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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
445 AM CST Fri Jan 10 2025

IAZ060-102200-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
445 AM CST Fri Jan 10 2025

Date             Fri 01/10/25            Sat 01/11/25            Sun 01/12/25
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                      30          15          33          25          31
Temp             27 24 27 30 26 22 20 16 15 20 30 33 29 29 29 29 28 27 30 29 25
Dewpt            24 24 23 21 20 18 17 16 15 18 23 24 25 27 29 29 28 25 23 21 19
RH               88100 85 69 78 84 88100100 92 75 69 85 92100100100 92 75 72 78
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd          5  6 10 12  9  8  6  5  5 10 13 12  8  6  5  5  6  9 12 13 11
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                C     C
Snow                       S                          C  C  C  C
Wind chill       20    20 19 17 13 11  7  6  9 19 24 22 22 23 23 21 18 20 18 15
Min chill        20    18    16     9     5     6    17    20    19    17    13


Date               Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25  Wed 01/15/25  Thu 01/16/25
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             7    18       6    17       5    26      18    38
Temp          18   10 15 15 12    9 15 14 10    8 19 22 23   23 33 32
Dewpt         11    4  4  5  4    4  5  5  4    3 10 16 20   20 25 26
PWind dir          NW    NW       W    NW      NW     W       W    NW
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B1 FW FW FW   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ039-102200-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
445 AM CST Fri Jan 10 2025

Date             Fri 01/10/25            Sat 01/11/25            Sun 01/12/25
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                      29          14          31          25          31
Temp             24 24 28 28 25 21 17 14 14 18 27 31 29 27 27 27 27 27 28 28 23
Dewpt            22 22 21 20 17 15 13 12 12 14 18 21 23 26 26 27 26 25 23 20 16
RH               92 92 75 71 71 77 84 92 92 84 68 66 78 96 96100 96 92 81 71 74
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W NW NW
Wind spd          4  5 10 12 10  8  6  4  4  8 12 14 10  9  8  6  5 10 13 14 13
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          20           0          60          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                C
Snow                       S  S                       C  C  L  L  C  C
Wind chill       18 18 19 17 15 11  8  7  6  8 16 21 20 18 19 20 20 17 17 16 11
Min chill        18    17    15     8     5     4    16    17    18    15    10


Date               Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25  Wed 01/15/25  Thu 01/16/25
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             4    15       1    13       1    22      14    36
Temp          14    7 11 12  7    4 10 10  5    3 15 18 18   20 30 29
Dewpt          7    0  3  3  2   -2  0  0 -1   -2  5 11 15   18 23 23
PWind dir          NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     W       W    NW
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   SC FW SC FW   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     5       5     0

$$
IAZ048-102200-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
445 AM CST Fri Jan 10 2025

Date             Fri 01/10/25            Sat 01/11/25            Sun 01/12/25
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                      28          14          32          23          30
Temp             25 22 26 28 23 19 17 14 14 17 28 32 29 27 28 28 27 25 27 27 23
Dewpt            23 23 22 21 19 17 16 14 14 17 23 25 26 27 28 28 27 25 23 21 17
RH               92104 85 75 84 92 96100100100 81 75 88100100100100100 85 78 77
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          6  6 10 12  9  8  5  5  6 10 13 13  9  5  5  5  5 10 13 13 11
Clouds           B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                C     C
Snow                       S                          C  C  L  L
Wind chill       18    18 16 14  9  9  5  4  5 17 22 20 20    22 20 16 16 16 12
Min chill        17    16    13     6     4     4    14    19    20    14    11


Date               Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25  Wed 01/15/25  Thu 01/16/25
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             5    16       3    15       1    25      15    37
Temp          14    8 12 13  8    6 12 11  7    5 17 20 21   22 32 30
Dewpt          9    3  4  5  4    3  4  4  2    1 10 16 19   20 26 26
PWind dir          NW    NW       W    NW      NW     W       W    NW
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ004-102200-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
445 AM CST Fri Jan 10 2025

