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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
831 PM CST Sun Nov 24 2024

IAZ060-251000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
831 PM CST Sun Nov 24 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
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                      36          39          21          42          30
Temp                51 45 42 38 36 37 37 32 28 26 24 22 26 38 42 38 36 34 32 30
Dewpt               43 40 37 34 30 26 21 19 17 17 16 16 17 18 21 23 24 25 26 27
RH                  74 82 82 85 79 64 52 58 63 68 71 77 68 44 43 54 61 69 78 88
Wind dir             N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SE
Wind spd             8 12 14 16 16 17 16 10  9  6  4  3  3  5  8  5  5  4  4  4
Wind gust                 25 29 28 27 27 20
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B1 OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                          S
Snow                                                                          S
Wind chill             39 34 29 26 27 28 24 19 18 17
Min chill              39    29    26    22    17    16    18    32    29    24


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
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          41      22    32      16    28      16    28      11    23
Temp          40 37 28   23 30 29 23   17 26 24 21   17 27 25 17   12 21 20
Dewpt         28 28 23   20 19 18 16   11  8 10 10   11 14 12  9    7  7  8
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW    NW       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW B1   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10     5       5     5       5    20       5     0
Rain           S  S
Snow           S                                         S  S

$$
IAZ039-251000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
831 PM CST Sun Nov 24 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
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                      36          39          19          37          26
Temp                45 43 41 39 38 36 35 28 25 23 21 19 24 33 37 32 30 29 28 26
Dewpt               40 40 38 36 33 29 24 18 16 14 13 13 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 23
RH                  82 89 89 89 82 75 64 66 68 68 71 77 68 49 48 61 69 75 81 88
Wind dir            NE  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  S SE SE  S SE SE
Wind spd             8  5 10 14 17 19 18 16 13 11  9  5  5  5  6  5  4  4  4  5
Wind gust                 20 27 28    28 26
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                 S  S
Snow                                                                          S
Wind chill                35 30 29 25 24 16 12 12 11 11 17 27                19
Min chill              39    29    24    15    10     9    12    26    23    18


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
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          39      20    30      14    24      12    23       7    20
Temp          37 33 26   21 29 27 20   15 23 21 16   13 22 20 13    8 18 17
Dewpt         27 26 21   19 19 18 12    7  7  6  5    6 10  9  6    4  7  6
PWind dir        NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC FW SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10     5       5     0       0    20       5     0
Rain              S
Snow           S  S                                         S

$$
IAZ048-251000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
831 PM CST Sun Nov 24 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
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          38          19          40          27
Temp                49 44 41 36 34 35 36 30 26 23 21 20 23 35 40 36 32 31 29 27
Dewpt               41 39 36 33 29 25 21 18 17 16 15 15 17 18 22 23 24 24 25 25
RH                  74 82 82 89 82 66 54 60 68 74 77 81 77 49 48 59 72 75 85 92
Wind dir             N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S  S SE  E
Wind spd             8 12 16 16 17 18 17 11  9  8  5  2  2  5  6  5  5  4  3  4
Wind gust                 26 29 29 28 27
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                                          S
Wind chill             38 33 26 24 25 26 20 16 14 14
Min chill              36    26    22    19    11    12    17    30    25    22


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
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          39      19    31      13    27      14    26       8    21
Temp          37 34 26   20 28 27 20   14 24 22 18   15 24 22 14    9 18 18
Dewpt         29 27 23   20 19 19 15    9  8  9  9   10 13 11  8    5  8  8
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       5     5       5    20       5     0
Rain              S
Snow           S  S                                      S  S

$$
IAZ004-251000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
831 PM CST Sun Nov 24 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
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                      25          31          15          35          19
Temp                38 35 32 27 26 29 30 25 21 19 18 15 19 30 35 30 25 25 23 20
Dewpt               35 33 29 23 19 17 16 15 13 12 11 10 13 16 20 20 20 20 19 18
RH                  89 92 88 85 74 60 55 65 71 74 73 80 77 55 54 66 81 81 84 92
Wind dir             N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W SW  S SE SE  E  E  N  N
Wind spd            11 16 19 20 19 19 17 12 10  8  5  2  3  6  8  6  5  5  5  6
Wind gust                    31 29 29 27
Clouds              OV OV OV B2 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle              S  S  S
Wind chill          30 25 20 14 13 16 18 14 10  9 10       23 28 23 18 18 16 11
Min chill              25    12    10    11     8     9    13    21    17    11


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
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          31      15    26       8    21       8    20       3    17
Temp          30 26 21   16 25 23 16    9 18 18 12    9 18 17  9    4 15 15
Dewpt         23 21 18   14 17 14  8    3  4  5  5    5  9  7  5    1  5  6
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     0       5     5      10    20       5     0
Snow                                                     S

$$
IAZ035-251000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
831 PM CST Sun Nov 24 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
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                      29          36          17          39          23
Temp                43 40 36 31 31 34 34 29 24 22 19 18 22 34 38 34 29 27 25 23
Dewpt               39 37 33 28 25 21 18 16 15 13 13 12 15 17 21 22 21 22 22 22
RH                  86 89 89 88 78 58 51 58 68 68 77 77 74 49 50 61 72 81 88 96
Wind dir             N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S SE  S  S SE  N
Wind spd             9 13 17 17 17 18 17 11 10  8  4  2  2  5  6  5  4  4  4  4
Wind gust                 29 31 29 28 27
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B2 FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle              S  S
Snow                                                                          S
Wind chill             32 26 20 19 23 24 19 13 12 12                23       17
Min chill              31    19    17    18    11    11    15    28    22    16


