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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
529 PM CST Tue Nov 26 2024

IAZ060-271000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
529 PM CST Tue Nov 26 2024

Date           11/26/24      Wed 11/27/24            Thu 11/28/24            Fri
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                      31          43          24          33          14
Temp             37 36 35 33 31 35 42 43 38 33 29 26 25 27 31 32 29 25 22 20 18
Dewpt            25 24 25 25 26 28 28 27 26 23 21 21 20 19 18 18 18 15 12  9  6
RH               61 61 66 72 81 75 57 53 62 66 72 81 81 71 58 56 63 65 65 62 59
Wind dir          S SE SE SE  E NE NE  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          8  5  4  3  3  3  6  8  9 10  9  9  8  9 10 11  8  9 10 10 10
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       31                      32 24 20 17 16 18 22 23 21 16 11  9  5
Min chill        31    29    26    28    30    19    13    16    19    10     4


Date           11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24  Mon 12/02/24  Tue 12/03/24
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          26      14    26      10    25       9    27      14    31
Temp          23 22 18   17 23 22 15   12 22 20 14   12 24 23 20   19 28 26
Dewpt          3  3  3    4  5  4  2    1  4  6  5    5  9 11 12   11 14 15
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      20    20       5     0       0     0       0     5
Snow                      S  S

$$
IAZ039-271000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
529 PM CST Tue Nov 26 2024

Date           11/26/24      Wed 11/27/24            Thu 11/28/24            Fri
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                      28          40          22          30          13
Temp             32 32 30 29 28 33 38 39 32 27 25 22 24 26 29 29 26 24 20 17 15
Dewpt            22 23 24 24 24 27 27 27 24 21 20 20 19 19 19 18 17 14  9  6  4
RH               66 69 78 81 85 78 64 62 72 78 81 92 81 74 66 63 68 65 62 61 61
Wind dir         SE SE SE  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          5  4  4  3  3  5  6  9  9 10  9  9  9 10 12 13 11 12 13 14 14
Clouds           OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                         32 33 25 18 16 12 15 16 19 18 15 12  6  2  0
Min chill        26    25    23    24    24    15    11    14    15     5    -1


Date           11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24  Mon 12/02/24  Tue 12/03/24
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          22       8    23       7    22       7    24      12    28
Temp          20 19 13   10 20 17 12    9 19 18 12    9 21 21 18   15 25 23
Dewpt          5  3  1    0  2  0  2    1  4  4  4    4  9  9  9    8 12 12
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5     5       0     0       0     0       0     5

$$
IAZ048-271000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
529 PM CST Tue Nov 26 2024

Date           11/26/24      Wed 11/27/24            Thu 11/28/24            Fri
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                      28          41          21          31          12
Temp             36 33 31 30 28 33 39 40 34 28 25 23 23 25 29 30 26 23 20 17 15
Dewpt            25 25 25 25 25 27 28 27 25 22 21 20 19 19 19 18 18 14 11  7  5
RH               64 72 78 81 88 78 64 59 69 78 84 88 84 78 66 60 71 68 67 64 64
Wind dir          S SE SE  E NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          6  4  4  3  3  4  8 10 10 11  9  9  8 10 11 11  9 10 10 11 11
Clouds           OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                         33 33 26 19 16 13 14 15 20 21 17 12  9  4  2
Min chill        30    25    24    24    25    15    11    13    16     7     1


Date           11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24  Mon 12/02/24  Tue 12/03/24
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          24      11    24       7    24       7    25      13    29
Temp          21 20 15   13 20 19 13    9 20 19 12    9 21 21 18   16 26 24
Dewpt          3  3  2    2  4  3  1    1  4  6  5    5  9 11 11   10 13 15
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      20    20       0     0       0     0       0     5
Snow                      S  S

$$
IAZ004-271000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
529 PM CST Tue Nov 26 2024

Date           11/26/24      Wed 11/27/24            Thu 11/28/24            Fri
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                      21          31          18          26           6
Temp             30 25 22 21 21 24 30 31 27 23 21 20 19 21 24 25 21 17 14 12  9
Dewpt            19 18 18 17 16 17 19 19 19 19 18 16 14 16 16 14 11  7  4  2  0
RH               63 74 84 84 81 74 63 61 71 84 88 84 80 81 71 62 65 64 64 63 66
Wind dir          E NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          8  6  6  6  9 10 11 12 11 11 10 10 10 10 13 14 13 14 14 14 13
Clouds           B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       22 17 14 12 11 14 21 21 17 12 10  9  7 10 12 13  8  2 -1 -5 -7
Min chill        22    14    11    11    15     9     6     8     8    -1    -8


Date           11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24  Mon 12/02/24  Tue 12/03/24
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          19       4    19       3    19       3    23       9    26
Temp          16 16 10    8 15 15  9    6 16 15 10    7 19 20 15   13 22 22
Dewpt          2  2  0   -2  0  2  1   -2  3  6  3    2  7  9  8    6 11 12
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          0      10     5       0     0       0     0       0     5

$$
IAZ035-271000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
529 PM CST Tue Nov 26 2024

Date           11/26/24      Wed 11/27/24            Thu 11/28/24            Fri
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                      26          37          20          29           9
Temp             35 30 28 27 26 31 35 36 30 27 24 22 21 23 27 28 24 19 17 14 12
Dewpt            26 24 24 23 23 25 26 24 21 20 20 18 17 17 17 17 14 11  7  4  2
RH               69 78 85 85 88 78 69 61 69 74 84 84 84 77 65 63 65 70 64 64 63
Wind dir         SE SE SE  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          8  5  4  3  4  6  9 12 12 10 10  9  8  9 10 12 10 10 11 12 11
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       28 24       20 24 28 28 20 17 14 12 11 13 18 18 15  7  4  0 -2
Min chill        28    22    19    20    19    12     9    11    14     2    -3