Date             Fri 01/10/25            Sat 01/11/25            Sun 01/12/25
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                      26          14          30          19          25
Temp             22 20 25 25 21 17 14 14 15 18 27 30 29 27 26 24 22 20 21 20 15
Dewpt            21 19 18 15 13 13 12 12 13 16 20 23 26 26 26 24 19 16 15 13  9
RH               96 96 74 65 71 84 92 92 92 92 74 75 88 96100100 88 84 77 74 77
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW NW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd         10 11 14 14 10  6  4  6 10 12 14 13  9  8  8 10 12 14 18 19 17
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          10          10          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                                        C  C
Snow                    S  S                          S  S  C  C
Wind chill       14 12 12 12 10  7  6  4  2  5 15 19 20 19 18 14 10  6  6  5 -1
Min chill        12    11     9     5     1     2    15    18    10     6    -2


Date               Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25  Wed 01/15/25  Thu 01/16/25
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            -1    13      -3    13       0    29      17    37
Temp           6    2  9  9  3    0  8  8  4    4 19 22 23   22 33 30
Dewpt          1   -4  1  1 -1   -5 -1  0 -2   -2 10 17 20   19 25 24
PWind dir          NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W       W    NW
Wind char          BZ    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   SC FW SC SC   SC FW FW SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ035-102200-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
445 AM CST Fri Jan 10 2025

Date             Fri 01/10/25            Sat 01/11/25            Sun 01/12/25
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                      28          15          32          21          28
Temp             24 21 26 28 24 20 18 15 15 19 27 32 29 27 27 26 24 24 26 25 20
Dewpt            23 22 20 18 17 15 14 15 14 17 21 24 26 26 27 26 23 21 20 17 14
RH               96104 78 66 74 81 84100 96 92 78 72 88 96100100 96 88 78 71 77
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          6  8 10 12  9  6  4  5  8 11 14 13  6  5  5  5  6 10 13 14 12
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                C     C
Snow                       S                          C  C  C  C
Wind chill       17    18 16 14 11 11  6  4  7 15 22 22 20 21 19 16 13 14 13  7
Min chill        17    15    12     9     4     4    13    20    15    12     7


Date               Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25  Wed 01/15/25  Thu 01/16/25
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             2    16       0    15       0    28      16    39
Temp          11    5 12 12  6    3 11 10  5    4 18 21 21   22 33 30
Dewpt          5    0  2  3  2   -1  2  2  0   -1 10 16 20   19 25 24
PWind dir          NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     W       W    NW
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ094-102200-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
445 AM CST Fri Jan 10 2025

Date             Fri 01/10/25            Sat 01/11/25            Sun 01/12/25
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                      30          14          32          25          33
Temp             27 23 28 30 25 21 18 15 15 19 27 32 29 28 29 29 29 27 30 30 25
Dewpt            26 24 23 21 19 18 17 15 14 18 23 26 27 27 29 29 29 26 26 23 20
RH               96104 81 69 78 88 96100 96 96 85 78 92 96100100100 96 85 75 81
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd          5  6  9 12  9  8  6  6  8 10 13 13  8  6  6  6  6  9 11 11 10
Clouds           B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                  S  S  C  C
Wind chill       21    21 19 16 10  9  5  4  7 15 22 21 21 22 22 22 18 21 20 15
Min chill        20    18    14     7     3     3    17    19    20    17    15


Date               Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25  Wed 01/15/25  Thu 01/16/25
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             7    19       7    21       5    26      17    36
Temp          18   12 16 15 11   12 18 15 10    8 20 21 22   22 33 30
Dewpt         13    7  7  6  7    8 11  9  6    5 12 16 20   20 25 25
PWind dir          NW    NW       W    NW      NW     W       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   SC FW FW FW   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ017-102200-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
445 AM CST Fri Jan 10 2025

