Alta, Iowa

Local Time: 8:40 PM CDT on July 05, 2009 (GMT -05) — Set My Timezone

Lat/Lon: 42.7° N 95.3° W (Google Map)

Tropical Weather: Invest 94 (East Pacific)

	Current Conditions

Storm Lake, Iowa (Airport)

Updated: 8:15 PM CDT on July 05, 2009

77 °F

Clear

Humidity:	57%
Dew Point:	61 °F
Wind:	Calm
Pressure:	30.00 in (Falling)
Visibility:	10.0 miles
UV:	0 out of 16
Clouds:	Clear - (Above Ground Level)
Elevation:	1486 ft

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Flight Rule:	VFR (KSLB)
Wind Speed:	0.0 kts.
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City:		Temp.:	Conditions:	Updated:
»	Storm Lake	77 °F	Clear	8:15 PM CDT
	Cherokee	79 °F	Clear	8:15 PM CDT
	Spencer	77 °F	Partly Cloudy	7:53 PM CDT
	Orange City	79 °F	Mostly Cloudy	8:15 PM CDT

History & Almanac

Max Temperature:

Min Temperature:

Normal

80 °F

62 °F

Record

91 °F (2002)

51 °F (1997)

Yesterday

72 °F

63 °F

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Today's State Extremes

State Highs:
Le Mars	86°F
Des Moines	84°F
Sioux City	84°F
Muscatine	84°F
Iowa City	83°F

State Lows:
Independence	53°F
Dubuque	54°F
Oelwein	55°F
Denison	55°F
Ankeny	55°F

Astronomy

July 5, 2009

Rise:

Set:

Actual Time

5:49 AM CDT

9:01 PM CDT

Civil Twilight

5:14 AM CDT

9:36 PM CDT

Nautical Twilight

4:30 AM CDT

10:21 PM CDT

Astronomical Twilight

3:36 AM CDT

11:14 PM CDT

Moon

8:10 PM CDT (7/5)

3:59 AM CDT (7/5)

Length Of Visible Light:

16h 21m

Length of Day

15h 12m

Tomorrow will be 0m 59s shorter.

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Waxing Gibbous, 98% of the Moon is Illuminated


Today	7 / 7 Full	7 / 15 Last Quarter	7 / 21 New	7 / 28 First Quarter

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Alta, IA

77 °F

Clear

at 8:15 PM CDT

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5-Day Forecast for ZIP Code 51002

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Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
86° F \| 63° F	85° F \| 65° F	85° F \| 68° F	85° F \| 65° F	85° F \| 61° F
Partly Cloudy	Chance of T-storms 30% chance of precipitation	Chance of T-storms 20% chance of precipitation	Chance of T-storms 40% chance of precipitation	Mostly Cloudy
Hourly	Hourly	Hourly	Hourly	Hourly
Tomorrow is forecast to be Warmer than today.

Forecast for Buena Vista

Updated: 3:46 PM CDT on July 5, 2009

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Tonight

Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds around 5 mph.

Monday

Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

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Monday Night

Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds around 5 mph.

Tuesday

Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 5 to 15 mph.

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Tuesday Night

Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday

Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s.

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Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.

Thursday and Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the mid 60s.

Friday

Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s.

Friday Night

Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s.

Saturday and Saturday Night

Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the upper 50s.

Sunday

Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.

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Sports Weather

NFL:	Date:	Forecast:
Bills vs. Titans	8:00 PM EDT on August 09, 2009	Average High 81° F/ 27° C
Redskins vs. Ravens	7:30 PM EDT on August 13, 2009	Average High 84° F/ 28° C
MLB:	Date:	Forecast:
Diamondbacks vs. Rockies	1:10 PM MDT on July 05, 2009	Chance of a Thunderstorm, 76 °F
Orioles vs. Angels	12:35 PM PDT on July 05, 2009	Clear, 81 °F
Football (Soccer):	Date:	Forecast:
Kansas City vs. New England	9:00 PM BST on July 11, 2009	Average High 66° F/ 18° C
Houston vs. Seattle	1:00 PM PDT on July 11, 2009	Chance of Rain, 74 °F
NASCAR:	Date:	Forecast:
LifeLock.com 400	7:16 PM CDT on July 11, 2009	Partly Cloudy, 81 °F
Allstate 400 at The Brickyard	2:19 PM EDT on July 26, 2009	Average High 85° F/ 29° C
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IADOT Storm Lake (US 71/IA 3), Truesdale, Dry

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78 °F

65 °F

63%

SW at 0 mph

0.00 in / hr

80 °F

1329 ft

8:18 PM CDT

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APRSWXNET Cherokee IA , Cherokee, IA

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80 °F

61 °F

52%

West at 0 mph

30.00 in

0.00 in / hr

81 °F

1312 ft

8:07 PM CDT

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HADS LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE IA, Linn Grove, IA

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°F

North at mph

0.00 in / hr

1224 ft

8:00 PM CDT

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IADOT Ida Grove (HW 59), Ida Grove, Dry

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72 °F

60 °F

64%

NNW at 2 mph

0.00 in / hr

76 °F

1233 ft

8:17 PM CDT

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Webb, Iowa, Webb, IA

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76.8 °F

59 °F

55%

West at 0.0 mph

29.86 in

- / hr

79 °F

1356 ft

8:20 PM CDT

Normal

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	Public Information Statement
Statement as of 5:30 PM CDT on July 5, 2009 ... Sioux Falls climate data up to 530 PM CDT... high temperature so far today... . 81 low temperature so far today... . 56 precipitation since midnight... .. 0.00 ... Huron climate data up to 530 PM CDT... high temperature so far today... . 85 low temperature so far today... . 57 precipitation since midnight... .. 0.00 ... Sioux City climate data up to 530 PM CDT... high temperature so far today... . 84 low temperature so far today... . 56 precipitation since midnight... .. 0.00 Missouri River stage... ... ... ... . 16.47 $$