Point Forecast Matrices Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024
IAZ060-190900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024
Date 03/18/24 Tue 03/19/24 Wed 03/20/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
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 60 28 42 27
Temp 35 30 29 31 33 43 55 59 57 45 39 34 30 31 38 42 40 34 31 29 27
Dewpt 10 11 12 14 18 26 32 31 30 29 28 23 13 9 5 5 5 6 8 9 11
RH 35 44 48 49 53 51 41 34 35 53 64 64 49 39 25 21 23 30 37 42 50
Wind dir W SW SW SW W NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N N NE NE E E
Wind spd 11 9 13 16 13 13 16 18 11 8 8 8 11 12 12 11 9 6 6 6 8
Wind gust 28
Clouds FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Wind chill 26 21 18 20 24 36 33 27 20 21 30 36 34 24 22 19
Min chill 25 17 16 24 32 20 20 32 23 18
Date 03/21 Fri 03/22/24 Sat 03/23/24 Sun 03/24/24 Mon 03/25/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 46 35 49 27 44 31 49 34 49
Temp 39 43 38 35 44 42 32 27 39 41 35 32 42 45 40 37 45 44
Dewpt 17 21 25 29 30 26 23 19 21 23 26 28 35 36 36 35 37 34
PWind dir SE SE N N NE E SE E NE
Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN BZ BZ BZ
Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 10 60 30 10 40 60 80 80 70
Rain shwrs C L C S S C C L L D D L L L
Snowshwrs C C L S S
Tstms S S C
$$
IAZ039-190900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024
Date 03/18/24 Tue 03/19/24 Wed 03/20/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 26 55 23 39 22
Temp 33 29 26 27 29 41 53 55 48 40 33 27 23 27 34 38 35 28 25 24 23
Dewpt 11 11 12 14 18 27 31 30 28 26 21 13 6 4 3 2 1 2 3 3 3
RH 39 46 55 57 63 57 43 38 46 57 61 55 47 37 26 21 23 32 38 39 41
Wind dir W SW SW SW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW N N NE NE E
Wind spd 11 10 13 13 12 17 20 23 17 13 13 13 13 17 17 16 10 6 5 5 5
Wind gust 25 23 27
Clouds FW SC SC CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Wind chill 25 20 15 16 18 32 32 24 16 11 14 24 29 27 21 18 17 16
Min chill 24 13 14 18 22 10 10 25 17 14
Date 03/21 Fri 03/22/24 Sat 03/23/24 Sun 03/24/24 Mon 03/25/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 42 28 43 21 39 26 45 33 50
Temp 37 39 30 29 39 37 27 22 35 35 28 27 38 40 36 35 45 42
Dewpt 9 17 24 25 29 25 20 14 19 20 21 23 31 33 33 33 37 34
PWind dir SE SE N N NE E E E E
Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN BZ BZ BZ
Avg clouds B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 20 80 30 10 40 60 80 80 70
Rain shwrs S C S C C L D D L L L
Snowshwrs S D L C S C C L L D S S
Tstms S S
$$
IAZ048-190900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024
Date 03/18/24 Tue 03/19/24 Wed 03/20/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
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 58 25 42 24
Temp 33 28 27 30 30 43 54 58 53 43 35 29 26 29 36 40 37 31 28 26 25
Dewpt 11 13 14 16 20 28 33 31 30 28 26 21 8 6 5 4 3 5 6 9 9
RH 39 53 57 55 66 55 45 36 41 55 69 72 46 37 27 22 23 32 38 48 50
Wind dir W SW SW SW W NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N N NE NE E E
Wind spd 10 10 13 16 11 13 17 19 12 10 9 10 11 14 13 12 9 5 5 5 6
Wind gust 24 28 21
Clouds FW SC FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Wind chill 25 19 16 18 21 35 37 28 20 16 18 27 32 30 25 22 19 17
Min chill 24 15 15 20 27 14 16 28 20 16
Date 03/21 Fri 03/22/24 Sat 03/23/24 Sun 03/24/24 Mon 03/25/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 45 31 46 24 41 28 47 31 47
Temp 39 41 34 32 42 38 28 24 37 38 31 29 41 42 37 34 44 42
Dewpt 16 21 25 28 30 25 21 16 21 22 24 26 33 35 35 34 37 33
PWind dir SE SE N N NE E E E NE
Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN BZ BZ BZ
Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 20 60 30 10 40 60 80 80 70
