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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1031 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024

IAZ060-231000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1031 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024

Date           11/22/24      Sat 11/23/24            Sun 11/24/24            Mon
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          49          38          56          34
Temp                   30 29 29 34 45 49 44 40 40 39 39 43 54 56 51 46 42 39 35
Dewpt                  26 26 27 29 31 33 34 34 34 35 37 39 43 44 44 42 38 35 32
RH                     85 88 92 82 58 54 68 79 79 85 92 86 66 64 77 86 86 85 89
Wind dir                W SW SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                3  2  2  2  5  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  8  8  5  6  9 11 12
Clouds                 B1 B2 B2 B1 FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                                                             36 31 26
Min chill              26    26    27    39    34    33    35          36    26


Date           11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24
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    36      25    39      23    33      17    28
Temp          37 33 25   21 33 32 29   27 36 33 28   24 31 28 24   20 26 24
Dewpt         26 21 18   17 18 21 22   22 24 25 24   22 21 21 18   13 12 12
PWind dir        NW      NW     W      SE     E       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC FW   FW SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       5    20      20    20      10     5
Snow                                          S  S    S  S

$$
IAZ039-231000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1031 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024

Date           11/22/24      Sat 11/23/24            Sun 11/24/24            Mon
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          43          34          52          33
Temp                   31 29 28 31 40 42 38 35 35 35 35 40 49 51 46 42 40 36 33
Dewpt                  29 28 27 29 30 31 31 31 31 31 32 36 40 41 41 40 37 34 31
RH                     92 96 96 92 67 65 76 85 85 85 89 85 71 68 83 93 89 92 92
Wind dir               NW NW NW  W SW  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S NE  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                5  4  2  2  4  5  4  5  5  8  8  9 10  9  5  5 10 11 13
Clouds                 OV OV OV B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                  PF PF PF PF
Wind chill                                        28 29 34             33 28 24
Min chill              25    25    26    34    29    27    30          32    23


Date           11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24
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          38      17    32      21    36      19    31      14    26
Temp          36 30 22   20 29 27 25   23 32 29 24   22 29 25 21   17 23 21
Dewpt         28 22 16   15 18 20 19   19 23 22 21   19 21 19 15   11 12 11
PWind dir        NW      NW     W      SE     E       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   FW FW SC B1   B2 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       5    10      20    10      10     5
Snow                                             S

$$
IAZ048-231000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1031 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024

Date           11/22/24      Sat 11/23/24            Sun 11/24/24            Mon
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          46          36          54          31
Temp                   30 29 27 32 41 46 41 38 37 37 37 42 51 53 48 42 39 35 32
Dewpt                  27 28 27 29 31 33 33 33 33 34 36 39 43 44 44 41 37 34 30
RH                     88 96100 88 67 60 73 82 85 89 96 89 74 71 86 96 92 96 92
Wind dir                W NW  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  N  N  N NW NW
Wind spd                2  1  1  2  5  6  6  5  5  6  5  6  8  8  5  6  9 11 13
Clouds                 B2 B2 OV B1 FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                        PF
Wind chill                                                             33 27 22
Min chill              26    25    26    35    30    30    34          32    22


Date           11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24
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          37      17    34      23    37      20    31      14    27
Temp          35 30 22   19 30 29 25   24 34 30 25   22 29 26 20   17 23 22
Dewpt         27 21 18   16 18 21 22   21 24 24 23   20 21 21 16   12 13 13
PWind dir        NW      NW     W      SE     E       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       5    10      20    20      10     5
Snow                                             S       S

$$
IAZ004-231000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1031 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024

Date           11/22/24      Sat 11/23/24            Sun 11/24/24            Mon
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          40          31          45          24
Temp                   30 29 26 29 36 39 35 33 34 33 33 35 42 44 40 35 32 28 25
Dewpt                  27 26 24 26 29 31 31 31 32 32 31 35 39 39 37 33 29 26 22
RH                     88 88 92 88 75 73 85 92 92 96 92100 89 82 89 92 88 92 88
Wind dir               SW NW  S  E SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  N  N NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                3  2  2  4  6  8  8  9  9  9  8  8  9 11 10 12 13 16 18
Clouds                 B1 B1 B1 SC FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                           PF
Wind chill                            33 29 25 27 25 26 29    38 33 26 23 16 11
Min chill              26    21    22    28    24    25    26    33    22    11


Date           11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24
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          30      13    30      16    32      16    26       8    23
Temp          28 25 19   16 25 25 22   19 27 26 21   18 24 21 16   12 18 17
Dewpt         20 17 14   12 18 20 19   16 21 21 19   15 19 17 11    7 10 11
PWind dir        NW      NW     W       E    NE       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW   FW SC SC B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     5       5     5      10    10      10     5

$$
IAZ035-231000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1031 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024

Date           11/22/24      Sat 11/23/24            Sun 11/24/24            Mon
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          44          34          51          28
Temp                   30 29 26 31 41 44 40 36 36 35 35 40 48 51 45 38 35 32 29
Dewpt                  27 27 26 28 30 32 32 32 32 32 34 37 41 42 40 37 32 29 26
RH                     88 92100 88 65 62 73 85 85 89 96 89 77 71 82 96 89 88 88
Wind dir               SW  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S NW  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                3  2  3  3  5  6  6  8  8  8  6  5  6  8  6  8 10 12 13
Clouds                 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                                  30 30 29                32 28 22 18
Min chill              26    24    23    35    30    28    32          27    18


