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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
544 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

IAZ060-172100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
544 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date             Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24
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                      67          48          57          35          56
Temp             52 54 60 65 66 58 53 51 49 49 52 56 56 48 43 38 36 47 52 55 53
Dewpt            46 45 45 45 44 43 42 45 46 45 45 42 37 34 31 29 27 27 25 26 27
RH               80 71 58 48 45 57 66 80 89 86 77 59 49 58 62 70 69 45 35 32 36
Wind dir          W  W  W NW NW  N  E NE  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd         20 21 21 17  8  3  5  9 11 13 12 13 12 12 12  6  6 16 19 20 18
Wind gust           33 35 27                                        26 33 34 31
Clouds           OV B2 B1 B1 FW FW SC OV OV OV OV B1 FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          90         100           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.18        0.24           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             L  D  L  C  S
Tstms                                  S  S
Wind chill                                                 36    30
Min chill                                                  35    29    32


Date          Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24
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          33    52      32    59      39    65      43    64
Temp          42 34 48 50   39 34 54 57   44 41 60 61   51 45 59 61
Dewpt         26 24 24 25   26 26 29 30   31 32 38 41   40 37 39 38
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW     W      SW     S       W    NW
Wind char        BZ    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC B1   B1 FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B2   B1 SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     5      10    50      30    10
Rain shwrs                                       C  C    C  S
Tstms                                                    S  S

$$
IAZ039-172100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
544 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date             Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24
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                      60          44          56          34          53
Temp             54 53 54 59 59 51 46 44 44 47 51 55 55 47 41 37 35 45 50 53 49
Dewpt            51 49 47 46 45 44 43 42 44 45 45 43 38 35 32 29 27 27 26 26 25
RH               90 86 77 62 60 77 89 93100 93 80 64 53 63 70 72 72 49 39 35 39
Wind dir          W  W  W  W NW  W  W  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         16 20 25 24 13  5  4  5  6  8  9 11 12 11 11  8 10 21 27 26 21
Wind gust              35 36 24                                     36 41 42 35
Clouds           OV OV OV B1 B1 SC SC B2 OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          80          90           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.10        0.21           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S                    C  D  L  C  S
Wind chill                                                 34 30 27 37
Min chill                                38    39          33    27    29


Date          Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24
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          31    50      31    59      37    64      41    62
Temp          37 32 46 47   36 32 53 55   41 38 59 57   48 42 58 58
Dewpt         25 23 25 24   26 25 29 29   31 31 37 41   40 37 39 36
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW     W      SW     S       W    NW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC FW SC B1   B1 FW FW FW   FW SC SC B2   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0      10    50      40     5
Rain shwrs                                       C  C    C  S
Tstms                                                    S  S

$$
IAZ048-172100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
544 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date             Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24
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                      65          45          57          33          55
Temp             52 53 57 63 64 54 49 47 46 48 51 57 55 46 40 36 34 45 51 54 51
Dewpt            48 46 46 45 44 44 43 45 45 45 44 41 37 34 31 29 27 27 26 26 27
RH               86 77 67 52 48 69 80 93 96 89 77 55 51 63 70 75 75 49 37 34 39
Wind dir          W  W NW NW NW  N NE  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW  W  W NW  W NW NW
Wind spd         19 21 21 18  9  3  4  9 10 10 11 12 12 13 11  6  8 18 21 23 18
Wind gust           32 34 28                                        32 36 36 31
Clouds           OV OV B2 B1 FW FW B1 OV OV OV OV B1 FW FW FW CL SC CL FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          90         100           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.19        0.25           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  L  D  L  S
Wind chill                                                 34 30 27 38
Min chill                                      39          33    26    29