Rain shwrs S L L C S S C C L D D L L L
Snowshwrs S L S S S C C L L S S S
Tstms S S
$$
IAZ004-190900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024
Date 03/18/24 Tue 03/19/24 Wed 03/20/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 28 52 17 35 21
Temp 35 28 29 30 29 38 47 52 47 35 29 23 19 22 29 33 31 25 23 22 22
Dewpt 8 10 12 17 24 31 31 29 27 24 19 11 2 1 -1 -1 -1 1 2 2 3
RH 32 46 48 58 81 76 53 41 45 64 66 59 47 39 27 23 24 34 39 41 43
Wind dir W SW SW W NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N NE E E
Wind spd 14 17 18 16 12 18 20 21 17 13 13 13 17 18 16 13 10 8 6 6 8
Wind gust 29 23 24 24
Clouds SC FW FW CL FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Snowshwrs S
Wind chill 25 16 17 19 19 28 26 18 10 4 7 17 24 22 16 15 14 13
Min chill 22 12 14 15 39 16 2 4 20 13 11
Date 03/21 Fri 03/22/24 Sat 03/23/24 Sun 03/24/24 Mon 03/25/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 39 23 38 17 33 21 40 25 39
Temp 33 35 28 24 33 32 21 19 29 29 24 24 33 35 29 27 34 34
Dewpt 10 18 21 21 22 18 13 11 14 16 19 21 26 28 25 25 28 26
PWind dir SE E N N NE E E NE N
Wind char GN GN BZ GN GN BZ BZ BZ BZ
Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 40 50 20 10 50 70 80 80 60
Rain shwrs C D D L L
Snowshwrs S C C C S C C C L L D D L L L
$$
IAZ035-190900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024
Date 03/18/24 Tue 03/19/24 Wed 03/20/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
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 56 21 39 22
Temp 33 27 27 29 29 40 52 56 51 40 32 26 23 26 34 37 35 28 25 24 24
Dewpt 10 11 13 17 21 30 32 30 28 26 23 16 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 5 5
RH 38 50 55 60 72 67 46 37 41 57 69 65 45 36 25 21 22 30 40 43 43
Wind dir SW SW SW W W NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N NE E E
Wind spd 9 11 14 13 10 13 18 19 13 10 10 11 12 14 13 12 9 6 5 5 5
Wind gust 25 24
Clouds FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Wind chill 25 17 15 18 19 32 33 24 15 11 14 24 29 28 21 18 17 16
Min chill 25 15 15 19 23 10 11 26 17 14
Date 03/21 Fri 03/22/24 Sat 03/23/24 Sun 03/24/24 Mon 03/25/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 43 27 43 20 38 25 45 28 44
Temp 37 39 31 28 39 36 25 22 34 34 28 27 38 39 33 30 39 38
Dewpt 13 19 22 25 26 21 17 14 17 19 21 24 31 32 30 29 32 30
PWind dir SE E N N NE E E E NE
Wind char GN GN GN GN GN BZ BZ BZ BZ
Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr 30 60 20 10 40 70 80 80 70
Rain shwrs L S S C L L D D L L L
Snowshwrs C L C C C L L L S S S S L
$$
IAZ094-190900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024
Date 03/18/24 Tue 03/19/24 Wed 03/20/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 28 63 31 45 28
Temp 34 29 29 30 31 44 59 63 57 48 40 35 33 35 40 44 41 35 32 31 29
Dewpt 12 12 13 15 18 26 32 32 32 31 30 28 22 16 12 10 10 10 9 10 12
RH 39 48 51 53 58 49 36 31 38 51 67 75 63 45 31 24 27 35 37 41 48
Wind dir W SW SW SW SW W NW NW NW NW N N N N N N NE NE NE E E
Wind spd 9 8 12 16 13 13 13 16 10 8 8 9 11 12 10 10 9 8 9 10 10
Wind gust 27 25
Clouds CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Wind chill 26 20 19 19 21 37 29 24 26 33 38 35 28 25 22 20
Min chill 25 17 17 22 34 23 23 34 24 19
Date 03/21 Fri 03/22/24 Sat 03/23/24 Sun 03/24/24 Mon 03/25/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 48 36 53 29 47 34 55 38 54
Temp 41 44 39 38 47 46 33 29 42 43 37 36 46 48 45 44 48 45
Dewpt 17 24 28 34 35 31 26 22 24 27 29 33 39 41 42 43 40 36
PWind dir SE S N NE NE E SE SE SW
Wind char GN GN GN GN GN BZ BZ BZ BZ
Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 10 50 40 10 40 60 80 90 70
Rain shwrs C C C S S S C C L D D D D L L
Tstms S C C S S
$$
