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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
846 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

IAZ060-242100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
846 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date             Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24
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                      65          45          66          51          69
Temp                53 61 64 64 54 51 47 45 55 64 66 64 57 55 53 52 56 61 67 68
Dewpt               37 35 34 34 35 34 36 37 41 43 43 41 41 42 46 48 52 56 58 57
RH                  54 38 32 32 48 52 65 73 59 46 43 43 55 61 77 86 86 84 73 68
Wind dir            NE NE  E SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd             6  5  5  6  6  9  9 10 13 18 18 19 21 21 21 23 24 24 26 24
Wind gust                                         32 32 34 36 36 36 37 37 40 48
Clouds              FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          20         100         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.62        0.56
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                                                 S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L


Date          Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          59    79      59    72      48    63      45    75
Temp          65 61 73 74   63 60 67 69   57 49 58 62   51 47 70 73
Dewpt         57 57 58 57   57 57 59 55   49 45 45 44   42 43 52 54
PWind dir         S    SW      SE     S      SW     W      SW     S
Wind char        WY    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC SC   B2 OV B2 B2   B1 SC B1 B1   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70    50      90    90      40    10       5    10
Rain shwrs     L  S  S  C    D  D  D  D    C  S
Tstms          C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ039-242100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
846 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date             Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24
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                      61          39          66          47          66
Temp                48 56 60 59 48 43 41 40 52 63 66 63 54 51 49 48 51 54 59 61
Dewpt               32 28 27 26 29 30 30 32 35 37 36 33 35 38 39 42 46 50 54 55
RH                  54 34 28 28 47 60 65 73 52 38 33 32 48 61 68 80 83 86 83 81
Wind dir            NE NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd             6  6  5  5  5  6  8 10 14 18 18 17 18 20 23 24 27 27 26 26
Wind gust                                                  32 35 40 43 42 42 47
Clouds              CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          80         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.41        0.81
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms                                                       S  C  C  C  C  C  L
Wind chill                               33
Min chill              32          38    32    35                39


Date          Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          56    76      57    72      48    63      44    73
Temp          62 61 73 71   59 59 67 66   56 50 58 58   49 45 67 70
Dewpt         59 58 59 58   56 56 60 57   52 47 47 44   42 42 50 51
PWind dir         S    SW       E     S      SW     W       W    SW
Wind char        WY    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B1 B1   B2 OV OV B2   B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         90    50      90    90      60    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     D  C  C  C    L  D  D  D    L  S  S
Tstms          L  C  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ048-242100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
846 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date             Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24
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                      65          43          67          49          68
Temp                52 60 62 62 50 47 44 43 53 63 66 63 55 53 50 50 54 59 64 66
Dewpt               35 33 32 32 33 33 35 36 40 43 42 40 40 41 44 46 51 55 58 58
RH                  52 36 32 32 52 58 70 76 61 48 42 43 57 64 80 86 90 87 81 75
Wind dir             E  E  E SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd             6  5  5  6  6  9  9 10 14 18 19 18 21 23 25 23 25 23 23 23
Wind gust                                               34 34 37 36 37 36 35 39
Clouds              CL CL CL FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10         100         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.69        0.66
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms                                                 S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L
Wind chill                               37
Min chill                                37    39


Date          Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          57    77      57    71      47    62      44    75
Temp          62 59 72 72   59 58 67 66   54 48 57 60   48 45 69 71
Dewpt         58 56 58 58   56 57 59 56   50 45 45 44   42 43 52 54
PWind dir         S    SW      SE     S      SW     W      SW     S
Wind char        WY    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC B1   B2 OV B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         80    50      90    90      40    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     D  S  S  C    D  D  D  D    C  S  S
Tstms          L  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ004-242100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
846 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date             Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24
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                      63          44          67          47          63
Temp                48 57 61 61 50 47 45 44 55 65 67 64 54 50 49 48 52 56 59 59
Dewpt               35 34 32 30 32 31 33 35 40 41 41 40 39 40 42 44 48 51 53 54
RH                  60 42 33 31 50 53 62 70 57 41 39 41 57 68 77 86 86 83 80 83
Wind dir            SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd             8  6  8 10  9 11 12 13 18 23 25 25 25 25 25 26 26 26 26 21
Wind gust                                   28 34 36 36 40 39 39 41 41 42 42 39
Clouds              CL CL FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          90         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.84        0.82
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms                                                 S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                            39 37
Min chill              33                37    38


Date          Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          52    68      48    61      41    57      41    73
Temp          56 54 63 62   51 49 56 56   47 43 52 55   45 43 66 69
Dewpt         54 51 52 50   48 48 50 48   44 40 40 39   40 40 48 49
PWind dir         S     W      NE    NE      NW     W      SW     S
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2 B2   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         90    20      80    90      50    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     D  C     S    C  D  D  L    C  S  S
Tstms          C  C          S  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ035-242100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
846 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date             Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24
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                      65          43          67          47          66
Temp                50 59 62 61 50 46 44 43 54 64 67 64 54 51 49 48 53 58 62 64
Dewpt               35 33 31 30 31 31 34 36 40 42 42 39 38 40 44 45 50 53 55 55
RH                  56 37 31 31 48 55 68 76 59 45 40 40 54 66 83 89 89 83 78 73
Wind dir             E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd             6  5  5  8  8  9 10 10 14 19 20 19 21 21 24 21 24 24 21 24
Wind gust                                               32 34 36 34 36 34 34 37
Clouds              FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          90         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.73        0.68
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms                                                 S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L
Wind chill                            38 37
Min chill              36                37    39


