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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
359 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024

IAZ060-122100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
359 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024

Date             Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24
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                      83          60          68          52          73
Temp          60 59 74 82 81 74 67 64 62 61 63 65 66 67 61 58 54 52 61 69 72 71
Dewpt         46 47 53 52 51 54 55 55 55 56 57 56 55 54 53 50 47 46 50 49 48 48
RH            60 64 48 35 35 50 65 73 78 84 81 73 68 63 75 75 77 80 67 49 42 44
Wind dir       S SW SW SW SW SW SW  W SW  E NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd       8  9 11 13 12 10  6  5  4  5  5  8 10 10  8  9  9 10 12 11 10  9
Clouds        FW SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          70          80          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.30        0.49        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  C  L  L  D  L  D  D  S  S
Tstms                      C  C  C  L  C  C  C  C  C  S  S


Date          Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24
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          50    73      56    72      54    79      56    78
Temp          56 52 71 71   61 57 69 69   60 56 73 74   60 57 75 75
Dewpt         46 47 49 51   51 52 55 53   52 52 52 50   50 51 51 50
PWind dir         E     S       S     S      NE    NW      SW     W
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    40      60    50      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  L  C  C    C  S  S  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms                        S  C  S  C    C  S  S  S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ039-122100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
359 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024

Date             Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24
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                      84          58          70          49          72
Temp          55 56 72 82 83 75 66 63 61 60 64 68 68 67 60 55 52 51 61 68 71 68
Dewpt         45 47 53 53 50 53 55 55 54 54 54 54 52 52 51 48 45 45 47 48 46 45
RH            69 72 51 37 32 46 68 75 78 81 70 61 57 59 72 77 77 80 60 49 41 43
Wind dir       S  S SW  W SW SW  W SW  W NW  N NE NE NE NE  N  N NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd       6  6 13 17 17 12  8  8  5  5  5  5  9  9  9  9 10 11 13 12 12 10
Clouds        SC FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          40          50          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.13        0.18        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                      S  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S


Date          Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24
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          46    73      54    71      53    76      54    78
Temp          53 49 69 69   58 55 68 69   58 55 70 71   57 55 73 73
Dewpt         45 41 46 48   50 50 53 52   53 52 54 51   51 50 52 50
PWind dir         E    SE       S     S       E     N      SW     W
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW SC B1   B1 B2 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5    30      50    50      30    40      30    30
Rain shwrs              C    C  C  C  C    C  S  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                           S  S  S    C  S  S  S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ048-122100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
359 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024

Date             Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24
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                      83          58          69          50          73
Temp          56 57 72 81 81 74 66 63 60 60 64 66 68 67 60 56 52 50 61 69 72 70
Dewpt         46 48 54 52 51 55 56 56 55 56 57 56 54 53 51 47 45 45 49 49 47 47
RH            69 72 53 37 35 51 70 78 84 87 78 70 61 61 72 72 77 83 65 49 41 44
Wind dir       S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N NE NE NE  E
Wind spd       6  8 12 13 13 11  6  6  4  4  5  8 10 10  8  9 10 10 12 11 10  9
Clouds        FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          70          60          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.09        0.24        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L
Tstms                      C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S


Date          Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24
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          49    73      54    72      53    78      55    78
Temp          54 51 70 68   59 56 68 68   58 55 72 72   58 56 73 74
Dewpt         46 47 50 52   52 53 55 54   52 52 52 50   50 51 52 51
PWind dir         E     S       S     S      NE    NW      SW     W
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW SC B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10    40      50    50      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                   S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  S       S

$$
IAZ004-122100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
359 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024

Date             Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24
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                      84          52          73          46          73
Temp          56 57 71 82 83 74 64 60 57 53 63 69 72 69 58 52 48 47 59 67 72 70
Dewpt         44 46 51 49 47 51 52 52 48 42 44 42 41 37 38 38 38 39 41 41 41 40
RH            64 67 49 32 28 44 65 75 72 66 50 37 33 31 47 59 68 74 51 39 33 33
Wind dir      SW SW  W  W  W  W  W NW  N NE NE  N  N  N NE NE  N NE NE NE  E  E
Wind spd      10 12 14 17 17 12  9  8  9 10 13 16 16 13 10 10  9 10 10 11 10 10
Clouds        FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          40           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  S
Tstms                      S  C  S


Date          Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24
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          50    70      51    72      52    77      52    75
Temp          54 53 67 68   56 53 67 68   55 53 70 71   57 54 70 71
Dewpt         41 45 50 52   51 50 50 48   48 48 48 47   47 47 48 47
PWind dir        SE     S      SW    NW      NW     W      SW     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20    60      40    30      20    30      30    20
Rain shwrs        S  C  L    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  S
Tstms                   C    C  S  S  S    S             S  S

$$
IAZ035-122100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
359 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024

Date             Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24
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                      83          57          72          47          74
Temp          59 56 72 82 82 74 65 61 59 58 64 68 71 69 58 53 49 48 61 69 73 71
Dewpt         45 47 52 50 49 53 53 54 53 52 51 49 47 42 41 40 40 40 45 45 43 43
RH            60 72 49 33 32 48 65 78 80 80 63 51 42 37 53 61 71 74 56 42 34 36
Wind dir       S SW SW  W  W  W SW SW  W  N NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E
Wind spd       8  9 12 14 16 11  6  5  5  4  8 11 12 10 10  9  8  9 10 10 10  8
Clouds        FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          50          30           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.09        0.09           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                      S  C  C  C  S  S  S  S


