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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
259 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

IAZ060-050900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
259 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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          64          42          68          50
Temp                      57 59 59 59 61 59 53 49 45 44 58 64 66 65 56 53 51 52
Dewpt                     49 55 55 51 48 45 43 42 40 40 44 42 43 45 45 44 44 46
RH                        75 87 87 75 62 60 69 77 82 86 59 45 43 48 66 71 77 80
Wind dir                  SE  S  W NW NW  N  N NW NW NW  E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   9 10 12 16 16 11  6  4  4  3  6  8  9  8  6  6  8 10
Wind gust                          26
Clouds                    OV OV OV B2 B2 SC CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     70          90           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.30        0.20           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  D  C                                            S
Tstms                      C  D  C


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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      56    76      53    74      50    69      49    66
Temp          69 72   62 56 71 72   58 55 70 70   56 51 64 64   54 49 62 63
Dewpt         57 57   56 51 50 49   47 48 52 49   44 44 46 44   44 44 43 41
PWind dir        SE       S    SW       S     N       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30     100    30      20    40      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    D  D  C  C       S  C  C    S     S  S    S     S  S
Tstms             S    C  C  S  C       S  S  S    S     S  S    S     S  S

$$
IAZ039-050900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
259 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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                      50          63          40          69          48
Temp                      51 53 59 59 59 58 51 46 43 42 57 64 67 65 56 50 48 49
Dewpt                     44 47 53 54 49 45 43 42 40 39 44 42 42 43 45 43 42 43
RH                        77 80 80 83 69 62 74 86 89 89 62 45 40 45 66 77 80 80
Wind dir                  SE SE  S NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE  E SE SE  E  E SE
Wind spd                   9 11 10 14 18 14  8  5  5  4  4  5  5  5  5  6  8 10
Clouds                    B1 OV OV OV B2 B1 FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          80           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.31           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    L  L
Tstms                         C


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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      57    75      52    75      49    68      47    65
Temp          68 70   62 58 71 69   56 53 71 69   55 50 63 61   51 47 61 61
Dewpt         51 53   57 54 52 50   47 47 51 50   47 45 47 44   45 41 42 40
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW      SW     S      NW    NW      NW     N
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B2 B2 SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20     100    50      20    50      30    30      20    30
Rain shwrs        S    L  D  C  C    S  S  C  C    C     S  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms                  C  C  C  C    S  S     S    S        S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ048-050900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
259 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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                      51          62          42          67          48
Temp                      54 56 57 58 59 59 51 47 44 43 57 63 66 64 55 50 49 50
Dewpt                     47 53 53 51 48 45 43 42 41 41 44 42 43 45 46 44 44 46
RH                        77 90 86 77 67 60 74 83 89 93 62 46 43 50 72 80 83 86
Wind dir                  SE  S  W NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NE  E SE SE  E  E  E SE
Wind spd                   9  9 11 17 17 12  5  4  4  3  5  5  8  8  5  6  8 10
Clouds                    OV OV OV B2 B2 SC FW CL CL FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW B1
PoP 12hr                     80          90           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.41        0.21           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  D  C                                            S
Tstms                      C  C


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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      55    74      51    73      49    68      47    65
Temp          68 70   61 55 70 69   56 53 69 68   54 50 63 62   51 47 61 62
Dewpt         57 58   57 52 50 49   47 48 51 49   45 45 46 45   44 44 43 41
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      SW    SW       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30     100    30      20    40      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     S  C    D  D  C  C       S  C  C    S     S  C    S  S  C  S
Tstms             S    C  C  S  C       S     S    S     S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ004-050900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
259 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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          59          40          66          47
Temp                      47 46 49 52 58 57 48 45 43 43 57 62 65 63 54 50 48 49
Dewpt                     43 44 45 44 43 41 41 40 38 38 41 40 41 42 44 43 43 43
RH                        86 93 86 74 57 55 77 82 82 82 55 44 41 46 69 77 83 80
Wind dir                   N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W  W NW  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                  16 18 17 17 17 11  5  5  5  4  4  6 10 11  9 11 12 16
Clouds                    OV OV OV B2 SC SC CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                    100          80           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.51        0.12           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  D
Tstms                         S
Wind chill                   39
Min chill                    39    39                38


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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      53    71      49    70      47    64      44    62
Temp          66 67   58 53 66 65   52 50 65 63   51 47 58 58   48 45 58 59
Dewpt         53 56   53 49 47 46   44 44 46 45   43 42 44 42   42 41 41 38
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      SW    SW       W    NW       N     N
Wind char        WY      WY    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30     100    20      20    40      30    30      20    30
Rain shwrs        C    D  C  S  S    S  S  S  C    C     S  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms                  C  C  S  S    S  S     S    C        S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ035-050900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
259 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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                      48          60          41          67          47
Temp                      54 51 52 55 58 59 51 47 43 42 57 63 66 64 54 49 47 49
Dewpt                     48 49 47 47 45 43 42 41 39 39 42 41 42 43 45 43 43 44
RH                        80 93 83 74 62 55 71 79 86 89 57 44 42 46 71 80 86 83
Wind dir                   E  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W NW  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   6 11 14 17 14 10  4  3  4  3  4  5  9  9  8  8  9 10
Clouds                    OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW CL FW FW CL FW SC FW FW SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                    100          70           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.58        0.10           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 L  L  S
Tstms                      C  C


