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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
916 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

IAZ060-272100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
916 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      43          26          58          39          66
Temp                30 36 40 39 34 30 28 27 37 50 57 56 47 42 41 41 51 60 64 62
Dewpt               18 17 17 19 23 22 21 20 23 29 34 39 37 35 35 36 42 46 47 48
RH                  60 45 39 44 64 72 75 74 56 44 42 53 68 76 79 82 71 60 54 60
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W  W  E  E SE SE  S  S SE SE  S SE  S  S  S SE
Wind spd            11 11 11  9  4  3  3  5  6  6  8  5  8  8  6  8 13 14 13  9
Clouds              FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC B2 OV B1 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C
Tstms                                                                         S
Wind chill          21 28 33 33          21
Min chill              18    31    26    20    24          36    34    37


Date          Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          43    59      36    57      42    54      32    50
Temp          52 44 53 54   41 37 51 53   47 43 51 49   40 35 46 48
Dewpt         46 40 40 37   34 33 38 39   40 39 42 36   32 29 31 28
PWind dir        SW     N       N     E      NE    NE       N    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30    10      20    40      80    60      30    10
Rain shwrs     C  S             S  C  C    L  D  L  C    C  S
Tstms          S  S                        S  C  S

$$
IAZ039-272100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
916 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      38          22          48          31          62
Temp                28 34 36 34 29 26 24 23 32 42 47 46 39 35 33 32 44 56 59 57
Dewpt               17 19 19 18 19 18 17 17 18 23 28 32 30 27 27 27 35 43 46 46
RH                  63 54 50 51 66 71 74 77 56 46 47 58 70 72 78 81 70 62 62 67
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W NW  W SW  W  W  W  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd            13 13 14 11  8  5  4  3  4  5  4  4  6  6  8  9 11 14 17 13
Clouds              FW SC FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  C
Tstms                                                                         S
Wind chill          17 25 27 26 21 18 18    26             28 26 24 37
Min chill              13    25    17    16    19          27    23    27


Date          Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          41    57      33    54      38    51      31    49
Temp          48 43 52 51   38 34 48 49   41 38 47 46   37 32 46 44
Dewpt         45 41 41 37   33 30 36 36   35 34 39 36   31 28 30 27
PWind dir         E    NW       N    NE      NE    NE       N    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30    10      10    40      70    70      40    10
Rain shwrs     C                   C  C    L  L  L  L    C  S
Tstms          S                              S  S  S

$$
IAZ048-272100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
916 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      39          25          54          35          64
Temp                28 34 37 37 30 28 26 26 35 46 53 51 43 39 37 37 48 59 62 59
Dewpt               17 17 18 20 22 20 20 19 22 29 34 39 36 34 34 34 41 47 48 48
RH                  63 49 46 50 72 71 78 74 59 51 48 63 76 82 89 89 77 64 60 67
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W NW NE  E SE SE  S  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S SE
Wind spd            12 13 13 10  4  3  3  3  5  5  6  5  6  8  6  6 12 13 13  8
Clouds              FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B2 OV B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  S
Tstms                                                                         S
Wind chill          17 25 28 30                            33 31
Min chill              15    25    23    20    23          33    30    33


Date          Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          40    57      34    55      39    52      31    50
Temp          48 41 52 51   38 35 48 50   43 39 49 46   37 33 46 45
Dewpt         45 39 40 36   33 31 38 38   38 37 41 36   32 29 31 28
PWind dir         N     N       N     E      NE    NE       N    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20    10      20    40      80    70      30    10
Rain shwrs     S                S  C  C    C  D  L  C    C  S
Tstms          S                           S  S  S

$$
IAZ004-272100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
916 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      30          15          41          27          55
Temp                19 25 28 26 19 17 17 16 27 36 40 36 30 29 29 30 39 49 53 49
Dewpt               12 15 15 15 14 13 14 12 18 23 27 29 26 25 26 28 35 40 43 43
RH                  74 65 58 62 80 84 88 84 68 59 59 75 85 85 88 92 85 71 69 80
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W  W  W  S  S SE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd            13 14 16 11  6  4  3  3  6  5  6  8  9 10 11 11 13 13 12  9
Clouds              FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  S
Wind chill           6 13 16 16 10 10       19 30    30 22 20 19 20 31
Min chill               3    13     9     9    12    28    20    19    23


Date          Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          31    47      27    47      32    45      26    46
Temp          38 31 42 40   31 29 41 42   35 33 40 39   31 28 41 41
Dewpt         36 30 31 29   27 27 32 32   31 31 33 30   27 24 26 26
PWind dir         N     N       N    NE      NE    NE       N    NW
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20     5      20    40      70    60      20    10
Frzg rain                       S
Rain shwrs     S                   C  C    L  L  L  C    S
Snowshwrs                                     S  S  S    S

$$
IAZ035-272100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
916 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      35          22          50          32          62
Temp                23 29 32 32 26 24 23 24 33 42 48 45 39 35 34 34 45 57 59 57
Dewpt               15 16 17 19 18 18 18 19 22 28 32 36 33 31 31 32 39 45 47 47
RH                  71 58 53 58 71 77 81 81 63 57 54 70 79 85 89 92 79 64 64 69
Wind dir             W  W  W  W NW NW SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S SE
Wind spd            11 13 14  9  5  4  2  4  5  6  8  5  8  8  9  9 11 14 12  8
Clouds              FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    S
Wind chill          12 18 22 24 19 18    18 27             28 27 27 39
Min chill               9    20    17    17    20    39    28    26    30


