Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA

Home |  Current Version |  Previous Version |  Graphics & Text |  Print | Product List |  Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
383
FOUS53 KDMX 060759
PFMDMX

Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
259 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024

IAZ060-070900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
259 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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                      50          75          56          73          53
Temp                      51 52 61 70 73 72 68 63 59 57 63 70 72 69 60 57 55 54
Dewpt                     45 47 52 57 59 58 59 58 56 55 52 48 46 47 47 45 45 47
RH                        80 83 72 63 62 61 73 84 90 93 67 45 39 45 62 64 69 77
Wind dir                   E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S SW  S  E
Wind spd                   5  6 10 16 19 17 19 16 10 10 13 16 18 12  6  5  5  6
Wind gust                             29 29 34 27             29
Clouds                    FW B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          90          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.86           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   C  D  C                    S  S  C
Tstms                                        C  D  C                    S  S  S


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          72      50    64      45    68      50    69      46    71
Temp          68 65   54 51 60 61   51 47 63 66   55 51 65 66   52 49 66 68
Dewpt         51 48   46 46 46 42   41 40 42 44   45 45 42 40   41 42 42 42
PWind dir        SE      NW     N      NW    NW       W    NW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         60      30    40      10    20      10    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  S  C  C             S             S             S
Tstms          S  C    C  S                                 S             S

$$
IAZ039-070900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
259 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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                      47          75          57          72          51
Temp                      49 49 62 70 74 72 65 63 60 58 63 69 71 68 59 54 52 52
Dewpt                     43 44 45 48 51 52 54 58 57 55 56 52 49 47 47 46 45 46
RH                        80 83 54 45 44 49 68 84 90 90 78 55 46 47 64 74 77 80
Wind dir                   E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SE
Wind spd                   6 10 13 16 18 18 18 20 13 10 13 17 18 12  6  6  8  5
Wind gust                                   28 34
Clouds                    CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 OV OV B2 B2 FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0         100          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.61        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      L  D  C  S                    C
Tstms                                           L  D  C  S


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          71      49    62      41    67      47    66      44    69
Temp          68 64   54 50 58 58   47 43 61 63   53 49 63 63   49 47 64 64
Dewpt         50 51   49 46 45 42   39 37 41 43   45 44 43 41   42 41 42 43
PWind dir         E       N     N       N    NW       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC FW FW SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      60    50      10    20      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  L    L  C  C  C             S    S  S  S  S             S
Tstms             C    C  C                        S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ048-070900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
259 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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                      48          74          55          72          51
Temp                      49 50 60 68 73 71 66 61 58 57 62 68 71 68 58 55 53 53
Dewpt                     44 45 51 56 58 58 59 58 56 55 52 49 46 47 47 46 46 47
RH                        83 83 72 65 59 63 78 90 93 93 70 51 41 47 67 72 77 80
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SE
Wind spd                   5  6 12 17 19 18 19 18 10 10 13 16 18 12  6  6  5  5
Wind gust                       23       29 34
Clouds                    FW SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5         100          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.80           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   C  D  C  S                 S  S  C
Tstms                                        C  D  C  S                 S  S  S


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          70      49    63      43    68      47    68      45    70
Temp          66 63   52 50 58 60   48 44 62 64   53 49 63 64   50 47 65 66
Dewpt         52 49   47 47 47 42   41 40 42 44   45 45 43 41   42 42 43 43
PWind dir        SE      NW     N       N    NW       W    NW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         60      40    40      10    20      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  C  C  C             S       S  S  S             S
Tstms          S  C    C  C                           S  S  S             S

$$
IAZ004-070900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
259 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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                      46          72          53          68          47
Temp                      47 48 59 65 69 69 63 59 56 54 59 64 67 64 54 51 49 48
Dewpt                     43 43 49 54 55 56 56 56 54 52 48 45 43 43 44 43 42 42
RH                        86 83 69 68 61 63 78 90 93 93 67 50 42 46 69 74 77 80
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S
Wind spd                  10 11 18 23 25 26 24 19 12 12 17 20 20 16  8 10  9  8
Wind gust                       29 33 37 37 37 29             31 26
Clouds                    FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B1 FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10          90          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.83        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   D  D  C        S  S  S  S  S  S  C
Tstms                                        D  D  C           S  S     S  S


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          66      45    62      43    69      45    66      44    69
Temp          62 58   50 45 56 58   47 44 63 64   51 46 61 62   49 46 63 64
Dewpt         46 48   47 42 43 40   39 38 42 44   42 40 39 39   39 39 41 40
PWind dir         E       N     N       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         60      60    40      10    20      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  L    L  C  C  C             S    S        S             S
Tstms          S  C    C  S                        S                      S

$$
IAZ035-070900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
259 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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                      47          73          54          71          49
Temp                      48 49 59 67 71 70 65 60 56 55 61 66 69 66 57 53 50 50
Dewpt                     44 44 50 56 57 57 58 57 55 53 50 48 44 44 44 44 44 45
RH                        86 83 72 68 61 63 78 90 96 93 67 52 40 45 62 71 80 83
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S SW  S  S
Wind spd                   8  9 13 19 21 20 21 16 11 11 13 17 17 12  5  6  5  5
Wind gust                       24       31 33 26
Clouds                    FW FW B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 FW FW SC SC SC SC B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5         100          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.96        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   L  D  C                    S  S  C
Tstms                                        L  D  C                       S  S


