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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
514 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024

IAZ060-200900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
514 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024

Date           09/19/24      Fri 09/20/24            Sat 09/21/24            Sun
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                      65          88          66          86          61
Temp             83 77 73 69 65 73 84 87 81 73 69 68 66 74 83 84 79 72 68 65 62
Dewpt            69 70 69 66 62 62 57 56 57 59 60 61 61 67 68 69 69 69 67 63 60
RH               63 79 87 90 90 68 40 35 44 62 73 78 84 79 61 61 72 90 97 93 93
Wind dir          S SW NW  N NW NW NE  E  E SE SE SE  S  S SW SW SW NW NW  N  N
Wind spd          9  6  4  3  4  3  5  5  5  6  6  6  5  8  9  9  6  5  6  8 10
Clouds           SC B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     50           0          30          50          90
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0        0.03        0.04        0.62
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  C                          C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms             S  C                          S  C  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C


Date           09/22  Mon 09/23/24  Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24
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          67      54    67      53    71      54    75      54    75
Temp          63 62   58 54 64 63   56 53 67 65   57 54 70 67   58 55 71 68
Dewpt         59 58   56 54 56 55   54 51 54 55   54 51 57 56   55 53 58 58
PWind dir         N       N     N      NW    NW      NW     N      NE     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV   B2 B2 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         90      60    20      10    10      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     D  D    L  C  S                     S             S  S  S  S
Tstms          C  C    C  C  S

$$
IAZ039-200900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
514 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024

Date           09/19/24      Fri 09/20/24            Sat 09/21/24            Sun
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                      63          86          61          87          59
Temp             79 73 70 66 63 72 82 85 78 69 66 64 62 74 83 86 80 71 67 64 60
Dewpt            69 69 69 65 61 63 57 54 56 57 57 59 58 64 66 66 67 66 64 60 57
RH               72 87 97 97 93 73 43 35 47 66 73 84 87 71 57 51 65 84 90 87 90
Wind dir          S  S  S SW  W NW NW NW  N SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE  W  N  N  N
Wind spd          9  6  4  3  3  4  5  5  4  3  4  5  5  8 10  9  5  5  5  8 10
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL CL CL FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     60           0          10          30          70
QPF 12hr                   0.30           0           0        0.02        0.41
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  L  S                             S  S  C  C  C  C  L  L  D
Tstms             C  C  S                             S        S  C  C  C  S  S


Date           09/22  Mon 09/23/24  Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24
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          67      54    68      52    72      52    75      52    76
Temp          63 62   57 54 65 62   56 52 68 64   56 53 71 66   56 53 72 68
Dewpt         57 55   55 53 56 55   54 51 53 53   52 51 54 53   53 51 55 56
PWind dir         N       N    NE       N    NW      NW     N      NE     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         80      60    30      20    10      20    10      10    20
Rain shwrs     D  D    L  C  C  C    S             S  S                S  S
Tstms          S  S    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ048-200900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
514 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024

Date           09/19/24      Fri 09/20/24            Sat 09/21/24            Sun
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                      62          88          63          86          58
Temp             80 74 70 65 62 72 83 87 80 70 67 65 63 74 83 84 78 68 65 62 59
Dewpt            69 69 67 63 60 62 57 55 57 58 59 60 59 66 68 68 69 68 63 60 57
RH               69 84 90 93 93 71 41 34 45 66 75 84 87 76 61 59 74100 93 93 93
Wind dir          S SW NW NW NW NW NW SW  E SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW NW  N  N  N
Wind spd          9  5  3  2  3  3  4  5  4  4  5  5  5  8 10  9  5  5  6  9 10
Clouds           SC B1 B1 SC FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     50           0          20          50          80
QPF 12hr                   0.16           0        0.01        0.05        0.59
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C                          S  S  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms             C  C                          S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C


Date           09/22  Mon 09/23/24  Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24
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          65      52    66      50    71      51    73      51    75
Temp          61 61   55 52 63 62   53 51 66 64   55 52 70 66   56 53 71 68
Dewpt         57 56   54 52 56 55   53 50 54 55   53 51 56 55   54 52 58 58
PWind dir         N       N     N       N    NW      NW     N       N     E
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr         80      60    30      10    10      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs     D  D    L  C  C  S                                         S
Tstms          C  S    C  C  S

$$
IAZ004-200900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
514 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024

