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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
229 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024

IAZ060-161000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
229 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024

Date           11/14/24      Fri 11/15/24            Sat 11/16/24            Sun
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      35          57          40          58          44
Temp                      36 37 40 52 57 49 45 43 42 41 45 54 56 54 53 53 51 47
Dewpt                     35 34 36 41 43 42 40 39 39 38 40 42 44 44 45 46 47 44
RH                        96 89 85 66 59 77 82 86 89 89 82 64 64 69 74 77 86 89
Wind dir                  SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W
Wind spd                   5  3  4  5  8  6  8  8  9 11 14 16 16 11 10  9  8  5
Wind gust                                            21 25 28 29
Clouds                    SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              S  S
Obvis                    PF+ F+ PF
Wind chill                                        36 34 38
Min chill                    29    33          37    34    34
Dense Fog                  Y  Y


Date           11/17/24  Mon 11/18/24  Tue 11/19/24  Wed 11/20/24  Thu 11/21/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          55      38    59      47    54      35    41      32    40
Temp          52 49 40   41 50 55 55   50 52 47 41   37 40 39 36   35 38 37
Dewpt         37 38 37   38 47 53 55   49 46 42 37   33 33 32 32   32 33 32
PWind dir         W      SE     E      SE     W      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC   B1 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0      20   100      90     5       5    20      30    30
Rain                      S  L  D  D    C                   S  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ039-161000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
229 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024

Date           11/14/24      Fri 11/15/24            Sat 11/16/24            Sun
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      34          52          39          53          42
Temp                      35 35 40 48 51 46 43 42 41 40 43 48 50 49 49 49 48 45
Dewpt                     32 33 37 41 42 41 40 39 39 38 40 41 41 42 43 43 44 44
RH                        89 92 89 77 71 83 89 89 92 92 89 77 71 77 80 80 86 96
Wind dir                   S SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd                   2  2  3  6  8  6  8  9 11 13 16 19 19 14 13 11 10  8
Wind gust                                               27 29 31
Clouds                    B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              C  C
Obvis                        PF
Wind chill                                     36 34 32 35
Min chill                    32    32          35    32    31
Dense Fog                  Y  Y


Date           11/17/24  Mon 11/18/24  Tue 11/19/24  Wed 11/20/24  Thu 11/21/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          54      33    54      45    56      35    41      32    40
Temp          51 46 37   35 49 49 51   50 53 47 41   37 41 39 36   35 38 36
Dewpt         37 36 34   33 41 47 51   50 49 43 38   34 35 34 34   32 34 32
PWind dir         W      SW     E      SE    SW       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      BZ    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC   SC B2 OV OV   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0       5    90     100    20      10    20      30    40
Rain                         C  D  D    L  S             S  S  S    C  C  C

$$
IAZ048-161000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
229 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024

Date           11/14/24      Fri 11/15/24            Sat 11/16/24            Sun
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      34          54          39          55          41
Temp                      35 36 39 48 53 47 43 42 40 40 43 51 54 51 50 49 48 43
Dewpt                     33 34 36 41 44 42 41 40 39 39 40 42 44 45 45 46 46 42
RH                        92 92 89 77 71 83 93 93 96 96 89 71 69 80 83 89 93 96
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW  W
Wind spd                   3  4  5  5  8  8  8  9 11 13 16 18 18 12 10  8  6  5
Wind gust                                               27 31 31
Clouds                    SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              S  S
Obvis                    PF+ F+ PF
Wind chill                                     36 33 32 35
Min chill                    29    32          35    32    32                39
Dense Fog                  Y  Y


Date           11/17/24  Mon 11/18/24  Tue 11/19/24  Wed 11/20/24  Thu 11/21/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          54      34    57      45    55      33    41      31    40
Temp          50 46 37   38 47 51 53   49 51 46 38   35 39 37 34   34 38 35
Dewpt         37 38 36   36 46 51 53   49 48 42 37   33 35 34 33   32 34 32
PWind dir         W       S     E      SE     W       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC   SC B2 OV B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0      10   100     100    10       5    20      30    40
Rain                         L  D  D    C                S  S  S    C  C  C
Tstms                              S

$$
IAZ004-161000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
229 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024

