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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
228 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

IAZ060-120900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
228 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date           05/10/24      Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            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                      49          78          53          83          58
Temp                      53 52 66 74 77 76 64 59 55 57 73 82 82 75 67 64 61 59
Dewpt                     42 41 44 42 42 44 45 45 45 46 53 51 51 53 53 54 54 54
RH                        66 66 45 32 29 32 50 60 69 67 49 34 34 46 61 70 78 83
Wind dir                   W  W  W NW NW  W  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW NE
Wind spd                   5  5 10 12 10  5  4  5  6  8 11 13 13 11  9  6  4  5
Clouds                    CL FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  C  C  C  C  L
Tstms                                                       S  C  C  C  C  S  S


Date           05/13  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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    72      51    73      55    72      54    74
Temp          68 67   58 53 68 70   57 52 69 69   60 56 69 70   60 57 71 73
Dewpt         55 53   48 45 47 45   45 47 50 51   52 52 53 52   52 52 53 53
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE       E     S      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      20    10      20    50      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     L  L    S                S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms          S  C    S                      S    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ039-120900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
228 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date           05/10/24      Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            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          74          50          83          55
Temp                      50 49 63 71 73 72 61 55 53 54 71 81 82 78 66 62 59 58
Dewpt                     41 42 45 40 40 43 45 45 45 46 53 53 50 52 53 54 52 52
RH                        71 77 52 32 30 35 56 69 74 74 53 38 33 40 63 75 78 80
Wind dir                   W  W NW NW NW NW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW
Wind spd                   6  6 11 14 12  5  5  6  8  8 11 16 16 12 10  9  8  5
Clouds                    CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  S  C  S


Date           05/13  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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      49    71      47    72      52    71      53    73
Temp          70 69   55 50 66 68   53 49 68 67   57 54 68 68   58 56 70 70
Dewpt         53 49   46 43 45 43   43 42 47 48   51 49 52 52   52 52 54 52
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE       E    SE      SE     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC FW FW   FW SC SC B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      10     5      20    50      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  C                     S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms          S  S                           S    C  S     S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ048-120900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
228 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date           05/10/24      Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            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          77          52          83          57
Temp                      50 50 64 73 76 75 63 58 55 55 71 81 82 76 65 62 59 58
Dewpt                     43 43 47 44 42 45 46 46 46 47 53 52 51 53 54 55 54 54
RH                        77 77 54 35 30 34 54 64 72 74 53 37 34 45 68 78 83 86
Wind dir                   W NW  W NW NW  W  S SW SW SW SW SW  W SW SW SW  W  N
Wind spd                   5  5  9 12 10  5  4  5  6  8 12 14 13 10 10  8  5  3
Clouds                    CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  C  C  S  S


Date           05/13  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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      49    72      50    73      53    71      53    73
Temp          68 69   55 51 68 69   54 51 68 68   58 54 67 68   58 56 70 71
Dewpt         54 51   46 45 48 45   45 46 51 52   52 52 54 53   52 52 54 53
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC SC FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      10    10      20    60      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  C                     S  C  L    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms          S  S                           S    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ004-120900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
228 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date           05/10/24      Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            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                      45          77          53          83          52
Temp                      48 48 63 72 76 75 63 58 56 56 71 81 82 75 64 59 56 53
Dewpt                     39 40 43 40 40 42 45 45 44 44 50 49 47 51 51 50 46 44
RH                        71 74 48 31 27 31 52 62 64 64 47 33 29 43 63 72 69 71
Wind dir                   W  W NW NW NW  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW  W NW  N  N
Wind spd                   9  8 10 12 11  9  6  9 10 11 13 14 14 12  9  8  9 10
Clouds                    CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  C  C  S  S  S


Date           05/13  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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      45    72      51    69      49    69      51    72
Temp          69 69   52 47 66 69   54 52 65 64   54 51 65 66   55 54 69 69
Dewpt         44 40   38 38 43 42   43 45 50 51   49 48 48 47   47 49 50 49
PWind dir        NE      NE     E      SE     S       S     N      NW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW CL FW FW   SC B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5    10      40    60      40    30      20    30
Rain shwrs                           S  C  C  L    C  C  S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms                                         C    C  S     S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ035-120900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
228 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date           05/10/24      Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            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          78          52          83          54
Temp                      50 49 64 73 77 75 63 57 54 55 72 82 82 75 64 60 56 55
Dewpt                     42 42 46 43 41 42 45 46 45 46 52 51 49 52 53 52 51 51
RH                        74 77 52 34 28 31 52 67 71 72 49 34 32 45 67 75 83 86
Wind dir                   W  W  W NW NW  W  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W SW  W  W NE
Wind spd                   4  5  9 11 10  6  5  6  6  9 12 16 14 11  9  6  5  6
Clouds                    FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04        0.18
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                       S  C  C  C  C  S  S