Date          Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24
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          30    50      31    59      38    64      41    64
Temp          38 32 46 48   37 32 54 56   42 39 60 59   48 43 59 60
Dewpt         26 23 26 25   27 26 30 30   31 33 39 42   40 37 39 37
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW     W       S     S       W    NW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW SC B1   B1 FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B2   B1 FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     5      10    50      30    10
Rain shwrs                                       C  C    C  S
Tstms                                                    S  S

$$
IAZ004-172100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
544 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date             Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24
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                      61          42          55          31          50
Temp             47 48 53 60 60 50 48 45 42 49 53 55 50 42 36 34 32 41 46 48 46
Dewpt            46 43 44 43 42 42 41 42 40 38 34 32 29 29 26 25 22 23 23 24 23
RH               96 83 71 53 51 74 77 89 93 66 48 41 44 60 67 69 66 48 40 39 40
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW  W NW NW  W NW NW  W NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW
Wind spd         19 23 25 20 13  6 10 10  9 12 17 21 18 16 13 12 13 24 27 27 25
Wind gust           33 37 32                         31             39 44 44 44
Clouds           OV OV B2 B1 SC SC OV OV OV B2 SC SC SC FW CL CL CL FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10          90          40           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.28        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          L  D  C  C
Wind chill                               36             34 28 25 22 31 37    38
Min chill              38                36    36          27    21    23    37


Date          Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24
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          28    49      30    58      39    62      38    61
Temp          34 29 43 46   35 31 52 55   42 40 57 56   44 40 55 57
Dewpt         21 20 24 23   24 24 27 28   31 32 38 40   37 34 34 32
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW     W       S    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW SC B1   B1 FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       5     5      20    50      20     5
Rain shwrs                                    S  C  C    S
Tstms                                               S    S

$$
IAZ035-172100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
544 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date             Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24
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                      63          43          56          32          53
Temp             51 51 56 62 62 52 47 45 43 47 52 56 53 45 38 35 33 43 50 52 49
Dewpt            48 46 45 44 43 43 42 44 43 43 41 37 32 31 28 27 25 25 25 26 25
RH               89 83 66 52 50 71 83 96100 86 66 49 44 58 67 72 72 49 37 36 39
Wind dir          W NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W NW
Wind spd         17 21 23 17 10  4  6 10 10  9 12 14 13 12 10  8 10 18 23 21 18
Wind gust                                                           28 33 33 29
Clouds           OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B2 OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          90          80           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.47        0.27           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  D  D  C
Wind chill                                              39 31 28 25 35
Min chill                                37    38          31    25    28


Date          Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24
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          28    50      29    59      38    63      40    63
Temp          35 30 45 47   35 31 53 56   41 39 58 58   45 40 58 59
Dewpt         23 22 25 24   25 25 29 29   31 32 39 40   38 36 36 34
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW     W       S    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW SC B1   B1 FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       5     5      20    60      30     5
Rain shwrs                                    S  C  L    C
Tstms                                               S    S

$$
IAZ094-172100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
544 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date             Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24
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                      70          50          56          36          56
Temp             53 56 64 69 68 59 55 55 52 52 54 56 55 47 42 38 37 47 53 55 52
Dewpt            46 46 47 46 46 45 45 46 48 47 46 45 39 36 33 30 28 28 28 28 29
RH               77 69 54 44 45 60 69 72 86 83 74 66 55 65 70 73 70 47 38 35 41
Wind dir          W  W NW NW NW  E  E NE NE NE  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd         20 20 18 13  6  5  8 11 13 18 17 17 12 11 11  6  6 12 13 14 12
Wind gust        31 32 29                   28 27                         25
Clouds           B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC OV OV OV OV B2 FW CL CL FW SC SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          90         100           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.33        0.21           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             D  D  L  C  C
Tstms                                  C  C  S  S
Wind chill                                                 36
Min chill                                                  36    30    35


