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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
845 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024

IAZ060-170900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
845 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024

Date           05/16/24      Fri 05/17/24            Sat 05/18/24            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                      55          83          58          86          57
Temp                65 60 56 57 74 81 83 81 69 63 59 61 74 83 85 82 72 66 61 59
Dewpt               50 49 49 50 55 52 52 54 55 54 54 55 61 59 58 58 52 47 45 46
RH                  58 67 77 77 51 37 34 39 61 72 83 81 64 44 40 44 49 50 56 62
Wind dir             N SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW  N NE
Wind spd             2  3  3  2  5  8  8  6  5  5  5  5  9 10  9  8  5  5  4  4
Clouds              CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S


Date           05/19  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24
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          83      64    81      61    75      52    76      54    78
Temp          79 80   71 66 76 78   67 63 71 70   58 54 72 74   60 57 74 75
Dewpt         53 56   59 61 64 63   61 58 56 51   48 48 50 51   50 50 54 54
PWind dir        SE       S     S       E    NW      NW     W       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         10      70    70      70    60      30    20      20    20
Rain shwrs        S    C  L  L  L    L  L  L  L    C  S  S       S        S
Tstms             S    C  C  C  C    C  L  C  C    S             S        S

$$
IAZ039-170900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
845 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024

Date           05/16/24      Fri 05/17/24            Sat 05/18/24            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                      52          83          57          86          55
Temp                61 58 53 54 72 81 83 80 68 62 59 60 75 83 85 82 70 63 58 57
Dewpt               52 51 50 51 55 51 51 51 52 53 53 54 60 58 57 58 54 50 45 45
RH                  72 77 89 90 55 35 33 36 57 72 80 81 60 43 39 44 57 62 62 64
Wind dir            NW SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW  N  N NE
Wind spd             2  2  2  2  5  8  9  9  5  5  5  6 10 13 12  9  5  5  5  4
Clouds              FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S


Date           05/19  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24
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          82      63    80      60    74      51    74      52    75
Temp          79 79   68 66 76 76   65 62 69 68   57 54 71 71   58 55 72 72
Dewpt         50 52   59 60 63 63   61 58 57 52   49 48 50 51   51 50 54 53
PWind dir        SE      SE     S      SE    NW      NW     W      SW     S
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      50    70      70    60      40    20      20    20
Rain shwrs             C  C  L  L    L  L  L  L    C  S  S  S    S  S     S
Tstms                  C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S        S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ048-170900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
845 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024

Date           05/16/24      Fri 05/17/24            Sat 05/18/24            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                      54          83          58          86          55
Temp                63 58 54 55 71 80 83 80 68 63 59 60 74 83 85 80 70 63 58 57
Dewpt               50 49 50 51 56 53 52 53 54 55 55 55 61 59 57 56 50 46 44 44
RH                  62 72 86 86 59 39 34 39 61 75 87 84 64 44 39 44 49 54 59 62
Wind dir            SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW  N  N NE
Wind spd             2  2  2  2  5 10 10  9  6  5  5  6 10 11 11  9  5  5  4  5
Clouds              CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S


Date           05/19  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24
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          81      63    80      59    73      51    75      53    76
Temp          78 79   68 64 75 77   65 61 69 68   56 53 71 72   58 55 73 74
Dewpt         51 56   59 62 65 63   61 58 56 51   48 48 51 52   51 50 55 55
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      NE    NW      NW     W       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      70    70      70    60      30    20      20    20
Rain shwrs        S    C  L  L  L    L  L  L  L    C  S  S       S  S  S  S
Tstms             S    C  L  C  C    C  L  C  C    S             S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ004-170900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
845 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024

Date           05/16/24      Fri 05/17/24            Sat 05/18/24            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                      53          85          60          81          51
Temp                60 55 53 55 70 81 85 82 70 64 62 62 72 77 80 75 62 56 53 53
Dewpt               51 49 48 49 53 52 52 52 52 53 53 53 56 54 46 41 41 40 40 41
RH                  72 80 83 80 55 37 32 35 53 67 72 72 57 45 30 29 46 55 61 64
Wind dir            SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW NW NW  N SE
Wind spd             4  5  8 10 14 18 19 16 16 17 17 18 19 18 17 13  8  5  5  5
Clouds              FW CL FW SC SC FW FW FW FW CL SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           05/19  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24
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          78      58    79      53    69      48    72      51    73
Temp          73 72   63 61 74 75   60 55 64 65   53 51 68 69   55 52 67 69
Dewpt         45 52   58 59 61 56   52 48 49 46   45 45 48 48   48 46 49 50
PWind dir        SE       S     W       N     N      NW     W       S     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC B1 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      80    40      50    50      30    20      20    20
Rain shwrs        C    D  L  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S     S    S  S  S  S
Tstms             C    C  C  S  S    C  C  S  S             S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ035-170900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
845 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024

