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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
514 AM CST Thu Nov 7 2024

IAZ060-072200-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
514 AM CST Thu Nov 7 2024

Date             Thu 11/07/24            Fri 11/08/24            Sat 11/09/24
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      55          36          60          43          52
Temp             37 43 51 54 49 44 41 39 37 45 55 59 52 48 45 45 45 46 49 51 50
Dewpt            37 40 42 42 41 39 38 36 35 39 42 42 43 43 41 41 40 41 43 45 47
RH              100 89 71 64 74 82 89 89 92 79 61 53 71 83 86 86 82 83 80 80 89
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd          1  3  4  4  3  2  2  2  2  2  3  4  2  3  4  6  9 10 12 12 10
Clouds           B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.39
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        L  L  D  D  C
Obvis            PF
Dense Fog         Y  Y


Date               Sun 11/10/24  Mon 11/11/24  Tue 11/12/24  Wed 11/13/24
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            44    56      40    61      40    63      47    58
Temp          49   46 54 52 46   42 57 52 44   42 57 57 54   48 54 48
Dewpt         49   46 46 46 45   41 48 46 43   41 49 50 50   45 43 38
PWind dir           S     W       W    SW       S    SE       S     W
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr           50     5       0     0       0     5      40    30
Rain shwrs     C    S                                    C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ039-072200-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
514 AM CST Thu Nov 7 2024

Date             Thu 11/07/24            Fri 11/08/24            Sat 11/09/24
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      54          32          58          38          53
Temp             33 42 51 53 47 40 38 35 33 43 54 57 49 44 41 41 40 46 51 52 49
Dewpt            33 38 42 41 40 38 36 34 32 36 40 39 39 38 38 37 37 40 41 42 43
RH              100 86 71 64 76 92 92 96 96 76 59 51 68 79 89 85 89 79 68 69 80
Wind dir         NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          1  3  6  8  5  4  4  4  4  4  5  4  2  2  3  5  6 10 12 13 12
Clouds           B1 SC SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.13
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  L  L  L
Obvis            PF


Date               Sun 11/10/24  Mon 11/11/24  Tue 11/12/24  Wed 11/13/24
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            43    56      39    59      37    61      45    57
Temp          47   45 53 50 45   40 55 50 42   39 55 54 51   46 53 47
Dewpt         47   45 47 45 44   40 45 44 41   39 45 46 48   45 44 39
PWind dir          SE     W       W     W      SE    SE      SE    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           70    20       0     0       0     5      40    40
Rain shwrs     L    C  S                                 C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ048-072200-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
514 AM CST Thu Nov 7 2024

Date             Thu 11/07/24            Fri 11/08/24            Sat 11/09/24
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      55          34          59          39          51
Temp             34 42 50 54 47 41 39 36 35 43 55 58 51 46 42 42 42 46 49 50 48
Dewpt            34 39 42 42 40 38 37 35 34 39 42 42 43 42 41 40 40 42 42 45 46
RH              100 89 74 64 76 89 92 96 96 86 61 55 74 86 96 93 93 86 77 83 93
Wind dir          W NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd          1  3  4  5  3  3  2  3  2  2  3  3  2  2  3  5  8 10 12 13 10
Clouds           B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.29
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  D  D  L
Obvis            PF


Date               Sun 11/10/24  Mon 11/11/24  Tue 11/12/24  Wed 11/13/24
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            42    55      37    60      37    62      44    56
Temp          47   44 53 50 44   40 55 50 42   40 56 56 50   46 54 47
Dewpt         47   44 47 46 44   40 48 46 42   40 48 50 50   45 45 38
PWind dir           S     W       W    SW      SE    SE       S     W
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           60    10       0     0       0     5      40    30
Rain shwrs     L    C                                    C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ004-072200-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
514 AM CST Thu Nov 7 2024

Date             Thu 11/07/24            Fri 11/08/24            Sat 11/09/24
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      50          32          57          37          50
Temp             32 39 47 49 43 38 36 35 33 41 53 56 49 43 40 41 40 44 47 49 46
Dewpt            32 35 36 35 34 33 32 32 30 35 38 37 37 37 37 37 37 40 41 42 43
RH              100 85 65 58 70 82 85 89 89 79 57 49 63 79 89 85 89 86 79 77 89
Wind dir          W  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          4  6  9 10  6  8  8  8  5  5  4  4  3  3  4  5  5 10 12 13 12
Clouds           FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  L  L  D
Wind chill                      32 30 28                            38
Min chill        27    27    39    30    27    27          37    35    36    39


Date               Sun 11/10/24  Mon 11/11/24  Tue 11/12/24  Wed 11/13/24
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            39    51      36    56      36    59      39    51
Temp          44   41 49 47 41   39 52 47 39   38 53 52 46   41 46 42
Dewpt         44   41 45 43 40   39 43 41 38   37 45 46 44   41 39 33
PWind dir           S     W       W     W       E     S       S     W
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           90    10       0     0       0     5      30    30
Rain shwrs     D    D                                    S    C  C  S

$$
IAZ035-072200-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
514 AM CST Thu Nov 7 2024

Date             Thu 11/07/24            Fri 11/08/24            Sat 11/09/24
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      54          33          59          39          51
Temp             35 41 50 53 46 40 37 35 34 43 54 58 51 44 41 41 41 45 48 50 47
Dewpt            35 38 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 36 40 40 39 39 38 39 38 41 42 43 44
RH              100 89 66 57 71 85 92 96 96 76 59 51 63 82 89 92 89 86 80 77 89
Wind dir          W NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  E  E SE  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          2  3  5  6  3  4  4  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  3  5  6 10 12 13 11
Clouds           B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.26
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  D  D  L
Obvis            PF


