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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1144 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

IAZ060-040900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1144 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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          43          67          51
Temp                   56 56 57 60 63 66 63 55 49 45 43 56 63 66 65 58 54 53 53
Dewpt                  45 50 54 56 52 49 45 43 42 40 40 43 43 44 46 46 45 46 48
RH                     66 80 90 87 67 54 52 64 77 82 89 62 48 45 50 64 71 77 83
Wind dir               SE SE  S  W NW  N  N  N  N NW  N  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                9 11 10 11 16 16 12  6  4  3  3  6  9  9  8  5  8  8 10
Clouds                 B1 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     60          70           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.37        0.06           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  L  S
Tstms                      S  C  S


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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          76      56    76      53    75      49    70      49    67
Temp          69 73   63 57 71 71   59 54 70 69   56 51 65 65   54 50 63 65
Dewpt         57 57   56 53 51 48   45 47 50 49   45 44 48 45   44 44 43 41
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW      SW     W       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 FW FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40     100    30      20    30      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs        C    D  L  C  S       S  S  C    S     S  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms             S    C  C  C  S       S     S    S             S  S     S

$$
IAZ039-040900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1144 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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          64          42          68          47
Temp                   53 51 51 58 61 62 59 50 46 43 42 56 64 67 65 55 50 49 50
Dewpt                  44 43 42 53 54 50 46 44 42 40 40 43 43 43 44 44 44 43 43
RH                     71 74 71 83 78 65 62 80 86 89 93 62 46 42 46 66 80 80 77
Wind dir               SE SE SE  S NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NE  E  E SE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                6 11 10 10 13 17 14  8  5  5  4  5  5  5  6  5  6  9 11
Wind gust                 21    20
Clouds                 FW B1 OV OV OV B1 B1 FW CL CL FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          60           5           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.12        0.20           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    L  C                                            S
Tstms                         C


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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      57    74      51    76      50    69      47    67
Temp          70 71   63 59 70 69   56 54 70 69   55 51 65 63   52 49 63 62
Dewpt         51 54   58 55 52 48   46 47 50 49   48 45 47 45   45 44 43 41
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW      SW    SW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B2 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20     100    50      20    40      30    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     S  S    D  D  C  C    S  S  C  C    C     S  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms                  S  C  C  C    S  S     S    S        S    S        S

$$
IAZ048-040900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1144 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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          65          42          67          49
Temp                   54 54 54 58 60 63 60 51 46 43 42 56 62 66 64 55 52 51 51
Dewpt                  46 49 53 55 51 48 45 44 42 40 40 44 44 44 46 46 45 45 47
RH                     74 83 96 90 72 58 58 77 86 89 93 64 52 45 52 72 77 80 86
Wind dir               SE SE SE NW NW  N  N NW  N NW  N  E  E SE SE  E  E  E SE
Wind spd                8 11  8 12 17 17 12  5  4  4  3  6  8  8  9  5  8  8 10
Wind gust                 23
Clouds                 B1 OV OV OV B2 B1 FW CL CL CL FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     70          70           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.49        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  D  S
Tstms                      C  C


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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      55    74      51    74      48    69      47    67
Temp          68 71   62 56 70 69   56 53 70 68   55 49 64 63   52 48 61 63
Dewpt         57 58   56 53 51 48   45 47 50 50   47 44 48 45   45 45 44 42
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW      SW     W      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40     100    30      20    40      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs        C    D  L  C  S       S  C  C    S     S  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms             S    C  C  C  S       S          S        S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ004-040900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1144 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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          62          40          66          47
Temp                   51 48 46 51 56 61 59 50 45 42 41 55 61 64 63 54 50 49 50
Dewpt                  44 44 44 44 44 42 41 41 39 37 38 41 41 42 42 43 43 43 44
RH                     77 86 93 77 64 49 51 71 79 82 89 59 48 45 46 66 77 80 80
Wind dir                N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW  W  W SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               11 13 17 17 18 16 10  5  5  5  4  5  8 10 12 10 10 12 14
Wind gust                 24
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV B1 SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     90          80           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.61        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  D
Tstms                         S
Wind chill                   39
Min chill                    39                      37


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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      52    70      49    70      47    64      45    64
Temp          67 68   58 53 65 65   53 49 65 64   50 47 59 59   48 46 59 60
Dewpt         54 55   53 49 46 45   44 43 46 45   42 42 44 42   42 41 42 39
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      SW    SW      NW    NW      NW     N
Wind char        WY      WY    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40     100    20      20    30      30    30      30    20
Rain shwrs        C    D  C  S  S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  S  S  S
Tstms             S    C  C  S  S    S  S          S  S     S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ035-040900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1144 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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          63          39          67          48
Temp                   54 52 51 52 59 62 60 50 44 41 41 55 62 65 63 54 50 49 50
Dewpt                  46 49 51 48 48 45 42 41 40 38 38 43 42 43 43 44 43 43 45
RH                     74 89100 86 67 54 51 71 86 89 89 64 48 45 48 69 77 80 83
Wind dir               SE  E  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                8 10 10 14 17 14 10  4  3  3  2  5  6  9  9  8  8  9 11
Clouds                 B1 OV OV OV B2 B1 FW CL CL CL FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     90          60           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.70        0.04           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 L  L  S
Tstms                      C  C