Date           09/19/24      Fri 09/20/24            Sat 09/21/24            Sun
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                      56          84          60          82          53
Temp             74 66 61 59 57 71 80 82 76 68 65 63 62 72 79 78 71 63 58 55 54
Dewpt            59 55 54 52 50 53 49 51 54 54 54 56 55 62 64 60 53 50 48 46 45
RH               59 68 78 78 77 53 34 34 46 61 68 78 78 71 60 54 53 62 69 72 71
Wind dir          W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SE SE  S  S  S  S  W NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          9  6  5  5  5  5  6  6  5  8  9 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 12 13 13
Clouds           FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          40          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.07        0.20
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S     S  C  C  S  S
Svr Tstorm        A


Date           09/22  Mon 09/23/24  Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24
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          63      49    67      47    70      49    73      50    75
Temp          58 58   51 49 62 60   51 49 64 62   52 50 69 64   54 51 70 66
Dewpt         47 47   46 45 48 50   48 45 50 49   49 46 50 51   50 49 54 55
PWind dir         N       N     N      NW     W      NW    NW      SW     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      30    20      10    10      10    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms                  S  S

$$
IAZ035-200900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
514 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024

Date           09/19/24      Fri 09/20/24            Sat 09/21/24            Sun
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                      58          86          62          85          54
Temp             79 71 65 62 58 72 83 85 79 68 66 64 62 74 82 83 75 65 61 58 55
Dewpt            69 65 61 58 55 57 52 52 54 55 56 59 57 65 67 67 65 61 56 53 51
RH               72 81 87 87 90 59 34 32 42 63 70 84 84 74 61 59 71 87 84 83 86
Wind dir          W  W NW  W  W NW SW SW SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          6  4  3  2  2  3  4  5  3  5  6  6  6  9 10  9  6  8  9 10 10
Clouds           B1 SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     30           0          20          50          70
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0        0.15        0.58
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C                             S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L
Tstms             C                             S  S  S        C  C  S  C  C  S


Date           09/22  Mon 09/23/24  Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24
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          63      49    67      48    71      49    73      50    75
Temp          59 58   53 49 62 61   52 49 65 63   52 50 69 65   55 51 70 67
Dewpt         53 52   51 48 53 54   51 48 52 53   50 48 54 53   52 50 57 56
PWind dir         N       N     N       N    NW      NW     N      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70      40    20      10    10      10    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     L  L    C  C  S
Tstms          S  S    C  C  S

$$
IAZ094-200900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
514 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024

Date           09/19/24      Fri 09/20/24            Sat 09/21/24            Sun
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                      66          89          66          82          61
Temp             80 75 72 69 66 74 85 87 80 72 70 68 66 74 80 81 77 70 69 66 63
Dewpt            70 70 70 67 64 65 58 56 58 58 60 62 63 69 70 70 71 70 69 66 63
RH               72 84 93 93 93 74 40 35 47 61 71 81 90 84 72 69 82100100100100
Wind dir          S  S NW  N  N NE NE  E  E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S SW NE  N  N  N
Wind spd          6  5  4  4  4  4  5  5  4  5  6  6  5  6  9  8  5  5  5  6  9
Clouds           FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20           0          60          60          90
QPF 12hr                   0.06           0        0.05        0.07        0.78
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S                          L  L  L  L  C  C  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                S                          C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  C


Date           09/22  Mon 09/23/24  Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24
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          70      54    65      52    69      52    72      53    73
Temp          65 63   57 54 62 60   54 52 65 62   55 53 69 64   56 54 69 65
Dewpt         65 63   57 54 57 57   54 52 55 57   55 52 58 58   56 54 59 60
PWind dir        NE       N     N      NW    NW      NW     N      NE     E
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr         90      60    20       5    10      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     D  D    L  C  S                                   S  S  S  S
Tstms          C  C    C  C  S

$$
IAZ017-200900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
514 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024

