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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
444 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

IAZ060-202100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
444 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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          63          78          62          81
Temp             66 69 72 74 73 69 66 65 64 72 77 77 77 70 66 64 64 73 79 81 79
Dewpt            62 62 62 63 62 62 62 62 62 64 63 64 63 63 63 63 63 65 64 64 63
RH               87 78 71 69 68 78 87 90 93 76 62 64 62 78 90 97 97 76 60 56 58
Wind dir          S  S SE SE SE  E  E NE NE  E  E  E NE NE NE  N  N  N NE NE NE
Wind spd          3  4  5  5  5  3  3  2  2  4  4  5  5  2  2  2  2  2  4  4  4
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          20          20           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0        0.24           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  C  S     S  S  S  S  S  S              S  S  S  S
Tstms                   C  C  S     S  S  S  S  S  S              S  S  S  S


Date          Tue 07/23/24  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24
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          63    84      65    86      65    86      66    88
Temp          67 64 81 82   70 67 83 83   70 67 83 84   72 69 85 85
Dewpt         64 63 65 65   65 65 66 65   65 64 66 65   64 64 66 65
PWind dir        SE     W      SW    NW      NE     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    20       5    10       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs              S
Tstms                   S

$$
IAZ039-202100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
444 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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          62          79          62          81
Temp             64 70 74 75 75 68 66 64 63 73 77 78 76 68 66 64 63 74 78 80 77
Dewpt            60 62 63 64 64 64 63 62 63 65 65 65 65 65 64 63 63 66 66 66 65
RH               87 76 69 69 69 87 90 93100 76 67 64 69 90 93 97100 76 67 62 67
Wind dir          S SW SW SW SW  W NW  N  N NE  E NE  E  E  E  N  N NE  E  N NE
Wind spd          3  3  4  4  4  3  2  2  2  2  3  3  3  2  2  1  2  2  2  3  2
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     30          10          30           5          40
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.02        0.04           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S  S           S  S  C  C              S  S  C  C
Tstms                   S  S  S              S  C  C                 S  C  C


Date          Tue 07/23/24  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24
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          62    82      64    83      62    83      63    84
Temp          66 64 80 79   68 66 80 79   67 64 79 80   68 65 82 82
Dewpt         64 64 67 66   66 65 68 66   64 63 65 65   64 63 66 66
PWind dir        SE    SW       W    NW      NE     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    40      10    30      10    10       5    10
Rain shwrs           S  C          S  C
Tstms                S  C          S  C

$$
IAZ048-202100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
444 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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          61          77          61          81
Temp             65 68 70 73 73 67 64 62 62 71 76 77 76 69 65 62 63 73 78 80 79
Dewpt            62 63 65 65 64 64 62 61 62 65 65 66 65 65 64 62 63 66 66 66 66
RH               90 84 84 76 73 90 93 97100 81 69 69 69 87 97100100 79 67 62 64
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  E NE  N NE  E  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N NE NE  N
Wind spd          3  4  5  5  5  2  2  2  2  3  4  4  4  2  2  2  2  2  4  4  3
Clouds           B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          20          20           5          30
QPF 12hr                   0.13        0.03        0.09           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  C  S           S  S  S  S              C  C  C  C
Tstms                S  C  C  S           S  S  S  S              S  S  C  C


Date          Tue 07/23/24  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24
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          62    82      64    84      63    84      64    86
Temp          65 64 80 80   67 66 82 82   67 65 81 82   69 66 83 83
Dewpt         65 64 68 68   66 65 69 68   65 64 68 66   64 65 68 68
PWind dir         E     W       W    NW      NE     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    30       5    20       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs           S  C          S  S
Tstms                S  C          S  S

$$
IAZ004-202100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
444 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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          62          78          62          79
Temp             65 67 70 72 74 67 65 63 63 70 75 77 76 68 65 63 64 73 77 79 77
Dewpt            63 64 65 65 65 64 63 62 62 64 65 65 64 64 63 62 62 65 65 65 64
RH               93 90 84 79 74 90 93 97 97 81 71 67 66 87 93 97 93 76 67 62 64
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  S SE NE NE  E  S  W  W NW  N SW  W
Wind spd          3  5  6  6  5  4  3  3  2  3  4  4  4  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  3
Clouds           OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          20          30          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.46           0        0.03           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  C  S                 C  C                    C  C
Tstms             C  C  C  C  S                 C  C                    C  C


Date          Tue 07/23/24  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24
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          63    82      64    83      62    83      64    86
Temp          65 65 79 79   67 65 79 80   66 63 79 80   67 66 82 82
Dewpt         64 63 66 65   64 63 65 64   63 62 64 63   63 62 66 66
PWind dir        SW     W       W     N       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10    30      10    10       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs              C
Tstms                   C

$$
IAZ035-202100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
444 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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          60          78          60          81
Temp             65 69 71 73 73 66 64 61 62 71 76 77 77 68 64 61 63 73 79 80 78
Dewpt            63 65 66 66 65 64 63 61 62 66 66 66 66 65 63 61 63 67 67 66 66
RH               93 87 84 79 76 93 97100100 84 71 69 69 90 97100100 81 67 62 67
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW NE  E  E NE NE  E  N NW  N  N NE  N  N
Wind spd          3  5  5  5  5  3  2  2  2  2  4  3  2  2  2  1  1  2  2  2  2
Clouds           B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          20          20           5          30
QPF 12hr                   0.34        0.06        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  C  S           S  S  S  S              S  S  C  C
Tstms             C  C  C  C  S           S  S  S  S              S  S  C  C