Date           05/16/24      Fri 05/17/24            Sat 05/18/24            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                      53          84          59          85          51
Temp                62 57 53 54 72 80 84 80 68 63 60 60 74 82 83 78 65 58 53 53
Dewpt               50 49 49 50 55 53 51 52 54 54 53 54 58 58 54 49 44 42 40 42
RH                  65 75 86 86 55 39 32 38 61 72 78 81 57 44 37 36 46 55 61 66
Wind dir             S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW  N  N  E
Wind spd             2  2  3  4  9 12 13 11 10 10 10 10 12 14 13 10  5  5  4  4
Clouds              CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           05/19  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24
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          80      60    80      56    71      48    75      51    75
Temp          75 77   65 62 76 76   62 58 68 66   53 51 71 71   56 54 72 71
Dewpt         49 53   59 60 63 60   57 54 53 48   46 46 50 50   49 49 53 52
PWind dir        SE       S    SW       N    NW      NW     W       S    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      80    60      70    60      30    20      20    20
Rain shwrs        C    L  D  L  L    L  L  L  C    C  S  S  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms             C    L  C  C  C    C  L  C  S    S        S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ094-170900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
845 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024

Date           05/16/24      Fri 05/17/24            Sat 05/18/24            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                      54          80          58          84          58
Temp                64 58 55 55 71 78 80 79 67 63 59 60 72 80 83 82 71 66 61 59
Dewpt               54 53 51 53 58 56 56 57 56 55 55 58 63 61 60 62 59 54 50 49
RH                  70 83 86 93 63 47 44 47 68 75 87 93 73 52 46 51 66 65 67 69
Wind dir            SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S SW SW SW NW  N  N NE
Wind spd             3  3  2  2  4  5  6  5  5  5  5  5  6  9  8  5  5  5  5  5
Clouds              FW CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           05/19  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24
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          83      64    81      61    76      52    75      54    78
Temp          79 80   71 65 76 78   67 64 72 70   58 54 71 73   60 57 75 76
Dewpt         60 62   61 62 66 66   63 62 60 54   50 50 52 53   51 52 58 58
PWind dir        SE       S     S      SE     W      NW     W       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      60    70      70    60      30    10      10    20
Rain shwrs             S  L  L  L    L  L  L  C    C  S                S  S
Tstms                  S  C  C  C    C  L  C  C    S  S                S  S

$$
IAZ017-170900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
845 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024

Date           05/16/24      Fri 05/17/24            Sat 05/18/24            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                      51          83          57          84          51
Temp                59 54 51 53 70 80 83 80 67 62 58 60 73 81 82 77 64 57 53 53
Dewpt               50 50 48 49 54 52 51 51 53 53 53 53 58 58 56 51 47 43 40 41
RH                  72 86 89 86 57 38 33 36 61 72 83 78 59 46 41 40 54 59 61 64
Wind dir             S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW NW  N  E
Wind spd             3  3  4  5  9 13 12 11 10 10 10 11 14 16 14 10  8  5  5  5
Clouds              CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S


Date           05/19  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24
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          78      60    79      56    70      48    72      50    73
Temp          75 75   64 62 74 75   61 58 66 65   53 51 69 69   55 53 68 69
Dewpt         46 50   57 59 63 60   57 53 53 49   46 45 50 48   48 47 50 50
PWind dir        SE       S    SW       N     N      NW     W      SW    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      70    60      60    60      30    20      20    20
Rain shwrs        S    L  L  L  L    L  L  L  C    C  S  S  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms             S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S    S        S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ049-170900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
845 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024

Date           05/16/24      Fri 05/17/24            Sat 05/18/24            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                      53          82          57          86          54
Temp                62 58 54 55 73 80 82 79 66 61 58 59 74 82 85 80 69 63 58 57
Dewpt               50 49 48 50 54 52 52 52 53 53 54 55 61 59 57 57 52 49 45 45
RH                  65 72 80 83 51 38 35 39 63 75 86 87 64 46 39 45 55 60 62 64
Wind dir             N  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW  N  N NE
Wind spd             2  2  2  2  4  8  8  6  5  5  5  6 10 11 11  8  5  5  5  5
Clouds              FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S


Date           05/19  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24
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          82      62    80      58    73      50    75      51    76
Temp          78 78   67 64 76 75   64 60 69 68   56 52 71 71   57 54 73 72
Dewpt         51 54   59 60 64 63   61 58 56 51   48 48 50 51   51 50 54 53
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW       E    NW      NW     W      SW     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         10      60    70      70    60      40    20      20    20
Rain shwrs             C  L  L  L    L  L  L  L    C  S  S       S  S     S
Tstms                  C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S             S  S     S

$$
IAZ086-170900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
845 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024

Date           05/16/24      Fri 05/17/24            Sat 05/18/24            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                      54          82          58          85          61
Temp                64 59 55 56 71 79 81 80 68 62 59 61 74 81 84 82 72 67 63 62
Dewpt               55 54 53 54 58 54 54 56 55 55 56 58 63 60 59 61 60 56 53 52
RH                  73 83 93 93 63 42 39 44 63 78 90 90 69 49 43 49 66 68 70 70
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W NW NE
Wind spd             3  3  2  2  3  5  5  5  5  5  4  5  6  8  8  6  5  5  5  5
Clouds              FW FW CL FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           05/19  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24
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          85      66    82      63    78      54    75      55    79
Temp          81 82   71 68 78 78   68 65 74 71   60 56 72 73   60 57 75 75
Dewpt         57 59   60 61 65 64   64 63 61 56   51 50 53 53   51 52 56 57
PWind dir        SE       S     S       S     W      NW     W      SW     S
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          5      40    70      70    60      40    20      10    10
Rain shwrs                C  L  L    L  L  L  L    C  S  S
Tstms                     C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C

$$