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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
244 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024

IAZ060-060900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
244 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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          76          56          73          53
Temp          67 66 57 53 52 52 62 70 74 73 68 63 59 56 62 69 72 69 61 57 55 53
Dewpt         42 44 44 44 44 47 52 57 59 59 60 57 55 53 51 48 45 46 46 45 44 45
RH            40 45 62 71 74 83 70 63 59 62 76 81 87 90 67 47 38 44 58 64 66 74
Wind dir      SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SE
Wind spd       9  9  6  6  6  9 12 16 18 18 18 13  9 10 13 18 19 13  6  5  5  9
Wind gust                                29 32 24             32
Clouds        SC B1 FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          10         100          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        1.08           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                L  D  D  C  S  S  S  S        C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  C  C     S  S  S  S        S  S


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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      49    65      46    67      47    70      49    76
Temp          69 67   54 50 60 60   52 47 61 64   53 49 66 67   54 50 72 72
Dewpt         51 50   45 45 46 43   43 41 41 41   42 42 41 41   42 42 44 45
PWind dir        SE      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      30    40      20    20      10    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  S  S  C    S  S  S  S             S
Tstms          S  C    C  S  S  C    S

$$
IAZ039-060900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
244 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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          75          57          72          51
Temp          68 67 56 51 48 48 61 70 74 73 66 63 59 57 64 69 70 68 59 54 52 53
Dewpt         40 42 45 44 43 42 43 49 52 53 54 58 57 55 55 51 48 46 46 45 45 45
RH            36 40 66 77 83 80 51 47 46 49 65 84 93 93 73 53 45 45 62 71 77 74
Wind dir      SE SE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW SW SW  W SW SW SW  S
Wind spd       5  6  5  6  9 10 16 17 18 18 17 19 12 11 14 18 19 13  9  6  6  8
Wind gust                                   28 32             29
Clouds        SC B1 FW CL CL FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 SC FW SC FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5         100          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.74        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  L  D  D  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  C
Tstms                                        S  C  S  C  S  S  S  S     S  S


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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      49    62      43    65      45    67      47    74
Temp          69 64   53 49 57 57   48 44 61 61   50 47 64 64   51 49 70 68
Dewpt         49 50   48 46 46 43   41 39 40 41   42 40 41 40   41 41 44 44
PWind dir        SE       N     N       N    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         60      50    60      20    30      10    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  C  C  L    S     C  C             S
Tstms             C    C  C     S    S

$$
IAZ048-060900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
244 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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          74          56          71          51
Temp          68 65 55 51 49 50 61 68 73 72 67 61 58 56 62 67 70 68 58 55 53 52
Dewpt         42 45 46 44 43 46 51 56 59 59 60 57 56 54 51 49 46 47 47 45 45 45
RH            39 48 72 77 80 86 70 65 62 64 78 87 93 93 67 52 42 47 67 69 74 77
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S
Wind spd       8  8  5  5  6  9 13 17 19 18 19 14 10 10 13 18 18 13  6  5  5  8
Wind gust                       24       31 32                28
Clouds        B1 B1 CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          10         100          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.90           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  D  D  C  S  S  S  S        C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  C  C     S  S     S        S  S


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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      47    63      44    67      46    70      47    76
Temp          66 65   52 48 58 58   49 45 60 62   51 47 65 66   52 49 70 69
Dewpt         50 50   46 45 47 44   43 41 42 43   43 43 42 42   42 42 45 45
PWind dir         E      NW     N       N    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         60      30    50      20    30      10    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  S  C  C    S     C  C             S
Tstms             C    C  S  S  C    S

$$
IAZ004-060900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
244 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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          73          53          67          47
Temp          66 64 54 49 47 48 59 65 71 70 64 59 56 54 59 63 65 63 55 51 49 48
Dewpt         40 42 44 44 43 43 49 53 55 57 57 55 53 51 48 45 43 43 43 43 42 43
RH            38 45 69 83 86 83 69 65 57 63 78 87 90 90 67 52 45 48 64 74 77 83
Wind dir       S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW SW SW  W SW SW SW  W
Wind spd      12 12  9 10 11 12 20 25 26 26 24 17 12 13 18 21 23 18 10 10 10 10
Wind gust                             37 37 37 28       28 33 36 29
Clouds        FW CL CL CL SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B1 FW SC SC FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0          30         100          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.94           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                D  D  L  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  C
Tstms                                     C  C  C  S  S        S  S     S  S


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          65      46    60      42    66      44    68      47    73
Temp          60 59   49 46 54 56   46 43 61 61   49 46 63 64   51 49 68 67
Dewpt         46 46   45 43 44 42   40 38 40 43   41 39 40 40   40 40 44 43
PWind dir         N       N     N       N    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC SC   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         60      50    50      20    30      10    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  C  C  C    S     S  C             S
Tstms             C    C  C     S    S        S

$$
IAZ035-060900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
244 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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          74          53          70          49
Temp          66 64 54 50 49 49 60 67 72 71 65 59 56 54 60 65 69 66 56 53 51 50
Dewpt         41 45 46 45 44 45 50 55 57 58 59 55 54 52 50 47 44 43 44 43 43 44
RH            40 50 74 83 83 86 69 65 59 63 81 87 93 93 69 52 40 43 64 69 74 80
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW SW SW  W SW SW SW  W
Wind spd       9  9  5  8  9 11 14 18 21 18 21 13 10 11 13 18 17 13  8  6  5  6
Wind gust                                31 34 25
Clouds        SC CL CL CL SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 FW FW SC FW SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          10         100          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        1.06           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                L  D  L  C  S  S  S  S        C  C  C
Tstms                                     C  C  C  S  S  S     S        S  S