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
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          36      17    29      11    25      11    23       6    20
Temp          35 31 23   18 27 26 18   12 21 21 15   12 22 20 11    7 18 17
Dewpt         25 23 19   17 18 17 11    7  6  6  7    8 11  9  7    4  7  7
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC FW FW B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       5     5       5    20       5     0
Snow           S                                         S

$$
IAZ094-251000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
831 PM CST Sun Nov 24 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
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                      37          40          22          42          30
Temp                52 47 43 39 38 39 40 33 29 27 24 23 28 39 42 39 36 33 31 30
Dewpt               46 42 39 36 31 28 23 18 17 16 15 17 18 19 21 22 24 25 26 28
RH                  80 83 86 89 76 64 50 53 60 63 68 77 66 44 43 50 61 72 81 92
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd             4 12 16 14 16 17 16  9  8  6  4  2  3  8  8  5  5  5  4  4
Wind gust              24 29 27 26       19 18
Clouds              OV B2 OV OV OV SC FW CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                          C
Wind chill                35 31 28 30 31 25 20 20 18       33
Min chill                    29    26    24    17    16    18    33    26    25


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
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          43      21    34      16    30      17    30      11    24
Temp          41 38 29   22 31 29 23   17 28 25 20   18 28 25 17   12 21 20
Dewpt         30 29 26   21 20 18 16   12 11 12 13   13 18 15 10    7  8  8
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW    NW      NE    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B2   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         30      10    10       5     5       5    20       0     0
Rain           C  S
Snow                                                     S

$$
IAZ017-251000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
831 PM CST Sun Nov 24 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
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                      29          34          15          34          21
Temp                42 40 37 33 31 31 30 24 20 19 17 16 20 29 34 29 25 25 23 22
Dewpt               38 38 35 32 27 23 19 15 14 12 11 11 13 16 18 19 19 20 21 20
RH                  86 92 92 96 85 72 63 68 77 74 77 80 74 58 51 66 78 81 92 92
Wind dir            NE  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW  S SE SE SE SE NE
Wind spd             6  8 13 17 19 20 19 16 13 11  9  5  4  5  5  5  4  4  4  5
Wind gust                 25 29 31    29 26 24
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle              S  S  S
Snow                                                                          S
Wind chill                29 22 19 18 17 11  7  7  7  7 13 23    23 19 19 17 15
Min chill              34    22    17    10     6     5     9    23    17    13


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
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          33      16    27      10    22       8    20       4    17
Temp          32 28 22   17 26 24 16   11 19 18 12    9 18 16  9    5 15 14
Dewpt         24 22 18   16 17 16  8    4  6  4  3    4  9  7  5    2  6  6
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW SC   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       5     5       5    20       5     0
Snow           S  S                                      S  S

$$
IAZ049-251000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
831 PM CST Sun Nov 24 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
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          39          18          38          26
Temp                48 45 42 37 36 35 35 28 24 22 20 19 23 33 37 33 30 29 28 26
Dewpt               41 40 38 35 31 27 22 18 16 15 14 14 15 17 20 21 22 23 24 24
RH                  77 82 86 92 82 72 59 66 71 74 77 80 71 51 50 61 72 78 85 92
Wind dir            NE  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW  S  S  S  S  S SE
Wind spd             8  8 14 16 17 18 18 12 10  9  6  4  3  5  5  5  4  4  4  4
Wind gust                    28 28 28 28 23
Clouds              OV OV OV B2 OV B1 SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 OV OV B2 B2 SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                                          S
Wind chill                34 28 25 24 24 17 14 13 12 13
Min chill              39    27    23    16    12    11    13    26    24    19


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
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          39      18    30      12    25      12    24       7    20
Temp          37 33 24   19 28 26 18   13 22 20 16   13 22 20 12    7 18 16
Dewpt         28 27 21   18 19 18 13    7  8  8  7    8 12 11  7    4  7  7
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       5     5       5    20       5     0
Rain              S
Snow           S  S                                      S  S

$$
IAZ086-251000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
831 PM CST Sun Nov 24 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
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                      40          42          22          41          31
Temp                53 50 47 43 40 39 40 34 29 26 24 22 27 37 41 38 35 34 33 31
Dewpt               46 46 43 39 36 31 27 22 20 19 17 17 18 18 22 24 25 26 26 27
RH                  77 86 86 86 85 73 59 61 69 74 74 81 68 46 46 57 66 72 75 85
Wind dir            NE NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd             5  6 13 14 17 18 18 12 10  8  6  4  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  5
Wind gust                 24 26 28 28    24
Clouds              OV OV OV B2 OV B1 SC FW CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                          S
Snow                                                                          S
Wind chill                   36 31 30 31 25 20 18 16 16                      25
Min chill                    36    29    25    17    15    17    32    27    24


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
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          43      22    33      17    28      15    28      11    23
Temp          41 39 30   23 31 30 23   18 26 24 20   16 26 24 17   12 21 20
Dewpt         31 30 27   22 21 20 18   13 11 12 11   11 15 15 10    7  8  9
PWind dir        NW       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      20     5       5     5       5    20       5     0
Rain           S  C  S
Snow           S     S                                      S

$$