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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
429 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

IAZ060-112100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
429 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date             Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24
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                      78          53          83          58          70
Temp             55 66 74 77 76 64 59 55 57 73 82 82 75 67 64 61 59 64 68 68 67
Dewpt            42 44 42 42 44 45 45 45 46 53 51 51 53 53 54 54 54 55 55 54 53
RH               61 45 32 29 32 50 60 69 67 49 34 34 46 61 70 78 83 73 63 61 61
Wind dir          W  W NW NW  W  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW NE NE  E NE NE
Wind spd          6 10 12 10  5  4  5  6  8 11 13 13 11  9  6  4  5  5  9  9  9
Clouds           FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          50          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.07        0.30
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  S
Tstms                                           S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  C  S  S


Date          Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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          51    72      51    73      55    72      54    74
Temp          58 53 68 70   57 52 69 69   60 56 69 70   60 57 71 73
Dewpt         48 45 47 45   45 47 50 51   52 52 53 52   52 52 53 53
PWind dir        NE    NE       E     S      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    10      20    50      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     S                S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms          S                      S    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ039-112100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
429 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date             Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24
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                      74          50          83          55          72
Temp             52 63 71 73 72 61 55 53 54 71 81 82 78 66 62 59 58 64 70 71 69
Dewpt            42 45 40 40 43 45 45 45 46 53 53 50 52 53 54 52 52 54 53 51 49
RH               69 52 32 30 35 56 69 74 74 53 38 33 40 63 75 78 80 70 55 49 49
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NE NE NE NE
Wind spd          8 11 14 12  5  5  6  8  8 11 16 16 12 10  9  8  5  6  9 10 10
Clouds           CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.04        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                           S  S  C  S  C  S     S  S  S


Date          Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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    71      47    72      52    71      53    73
Temp          55 50 66 68   53 49 68 67   57 54 68 68   58 56 70 70
Dewpt         46 43 45 43   43 42 47 48   51 49 52 52   52 52 54 52
PWind dir        NE    NE       E    SE      SE     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW FW   FW SC SC B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10     5      20    50      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs                      S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                                 S    C  S     S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ048-112100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
429 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date             Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24
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                      77          52          83          57          72
Temp             55 64 73 76 75 63 58 55 55 71 81 82 76 65 62 59 58 64 68 70 69
Dewpt            43 47 44 42 45 46 46 46 47 53 52 51 53 54 55 54 54 55 54 53 51
RH               64 54 35 30 34 54 64 72 74 53 37 34 45 68 78 83 86 73 61 55 53
Wind dir         NW  W NW NW  W  S SW SW SW SW SW  W SW SW SW  W  N NE  E NE NE
Wind spd          8  9 12 10  5  4  5  6  8 12 14 13 10 10  8  5  3  6 10 10 10
Clouds           FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.07        0.19
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                           S  S  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S


Date          Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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    72      50    73      53    71      53    73
Temp          55 51 68 69   54 51 68 68   58 54 67 68   58 56 70 71
Dewpt         46 45 48 45   45 46 51 52   52 52 54 53   52 52 54 53
PWind dir        NE    NE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      20    60      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs                      S  C  L    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                                 S    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ004-112100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
429 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date             Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24
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                      77          53          83          52          73
Temp             51 63 72 76 75 63 58 56 56 71 81 82 75 64 59 56 53 62 69 72 69
Dewpt            41 43 40 40 42 45 45 44 44 50 49 47 51 51 50 46 44 46 44 42 40
RH               68 48 31 27 31 52 62 64 64 47 33 29 43 63 72 69 71 56 40 34 35
Wind dir          W NW NW NW  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW  W NW  N  N NE NE  N NE
Wind spd          9 10 12 11  9  6  9 10 11 13 14 14 12  9  8  9 10 13 14 16 13
Clouds           FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.11           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                           S  C  C  S  S  S


Date          Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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          45    72      51    69      49    69      51    72
Temp          52 47 66 69   54 52 65 64   54 51 65 66   55 54 69 69
Dewpt         38 38 43 42   43 45 50 51   49 48 48 47   47 49 50 49
PWind dir        NE     E      SE     S       S     N      NW     W
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW CL FW FW   SC B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      40    60      40    30      20    30
Rain shwrs                   S  C  C  L    C  C  S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms                                 C    C  S     S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ035-112100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
429 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date             Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24
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                      78          52          83          54          74
Temp             53 64 73 77 75 63 57 54 55 72 82 82 75 64 60 56 55 65 70 72 70
Dewpt            43 46 43 41 42 45 46 45 46 52 51 49 52 53 52 51 51 50 49 47 46
RH               69 52 34 28 31 52 67 71 72 49 34 32 45 67 75 83 86 58 47 41 42
Wind dir         NW  W NW NW  W  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W SW  W  W NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd          5  9 11 10  6  5  6  6  9 12 16 14 11  9  6  5  6 10 10 11 12
Clouds           FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          40          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.18        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                           S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S


