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Cloudy 79°
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- Visibility
  10 mi
- Cloud
  Cover
  100%
- Ceiling
  7700 ft
Today

May 18

Hi 84°
Some sun; breezy in the p.m.
Poor for stargazing
- Cloud
  Cover
  76%
- Precip
  44%
- Hours of Precip
  1.5
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Tomorrow

May 19

Hi 86°
A strong afternoon t-storm
Poor for stargazing
- Cloud
  Cover
  82%
- Precip
  60%
- Hours of Precip
  3
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Monday

May 20

Hi 79°
Partly sunny and breezy
Poor for stargazing
- Cloud
  Cover
  76%
- Precip
  50%
- Hours of Precip
  0.5
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Thunderstorms, some severe, tomorrow afternoon through late tomorrow night; storms can bring downpours, large hail, damaging winds and a tornado

5/18 5/19 Now: 1:24pm

PM 1-5

1pm Cloudy 77° 4%
2pm Mostly Cloudy 80° 7%
3pm Intermittent Clouds 82° 7%
4pm Partly Sunny 84° 6%
5pm Partly Sunny 84° 5%

PM 6-11

6pm Partly Sunny 83° 5%
7pm Partly Sunny 80° 8%
8pm Thunderstorms 76° 51%
9pm Mostly Cloudy 75° 47%
10pm Mostly Cloudy 72° 34%
11pm Mostly Cloudy 71° 15%

AM 12-5

12am Mostly Cloudy 71° 15%
1am Mostly Cloudy 70° 19%
2am Mostly Cloudy 69° 33%
3am Mostly Cloudy 69° 33%
4am Mostly Cloudy 68° 39%
5am Thunderstorms 67° 51%

AM 6-11

6am Mostly Cloudy 67° 47%
7am Mostly Cloudy 67° 36%
8am Cloudy 69° 23%
9am Cloudy 70° 23%
10am Cloudy 73° 22%
11am Cloudy 76° 20%

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Des Moines, IA Weather Forecast

May 18, 2013; 1:18 AM ET Thunderstorms, some severe, tomorrow afternoon through late tomorrow night; storms can bring downpours, large hail, damaging winds and a tornado

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Rises at 5:52 AM with 14:43 of sunlight, then sets at 8:35 PM

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Rises at 1:31 PM with 12:51 of moolight, then sets at 2:22 AM

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Fallout from Huge Solar Flare Sideswipes Earth Today

Space.com - May 18, 2013; 10:05 AM ET

The sun storm erupted late Tuesday (May 14) during a powerful solar flare — the fourth unleashed by a single sunspot in just 48 hours — and hurled a massive cloud of charged particles out into space at millions of miles an hour.
Mystery of Moon's Magnetic Field Deepens

Space.com - May 18, 2013; 9:57 AM ET

The moon generated a surprisingly intense magnetic field until at least 3.56 billion years ago, 160 million years longer than previously thought, a new study reports.
Yum! Curiosity Rover Swallows 1st Mars Sample, Finds Odd Bright Stuff

Space.com - May 16, 2013; 10:40 AM ET

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has swallowed its first tiny bite of Martian soil, after standing down for a spell while scientists checked out some strange bright bits in the dirt.
Oops! The 5 Greatest Scientific Blunders

LiveScience.com - May 16, 2013; 10:23 AM ET

These stories serve to show how even the smartest among us can err, and that in fact to achieve a big breakthrough, big risks are necessary, which sometimes also involve big failures.
Forget the Moon. Let's Go to Mars.

NationalGeographic.com - May 15, 2013; 8:04 AM ET

Buzz Aldrin says the Red Planet should be humankind's next destination.
Giant Gas Clouds Found In Void Between Nearby Galaxies

Space.com - May 12, 2013; 6:53 AM ET

A never-before-seen interstellar network of gas between two nearby galaxies may provide the raw material needed to fuel star formation for billions of years, scientists say.
Photos: 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse Captured

Weather.AOL.com - May 11, 2013; 9:19 AM ET

A stunning solcar eclipse was visible for cities such as Sydney and Brisbane, Australia, on Friday, May 10, 2013.
Mars Rover Curiosity to Drill Into Bumpy 'Cumberland' Rock

Space.com - May 10, 2013; 11:55 AM ET

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will perform its second-ever drilling operation soon, boring into a knobby section of bedrock dubbed "Cumberland," space agency officials announced Thursday.