             S             S
Tstms                           C    C                      S             S

$$
IAZ049-080900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
259 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/06/24      Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24            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                      56          73          50          73          49
Temp                      62 57 63 69 71 68 57 53 51 51 63 72 72 64 57 54 51 50
Dewpt                     60 56 56 53 49 47 46 46 46 46 51 50 50 52 50 50 49 48
RH                        93 96 78 57 46 47 67 77 83 83 65 46 46 65 77 86 93 93
Wind dir                   S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SE  E  E SE SE  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                  18  9 12 14 18 14  6  6  5  4  8 12 13 10 10 10 11 12
Wind gust                             28
Clouds                    OV OV B1 FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                    100          30          10          60          60
QPF 12hr                   0.57        0.07           0        0.08        0.34
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  C                          S  C  C  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                      C  C                             S  C  C  C  C  S  S


Date           05/09  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24
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          61      41    69      45    68      44    73      50    77
Temp          57 57   46 43 63 63   51 47 64 64   49 48 69 70   55 52 73 74
Dewpt         47 44   41 39 42 46   43 41 42 41   41 43 47 46   46 46 50 49
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW    NW       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         50       5    20      30    20      10    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C             S    C     S  S             S    S        S
Tstms          S  S             S    C                           S        S

$$
IAZ086-080900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
259 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Date           05/06/24      Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24            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          75          53          74          52
Temp                      63 59 64 71 73 70 59 56 55 54 65 72 72 68 60 57 54 53
Dewpt                     61 57 59 55 51 50 49 48 47 49 54 53 54 55 52 51 51 50
RH                        93 93 84 57 46 49 69 74 74 83 68 51 53 63 75 80 90 89
Wind dir                   S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                  14  9 12 13 16 12  8  8  6  6 10 13 12 10 11 11 10 12
Clouds                    OV B2 B1 FW CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                    100          30          10          40          40
QPF 12hr                   0.62        0.02           0        0.04        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  C                          S  C  C  C  C  S  S  C
Tstms                      S  C                                S  C  S  S


Date           05/09  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24
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          62      45    69      49    68      46    75      53    78
Temp          59 59   49 46 63 65   54 50 66 65   51 50 71 72   58 56 75 75
Dewpt         50 46   43 42 42 45   44 44 43 42   42 44 47 49   47 49 52 52
PWind dir         N      NW    NW       W    NW       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         50       5    20      20    30       5    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C             S    S  S  S  C                  S  S     S
Tstms             S                  S  S                        S  S     S

$$