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          68      47    63      42    68      45    67      44    70
Temp          65 60   51 47 58 58   47 43 62 64   51 47 63 63   49 46 64 66
Dewpt         49 47   47 46 44 41   40 39 42 44   44 42 41 39   40 39 42 41
PWind dir         E      NW     N       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         60      50    50      10    20      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  C  C  C             S    S        S             S
Tstms          S  C    C  C                        S        S             S

$$
IAZ094-070900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
259 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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                      52          74          55          73          53
Temp                      53 54 62 69 73 72 67 62 59 56 62 69 72 68 60 57 55 54
Dewpt                     50 52 57 60 61 61 61 58 57 55 53 50 47 49 48 47 48 49
RH                        89 93 84 73 66 68 81 87 93 96 72 51 41 51 64 69 77 83
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  W SW SW SW  S  S SE  E
Wind spd                   4  6 10 14 16 14 18 12 10 10 13 14 17  9  6  8  8  9
Wind gust                                25 31                27
Clouds                    B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 SC FW FW CL CL FW SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          90           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        1.07           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  L  D  C                    S  S  C
Tstms                                     S  L  D  C                    S     S


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          73      49    66      45    68      50    68      46    71
Temp          70 66   53 50 61 61   50 47 63 66   54 51 66 66   51 48 67 67
Dewpt         55 49   46 46 48 45   43 43 44 45   45 46 42 41   42 43 44 44
PWind dir         S      NW    NW       N    NW       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW FW SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      20    30      10    20      10    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    S     S  C             S             S             S
Tstms          S  C    S        S                           S             S

$$
IAZ017-070900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
259 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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                      45          73          55          70          48
Temp                      46 47 60 66 72 70 62 61 57 56 60 65 68 64 55 50 49 49
Dewpt                     43 43 48 50 52 52 54 56 55 54 53 48 45 45 45 44 43 44
RH                        89 86 64 56 49 53 75 84 93 93 78 54 43 50 69 80 80 83
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW SW SW SW  W SW  S SE
Wind spd                   6 10 16 18 21 20 18 20 13 12 13 17 19 13  6  8  8  5
Wind gust                       26       31 31 35             29
Clouds                    FW FW SC B2 SC B1 B1 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0         100          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.79        0.08           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      D  D  C     S  S  S  S        C
Tstms                                           D  D  C        S  S


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          68      46    61      39    67      45    65      43    68
Temp          65 60   51 47 55 56   44 42 61 62   51 46 61 61   47 45 62 62
Dewpt         48 49   48 44 43 40   38 37 41 43   43 42 40 39   40 39 41 41
PWind dir         E       N     N       N    NW       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 SC   SC FW SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr         60      70    40      10    10      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  L    L  C  C  C             S    S     S  S             S
Tstms             C    C  C                        S        S             S

$$
IAZ049-070900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
259 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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                      48          74          56          72          50
Temp                      48 49 61 69 73 71 65 62 59 57 62 68 71 67 58 53 51 52
Dewpt                     43 44 48 52 54 56 56 59 57 56 54 50 47 46 47 45 45 47
RH                        83 83 62 55 51 59 73 90 93 96 75 52 42 47 67 74 80 83
Wind dir                   E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SE
Wind spd                   6  9 13 16 18 18 18 20 11 10 13 16 18 12  6  6  5  5
Wind gust                                   31 34             29
Clouds                    FW FW B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0         100          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.92           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   S  D  D  C                       C
Tstms                                        S  D  D  C


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          70      48    63      40    68      47    67      44    69
Temp          67 64   51 48 58 58   47 42 61 63   51 49 63 63   49 46 64 65
Dewpt         51 51   48 47 46 42   40 38 41 43   45 45 43 41   42 41 42 42
PWind dir         E      NW     N       N    NW       W    NW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         60      50    50      10    20      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  C  C  C             S    S  S  S  S             S
Tstms          S  C    C  C                        S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ086-070900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
259 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed
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                      51          75          57          74          53
Temp                      53 54 62 70 73 72 66 65 61 59 64 71 73 70 61 57 55 55
Dewpt                     46 49 53 57 59 59 59 61 59 57 57 53 50 51 49 47 47 49
RH                        77 83 72 63 62 64 78 87 93 93 78 53 44 51 65 69 74 80
Wind dir                   E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  E
Wind spd                   6  9 11 12 16 14 17 18 12 10 13 14 17 11  6  8  8  9
Wind gust                                   28 32             27
Clouds                    B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 SC FW CL CL FW SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0         100          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.67           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   S  D  L  C                       C
Tstms                                        S  D  L  C


Date           05/08  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          74      51    64      45    68      50    69      46    70
Temp          70 68   55 53 61 60   50 47 62 64   54 51 65 65   51 49 66 66
Dewpt         54 54   48 48 49 44   43 41 42 43   44 47 44 42   42 43 44 44
PWind dir        SE       W    NW       N    NW       W    NW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         60      30    40      10    20      10    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  S  C  C             S          S  S             S
Tstms          S  C    C  S     S                        S  S

$$