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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
614 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

IAZ060-160900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
614 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date           04/15/24      Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            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                      59          72          52          64          44
Temp             75 69 66 63 61 64 66 71 68 62 58 54 53 55 59 63 63 55 50 47 44
Dewpt            38 42 44 50 53 58 61 56 52 51 51 50 48 47 46 45 43 42 42 41 40
RH               26 37 45 62 75 81 84 59 57 67 77 86 83 74 62 52 48 61 74 79 86
Wind dir          E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N
Wind spd         14 16 23 18 19 23 21 23 14 13 16 14 18 23 23 23 16  8  5  6 11
Wind gust              37 29 31 37 35 36          27 31 37 37 39 26
Clouds           FW FW OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     70          90          40          20          40
QPF 12hr                   0.35        1.18        0.13           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  L  L  D  L  L  C  C  S  S  S  S              C  C  D
Tstms                   S  L  L  D  L  L  C  C  S  S  S  S


Date           04/18  Fri 04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24
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          55      36    56      36    54      33    58      37    64
Temp          51 52   43 38 52 54   43 36 49 51   40 35 54 56   43 39 59 62
Dewpt         41 37   35 31 29 29   29 26 27 26   26 27 30 30   30 31 35 38
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   SC SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      10    10       5     5       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs     D  C
Tstms             S

$$
IAZ039-160900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
614 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date           04/15/24      Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            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                      52          67          53          61          42
Temp             73 65 60 57 53 55 63 65 63 59 58 56 54 58 59 60 58 51 48 44 43
Dewpt            37 40 39 37 40 44 53 58 57 55 55 53 51 52 50 47 44 43 42 41 40
RH               27 40 46 47 61 66 70 78 81 87 90 90 90 80 72 62 59 74 80 89 89
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd         13 13 19 25 24 26 27 21 17 13 16 17 16 20 25 26 20 14 10 10 10
Wind gust              29 37 36 41 42 33          28 26 33 37 40 32
Clouds           CL FW FW OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          90          60          50          20
QPF 12hr                   0.14        1.30        0.30        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  L  L  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S        S  S  L
Tstms                      C  L  L  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                                                                   37
Min chill                                                                    37
Wind                          Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           04/18  Fri 04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24
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          55      35    55      33    53      32    56      35    62
Temp          52 51   41 36 52 51   40 33 48 49   37 34 52 53   40 37 57 58
Dewpt         40 37   33 29 28 27   27 24 27 26   26 26 29 29   29 29 34 37
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      10    10       5     5       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs     L  C

$$
IAZ048-160900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
614 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date           04/15/24      Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            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          71          50          62          42
Temp             75 67 64 61 58 61 64 70 66 59 57 52 52 54 58 61 61 52 47 44 43
Dewpt            36 40 43 47 50 55 60 59 53 53 52 51 49 49 47 45 44 43 42 41 41
RH               24 37 46 60 75 81 87 68 63 80 83 96 89 83 67 56 53 71 83 89 93
Wind dir         SE  E  E SE  E SE SE  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd         16 17 23 23 21 25 24 20 13 12 13 13 17 21 23 21 16  9  5  6 10
Wind gust              35 35 33 41 39 33          24 27 37 37 35 26
Clouds           CL FW B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          90          40          20          40
QPF 12hr                   0.45        1.28        0.29           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  L  L  D  D  L  C  C  C  C  S  S              C  C  L
Tstms                   S  L  L  D  D  L  C  C  C  C  S  S
Wind chill                                                                   37
Min chill                                                                    37


