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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1144 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

IAZ060-150900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1144 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date           07/14/24      Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24            Wed
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                      75          95          70          83          64
Temp                   78 77 77 86 93 94 92 82 76 72 71 75 79 81 81 74 68 66 66
Dewpt                  74 71 71 72 73 73 74 73 71 69 66 67 66 65 63 63 61 60 60
RH                     88 82 82 63 52 51 56 74 85 90 84 76 64 58 54 69 78 81 81
Wind dir               SW  S SE  S  S SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                3  3  5  9 10  9  6  6  8  8  6  8  8  8  8  5  4  4  5
Clouds                 FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          40          30           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.06           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  C  S
Tstms                                  C  C  S
Heat index                      92102104101 87
Max heat               87         103   106    99          82    84    81
Heat                                Y  Y  Y


Date           07/17  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24  Sun 07/21/24
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          80      57    78      57    80      59    81      61    81
Temp          77 77   62 59 74 77   63 60 77 79   64 62 78 79   66 63 78 79
Dewpt         59 56   54 54 55 55   55 55 56 57   56 57 58 58   58 59 60 60
PWind dir         N       N    NE       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     5       5     5      10    10

$$
IAZ039-150900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1144 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date           07/14/24      Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24            Wed
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                      74          90          68          81          61
Temp                   74 75 75 84 89 89 85 77 74 70 68 75 78 80 78 71 66 63 62
Dewpt                  72 72 72 74 74 74 73 72 70 67 65 65 64 63 63 63 61 58 58
RH                     93 90 90 72 61 61 67 85 87 90 90 71 62 56 60 76 84 84 87
Wind dir                W  S SE SE  S SW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                3  2  3  6 10 10  6  5  6  6  6  8  9  9  8  4  4  4  5
Clouds                 FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0          30          20           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.31           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C  S
Tstms                               S  C  S
Obvis                        PF
Heat index                      90 97 99 92
Max heat                           98   100    90                82


Date           07/17  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24  Sun 07/21/24
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      55    77      56    79      59    80      60    81
Temp          74 73   61 58 73 74   61 58 75 76   64 61 77 77   65 63 77 78
Dewpt         57 56   54 54 55 56   55 55 56 58   57 57 58 60   59 59 60 62
PWind dir         N       N    NE       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     5       5     5       5    10

$$
IAZ048-150900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1144 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date           07/14/24      Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24            Wed
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                      74          92          68          82          62
Temp                   76 76 76 84 90 91 88 79 74 70 68 74 78 81 79 71 66 64 64
Dewpt                  74 72 72 74 75 75 75 74 71 68 65 67 66 65 65 64 61 60 60
RH                     94 87 87 72 62 60 66 85 90 93 90 79 67 58 62 79 84 87 87
Wind dir               NE SE SE  S  S SW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                2  3  4  8  9  8  6  6  8  8  6  8  9  9  6  5  4  4  5
Clouds                 FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          40          20           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  S
Tstms                                  C  S
Heat index                      91100102 98
Max heat                          102   103    95                83


Date           07/17  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24  Sun 07/21/24
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          78      55    77      56    78      58    79      60    80
Temp          75 75   60 57 73 75   61 58 75 77   63 60 76 77   64 62 77 78
Dewpt         59 58   54 55 57 57   55 56 58 59   57 58 61 61   59 59 62 63
PWind dir         N       N    NE       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     5       5     5      10    10

$$
IAZ004-150900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1144 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date           07/14/24      Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24            Wed
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                      72          86          63          79          59
Temp                   72 74 74 82 85 85 82 73 69 65 63 71 75 77 75 68 63 61 59
Dewpt                  70 69 70 72 72 71 69 67 64 61 60 61 60 60 60 60 59 57 55
RH                     93 84 87 72 65 63 65 81 84 87 90 71 60 56 60 76 87 87 87
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                3  6 10 10 10 10 11 10  9  8  6  8  9  9  9  5  5  5  8
Clouds                 FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW CL
PoP 12hr                      5          40           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.05           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S  S  S
Tstms                         S  S  S  S
Heat index                         91 90
Max heat                           93    92    83


Date           07/17  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24  Sun 07/21/24
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      54    76      55    78      59    78      60    80
Temp          71 70   58 56 72 73   59 58 74 75   63 61 76 76   64 63 76 77
Dewpt         55 53   53 53 54 54   54 54 56 57   57 57 58 59   59 59 60 60
PWind dir         N       N     E      SE     S       S     S      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5      10    10      10    10

$$
IAZ035-150900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1144 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date           07/14/24      Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24            Wed
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                      72          90          65          80          59
Temp                   75 74 74 83 88 89 86 76 71 67 65 73 78 79 78 68 64 62 61
Dewpt                  73 71 71 74 75 75 74 71 67 64 62 64 64 63 63 62 60 58 58
RH                     94 90 90 74 66 64 68 85 87 90 90 73 62 58 60 81 87 87 90
Wind dir                E SE SE  E  S  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                2  4  5  8  9  8  6  6  8  8  5  6  8  8  5  4  3  4  5
Clouds                 FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0          30          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.13        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C
Tstms                               S  C
Heat index                      90 98 99 94
Max heat                           99   101    90