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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      53    73      50    73      47    67      45    65
Temp          68 70   59 53 67 67   53 51 68 67   52 47 62 61   49 47 61 62
Dewpt         56 56   55 50 48 45   44 44 48 46   45 43 46 43   43 43 43 40
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW      SW     W      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B2 B1 SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40     100    30      20    30      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs        C    D  L  C  S       S  S  C    S     S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms             S    C  C  C  S       S          S        S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ094-040900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1144 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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          67          43          67          53
Temp                   56 58 58 62 63 66 63 54 49 45 44 56 63 66 64 58 56 54 55
Dewpt                  49 55 57 59 56 52 49 46 44 42 42 45 46 47 48 48 48 50 53
RH                     77 90 96 90 78 61 60 74 83 89 93 66 54 50 56 69 74 86 93
Wind dir               SE SE  S  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE
Wind spd                9 11 10 11 14 14 11  6  6  5  4 10 10  8  8  8  8  8  9
Wind gust                 23
Clouds                 SC OV OV OV B2 B2 SC CL CL FW FW FW SC B1 B2 SC FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     60          80           5          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.33        0.18           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  D  S                                      S  S  S
Tstms                      S  C  S


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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          76      56    76      53    75      49    70      49    66
Temp          71 73   63 57 72 71   58 55 71 69   55 51 65 65   54 49 63 63
Dewpt         61 61   58 54 53 51   48 50 54 52   47 46 49 47   45 46 46 43
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      SW     W      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50     100    30      20    40      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    D  L  C  S       S  C  C    S     S  S    S     S  S
Tstms             S    C  C  C  S       S     S    S             S        S

$$
IAZ017-040900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1144 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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          61          39          66          45
Temp                   52 50 49 52 56 60 57 48 42 39 42 55 61 64 62 52 47 46 47
Dewpt                  45 45 47 49 48 46 43 42 40 37 38 42 42 42 43 43 43 42 43
RH                     77 83 93 89 74 60 59 80 93 92 86 61 49 45 50 71 86 86 86
Wind dir               SE SE NE NW NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                6  8  9 11 17 17 11  5  5  5  4  4  4  6  8  6  8  9 11
Clouds                 B1 OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     80          80           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.42        0.12           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  D  C
Tstms                      C  C


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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      54    72      49    72      47    65      45    64
Temp          67 68   59 55 67 66   53 51 67 65   51 48 60 60   48 46 59 60
Dewpt         51 53   55 51 50 46   44 44 48 47   45 43 46 44   43 42 43 41
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW      SW    SW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      WY    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20     100    30      20    30      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs        S    D  D  C  S    S  S  S  C    C     S  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms                  C  C  C  S    S  S          S        S    S        S

$$
IAZ049-040900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1144 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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          65          40          67          47
Temp                   52 52 52 59 61 63 60 50 45 42 41 56 62 66 64 54 50 48 50
Dewpt                  42 45 50 56 53 49 46 43 41 39 39 43 43 43 45 44 44 44 46
RH                     69 77 93 90 75 60 60 77 86 89 92 62 50 43 50 69 80 86 86
Wind dir               SE SE SE SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E SE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                8 11 12 11 14 18 13  6  5  5  4  6  6  6  6  5  6  8 10
Clouds                 SC B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW B1 FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50          70           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.24        0.10           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    L  C
Tstms                         C


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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      54    75      51    75      48    69      46    67
Temp          68 71   61 56 70 69   55 52 70 69   54 49 65 63   51 47 62 62
Dewpt         54 56   56 54 52 47   45 47 50 49   47 45 47 45   45 44 43 41
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW      SW    SW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B2 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30     100    40      20    40      30    30      20    30
Rain shwrs        C    D  D  C  C    S  S  S  C    C     S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms                  C  C  C  C    S  S     S    C        S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ086-040900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1144 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Date           05/03/24      Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon
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          70          44          69          52
Temp                   55 55 57 64 68 68 64 54 50 46 45 56 64 67 67 58 55 53 54
Dewpt                  46 50 53 60 60 55 50 47 45 43 43 46 46 45 47 46 47 48 49
RH                     72 83 86 87 76 63 60 77 83 89 93 69 52 45 49 64 74 83 83
Wind dir               SE SE SE  S  W NW  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                9 10 12 12 12 16 13  9  8  6  5 10  9  8  6  6  9  9 11
Clouds                 FW SC B2 OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          50           5           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.15           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C  S                                   S  S  S
Tstms                         S  S  S


Date           05/06  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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          77      59    78      55    77      52    72      50    67
Temp          71 74   65 61 73 72   59 56 72 71   58 53 67 66   56 52 63 65
Dewpt         57 59   60 57 55 52   48 50 55 53   49 47 49 47   46 47 45 43
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      SW     W      NW     W      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      90    50      20    50      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    D  D  C  C       S  C  C    S        C    S  S  S  S
Tstms             S    C  C  C  C       S     S    S                      S

$$