Date           04/18  Fri 04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24
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          54      34    55      33    53      32    57      36    64
Temp          50 51   40 36 51 52   40 33 48 50   37 34 52 54   41 38 59 60
Dewpt         41 37   34 30 29 29   28 25 28 27   26 27 31 31   31 31 36 38
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       N    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         70      10    10       5     5       5    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     L  C
Tstms             S

$$
IAZ004-160900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
614 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date           04/15/24      Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            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                      50          61          46          57          40
Temp             73 64 61 58 52 53 54 59 58 52 51 50 48 49 53 57 55 47 44 42 40
Dewpt            33 36 38 42 46 48 50 53 53 51 50 49 46 45 43 43 41 40 38 38 36
RH               23 35 42 55 80 83 86 80 83 96 96 96 93 86 69 59 59 76 79 86 85
Wind dir         SE  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd         21 19 23 25 25 28 26 21 14 11  9 11 18 25 26 26 18 10 10 10 10
Wind gust           29 36 37 37 42 40 32                37 41 41 32
Clouds           CL FW B1 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80         100          50          30          40
QPF 12hr                   0.29        1.16        0.14           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  L  D  D  D  L  C  C  C  C  C  C              C  C  C
Tstms                   S  L  D  D  D  L  C  C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                                                             38 36 34
Min chill                                                              38    33
Wind                          Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           04/18  Fri 04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24
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          53      31    52      30    50      30    56      36    63
Temp          50 50   38 33 47 48   35 30 45 47   36 32 49 51   40 37 55 58
Dewpt         33 29   27 23 24 23   22 22 23 22   24 24 27 28   29 29 35 36
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW       S     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC FW SC SC   SC FW SC SC   B1 SC FW FW   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         40       5     5       5     5       5     5      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  S                                                       S

$$
IAZ035-160900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
614 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date           04/15/24      Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            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          67          48          60          41
Temp             75 67 63 60 56 58 61 66 63 56 53 51 50 52 57 60 58 50 45 43 42
Dewpt            34 38 40 45 48 51 55 57 53 51 51 50 48 47 45 45 42 41 40 40 40
RH               22 34 43 58 74 77 81 73 70 83 93 96 93 83 64 58 55 71 82 89 93
Wind dir          E  E  E SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd         19 18 21 23 23 26 23 18 13 10  9 11 14 20 23 20 13  8  6  8  9
Wind gust              32 36 34 40 33                         31
Clouds           CL FW B1 OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 SC SC SC B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     80          90          60          20          50
QPF 12hr                   0.54        1.55        0.10           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  L  D  D  D  L  L  L  C  C  S  S              C  C  L
Tstms                   S  L  D  D  D  L  L  L  C  C  S  S
Wind chill                                                                   36
Min chill                                                                    35


Date           04/18  Fri 04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24
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          53      31    54      31    52      31    57      36    64
Temp          50 51   39 33 50 50   37 31 47 49   36 32 52 53   40 37 58 59
Dewpt         38 32   30 27 26 26   25 23 26 24   24 25 28 28   30 30 35 37
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     W       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         60       5    10       5     5       5    10      10    20
Rain shwrs     L  C                                                       S

$$
IAZ094-160900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
614 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date           04/15/24      Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            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                      62          73          52          65          44
Temp             76 71 67 65 64 65 69 72 69 62 57 53 52 55 62 65 63 54 50 47 45
Dewpt            46 48 52 58 60 62 62 53 49 50 50 48 47 47 46 45 44 44 44 42 41
RH               34 44 59 78 87 90 78 51 49 65 77 83 83 74 56 48 50 69 80 83 86
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N
Wind spd         12 13 16 13 18 23 24 24 17 16 18 17 18 23 21 21 12  6  5  9 10
Wind gust              26    28 36 37 36 27 27 31 28 29 37 36 35
Clouds           SC SC B2 OV OV OV B2 SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     80          90          20          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.16        0.86        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C  C  L  D  C  C  C  C                          C  C  D
Tstms                S  C  C  L  D  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                                                                   39
Min chill                                                                    39