Date           05/13  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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      46    73      50    70      51    70      51    74
Temp          70 70   53 48 68 70   54 51 66 66   55 53 66 67   55 54 70 71
Dewpt         49 46   41 41 45 43   43 45 51 51   51 50 52 49   50 50 51 50
PWind dir        NE      NE     E      SE     S       S     S       E     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30       5    10      30    60      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  C                     C  C  L    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms          S                           S  C    C  C     S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ094-120900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
228 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date           05/10/24      Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            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                      49          77          53          79          58
Temp                      52 51 66 73 76 75 64 59 55 56 70 78 77 70 64 62 59 58
Dewpt                     42 42 47 45 45 48 48 47 47 49 55 56 54 56 55 56 56 57
RH                        69 71 50 37 33 38 56 64 74 77 59 47 45 61 73 81 90 96
Wind dir                  NW  W  W  W NW  W  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SE  E
Wind spd                   5  5  9 11 10  4  5  5  6  9 11 12 10  9  6  5  5  5
Clouds                    CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          40          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.18        0.19
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  C  C  L  L  D
Tstms                                                       C  C  C  C  C  C  C


Date           05/13  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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          67      51    71      50    73      55    71      53    73
Temp          64 64   58 53 67 68   56 52 69 69   60 56 69 69   59 55 70 71
Dewpt         58 56   53 50 52 51   49 49 54 56   54 55 57 56   53 53 55 55
PWind dir         E       N    NE       E    SE      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2   B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      20    10      20    50      50    40      30    20
Rain shwrs     D  D    S                S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  S
Tstms          C  C    S                      S    C  C  C  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ017-120900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
228 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date           05/10/24      Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            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                      44          74          51          83          53
Temp                      46 48 62 69 73 72 60 56 54 55 70 80 82 74 63 58 56 54
Dewpt                     39 40 43 40 39 42 45 45 44 45 51 51 48 51 53 51 48 47
RH                        76 74 50 35 29 34 58 66 69 69 51 36 31 44 70 77 74 77
Wind dir                   W  W NW NW NW  W  S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W NW  N
Wind spd                   9  8 10 12 10  5  6  9  9 10 13 14 16 11  8  8  6  8
Clouds                    CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  S  S  S


Date           05/13  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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      46    71      47    69      49    69      50    71
Temp          70 68   51 47 65 67   52 49 66 64   54 52 64 65   55 53 68 68
Dewpt         48 43   40 40 44 42   42 42 48 50   50 49 50 49   50 50 51 50
PWind dir        NE      NE     E      SE     S       S     S      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5      30    60      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     S  S                     C  C  L    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                                         S    C  C     S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ049-120900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
228 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date           05/10/24      Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            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                      45          75          50          83          56
Temp                      49 49 63 71 74 72 60 55 52 54 71 81 82 75 64 61 58 57
Dewpt                     42 42 46 43 42 45 45 44 45 46 53 53 50 52 53 53 53 54
RH                        77 77 54 36 32 38 58 66 77 74 53 38 33 45 67 75 83 90
Wind dir                   W  W NW NW NW NW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW
Wind spd                   6  5 10 13 11  5  5  5  5  8 12 14 13 10 10  8  6  4
Clouds                    CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  C  C  C  S


Date           05/13  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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      48    71      47    72      52    71      53    73
Temp          68 68   55 50 66 68   52 49 68 67   57 53 67 67   57 54 70 70
Dewpt         54 51   46 45 45 43   43 44 48 49   51 50 52 52   52 52 54 53
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE       E    SE      SE     S      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      20    10      20    50      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  L    S                S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms          S  S    S                      S    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ086-120900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
228 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date           05/10/24      Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            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          76          53          82          59
Temp                      51 51 65 73 75 73 62 57 55 57 71 80 81 75 67 64 61 61
Dewpt                     43 43 46 43 43 46 47 46 46 48 54 54 52 54 55 55 55 57
RH                        74 74 50 34 32 38 58 67 72 72 55 41 37 48 65 73 81 87
Wind dir                  NW  W  W NW NW NW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  E
Wind spd                   8  6 10 13 12  6  5  6  8  9 12 14 13 13 10  8  5  5
Clouds                    CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  S  S  C  C  L
Tstms                                                       S  S  S  S  C  C  S


Date           05/13  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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      54    70      49    73      55    73      55    73
Temp          66 65   58 55 66 68   54 51 69 69   59 56 69 70   60 57 70 72
Dewpt         58 56   53 51 50 48   47 46 50 51   52 53 56 56   54 54 56 55
PWind dir         E      NE    NE       E    SE      SE     S      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      30    10      10    40      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     L  D    C                   S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms          S  C    C                      S    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$