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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      46    62      42    67      45    69      46    75
Temp          64 62   50 46 56 57   47 43 61 61   50 46 65 65   51 48 70 69
Dewpt         48 47   45 45 45 43   40 39 41 42   42 40 41 40   41 40 44 43
PWind dir         N      NW     N       N    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         60      40    50      20    30      10    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  C  C  C    S     S  C             S
Tstms             C    C  C  S  C    S        S

$$
IAZ094-060900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
244 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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          75          55          73          53
Temp          65 63 56 54 53 54 63 69 73 73 67 62 59 56 62 69 72 68 60 56 54 54
Dewpt         46 49 49 48 48 51 57 61 62 62 62 57 57 54 53 50 47 48 47 47 47 48
RH            50 60 77 80 83 90 81 76 68 68 84 84 93 93 72 51 41 49 62 72 77 80
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  W SW SW  S  S SE  E
Wind spd       8  6  5  5  5  8 12 13 16 16 18 12  9 10 14 17 18 10  6  5  6 11
Wind gust                                26 31                28
Clouds        SC B2 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 SC FW CL CL CL FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          20         100          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        1.09           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                L  D  L  S                    C  C  C
Tstms                                     C  C  C  S                       S


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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      48    66      47    67      47    69      49    76
Temp          69 67   54 49 61 60   51 47 61 63   53 49 65 66   54 50 71 72
Dewpt         54 50   47 45 48 46   44 43 42 42   43 43 43 43   43 43 46 47
PWind dir         S      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      10    30      10    20      10    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C             C    S  S  S  S             S
Tstms          S  C             S    S  S                   S

$$
IAZ017-060900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
244 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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          73          54          69          48
Temp          66 64 52 49 46 47 59 67 72 71 63 61 56 55 60 64 67 64 55 50 49 50
Dewpt         40 42 44 43 42 43 46 50 52 53 54 56 54 53 52 48 45 44 44 43 43 44
RH            38 45 74 80 86 86 62 54 49 53 72 84 93 93 75 56 45 48 66 77 80 80
Wind dir       S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW SW  W SW SW SW SW
Wind spd       6  8  6  8  9 11 17 19 21 20 18 19 11 12 16 18 20 14  8  9  8  9
Wind gust                       27       31 31 32          29 32
Clouds        FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 SC FW SC FW SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          90          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.97        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  D  D  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  C
Tstms                                        C  C  S  C        S  S     S


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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      46    60      40    64      43    67      45    72
Temp          64 60   50 46 54 54   44 42 58 60   48 45 62 63   49 47 67 67
Dewpt         48 48   46 44 45 42   38 37 40 41   40 39 40 40   40 40 44 43
PWind dir         E      NE     N       N    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         60      50    50      20    30      10    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  C  C  C    S     S  C             S
Tstms             C    C  C     S    S

$$
IAZ049-060900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
244 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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          74          56          72          50
Temp          67 66 54 51 49 49 61 70 74 72 65 62 58 57 62 68 70 67 58 53 51 51
Dewpt         41 42 42 42 41 44 47 52 55 57 57 59 56 55 53 50 47 46 46 45 45 45
RH            39 42 64 71 74 83 60 53 51 59 75 90 93 93 72 52 44 47 64 74 80 80
Wind dir      SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S
Wind spd       6  8  5  6  9 10 14 17 18 18 18 17 10 10 14 18 18 12  6  6  5  8
Wind gust                                   28 28             32
Clouds        SC B1 CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          90          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.90           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  L  D  L  C  C  S  S        S  S  C
Tstms                                        C  C     C  S  S  S        S  S


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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      46    62      42    65      45    68      46    74
Temp          68 64   52 47 58 57   48 43 60 61   50 46 64 65   50 48 70 69
Dewpt         49 50   48 45 46 43   42 39 41 41   42 41 41 40   41 41 44 44
PWind dir        SE       N     N       N    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC FW SC   SC FW SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         60      40    50      20    30      10    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  S  C  C    S     S  C             S
Tstms             C    C  S  S  S    S

$$
IAZ086-060900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
244 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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          75          57          74          53
Temp          67 66 57 54 53 53 63 70 74 73 66 65 60 58 65 71 73 70 60 56 54 54
Dewpt         43 45 45 45 47 47 53 57 59 60 60 61 58 57 56 52 49 49 48 47 46 48
RH            42 47 64 71 80 80 70 63 59 64 81 87 93 96 73 51 43 47 64 72 74 80
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  W SW SW SW  S SE
Wind spd       6  6  5  8  9 10 12 13 16 14 16 18 10 11 14 17 19 12  8  6  6  9
Wind gust                                   26 33
Clouds        SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV B1 FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10         100          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.72           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  L  D  L  S  S              S  S  C
Tstms                                        C  C     S  S


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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      50    67      47    66      47    69      49    75
Temp          70 68   56 51 62 60   52 47 61 63   53 50 65 66   54 51 70 71
Dewpt         54 53   49 47 49 45   44 42 41 41   44 43 42 42   43 43 45 46
PWind dir        SE      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         60      20    40      20    20      10    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  L    S  S  S  C       S  S  S             S
Tstms          S  C    S  S     C

$$