Date           04/18  Fri 04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24
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          55      39    57      38    54      34    58      37    64
Temp          52 50   43 40 52 53   43 38 51 51   40 35 54 55   43 39 59 60
Dewpt         43 40   37 33 31 31   30 28 28 27   29 28 30 31   31 32 36 38
PWind dir         N       N     N       N     N       N     N      SE     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      20    20       5     5      10    10       5    10
Rain shwrs     D  L    S     S
Tstms             S    S

$$
IAZ017-160900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
614 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date           04/15/24      Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            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                      49          61          49          58          40
Temp             72 63 57 56 51 51 55 60 58 54 53 52 51 53 54 57 54 48 44 42 41
Dewpt            33 37 38 39 42 44 49 54 54 53 52 51 50 49 47 45 42 42 40 38 38
RH               24 38 49 53 71 77 80 81 86 96 96 96 96 86 77 64 64 80 86 86 89
Wind dir          E  E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE NW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd         17 14 19 23 24 27 27 24 16 12 10 11 13 20 25 26 18 13 10 10 10
Wind gust              29 37 36 42 43 35          21    33 41 43 33
Clouds           CL FW FW OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          90          60          40          30
QPF 12hr                   0.23        1.16        0.27        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  D  D  D  L  L  L  L  L  C  C              C  C  C
Tstms                      C  D  D  D  L  L  L  L  L  C  C
Wind chill                                                             38 35 34
Min chill                                                              37    33
Wind                          Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           04/18  Fri 04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24
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          53      31    52      30    50      29    55      34    62
Temp          50 49   38 33 48 48   35 30 45 46   35 32 50 51   38 36 56 56
Dewpt         37 32   29 26 26 24   23 23 26 24   24 25 28 27   28 29 34 36
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50       5    10       5     5       5     5       5    20
Rain shwrs     C  S                                                       S

$$
IAZ049-160900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
614 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date           04/15/24      Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            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          69          50          62          42
Temp             73 65 62 58 54 59 63 67 64 58 57 53 52 55 59 61 58 51 47 44 42
Dewpt            38 40 41 42 45 50 58 60 56 54 53 51 50 50 48 45 44 42 41 40 40
RH               28 40 46 55 71 72 84 78 75 86 86 93 93 83 67 56 59 71 79 86 93
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  S SE  S SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd         16 14 21 23 21 25 26 20 14 13 16 14 14 19 24 23 17 11  6  8 10
Wind gust              36 37 35 40 42 33       29 27 27 34 37 40 28
Clouds           CL FW SC OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          90          50          30          30
QPF 12hr                   0.28        1.59        0.21        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  L  D  D  D  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S        C  C  L
Tstms                      C  L  D  D  D  C  C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                                                                   36
Min chill                                                                    36


Date           04/18  Fri 04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24
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          54      34    54      32    53      30    56      33    62
Temp          51 50   40 35 51 51   38 32 47 48   37 32 52 52   39 36 57 58
Dewpt         40 37   33 30 29 28   27 25 27 26   26 26 30 29   28 30 35 38
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC FW FW   SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         70      10    10       5     5       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs     L  C
Tstms             S

$$
IAZ086-160900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
614 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date           04/15/24      Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            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                      60          73          54          64          44
Temp             74 68 66 63 60 65 69 72 68 63 61 57 55 56 61 64 62 54 50 46 45
Dewpt            42 44 45 50 54 60 64 61 57 54 53 51 50 50 49 47 45 44 43 42 42
RH               32 42 47 62 81 84 84 68 68 72 75 80 83 80 65 54 54 69 77 86 89
Wind dir          E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N
Wind spd         13 14 19 18 18 21 25 25 17 17 19 16 17 21 23 23 16 11  6  6 10
Wind gust              32 28 29 34 39 39 28 27 33 26 29 34 36 35 26
Clouds           FW FW B2 B2 OV OV OV B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     50          90          30          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.16        0.78        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  L  D  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S        S  S  L
Tstms                      C  C  L  D  L  C  C  S  S  S  S
Wind chill                                                                   39
Min chill                                                                    39


Date           04/18  Fri 04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24
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          56      39    57      37    55      34    57      37    64
Temp          54 51   44 41 52 54   43 38 51 51   40 36 53 55   43 39 59 60
Dewpt         43 41   38 34 32 31   31 28 29 28   28 28 31 31   30 32 35 38
PWind dir         N      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      20    10       5     5       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs     L  L    S
Tstms             S    S

$$


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