Date          Tue 07/23/24  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24
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    82      62    84      61    84      62    86
Temp          64 62 80 80   67 64 81 80   66 63 80 81   67 65 83 82
Dewpt         64 62 68 67   65 64 68 68   64 63 68 67   63 63 69 69
PWind dir         W     W       W    NW       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    40       5    20       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs              C             S
Tstms                   C             S

$$
IAZ094-202100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
444 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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          63          76          62          80
Temp             64 68 72 72 71 67 66 64 64 70 75 75 74 68 64 62 64 74 79 79 78
Dewpt            60 62 62 63 63 64 63 63 63 64 64 64 65 65 64 62 64 66 65 65 65
RH               87 81 71 73 76 90 90 97 97 81 69 69 74 90100100100 76 62 62 64
Wind dir          S  S SE  E  E NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd          2  3  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  4  4  4  5  3  3  2  2  3  4  5  3
Clouds           B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          30          30          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.06        0.11           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S              S  S  C  C
Tstms                   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  S  S              S  S  C  C


Date          Tue 07/23/24  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24
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          62    83      64    86      65    86      66    87
Temp          65 64 81 80   67 66 83 83   69 67 84 83   70 68 84 84
Dewpt         65 64 67 67   66 65 68 67   67 67 68 67   66 66 68 67
PWind dir        NE    NW       S     W      NE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    20       5    10       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs              S
Tstms                   S

$$
IAZ017-202100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
444 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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          60          78          60          79
Temp             63 67 71 74 73 66 64 61 62 72 77 78 76 67 63 61 62 72 77 79 76
Dewpt            62 64 65 65 64 63 62 61 61 65 65 65 65 64 63 61 62 66 66 65 65
RH               97 90 81 74 73 90 93100 97 79 67 64 69 90100100100 81 69 62 69
Wind dir          S SW SW SW  S SW  W  W NW  N  E NE  E NE SE NW  N  N  N  W NW
Wind spd          4  5  5  5  4  3  2  2  2  2  3  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          20          30          10          40
QPF 12hr                   0.45        0.01        0.02        0.01        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  C  S           S  S  C  C              S  S  C  C
Tstms             C  C  C  C  S              S  C  C              S  S  C  C


Date          Tue 07/23/24  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24
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    82      62    81      60    81      60    84
Temp          63 62 79 77   66 64 78 78   64 62 78 78   65 64 81 80
Dewpt         63 62 67 66   64 63 66 65   62 61 64 63   62 61 66 66
PWind dir        SW     W       W    NW      NE     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    50      10    30       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs              C          S  C
Tstms                   C          S  C

$$
IAZ049-202100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
444 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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          62          77          60          79
Temp             64 68 71 73 73 66 64 62 63 73 76 77 75 69 63 61 62 73 77 79 77
Dewpt            61 62 64 64 63 63 62 62 62 65 65 65 65 65 63 61 62 66 66 66 66
RH               90 81 79 73 71 90 93100 97 76 69 67 71 87100100100 79 69 64 69
Wind dir          S SW SW  S  S  N  N NE NE NE  E NE NE NE NE  N  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd          4  3  4  4  4  3  3  2  2  2  3  4  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          10          30           5          30
QPF 12hr                   0.13        0.02        0.25           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  S              S  S  C  C              S  S  C  C
Tstms                   S  S              S  S  C  C                 S  C  C


Date          Tue 07/23/24  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24
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    82      63    83      62    82      62    84
Temp          64 62 79 78   66 65 80 80   66 63 79 80   67 65 82 81
Dewpt         64 62 67 67   65 65 68 67   64 63 66 66   63 63 67 67
PWind dir        SE     W       W    NW      NE     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    40      10    20       5    10       5     5
Rain shwrs              C          S  S
Tstms                   C          S  S

$$
IAZ086-202100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
444 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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          62          78          61          82
Temp             63 70 74 76 74 68 65 63 64 72 77 77 76 68 65 62 63 74 79 82 79
Dewpt            59 61 61 62 62 63 62 62 63 64 64 63 63 64 64 62 63 66 64 64 64
RH               87 73 64 62 66 84 90 97 97 76 64 62 64 87 97100100 76 60 55 60
Wind dir          S SW  E  E  N NE NE NE NE  E  E NE  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd          2  4  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  4  4  4  5  3  3  2  3  4  4  5  4
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S  S  S  S  S              S  S  S  S
Tstms                                        S  S  S              S  S  S  S


Date          Tue 07/23/24  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24
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          62    84      64    86      65    86      65    87
Temp          66 64 81 80   68 67 83 82   69 67 83 82   69 68 84 84
Dewpt         65 64 66 66   66 65 68 66   67 65 67 66   65 65 66 64
PWind dir        SE    NW       W    NW      NE     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    30       5    20       5    10       5     5
Rain shwrs              C             S
Tstms                   S             S

$$