Date           11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24
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          35      14    32      19    35      18    29      11    26
Temp          33 28 19   17 29 27 23   22 31 28 22   20 26 24 18   14 22 20
Dewpt         24 19 15   14 18 20 19   18 23 22 20   18 19 19 13   10 11 11
PWind dir        NW      NW     W      SE    NE       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       5    10      10    20      10     5
Snow                                                     S

$$
IAZ094-231000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1031 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024

Date           11/22/24      Sat 11/23/24            Sun 11/24/24            Mon
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          51          39          58          35
Temp                   32 31 29 35 47 50 45 42 42 40 41 46 55 57 52 47 44 39 36
Dewpt                  29 28 27 30 33 35 35 35 36 36 38 41 45 46 46 44 40 37 32
RH                     88 88 92 82 58 56 68 76 79 85 89 83 69 67 80 89 86 92 85
Wind dir               SW  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW  N  N  N
Wind spd                2  2  2  4  8  9  6  8  8  9  9  9 10  8  4  6 10 11 13
Clouds                 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                                  36    34 35                38 32 27
Min chill              29    27    25          35    33    36          38    27


Date           11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24
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          40      19    37      26    40      23    34      17    30
Temp          38 33 26   21 34 33 30   28 37 34 29   25 31 29 24   19 27 25
Dewpt         27 22 18   17 18 21 23   24 27 28 27   24 24 22 18   15 14 14
PWind dir        NW      NW    SW      SE     E       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW   FW SC SC B2   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5       0     5       5    30      30    20      10     5
Snow                                       S  C  C    S  S

$$
IAZ017-231000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1031 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024

Date           11/22/24      Sat 11/23/24            Sun 11/24/24            Mon
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          40          31          48          27
Temp                   29 28 25 29 37 39 35 32 32 32 33 37 45 47 42 37 34 31 28
Dewpt                  28 26 25 27 30 31 31 30 30 30 31 35 39 40 39 36 32 29 27
RH                     96 92100 92 75 73 85 92 92 92 92 92 79 76 89 96 92 92 96
Wind dir                W  W  W SW  S SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                3  3  2  2  4  5  5  6  6  8  8  8  8  9  6  8 10 13 16
Clouds                 OV OV OV B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                  PF PF PF PF
Wind chill                                  26 26 25 26 31          31 26 21 16
Min chill              24    23    24    29    25    25    27    36    26    15


Date           11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24
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          32      14    29      17    32      16    26      10    23
Temp          30 26 19   17 26 25 21   20 29 25 20   19 24 22 16   13 20 17
Dewpt         25 19 14   13 18 20 18   17 22 21 18   16 19 17 11    8 11 11
PWind dir        NW      NW     W       E    NE       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   FW SC SC B2   B1 SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     5       5    10      10    10      10     5

$$
IAZ049-231000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1031 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024

Date           11/22/24      Sat 11/23/24            Sun 11/24/24            Mon
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          44          34          54          32
Temp                   29 28 27 30 40 44 39 35 35 35 36 41 50 53 47 42 39 35 33
Dewpt                  28 27 26 28 30 32 32 31 32 32 34 38 41 43 43 40 37 34 30
RH                     96 96 96 92 67 62 76 85 89 89 92 89 71 69 86 93 92 96 89
Wind dir                W NW NW  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                3  3  1  2  3  5  5  6  6  8  6  8  8  6  4  5  9 11 12
Clouds                 OV OV OV B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                     PF PF PF
Wind chill                                  29 29 29 30 35             33 27 24
Min chill              24    24    26    34    28    27    32          33    23


Date           11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24
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          38      16    33      20    36      19    31      13    26
Temp          36 29 21   18 29 27 24   23 33 29 23   21 28 25 19   16 23 20
Dewpt         27 22 16   14 18 20 20   20 23 23 21   20 21 19 16   11 13 12
PWind dir        NW      NW     W      SE     E       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC FW   CL FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       5    10      20    20      10     5
Snow                                             S       S

$$
IAZ086-231000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1031 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024

Date           11/22/24      Sat 11/23/24            Sun 11/24/24            Mon
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          48          38          58          38
Temp                   33 31 29 32 43 47 42 39 39 39 40 45 55 57 53 48 45 41 39
Dewpt                  31 29 28 30 32 33 33 33 34 35 37 40 43 46 47 46 43 39 35
RH                     92 92 96 92 65 58 70 79 82 85 89 82 64 67 80 93 93 92 85
Wind dir               NW NW  W SW  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW SW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                4  3  3  2  4  5  5  6  6  9  9 10 11  9  4  5  9 10 12
Wind gust                                                                    23
Clouds                 OV OV OV B1 FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                                        33 34                   35 31
Min chill              28    25    27    38    32    32    35                30


Date           11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24
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          42      19    36      25    39      23    34      17    29
Temp          40 34 26   21 33 32 29   27 36 34 29   25 31 29 24   20 26 24
Dewpt         30 25 20   17 19 22 23   22 26 27 27   24 24 23 20   15 14 14
PWind dir        NW      NW     W      SE     E      NE    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC FW   FW FW SC B1   B2 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       5    20      30    30      20     5
Rain                                          S  C
Snow                                          S  C    S  C  S  S

$$