Date           11/14/24      Fri 11/15/24            Sat 11/16/24            Sun
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      34          50          39          55          35
Temp                      36 35 37 44 49 44 42 41 41 40 43 51 53 50 47 44 40 37
Dewpt                     34 34 34 40 42 39 40 39 37 37 39 42 44 45 44 41 36 32
RH                        92 96 89 86 77 82 93 92 85 89 86 71 71 83 89 89 85 82
Wind dir                   S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W
Wind spd                   5  4  5  8 10 10 12 13 16 19 20 23 20 14 12 10 10 11
Wind gust                                            32 34 35 32
Clouds                    B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                     F+ F+ PF
Wind chill                               38 35 34 33 31 34             38 33 29
Min chill                    31    30    38    33    31    31          38    28
Dense Fog                  Y  Y


Date           11/17/24  Mon 11/18/24  Tue 11/19/24  Wed 11/20/24  Thu 11/21/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          51      31    50      38    49      30    37      27    36
Temp          46 42 35   33 45 45 45   45 46 40 35   32 35 35 32   30 34 32
Dewpt         35 35 33   31 39 44 45   45 45 39 33   29 33 32 29   29 32 30
PWind dir         W       S    SE       E     W      NW    NW      NW     N
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW CL   FW B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0    90     100    30      20    30      30    30
Rain                         C  D  D    L  C  S       S  S  C  S    C  C  C
Snow                         S

$$
IAZ035-161000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
229 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024

Date           11/14/24      Fri 11/15/24            Sat 11/16/24            Sun
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      33          52          39          56          37
Temp                      36 36 38 47 52 46 43 42 41 40 43 52 54 51 48 46 43 39
Dewpt                     35 33 36 41 43 41 41 39 38 38 40 42 44 44 45 45 42 35
RH                        96 89 92 79 71 83 93 89 89 92 89 69 69 77 89 96 96 85
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W
Wind spd                   4  4  5  6  9  8 10 11 12 16 18 19 19 12 10  8  6  6
Wind gust                                         23 26 31 32 31
Clouds                    SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                     F+ F+ PF
Wind chill                                  37 36 33 32 35
Min chill                    31    31          34    31    31                33
Dense Fog                  Y  Y


Date           11/17/24  Mon 11/18/24  Tue 11/19/24  Wed 11/20/24  Thu 11/21/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          53      31    54      41    52      30    39      28    39
Temp          49 44 34   35 47 48 50   47 49 43 36   33 38 36 32   32 37 34
Dewpt         35 36 33   33 42 47 50   47 46 39 34   31 33 32 30   30 32 30
PWind dir         W       S     E      SE     W       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      BZ    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC FW   SC B2 OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       5   100     100    20      10    20      30    30
Rain                         C  D  D    L  S             S  S  S    C  C  S

$$
IAZ094-161000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
229 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024

Date           11/14/24      Fri 11/15/24            Sat 11/16/24            Sun
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      35          59          40          58          45
Temp                      38 37 43 55 58 49 45 44 41 40 45 54 57 54 53 52 51 48
Dewpt                     36 34 37 41 43 41 40 40 39 38 40 43 45 44 46 47 47 47
RH                        92 89 79 59 57 74 82 86 92 92 82 66 64 69 77 83 86 96
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd                   5  4  4  6  8  6  8  9 10 12 14 17 17 11 11 10  8  5
Wind gust                                   18 19       26 29 29
Clouds                    FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              S  S
Obvis                     PF PF
Wind chill                                        35 33 38
Min chill                    32    31          37    33    32


Date           11/17/24  Mon 11/18/24  Tue 11/19/24  Wed 11/20/24  Thu 11/21/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          55      42    59      46    53      34    41      30    40
Temp          54 50 45   46 53 57 54   48 50 47 40   36 40 38 34   33 38 35
Dewpt         40 39 40   44 53 57 54   48 45 41 37   33 33 31 32   31 34 30
PWind dir        NW       E     E       S     W      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          5      40   100      80     0       5    20      30    30
Rain                      C  D  D  D                        S  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ017-161000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
229 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024