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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      53    73      50    72      47    67      45    64
Temp          66 69   59 53 68 67   53 51 68 66   52 47 61 60   49 46 60 61
Dewpt         55 56   55 50 48 46   44 45 48 46   44 44 45 43   43 42 41 39
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      SW    SW       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B2 B2 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30     100    30      20    40      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs        C    D  L  C  C       S  C  C    S     S  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms             S    C  C  S  C       S     S    S     S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ094-050900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
259 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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          64          43          66          52
Temp                      59 59 61 59 61 59 51 48 44 44 57 62 65 63 56 54 53 54
Dewpt                     54 57 58 54 51 48 45 43 41 41 45 45 47 48 47 47 48 51
RH                        83 93 90 83 70 67 80 83 89 89 64 54 52 58 72 77 83 90
Wind dir                  SE  S  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE
Wind spd                   9  9  9 14 14 12  6  5  5  4  9 10  9  6  6  8  8 10
Clouds                    OV OV OV B2 B2 SC CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     60          90           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.28        0.18           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  D  S                                      S  S  S
Tstms                      S  C  S


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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          76      56    75      54    75      50    69      48    66
Temp          70 73   61 56 71 71   58 56 70 69   56 50 65 64   54 49 63 62
Dewpt         60 61   58 54 53 53   50 52 56 52   47 46 49 45   44 45 45 43
PWind dir        SE       S    SW       S    NE      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30     100    30      30    40      10    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    D  L  C  S       C  C  C          S  S    S     S  S
Tstms             C    C  C  C  S       S  S  C                  S     S  S

$$
IAZ017-050900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
259 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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          57          40          66          45
Temp                      51 50 51 53 55 56 48 44 41 42 57 63 65 63 53 48 45 47
Dewpt                     45 47 48 48 46 44 42 41 38 39 42 42 42 43 44 42 41 42
RH                        80 89 89 83 72 64 80 89 89 89 57 46 43 48 71 80 86 83
Wind dir                   E  N  N  N NW  N NW NW  W NW  N  E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   5  8 12 17 17 11  5  5  5  4  4  4  5  6  6  9  9 11
Wind gust                             27
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV B2 B1 FW CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW CL SC FW
PoP 12hr                     90          90           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.35        0.28           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  D  C
Tstms                      C  C


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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      54    72      49    72      47    64      44    62
Temp          66 68   59 55 67 65   52 50 67 65   51 47 59 58   48 45 58 58
Dewpt         52 53   55 51 50 48   44 45 48 47   44 43 45 44   42 41 41 39
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW      SW    SW       W    NW       N     N
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC B1   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20     100    40      20    40      30    30      20    30
Rain shwrs        S    D  D  C  C    S  S  C  C    C  S  S  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms                  C  C  C  C    S        S    C  S     S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ049-050900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
259 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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                      50          64          40          67          46
Temp                      52 55 59 59 60 57 49 46 43 42 57 64 66 64 54 49 47 48
Dewpt                     43 52 55 53 49 46 43 42 40 39 43 42 42 44 44 43 43 44
RH                        71 90 87 80 67 67 80 86 89 89 59 45 42 48 69 80 86 86
Wind dir                  SE SE SW NW  N  N  N NW NW  N NE  E  E SE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   9 12 11 14 19 13  6  5  5  3  6  5  6  5  5  6  8 10
Clouds                    B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50          80           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.20        0.22           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  D  C
Tstms                      S  C


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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      55    75      50    75      48    68      45    65
Temp          68 69   61 55 71 69   55 52 70 68   54 49 63 62   50 46 60 61
Dewpt         54 55   58 53 51 49   47 48 51 49   45 45 46 44   44 43 43 40
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      SW     S       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B2 B2 SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20     100    40      20    50      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs        S    D  D  C  C    S  S  C  C    S     S  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms                  C  C  C  C    S  S     S    S     S  S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ086-050900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
259 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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          42          68          51
Temp                      55 57 64 67 62 61 53 49 45 45 58 64 66 64 56 53 52 53
Dewpt                     50 54 59 60 54 50 46 44 42 42 46 45 45 47 45 45 46 48
RH                        83 90 84 78 75 67 77 83 89 89 64 50 47 54 66 74 80 83
Wind dir                  SE SE  S  W NW NW  N  N NW NW NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                  10 12 12 12 17 14  9  8  6  5  9  9  8  5  6  8  9 10
Clouds                    SC B2 OV B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          80           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.15           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  L  C                                         S
Tstms                         C  S  C


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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          75      59    77      55    78      51    71      50    67
Temp          69 72   65 59 73 72   59 57 72 71   58 53 66 66   54 50 63 63
Dewpt         57 58   60 56 55 53   50 52 56 54   48 47 49 45   45 45 45 43
PWind dir        SE       S    SW       S    SE      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B2 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         20     100    50      20    50      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     S  S    L  D  C  C       S  C  C    S     S  C    S     S  C
Tstms             S    C  C  C  C          S  C    S     S  S    S        S

$$