Date           09/19/24      Fri 09/20/24            Sat 09/21/24            Sun
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                      57          84          59          85          53
Temp             74 69 65 61 58 70 80 82 75 66 63 62 60 72 82 83 74 65 61 57 54
Dewpt            69 66 63 59 55 58 54 53 55 55 55 57 56 62 66 65 64 59 55 52 49
RH               84 90 93 93 90 66 41 37 50 68 75 84 87 71 58 55 71 81 81 83 83
Wind dir          S  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          8  4  4  4  4  5  6  6  4  5  6  6  6  9 10  9  6  8 10 10 11
Clouds           B2 B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     50           0          10          30          60
QPF 12hr                   0.14           0           0        0.05        0.42
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C                                   S  S  C  C  C  C  L  L  L
Tstms             C                                   S        C  C  S  C  S
Svr Tstorm        A


Date           09/22  Mon 09/23/24  Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24
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          64      49    65      48    70      49    73      49    75
Temp          59 59   53 49 61 59   51 49 65 62   53 50 69 64   53 51 70 66
Dewpt         51 51   50 48 53 52   50 47 52 51   49 48 53 52   51 49 55 55
PWind dir         N       N     N       N    NW      NW     N       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         60      50    30      20    10      20    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     L  L    C  C  C  S    S             S  S
Tstms             S    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ049-200900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
514 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024

Date           09/19/24      Fri 09/20/24            Sat 09/21/24            Sun
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                      62          87          62          86          58
Temp             79 73 69 65 62 72 82 86 78 68 66 64 63 74 82 83 77 68 65 62 59
Dewpt            68 69 68 63 61 63 57 55 57 57 58 59 57 65 67 67 69 67 64 60 57
RH               69 87 97 93 97 73 43 35 48 68 75 84 81 74 61 59 76 97 97 93 93
Wind dir          S SW  W  W NW NW NW NW  E SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  S  W  N  N  N
Wind spd          9  6  3  3  3  3  4  5  3  4  5  5  4  6  9  8  5  5  5  6  9
Clouds           B1 B2 B1 B1 FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     60           0          10          40          80
QPF 12hr                   0.41           0        0.01        0.02        0.45
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  L                                C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms             S  C                                S     S  C  C  C  C  C  C


Date           09/22  Mon 09/23/24  Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24
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          66      52    67      50    70      50    73      50    75
Temp          61 61   55 52 63 60   53 50 65 62   54 51 69 64   54 51 70 66
Dewpt         58 57   54 52 56 56   53 49 54 55   52 50 55 56   53 51 56 57
PWind dir         N       N     N       N    NW      NW     N       N     E
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      60    30      10    10      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs     D  D    L  C  C  S                                      S
Tstms          S  S    C  C  S

$$
IAZ086-200900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
514 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024

Date           09/19/24      Fri 09/20/24            Sat 09/21/24            Sun
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                      66          88          64          85          63
Temp             83 76 72 69 67 74 83 87 80 71 68 66 65 73 80 83 79 72 70 67 65
Dewpt            68 68 69 68 66 68 63 60 61 61 61 62 61 67 70 70 70 70 68 66 64
RH               61 76 90 97 97 82 51 40 52 71 78 87 87 81 72 65 74 93 93 97 97
Wind dir          S  S SW NW  W NW  N NE  E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW  N
Wind spd          9  6  6  4  3  4  5  6  4  5  5  6  5  6  9  9  5  5  5  6  8
Clouds           FW B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     70           0          20          40          80
QPF 12hr                   0.12           0        0.04        0.03        0.55
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  L                       S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  D  D  D
Tstms                C  C                             S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S


Date           09/22  Mon 09/23/24  Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24
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          72      56    68      53    70      53    73      53    73
Temp          66 66   59 57 65 63   56 54 65 64   57 54 69 66   57 54 70 67
Dewpt         66 64   59 57 61 58   56 53 57 58   55 53 58 58   56 54 59 60
PWind dir         N       N     N      NW    NW      NW     N       N     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         90      70    30      20    10      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     D  D    L  L  C  S       S             S     S       S  S  S
Tstms          S  S    C  C  S

$$