Date               Sun 11/10/24  Mon 11/11/24  Tue 11/12/24  Wed 11/13/24
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            41    53      36    59      36    61      42    54
Temp          46   43 52 49 41   39 55 49 40   38 55 54 48   44 51 45
Dewpt         45   43 46 44 41   39 46 43 40   38 45 47 46   42 42 35
PWind dir           S     W       W     W      SE    SE       S     W
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           70    10       0     0       0     5      30    30
Rain shwrs     L    C                                    S    C  C  S

$$
IAZ094-072200-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
514 AM CST Thu Nov 7 2024

Date             Thu 11/07/24            Fri 11/08/24            Sat 11/09/24
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      57          36          59          43          53
Temp             36 43 53 56 50 44 41 39 37 46 55 58 51 48 46 46 46 47 48 52 50
Dewpt            36 39 42 42 41 40 40 37 36 40 42 42 43 43 43 42 42 44 46 48 49
RH              100 86 66 59 71 86 96 92 96 79 61 55 74 83 89 86 86 89 93 86 96
Wind dir         NE NE NE  N  N  N NW NW  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          2  3  4  4  2  1  1  1  2  2  4  5  3  4  5  8 10 10 11 11  9
Wind gust                                                              21
Clouds           B2 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          20          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.06        0.54
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  D  D  L  L  C
Obvis            F+PF+             PF PF PF
Dense Fog         Y  Y


Date               Sun 11/10/24  Mon 11/11/24  Tue 11/12/24  Wed 11/13/24
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            43    56      39    61      40    62      46    56
Temp          49   45 53 50 45   42 57 51 45   43 57 57 53   47 53 47
Dewpt         49   45 47 47 45   41 50 48 45   43 52 52 51   46 45 37
PWind dir           S     W       W    SW       S     S       S     W
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr           30     5       0     0       0    10      40    30
Rain shwrs     C                                         C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ017-072200-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
514 AM CST Thu Nov 7 2024

Date             Thu 11/07/24            Fri 11/08/24            Sat 11/09/24
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      53          31          57          36          51
Temp             33 41 49 51 44 38 37 34 32 42 53 56 47 42 39 38 38 44 48 50 46
Dewpt            33 37 39 37 36 34 33 32 31 35 38 37 37 37 35 35 35 39 40 41 41
RH              100 85 68 59 73 85 85 92 96 76 57 49 68 82 85 89 89 82 74 71 83
Wind dir          W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          2  4  8  9  5  5  6  6  5  5  4  4  2  2  3  5  6 10 12 13 12
Clouds           SC SC FW CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  L  L  D
Obvis            PF
Wind chill                         31 28 26                         38
Min chill        30    30    39    30    26    26          34    32    33


Date               Sun 11/10/24  Mon 11/11/24  Tue 11/12/24  Wed 11/13/24
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            41    52      36    56      35    59      42    53
Temp          44   43 50 47 41   38 53 47 38   38 54 52 47   44 50 44
Dewpt         44   43 46 44 41   38 44 42 38   37 44 46 45   42 43 36
PWind dir          SE     W       W     W      SE    SE       S     W
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV   B2 B2 B2 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           80    30       0     0       0     5      30    30
Rain shwrs     D    D  C                                 S    C  C  C

$$
IAZ049-072200-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
514 AM CST Thu Nov 7 2024

Date             Thu 11/07/24            Fri 11/08/24            Sat 11/09/24
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      55          33          59          38          51
Temp             34 42 51 54 46 39 38 34 34 43 54 58 50 44 41 40 40 44 48 50 47
Dewpt            34 39 42 42 41 38 36 34 33 38 41 41 42 40 39 38 38 41 42 43 44
RH              100 89 71 64 83 96 92100 96 82 61 53 74 86 92 92 92 89 80 77 89
Wind dir         NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          1  3  4  6  4  3  3  3  3  2  3  3  2  2  3  5  6  9 11 12 10
Clouds           B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.15
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  L  L  L
Obvis            PF


Date               Sun 11/10/24  Mon 11/11/24  Tue 11/12/24  Wed 11/13/24
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            41    55      38    59      37    61      44    56
Temp          47   43 52 49 43   40 55 49 41   39 55 53 49   46 52 45
Dewpt         47   43 47 45 43   40 46 46 41   39 48 49 49   44 45 38
PWind dir           S     W       W    SW       S    SE       S    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           60    10       0     0       0     5      40    40
Rain shwrs     L    C                                    C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ086-072200-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
514 AM CST Thu Nov 7 2024

Date             Thu 11/07/24            Fri 11/08/24            Sat 11/09/24
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      55          34          59          41          54
Temp             32 42 51 54 49 43 39 36 35 44 55 58 51 46 44 43 43 46 51 53 50
Dewpt            32 36 41 42 42 41 39 36 36 40 42 42 43 43 41 40 40 42 43 45 48
RH              100 79 68 64 77 93100100104 86 61 55 74 89 89 89 89 86 74 74 93
Wind dir          N  N  N NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd          2  3  4  4  3  2  3  3  3  2  4  4  2  3  4  6  9 10 12 12 10
Clouds           B2 B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.26
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  D  D  C
Obvis            F+PF+                PF PF
Dense Fog         Y  Y


Date               Sun 11/10/24  Mon 11/11/24  Tue 11/12/24  Wed 11/13/24
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            44    57      41    61      40    63      48    59
Temp          50   46 55 52 46   43 57 52 44   42 58 57 54   49 55 49
Dewpt         50   46 48 47 46   42 49 48 44   41 49 51 52   49 46 41
PWind dir           S     W       W    SW       S    SE       S    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           50     5       0     0       0    10      50    40
Rain shwrs     C    S                                    C    C  C  C

$$