Date             Fri 01/10/25            Sat 01/11/25            Sun 01/12/25
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                      26          13          29          21          27
Temp             23 21 26 24 21 17 15 13 14 18 26 29 27 26 26 25 24 23 24 23 18
Dewpt            23 22 20 18 14 12 11 11 12 15 18 21 23 25 25 25 23 20 19 16 12
RH              100104 78 77 74 80 84 91 92 88 71 72 85 96 96100 96 88 81 74 77
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          8  9 11 13 10  8  5  4  6 10 14 14 10  8  6  5  8 11 16 17 14
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          10           5          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.10        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                    S  C                          C  C  L  L  S  S
Wind chill       15 15 15 13 10  7  6  5  4  6 14 17 18 18 18 18 15 12 11  9  4
Min chill        15    14     9     5     3     3    10    17    14    11     3


Date               Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25  Wed 01/15/25  Thu 01/16/25
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             0    12      -3    10      -2    23      14    35
Temp           8    3  8  9  3   -1  7  7  3    2 15 18 19   21 29 27
Dewpt          3   -3  1  2 -1   -5 -2 -1 -3   -3  7 13 17   18 23 23
PWind dir          NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     W       W    NW
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     5       5     0

$$
IAZ049-102200-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
445 AM CST Fri Jan 10 2025

Date             Fri 01/10/25            Sat 01/11/25            Sun 01/12/25
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                      28          13          31          24          31
Temp             24 22 27 27 23 20 17 13 13 17 27 31 28 27 27 27 27 25 27 27 22
Dewpt            23 22 22 21 18 16 15 13 13 17 21 24 25 26 26 27 26 25 23 21 17
RH               96100 81 78 81 84 92100100100 78 75 88 96 96100 96100 85 78 81
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd          5  6 11 12 10  9  6  4  5  9 13 14  9  8  6  5  6  9 12 13 11
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          20           0          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                C
Snow                       S  S                       C  C  L  L  S  S
Wind chill             18 16 13  9  8  6  4  6 16 20 19 19 19 20 20 16 16 16 10
Min chill        18    16    12     6     4     3    16    18    18    15     9


Date               Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25  Wed 01/15/25  Thu 01/16/25
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             4    15       1    13       0    23      14    36
Temp          13    7 12 12  7    4 10 10  5    3 15 18 18   20 30 28
Dewpt          8    1  3  4  3    0  2  2  1   -1  8 13 17   18 24 24
PWind dir          NW    NW       W    NW      NW     W       W    NW
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC FW SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       5     0

$$
IAZ086-102200-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
445 AM CST Fri Jan 10 2025

Date             Fri 01/10/25            Sat 01/11/25            Sun 01/12/25
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                      30          17          31          27          33
Temp             26 25 28 30 25 23 22 19 17 18 27 31 29 29 29 29 30 29 30 30 27
Dewpt            25 25 24 22 20 19 19 18 17 18 22 25 27 28 29 29 29 28 27 25 21
RH               96100 85 72 81 84 88 96100100 81 78 92 96100100 96 96 88 81 78
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW  W NW  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W NW
Wind spd          5  5  9 12 10 10  9  6  5  8 12 12  9  9  9  8  8  9 12 12 11
Clouds           OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0          50          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.06        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                C  C  C
Frzg rain
Snow                                                  S  S  C  C  C  C
Wind chill       20    22 19 15 13 12 10  9  8 16 20 20 21 21 21 22 20 20 20 17
Min chill        19    20    15    11     8     8    16    20    20    18    15


Date               Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25  Wed 01/15/25  Thu 01/16/25
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            10    18       6    17       4    24      16    36
Temp          20   13 15 16 12   10 15 15 10    7 17 20 21   22 32 30
Dewpt         16    7  7  7  7    5  7  7  5    3  9 14 18   20 24 25
PWind dir          NW    NW       W    NW      NW     W       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B1 FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$