Date          Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          35    53      30    53      35    48      29    49
Temp          44 36 48 47   33 32 46 48   39 36 44 42   34 30 45 44
Dewpt         41 34 36 33   29 29 35 36   35 34 37 33   29 26 28 26
PWind dir         N     N       N    NE      NE    NE       N    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    10      20    40      80    60      30    10
Rain shwrs     S                S  C  C    L  D  L  C    C
Tstms                                         S

$$
IAZ094-272100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
916 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      44          28          63          42          69
Temp                30 38 42 40 34 32 30 29 43 55 62 58 49 46 44 43 52 62 67 64
Dewpt               19 18 21 23 23 21 22 22 29 37 38 39 38 38 38 38 44 48 48 49
RH                  63 44 43 50 64 63 72 75 57 51 41 49 66 73 79 82 74 60 50 58
Wind dir             W  W  W  W SW  S  S SE  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd             9 10 11  6  4  4  4  4  6  9 12  9 11 12 10 10 18 17 17 12
Clouds              SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C
Tstms                                                                         S
Wind chill          22 31 35                                  38 37
Min chill              19    33    27    23    26                37    39


Date          Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          44    62      39    59      44    58      33    51
Temp          54 45 57 56   44 39 53 55   48 46 56 49   41 35 47 47
Dewpt         48 43 43 40   37 36 42 43   44 45 46 39   35 31 32 29
PWind dir        SW     N      NE     E      NE    NE       N    NW
Wind char        BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30    10      20    40      70    60      30    10
Rain shwrs     C  S             S  C  C    L  L  L  C    C  S
Tstms          S  S                        S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ017-272100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
916 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      33          18          45          27          58
Temp                23 29 31 30 23 21 20 20 29 39 44 40 31 29 29 29 39 51 56 52
Dewpt               15 18 17 17 16 14 14 14 16 21 25 28 25 22 22 23 33 41 44 45
RH                  71 63 56 58 74 74 77 77 58 48 47 62 78 75 75 78 79 68 64 77
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  W  W SW  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd            14 16 16 11  8  6  5  4  5  5  4  4  8  9 10 10 13 16 16 11
Wind gust                       18
Clouds              FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  C
Wind chill          11 17 20 20 14 12 12 13 23          25 20 20 20 31
Min chill               8    19    11    11    16    36    20    18    22


Date          Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          34    50      29    50      33    46      27    47
Temp          42 36 46 43   32 30 43 45   36 33 43 41   33 29 42 41
Dewpt         41 34 36 33   29 28 34 33   32 32 36 33   28 25 29 25
PWind dir        NE    NW       N    NE      NE    NE       N    NW
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    10      10    40      70    60      30    10
Rain shwrs     C                   S  C    L  L  L  L    C  S
Snowshwrs                                        S       S  S
Tstms                                            S

$$
IAZ049-272100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
916 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      38          22          51          32          63
Temp                27 33 36 34 27 24 24 24 33 43 50 48 40 36 34 34 46 57 60 57
Dewpt               17 19 18 20 20 20 19 19 21 27 32 36 34 32 31 32 39 45 47 48
RH                  65 56 47 56 74 84 81 81 61 53 50 63 79 85 89 92 76 64 62 72
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W NW NW SE SE  S  S  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S SE
Wind spd            12 13 12  9  5  4  3  3  4  4  5  5  6  5  6  6 10 13 13 10
Clouds              FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  C
Tstms                                                                         S
Wind chill          16 23 27 27 20                            28
Min chill              14    25    18    18    22          29    27    31


Date          Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          40    57      33    55      37    51      30    49
Temp          48 41 52 50   37 33 48 49   41 38 48 45   36 31 45 43
Dewpt         45 41 41 37   33 31 37 37   37 36 41 36   32 28 31 28
PWind dir        NE    NW       N    NE      NE    NE       N    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30    10      10    40      80    70      30    10
Rain shwrs     C  S                C  C    L  D  L  L    C  S
Tstms          S  S                        S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ086-272100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
916 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      45          27          60          40          67
Temp                32 39 42 41 35 31 30 28 39 51 58 56 47 43 41 42 52 62 66 63
Dewpt               20 18 17 20 23 21 21 22 25 31 34 39 37 36 36 37 42 46 47 48
RH                  61 42 36 42 61 66 69 78 57 46 40 53 68 76 82 82 69 56 50 58
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W SW  W  E SE  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd            11 13 12 10  5  5  4  4  6  6  6  6  9 10  8  9 13 16 14 10
Wind gust                                                              26 25
Clouds              SC FW FW SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  C
Tstms                                                                         C
Wind chill          23 31 36 35 29                         37    36
Min chill              20    33    25    22    25          37    35    39


Date          Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          47    64      39    59      43    57      34    50
Temp          55 49 59 57   44 40 53 54   48 44 56 51   41 36 46 47
Dewpt         48 46 45 41   37 35 40 41   42 42 46 40   35 32 32 30
PWind dir        SW    NW       N     E       E    NE       N    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30    20      10    40      70    70      40    10
Rain shwrs     C  S  S             C  C    L  L  L  C    C  S
Tstms          C  S  S                     C  C  S  S    S

$$


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