Date           11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24  Mon 12/02/24  Tue 12/03/24
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          23       7    22       5    22       4    24      11    28
Temp          19 19 12   10 19 17 10    8 18 18 10    8 21 21 17   15 25 23
Dewpt          2  1 -1    0  1  1  0   -1  3  5  3    3  8  9  8    7 12 12
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      10    10       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ094-271000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
529 PM CST Tue Nov 26 2024

Date           11/26/24      Wed 11/27/24            Thu 11/28/24            Fri
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                      31          43          23          34          16
Temp             35 34 32 31 31 35 41 43 37 32 28 25 24 27 31 33 28 25 22 20 18
Dewpt            26 26 26 26 28 29 31 30 28 26 24 21 20 20 20 18 18 16 13 11  8
RH               69 72 78 81 88 78 67 60 70 78 85 84 84 74 63 53 66 68 68 67 64
Wind dir         SE  S  S  S SE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          6  5  5  3  3  3  5  8  9 11 11 10  8  9 10 10  6  8  9 10 10
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       29                      30 23 18 16 15 17 22 25 21 16 12  9  6
Min chill        29    26    26    28    30    17    12    14    20    11     5


Date           11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24  Mon 12/02/24  Tue 12/03/24
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          28      16    27      10    25       9    28      14    32
Temp          25 23 19   19 24 22 15   11 22 19 14   11 25 23 20   18 30 26
Dewpt          5  6  8    8 14 12  7    4  6  8  7    6 11 13 14   14 17 17
PWind dir        NW      NW     N      NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW SC   B2 B2 B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0      30    30       5     0       0     0       0     0
Snow                      C  C

$$
IAZ017-271000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
529 PM CST Tue Nov 26 2024

Date           11/26/24      Wed 11/27/24            Thu 11/28/24            Fri
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                      24          34          20          26           8
Temp             31 28 26 24 24 29 33 33 29 25 23 21 21 22 25 26 23 19 15 13 11
Dewpt            21 21 21 21 20 22 23 22 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 16 13  8  5  3  2
RH               66 75 81 88 84 75 66 63 69 78 81 88 84 81 68 65 65 61 64 63 66
Wind dir         SE  E  E  E NE NE NE  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          5  5  4  4  5  6  9 10 11 10 10 10 10 11 12 13 13 13 13 16 16
Wind gust                                                     24
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       25 21 20 18 17 22 26 25 19 15 13 10 10 11 14 14 11  5  0 -3 -7
Min chill        24    19    17    17    19    12     9    10     9    -1    -7


Date           11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24  Mon 12/02/24  Tue 12/03/24
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          19       4    19       4    19       3    21      10    25
Temp          16 15 10    8 16 14  8    6 16 15  9    7 19 19 15   14 23 21
Dewpt          3  2 -1   -1  0  1  0   -1  3  3  2    2  8  9  7    6 11 12
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5     5       0     0       0     0       0     5

$$
IAZ049-271000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
529 PM CST Tue Nov 26 2024

Date           11/26/24      Wed 11/27/24            Thu 11/28/24            Fri
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                      27          40          20          30          11
Temp             34 32 31 29 27 33 38 40 34 29 25 23 23 25 29 29 25 23 19 16 13
Dewpt            24 23 23 23 24 26 27 27 26 22 20 20 19 19 18 18 17 14 10  6  3
RH               66 69 72 78 88 75 64 59 72 75 81 88 84 78 63 63 71 68 67 64 63
Wind dir         SE SE SE  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          6  5  4  3  4  5  8  9 10 11 10  9  8  9 10 12  9 10 10 11 12
Clouds           OV OV B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       28 26                34 26 20 15 12 14 15 20 19 17 12  7  3 -1
Min chill        28    25    22    23    25    14     9    13    16     7    -1


Date           11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24  Mon 12/02/24  Tue 12/03/24
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          23       8    23       6    23       6    24      11    28
Temp          20 18 13   10 20 17 11    8 19 17 10    8 21 19 17   14 25 22
Dewpt          3  3  1    0  2  1  1    1  4  5  4    3  9  9  9    8 12 13
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      10    10       0     0       0     0       0     5

$$
IAZ086-271000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
529 PM CST Tue Nov 26 2024

Date           11/26/24      Wed 11/27/24            Thu 11/28/24            Fri
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                      31          43          23          33          16
Temp             35 35 34 32 31 37 42 43 37 32 28 25 25 27 31 33 29 26 24 20 18
Dewpt            24 24 25 26 27 30 31 32 31 28 25 22 21 22 21 20 20 19 15 12  8
RH               64 64 69 78 85 75 65 65 79 85 88 88 84 81 66 58 69 74 68 71 64
Wind dir          S  S SE SE  E  E NE  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          6  6  5  4  4  3  5  6  8 10 11 11  9 10 11 11  8  9 10 11 11
Clouds           B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          20           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S
Wind chill          29                   31 24 19 15 16 17 22 24 21 18 13  8  5
Min chill        29    28    26    27    30    18    12    15    20    12     4


Date           11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24  Mon 12/02/24  Tue 12/03/24
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          26      14    26      10    25       9    27      14    31
Temp          23 22 17   16 23 23 16   11 21 20 14   11 24 22 20   18 28 26
Dewpt          6  6  6    5  6  8  4    3  6  7  6    5 10 12 12   11 16 16
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW FW   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      20    30      10     0       0     0       5     5
Snow                      S  C  C

$$