Date          Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24
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          35    52      32    59      39    65      44    64
Temp          43 35 48 50   39 34 54 56   44 40 60 61   51 45 60 61
Dewpt         29 25 26 27   28 27 30 31   32 33 40 42   41 39 41 40
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW    NW       S     S       W    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    BZ      BZ    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC B1   SC FW FW SC   FW SC SC B2   B1 SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     5       5    40      30    10
Rain shwrs                                       C  C    C
Tstms                                                    S

$$
IAZ017-172100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
544 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date             Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24
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                      58          42          55          32          50
Temp             51 49 51 56 58 48 44 43 42 47 51 55 51 43 37 34 32 41 47 49 46
Dewpt            50 46 44 45 45 43 40 42 42 43 41 37 33 32 29 26 25 25 24 24 23
RH               96 89 77 66 62 83 86 96100 86 68 51 50 65 72 72 75 52 40 37 40
Wind dir          W NW NW NW NW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W NW
Wind spd         17 23 25 23 12  5  5  8  6  9 11 16 14 12 11 10 11 21 27 26 21
Wind gust           33 39 39                                        36 47 46 36
Clouds           OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 OV OV OV B2 SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          90          90           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.27        0.12           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S                    D  D  C
Wind chill                                              36 29 26 23 31 39    38
Min chill                          39    36    38          28    22    24    37


Date          Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24
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          28    48      29    58      36    62      38    61
Temp          34 29 43 45   34 30 52 54   39 38 57 54   44 39 55 56
Dewpt         23 22 24 23   24 24 28 28   30 31 37 40   38 35 37 34
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW     W      SW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW SC B1   B1 FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B2   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0      10    60      30     5
Rain shwrs                                       C  L    C
Tstms                                                    S

$$
IAZ049-172100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
544 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date             Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24
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                      63          44          56          32          54
Temp             53 53 55 62 61 52 47 45 45 48 52 56 55 45 39 35 33 45 50 53 50
Dewpt            50 47 46 45 45 44 43 43 44 45 44 43 38 34 31 29 27 26 25 26 26
RH               89 80 72 54 56 74 86 93 96 89 74 62 53 65 73 78 78 47 37 35 39
Wind dir          W  W  W NW NW NW  E NE  N  N  N NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W NW
Wind spd         19 21 23 19 10  4  4  5  9 10 10 10 11 10 10  8  8 19 23 23 18
Wind gust              36 33                                        35 39 41 32
Clouds           OV OV B2 B1 SC FW SC B2 OV OV OV B2 SC FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          80         100           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.09        0.25           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  D  L  C  S
Wind chill                                                 32 29 26 37
Min chill                                38    38          32    26    28


Date          Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24
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          30    50      29    58      36    64      40    63
Temp          37 30 46 46   36 31 53 55   40 37 59 57   48 41 57 58
Dewpt         26 23 25 24   26 26 29 29   31 32 37 41   40 37 39 37
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW     W      SW     S       W    NW
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    BZ      BZ    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW SC B1   B1 FW FW FW   FW SC SC B1   B1 SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0      10    50      40    10
Rain shwrs                                       C  C    C  S
Tstms                                                    S  S

$$
IAZ086-172100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
544 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date             Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24
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                      67          48          56          37          57
Temp             54 55 60 66 66 55 52 50 49 51 54 54 56 48 43 39 37 47 53 56 53
Dewpt            49 47 46 46 46 45 45 45 47 48 47 46 43 39 34 31 30 30 28 28 29
RH               83 74 60 48 48 69 77 83 93 89 77 74 62 71 70 73 75 51 38 34 39
Wind dir          W  W  W  W NW  N  E  E NE NE  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd         20 23 21 19 10  5  5  9 10 12 14 14 12 11 12  9  8 14 18 18 16
Wind gust              34 31                                           31 29
Clouds           B2 OV B1 SC FW FW FW B1 OV OV OV B2 SC FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          80         100           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.09        0.15           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  D  D  L  C
Tstms                                  S  S  S  S
Wind chill                                                 36 33 31
Min chill                                                  35    30    33


Date          Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24
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          35    52      32    58      38    65      45    64
Temp          42 36 48 49   39 35 53 56   43 41 60 59   51 46 59 61
Dewpt         28 27 26 26   27 28 30 31   31 33 38 42   42 40 41 40
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW    NW      SW     S      SW    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      BZ    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       5    40      30    10
Rain shwrs                                       S  C    C  S
Tstms                                                    S  S

$$


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