Date           11/14/24      Fri 11/15/24            Sat 11/16/24            Sun
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      33          50          38          52          37
Temp                      34 34 38 46 49 44 42 40 40 39 42 48 51 48 47 46 44 40
Dewpt                     33 33 36 41 41 40 40 39 38 38 39 40 42 42 43 43 42 37
RH                        96 96 92 83 74 86 93 96 92 96 89 74 71 80 86 89 93 89
Wind dir                   S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW  W
Wind spd                   3  3  5  6  9  8  9 10 13 16 19 21 20 14 13 10  9  9
Wind gust                                            27 32 34 34
Clouds                    B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                        PF PF
Wind chill                                  36 33 33 30 33                38 34
Min chill                    29    30    39    33    30    30          39    33
Dense Fog                  Y  Y


Date           11/17/24  Mon 11/18/24  Tue 11/19/24  Wed 11/20/24  Thu 11/21/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          51      30    51      41    53      31    39      28    38
Temp          48 43 34   32 47 45 46   47 49 43 36   34 38 36 33   32 36 33
Dewpt         35 35 32   31 38 44 46   47 48 41 35   31 34 32 31   31 32 30
PWind dir         W      SW     E       E    SW       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0       0    90     100    30      10    30      30    40
Rain                         C  D  D    D  C  S          S  C  S    C  C  C

$$
IAZ049-161000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
229 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024

Date           11/14/24      Fri 11/15/24            Sat 11/16/24            Sun
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      35          53          39          53          41
Temp                      36 35 39 47 52 45 41 40 40 39 43 49 51 49 48 48 47 44
Dewpt                     34 33 37 41 43 41 40 39 38 38 39 41 42 42 43 44 44 43
RH                        92 92 92 79 71 86 96 96 92 96 86 74 71 77 83 86 89 96
Wind dir                  SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd                   3  3  6  6  8  6  8  8 10 12 14 18 19 12 11 10  8  6
Wind gust                                               25 29 31
Clouds                    SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              C  C
Obvis                    PF+PF+ PF
Wind chill                                        33 32 35
Min chill                    31    31          34    31    31                39
Dense Fog                  Y  Y


Date           11/17/24  Mon 11/18/24  Tue 11/19/24  Wed 11/20/24  Thu 11/21/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          53      33    56      44    55      33    41      30    40
Temp          50 45 36   36 47 50 52   49 51 45 38   35 39 37 33   33 38 35
Dewpt         37 37 35   34 44 49 52   48 48 42 37   33 35 33 32   32 34 32
PWind dir         W       S     E      SE    SW       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC   SC B2 OV OV   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0      10    90     100    10      10    20      30    40
Rain                         L  D  D    C                S  S  C    C  C  C
Tstms                              S

$$
IAZ086-161000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
229 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024

Date           11/14/24      Fri 11/15/24            Sat 11/16/24            Sun
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      34          57          39          54          47
Temp                      35 36 41 51 56 48 43 41 40 40 43 50 52 51 50 51 51 50
Dewpt                     34 35 38 42 44 42 40 40 39 38 40 42 43 43 44 45 47 47
RH                        96 96 89 71 64 80 89 96 96 92 89 74 71 74 80 80 86 89
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd                   3  3  5  6  6  6  8  8 10 11 13 16 16 11 11 10 10  8
Wind gust                                               24 26 27
Clouds                    SC B1 B1 FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              S  S
Obvis                    PF+ F+
Wind chill                                        34 33 36
Min chill                    29    32          35    33    33
Dense Fog                  Y  Y


Date           11/17/24  Mon 11/18/24  Tue 11/19/24  Wed 11/20/24  Thu 11/21/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          57      40    59      48    56      35    43      32    41
Temp          54 50 43   43 51 56 56   51 53 49 43   38 41 39 36   35 39 37
Dewpt         42 40 39   39 50 55 56   49 48 45 40   36 36 35 35   33 35 33
PWind dir         W      NE     E      SE    SW       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5      30   100     100     5      10    20      40    40
Rain                      C  D  D  D    C                S  S  C    C  C  C

$$