Date          Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24
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          49    73      53    72      52    79      53    77
Temp          54 51 69 68   57 54 68 69   55 53 72 72   56 54 72 73
Dewpt         44 46 50 52   52 52 53 51   50 50 50 48   48 49 50 48
PWind dir        SE     S       S    SW       N    NW      SW     W
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10    60      50    40      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs           C  L    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                   S    C  C  C  C    C  S             S     S

$$
IAZ094-122100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
359 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024

Date             Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24
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                      80          59          66          53          71
Temp          58 58 71 79 78 72 65 63 61 60 62 64 65 65 61 58 56 54 61 67 70 69
Dewpt         48 49 56 57 55 57 56 57 57 58 59 58 58 58 57 56 54 52 54 54 53 53
RH            69 72 59 47 45 59 73 81 87 93 90 81 78 78 87 93 93 93 78 63 55 57
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE
Wind spd      10  9 11 11 10  9  5  5  5  6  8  9 10 11 11 10 11 11 13 12 11 10
Clouds        SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          80          90          30          10
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.60        0.97        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  C  C  S  S
Tstms                      C  C  C  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S


Date          Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24
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          49    73      55    70      54    75      56    78
Temp          55 51 70 70   60 56 68 67   59 56 70 71   59 57 74 74
Dewpt         50 50 53 54   53 55 58 56   55 55 56 55   52 53 55 54
PWind dir         E     S      SE     S       N    NW      SW     W
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    30      50    60      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  C  C  L    C  S  C  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms                   S    S  C  C  C    C  S  S  S    S        S

$$
IAZ017-122100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
359 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024

Date             Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24
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                      83          55          72          45          71
Temp          53 56 70 80 82 74 63 60 58 56 62 68 71 68 57 51 48 47 59 67 70 68
Dewpt         45 47 52 52 48 51 54 53 50 47 47 46 44 41 41 40 38 40 44 44 43 42
RH            74 72 53 38 31 44 72 78 75 72 58 45 38 37 55 66 68 76 57 43 38 39
Wind dir       S SW  W  W  W  W SW  W NW NE NE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd       9 10 14 16 17 13  8  8  6  6  9 10 11 11 10 10 10 10 11 11 10  9
Clouds        SC FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          50          20           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.09        0.06           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C     S  S     S  S
Tstms                      S  C  C     S


Date          Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24
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    72      52    70      51    76      52    75
Temp          51 49 67 67   56 54 66 67   55 53 70 70   55 54 70 71
Dewpt         42 43 47 49   50 50 52 51   50 49 50 48   49 48 50 49
PWind dir         E     S       S     S       E    NW      SW     W
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW SC B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         10    40      50    40      30    30      30    20
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  C  C    C  S  S  S
Tstms                        S  S  S  C    C  S          S  S     S

$$
IAZ049-122100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
359 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024

Date             Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24
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                      83          58          68          49          72
Temp          54 55 72 82 81 73 65 62 60 59 63 66 67 65 58 55 51 50 60 68 71 68
Dewpt         45 47 53 53 50 53 55 55 55 55 57 55 54 53 51 49 46 46 49 48 47 46
RH            71 74 51 37 34 49 70 78 84 87 81 68 63 65 77 80 83 86 67 49 42 45
Wind dir       S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW NW NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd       6  6 12 14 13 11  6  6  5  5  5  6  9  8  6  9 10 10 12 11 10 10
Clouds        FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          60          60          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.13        0.22        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  S  S
Tstms                      C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S


Date          Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24
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          46    73      53    71      52    76      52    78
Temp          52 48 69 68   58 54 68 67   57 54 70 71   56 54 73 73
Dewpt         45 44 48 49   50 51 54 53   52 52 53 50   50 50 51 50
PWind dir         E    SE       S     S       E    NW       W     W
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW SC B1   B2 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    30      60    50      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs              C    C  L  C  C    C  S  S  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                        S  S  S  C    C  S  S  S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ086-122100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
359 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024

Date             Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24
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                      83          60          67          56          71
Temp          57 58 73 81 81 75 67 64 62 61 64 66 66 66 62 61 58 57 60 66 69 68
Dewpt         47 49 55 55 53 56 57 56 57 58 60 59 58 59 58 57 55 54 55 54 52 51
RH            69 72 53 41 38 52 70 75 84 90 87 78 75 78 87 87 90 90 84 65 55 54
Wind dir       S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW NW  E  E  E NE NE NE NE  N  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd       6  9 13 14 13 10  6  5  5  5  6  9  8 10 10 10 10 12 13 13 12 11
Clouds        FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 FW
PoP 12hr                     40          50          90          40          20
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.19        0.55        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  S  C  C  D  D  D  D  C  C  S  S  S  S
Tstms                      C  C  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S


Date          Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24
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          49    73      56    72      56    75      56    78
Temp          54 51 69 70   60 57 69 68   61 58 69 71   59 57 74 74
Dewpt         48 46 49 51   51 53 57 56   55 55 57 54   52 52 55 54
PWind dir        NE    SE      SE     S       S    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    20      40    60      40    30      20    20
Rain shwrs              S    S  C  C  L    C  C  S  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms                           S  S  C    C  C  S  S    S        S

$$