Date          Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          54    75      53    69      44    62      42    75
Temp          59 55 68 68   55 54 64 61   50 46 55 58   46 44 68 71
Dewpt         55 52 54 54   52 53 56 52   47 43 43 42   41 42 51 51
PWind dir         S    SW      NE    SE      SW     W      SW     S
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1 B1   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         80    30      90    90      50    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     D  S     C    L  D  D  L    C  S  S
Tstms          L  S     S    C  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ094-242100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
846 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date             Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24
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                      66          46          65          51          71
Temp                55 63 65 63 53 50 47 46 55 62 65 63 57 55 54 54 58 64 67 69
Dewpt               41 41 39 40 40 40 40 40 44 46 46 45 45 47 50 53 57 60 61 59
RH                  59 44 38 43 61 68 76 79 66 56 50 52 64 74 86 96 96 87 81 70
Wind dir            NE NE  E SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd             6  5  4  5  6  8  9 10 14 16 19 18 20 21 21 23 26 24 26 25
Wind gust                                      26 31 28 32 34 34 34 40 36 41 42
Clouds              FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          10          30         100         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.67        0.55
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                                              S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L


Date          Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          60    79      59    72      47    64      46    75
Temp          64 62 73 71   63 61 67 67   56 49 59 62   51 48 70 72
Dewpt         60 60 62 60   60 59 61 57   51 46 48 48   45 45 56 56
PWind dir         S    SW       S     S      SW     W      SW     S
Wind char        WY    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1 SC   B2 OV B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         60    60      90    90      40    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     L     C  L    D  D  D  L    C  S
Tstms          L     S  C    L  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ017-242100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
846 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date             Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24
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                      60          39          65          45          63
Temp                45 55 59 58 46 43 41 40 52 63 65 63 52 48 47 46 50 53 57 58
Dewpt               31 30 29 27 29 29 30 32 37 40 38 34 35 37 39 41 46 49 52 54
RH                  58 38 32 30 51 57 65 73 56 43 37 34 52 65 74 83 86 86 83 86
Wind dir             E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd             6  5  5  6  6  8  9 10 16 19 20 19 18 21 23 23 26 26 26 23
Wind gust                                         31    28 34 36 35 41 43 41 39
Clouds              CL CL CL FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          80         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.58        0.55
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms                                                    S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L
Wind chill                         37 35 33                   39 38
Min chill              31          36    33    36                38    39


Date          Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          52    72      52    67      44    60      41    72
Temp          58 56 67 66   53 53 60 60   51 46 53 55   45 43 65 68
Dewpt         55 54 54 55   51 51 55 53   48 43 43 42   40 40 49 50
PWind dir         S    SW      NE    SE      SW     W       W    SW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         90    30      80    90      60    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     D  C  S  C    L  D  D  D    L  C  S
Tstms          L  C     S    C  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ049-242100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
846 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date             Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24
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                      62          39          65          47          66
Temp                50 57 60 60 48 44 41 40 53 63 65 63 53 51 49 47 52 56 61 64
Dewpt               33 30 29 29 30 30 32 34 38 40 40 36 37 39 42 44 48 53 56 57
RH                  52 35 31 31 49 57 70 79 57 43 40 36 54 63 77 89 86 90 84 78
Wind dir            NE NE  E SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd             8  6  5  5  6  8  9 10 14 18 18 16 18 20 21 21 25 25 23 24
Wind gust                                         28       35 37 36 41 40 40 42
Clouds              CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          90         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.55        0.76
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms                                                    S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L
Wind chill                            35 33                      39
Min chill              37          39    33    36                39


Date          Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          56    77      56    72      46    62      42    73
Temp          61 60 72 71   59 58 67 66   55 48 57 58   47 45 68 69
Dewpt         58 58 59 58   56 57 60 56   52 45 46 44   42 42 51 53
PWind dir         S    SW      SE     S      SW     W       W    SW
Wind char        WY    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 OV B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         80    50      90    90      50    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     D  C  C  C    D  D  D  D    C  C  S
Tstms          L  C  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C

$$
IAZ086-242100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
846 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date             Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24
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                      63          42          65          50          69
Temp                53 60 63 62 50 47 44 44 53 62 65 63 56 55 53 52 54 59 65 67
Dewpt               39 36 35 35 35 36 37 37 40 42 42 40 41 42 44 48 52 56 59 59
RH                  59 41 35 36 56 65 76 76 61 48 43 43 57 61 71 86 93 90 81 75
Wind dir            NE NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd             9  6  5  5  8  8  9 11 13 17 17 14 18 20 21 21 23 24 24 24
Wind gust                                            25 29 34 34 34 36 39 37 42
Clouds              FW CL CL FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          90         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.54        0.72
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                                                    S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                               38
Min chill                                36    38


Date          Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          61    79      61    74      50    65      46    74
Temp          65 64 73 73   64 62 70 69   60 53 60 61   51 48 69 72
Dewpt         60 61 63 62   60 60 62 59   55 49 49 47   45 45 53 55
PWind dir         S    SW       S     S      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char        WY    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1 SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70    60      90    90      50    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     L  S  S  L    D  D  D  D    C  C  S  S
Tstms          C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C

$$


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