Date          Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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      50    70      51    70      51    74
Temp          53 48 68 70   54 51 66 66   55 53 66 67   55 54 70 71
Dewpt         41 41 45 43   43 45 51 51   51 50 52 49   50 50 51 50
PWind dir        NE     E      SE     S       S     S       E     W
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      30    60      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs                      C  C  L    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                              S  C    C  C     S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ094-112100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
429 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date             Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24
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                      77          53          79          58          67
Temp             54 66 73 76 75 64 59 55 56 70 78 77 70 64 62 59 58 61 64 65 64
Dewpt            44 47 45 45 48 48 47 47 49 55 56 54 56 55 56 56 57 59 58 57 56
RH               69 50 37 33 38 56 64 74 77 59 47 45 61 73 81 90 96 93 81 75 75
Wind dir          W  W  W NW  W  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SE  E  E  E NE NE
Wind spd          6  9 11 10  4  5  5  6  9 11 12 10  9  6  5  5  5  6  8 10 11
Clouds           CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          40          70          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.18        0.19        0.64
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  S
Tstms                                           C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S


Date          Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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          51    71      50    73      55    71      53    73
Temp          58 53 67 68   56 52 69 69   60 56 69 69   59 55 70 71
Dewpt         53 50 52 51   49 49 54 56   54 55 57 56   53 53 55 55
PWind dir         N    NE       E    SE      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    10      20    50      50    40      30    20
Rain shwrs     S                S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  S
Tstms          S                      S    C  C  C  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ017-112100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
429 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date             Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24
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                      74          51          83          53          73
Temp             50 62 69 73 72 60 56 54 55 70 80 82 74 63 58 56 54 64 70 71 68
Dewpt            41 43 40 39 42 45 45 44 45 51 51 48 51 53 51 48 47 49 48 47 43
RH               71 50 35 29 34 58 66 69 69 51 36 31 44 70 77 74 77 58 45 42 40
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW  W  S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W NW  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd          9 10 12 10  5  6  9  9 10 13 14 16 11  8  8  6  8 10 11 11 12
Clouds           CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                           S  S  C  S  S  S


Date          Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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    71      47    69      49    69      50    71
Temp          51 47 65 67   52 49 66 64   54 52 64 65   55 53 68 68
Dewpt         40 40 44 42   42 42 48 50   50 49 50 49   50 50 51 50
PWind dir        NE     E      SE     S       S     S      SE    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5      30    60      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs                      C  C  L    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                                 S    C  C     S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ049-112100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
429 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date             Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24
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                      75          50          83          56          72
Temp             53 63 71 74 72 60 55 52 54 71 81 82 75 64 61 58 57 64 68 70 68
Dewpt            43 46 43 42 45 45 44 45 46 53 53 50 52 53 53 53 54 55 54 52 51
RH               69 54 36 32 38 58 66 77 74 53 38 33 45 67 75 83 90 73 61 53 54
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW NE NE NE NE
Wind spd          8 10 13 11  5  5  5  5  8 12 14 13 10 10  8  6  4  5  8  9 10
Clouds           CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          50          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.10        0.20
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  S
Tstms                                           S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S


Date          Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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          48    71      47    72      52    71      53    73
Temp          55 50 66 68   52 49 68 67   57 53 67 67   57 54 70 70
Dewpt         46 45 45 43   43 44 48 49   51 50 52 52   52 52 54 53
PWind dir        NE    NE       E    SE      SE     S      SE    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    10      20    50      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     S                S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms          S                      S    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ086-112100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
429 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date             Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24
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                      76          53          82          59          69
Temp             53 65 73 75 73 62 57 55 57 71 80 81 75 67 64 61 61 64 66 66 65
Dewpt            44 46 43 43 46 47 46 46 48 54 54 52 54 55 55 55 57 58 58 57 56
RH               71 50 34 32 38 58 67 72 72 55 41 37 48 65 73 81 87 81 75 73 73
Wind dir          W  W NW NW NW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  E  E  E NE NE
Wind spd          9 10 13 12  6  5  6  8  9 12 14 13 13 10  8  5  5  5  6  8  9
Clouds           CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          50          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.09        0.79
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  S  S  C  C  L  L  D  D  C
Tstms                                           S  S  S  S  C  C  S  S  C  C  C


Date          Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24
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    70      49    73      55    73      55    73
Temp          58 55 66 68   54 51 69 69   59 56 69 70   60 57 70 72
Dewpt         53 51 50 48   47 46 50 51   52 53 56 56   54 54 56 55
PWind dir        NE    NE       E    SE      SE     S      SE    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    10      10    40      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     C                   S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms          C                      S    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$