Date           07/17  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24  Sun 07/21/24
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      53    77      54    78      56    79      58    80
Temp          74 73   58 55 74 74   58 56 75 76   61 60 76 76   63 61 77 77
Dewpt         58 56   53 53 56 56   54 55 58 59   57 57 61 61   58 58 63 63
PWind dir         N       N    NE       E     S      SE     S      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     5      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                                S

$$
IAZ094-150900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1144 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date           07/14/24      Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24            Wed
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                      75          96          71          85          64
Temp                   77 76 76 86 94 96 93 82 77 73 71 77 81 82 80 73 69 66 66
Dewpt                  74 71 71 72 74 74 75 74 71 70 70 70 69 68 67 66 64 62 62
RH                     90 85 85 63 53 49 56 77 82 90 97 79 67 63 65 79 84 87 87
Wind dir               SW  S  S SW SW SW SW NE NE  N  N NE NE  N NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                3  4  5 10 10 11  8  6  8  8  8  6  8  8  6  5  5  5  5
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10          30          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.17           0        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  S  C  S     S  S              S  S
Tstms                                  S  S  C  S     S  S                 S
Heat index                      92105108105 87
Max heat                          107   110   101          86    87
Heat                                Y  Y  Y


Date           07/17  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24  Sun 07/21/24
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          81      57    78      56    80      58    81      61    80
Temp          78 75   63 58 75 75   61 59 77 76   63 60 78 77   65 63 77 77
Dewpt         62 59   57 55 56 56   57 56 57 57   57 57 58 59   59 59 61 61
PWind dir         N      NE    NE       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       0     5      10     5      10    10

$$
IAZ017-150900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1144 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date           07/14/24      Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24            Wed
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                      70          86          63          78          57
Temp                   72 72 73 80 86 86 81 73 69 65 63 71 76 77 74 67 63 60 59
Dewpt                  70 70 70 73 74 73 72 69 66 62 60 62 62 61 60 60 58 55 56
RH                     93 93 90 79 68 65 74 87 90 90 90 73 62 58 62 78 84 84 90
Wind dir               NW SE SE NE  S SW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                3  3  5  9 10  9  9  8  9  8  6  8  9  9  6  5  4  5  5
Clouds                 FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC FW CL
PoP 12hr                      5          30          10           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.12        0.40           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  S  S
Tstms                            S  S  S
Heat index                         94 93 86
Max heat                           94    94


Date           07/17  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24  Sun 07/21/24
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      53    75      53    77      56    78      58    79
Temp          71 69   58 55 72 72   59 57 74 74   61 60 76 74   63 61 76 75
Dewpt         56 55   52 52 54 55   54 54 56 57   55 56 58 59   58 58 60 61
PWind dir         N       N    NE      SE     S      SE     S      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW CL FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     5       5    10       5    20
Rain shwrs                                                                S

$$
IAZ049-150900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1144 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date           07/14/24      Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24            Wed
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                      73          91          68          81          61
Temp                   74 75 75 84 89 89 86 77 73 69 68 74 78 79 78 69 65 63 62
Dewpt                  73 72 72 74 74 74 75 72 70 67 65 66 65 64 63 62 60 58 58
RH                     97 90 90 72 61 61 70 85 90 93 90 76 64 60 60 78 84 84 87
Wind dir               NW SE SE SE  S SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                3  3  4  8 10  9  6  5  6  8  6  6  8  9  6  4  4  4  5
Clouds                 FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          30          30           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C  C
Tstms                               S  C  C
Heat index                      91 99 99 95
Max heat                          101   101    93                82


Date           07/17  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24  Sun 07/21/24
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      55    76      55    78      57    79      60    80
Temp          74 73   59 57 73 74   59 57 75 76   62 60 76 76   64 61 77 77
Dewpt         58 57   54 53 56 56   55 54 56 57   56 56 58 59   58 58 60 61
PWind dir         N       N    NE       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     5       5     5       5    10

$$
IAZ086-150900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1144 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date           07/14/24      Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24            Wed
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                      75          96          71          85          64
Temp                   77 76 77 86 93 96 93 82 77 73 73 77 81 81 80 73 68 66 66
Dewpt                  74 72 72 73 74 75 75 74 73 71 70 70 69 68 67 66 63 61 61
RH                     90 87 85 65 54 51 56 77 87 93 90 79 67 65 65 79 84 84 84
Wind dir               SW  S  S  S SW SW SW NW NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                4  4  5 10 11 12 10  6  6  6  6  8  9  9  6  5  5  5  5
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          30          50          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.56           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Heat index                      93104108104 88
Max heat                          106   110   101          85    86
Heat                                Y  Y  Y


Date           07/17  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24  Sun 07/21/24
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          80      57    78      56    80      58    81      60    83
Temp          77 76   62 59 74 74   61 59 76 76   63 60 78 78   65 63 79 78
Dewpt         61 58   56 55 58 57   56 56 57 57   57 57 58 60   59 60 61 61
PWind dir         N       N    NE      NE     E      SE    SE       E    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       0     5       5     5       5    10

$$