IAZ017-190900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024
Date 03/18/24 Tue 03/19/24 Wed 03/20/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
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 51 18 35 19
Temp 31 26 26 27 28 39 50 51 45 35 28 23 19 23 30 34 31 24 22 21 20
Dewpt 10 11 12 15 20 29 30 29 26 23 16 8 2 1 0 -2 -3 -1 -1 -1 -1
RH 41 52 55 60 71 67 46 42 47 61 60 52 47 38 27 21 22 33 36 37 39
Wind dir W SW SW W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N NE E E
Wind spd 14 13 16 14 13 18 21 24 18 14 13 14 14 18 16 14 10 6 5 5 6
Wind gust 27 26 29 25 25
Clouds SC SC FW CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Wind chill 21 15 13 15 17 29 37 26 17 9 5 9 19 24 22 16 15 13 11
Min chill 20 10 12 15 35 15 3 5 20 12 9
Date 03/21 Fri 03/22/24 Sat 03/23/24 Sun 03/24/24 Mon 03/25/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 39 24 38 17 33 21 41 27 42
Temp 34 35 27 25 35 33 22 18 30 29 24 23 34 37 31 29 38 37
Dewpt 7 15 21 22 25 21 16 11 16 18 18 20 28 30 28 27 32 30
PWind dir SE E N N NE E E E NE
Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN BZ BZ BZ
Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 20 70 20 10 40 60 80 80 70
Rain shwrs C L D D L L
Snowshwrs S L C S C C C L L D S L S L
$$
IAZ049-190900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024
Date 03/18/24 Tue 03/19/24 Wed 03/20/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 25 57 23 40 22
Temp 32 26 25 26 28 41 54 57 50 39 34 28 24 28 35 39 35 28 25 23 22
Dewpt 11 11 12 14 18 27 32 31 29 27 24 17 6 5 4 3 2 3 5 7 6
RH 41 52 57 60 66 57 43 37 44 62 66 63 45 37 26 21 24 33 42 50 49
Wind dir W SW SW SW W NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N N NE E E
Wind spd 10 10 13 13 12 14 18 20 14 11 10 10 12 16 13 12 8 6 5 5 5
Wind gust 24
Clouds FW SC SC CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Wind chill 24 16 13 14 17 33 33 26 19 13 16 26 31 28 22 18 16 15
Min chill 22 12 12 19 25 11 12 27 17 14
Date 03/21 Fri 03/22/24 Sat 03/23/24 Sun 03/24/24 Mon 03/25/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 43 28 45 22 40 25 46 31 49
Temp 38 39 31 29 41 37 27 22 36 35 28 27 40 41 36 34 44 42
Dewpt 12 19 24 26 30 25 21 15 20 21 23 25 32 34 34 34 37 34
PWind dir SE SE N N NE E E E E
Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN BZ BZ BZ
Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 20 70 30 10 40 60 80 80 70
Rain shwrs L L C S S C C L D D L L L
Snowshwrs S L L C S C C L L S S S S
Tstms S
$$
IAZ086-190900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024
Date 03/18/24 Tue 03/19/24 Wed 03/20/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
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 61 29 44 26
Temp 33 28 27 29 32 44 58 61 56 45 37 33 30 33 40 42 40 33 30 28 27
Dewpt 12 12 14 15 17 25 31 32 31 31 28 25 16 10 8 7 8 8 9 10 13
RH 41 50 57 55 53 47 36 33 38 58 70 72 55 38 26 23 26 34 41 46 55
Wind dir W SW SW SW W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N NE NE NE E
Wind spd 10 9 12 14 16 16 17 19 12 10 10 9 12 13 13 11 9 8 6 8 8
Wind gust 26 27
Clouds CL FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Wind chill 25 19 16 18 21 37 39 30 25 20 24 32 36 34 26 23 20 19
Min chill 24 14 14 22 27 19 20 32 21 17
Date 03/21 Fri 03/22/24 Sat 03/23/24 Sun 03/24/24 Mon 03/25/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 46 35 51 28 46 32 51 38 56
Temp 40 42 37 35 45 44 32 28 41 41 35 33 44 46 42 43 51 48
Dewpt 17 22 25 31 33 30 26 21 23 25 27 29 36 38 39 41 43 39
PWind dir SE SE N N NE E SE SE SE
Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN BZ BZ BZ
Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 10 60 40 10 30 50 80 80 70
Rain shwrs C L C S S C C C L D D D L L
Snowshwrs C S
Tstms S S C S S
$$