Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
978 FOUS53 KDMX 181944 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 244 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024 IAZ060-190900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 244 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024 Date 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 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 56 82 64 80 64 Temp 87 85 73 66 59 57 70 76 81 80 74 71 67 65 70 76 79 78 72 68 66 66 Dewpt 62 57 51 45 44 44 49 53 56 59 60 60 61 62 63 64 64 65 64 63 62 63 RH 43 39 46 47 57 62 47 45 42 49 62 68 81 90 78 66 60 64 76 84 87 90 Wind dir W NW NW N NE E E SE SE SE SE S S S S SW S S SE SE SE SE Wind spd 13 11 8 6 5 5 8 10 11 12 11 10 9 9 10 10 9 6 5 5 5 8 Clouds B1 FW CL CL CL SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 0 40 70 70 70 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0.08 0.11 0.29 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C C L L L L C C L L L L L Tstms S S C C C C C C C C C L L C C Date 05/21 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24 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 82 52 71 51 76 56 76 55 73 Temp 79 73 59 53 67 69 57 53 72 74 62 59 72 74 62 58 71 71 Dewpt 66 60 49 47 48 47 46 47 49 50 50 53 56 54 52 53 53 53 PWind dir S W W W SW SE SE S SW Wind char GN GN GN LT GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 90 50 20 10 10 30 40 50 40 Rain shwrs L D C S S C C C C C C C Tstms C D C S C C S S S S $$ IAZ039-190900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 244 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024 Date 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 53 81 64 79 62 Temp 88 84 71 64 56 56 71 79 80 79 71 69 66 65 72 74 77 76 69 65 64 64 Dewpt 61 58 52 47 46 45 46 47 50 54 56 58 60 62 63 65 64 64 64 63 62 62 RH 40 41 51 54 69 66 41 32 35 42 59 68 81 90 73 74 64 66 84 93 93 93 Wind dir SW W NW N N E E SE SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW SE SE E E Wind spd 18 11 8 5 4 4 6 10 11 12 11 11 10 10 11 12 10 8 4 4 5 8 Clouds B1 SC CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 30 70 80 60 QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0.32 0.13 0.23 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L D D L L L L L L L Tstms S S C C C C C C C C C C C C Date 05/21 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 80 52 69 49 74 53 76 53 72 Temp 76 74 59 53 65 66 55 52 71 71 58 55 70 71 58 55 69 68 Dewpt 67 63 53 48 49 47 46 46 50 50 50 49 55 52 52 50 54 51 PWind dir SE SW W W SW SE SE SE SW Wind char GN BZ BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 90 70 20 10 10 20 40 40 40 Rain shwrs L D L S S S S S C C C C C C Tstms C L L S S S S S S S $$ IAZ048-190900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 244 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024 Date 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 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 54 81 63 79 62 Temp 87 84 71 63 56 56 70 76 80 78 71 69 66 64 70 75 78 78 69 66 64 64 Dewpt 59 56 49 43 43 44 47 51 55 59 60 61 62 63 64 66 65 65 65 64 62 63 RH 39 38 46 48 62 64 44 42 42 52 68 76 87 97 81 74 64 64 87 93 93 97 Wind dir W NW NW N NE E SE S SE SE SE SE S S S SW S S SE E E SE Wind spd 13 11 8 6 5 5 8 10 12 13 12 10 9 9 10 10 9 6 5 5 6 8 Clouds SC FW CL CL CL SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 40 70 70 70 QPF 12hr 0 0.03 0.16 0.29 0.31 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C L L L L C C L L L L L Tstms S C C L C C C C C C L L C C Date 05/21 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24 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 80 50 70 50 75 55 76 53 73 Temp 77 70 57 52 65 67 55 52 72 72 59 56 72 72 59 56 69 69 Dewpt 67 60 50 47 49 47 46 47 50 51 51 52 57 54 52 52 54 53 PWind dir S W W W SW SE SE SE SW Wind char GN GN GN LT GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 90 50 20 10 10 30 40 50 40 Rain shwrs L D C S S C C C C C C C Tstms C D C S C C S S S S $$ IAZ004-190900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 244 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024 Date 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 50 74 59 79 58 Temp 81 78 63 56 52 52 64 70 71 73 65 63 62 60 69 74 77 75 66 63 61 60 Dewpt 47 36 38 39 40 41 43 46 50 54 56 57 58 60 61 62 60 59 58 57 57 57 RH 30 22 39 53 63 66 46 42 47 51 73 81 87100 76 66 56 58 75 81 87 90 Wind dir NW W NW NW SW SE S S SE SE SE S S S SW NW N N N NE NE E Wind spd 18 13 9 5 4 5 10 13 14 14 13 12 11 10 10 11 10 10 9 9 10 12 Clouds CL CL CL CL FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 70 80 40 60 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0.24 0 0.50 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L D L L L C C C C C C L L D Tstms C L L L C C C S C C C C C C Date 05/21 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 71 47 67 47 72 50 71 50 69 Temp 67 65 52 50 62 64 52 49 67 69 54 51 66 66 55 52 63 64 Dewpt 61 55 47 45 46 44 44 44 49 49 48 47 50 49 47 47 49 49 PWind dir E W W W SW SE SE W W Wind char BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 90 50 20 20 20 40 40 50 40 Rain shwrs D D C S S S S S C C C C C C C C Tstms C L C S S S S S S S S C $$ IAZ035-190900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 244 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024 Date 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 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 78 61 81 61 Temp 84 81 68 58 53 53 67 74 78 75 69 65 64 62 70 76 80 78 69 64 62 62 Dewpt 55 48 44 40 41 42 45 49 52 56 58 60 60 61 62 64 62 61 62 61 61 61 RH 37 32 42 51 64 66 45 41 40 52 68 84 87 97 76 66 54 56 78 90 97 97 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NE E SE SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW S E E E E E Wind spd 14 13 9 5 4 5 8 11 12 13 12 10 9 8 9 10 9 8 5 5 6 10 Clouds FW CL CL CL CL SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 60 70 60 70 QPF 12hr 0 0.05 0.20 0.22 0.34 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C L C L L L L C C C C L L D Tstms S C C L C C C C C C C L C C Date 05/21 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24 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 77 49 69 48 75 52 75 51 70 Temp 73 68 54 50 64 66 53 50 70 71 57 53 70 69 56 53 66 67 Dewpt 65 56 48 46 47 44 45 46 49 49 50 49 54 51 50 49 52 51 PWind dir SE W W W SW SE SE SE SW Wind char BZ BZ GN LT GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 90 50 20 10 20 30 50 50 40 Rain shwrs D D C S S S S S C C C C C C C Tstms C D C S S S S S S S S C $$ IAZ094-190900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 244 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024 Date 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 57 83 64 80 65 Temp 85 82 71 65 59 59 70 77 82 81 75 71 67 65 70 76 79 78 72 69 67 67 Dewpt 64 63 58 52 50 48 54 61 62 64 63 62 63 63 65 67 67 67 65 64 65 66 RH 50 53 63 63 72 67 57 58 51 56 66 73 87 93 84 74 67 69 79 84 93 97 Wind dir SW W W S E NE E SE SE SE S S S S S S S SE E SE SE SE Wind spd 11 8 6 6 6 6 8 10 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 9 6 5 6 8 10 Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 30 70 70 70 QPF 12hr 0 0.09 0.16 0.07 0.30 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S C C C L L L L C C L L L L C Tstms S S S S C C C C C C C C C C C L C C Date 05/21 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 82 52 70 50 75 57 77 56 74 Temp 79 74 59 53 66 69 56 53 72 74 62 59 73 74 62 58 71 72 Dewpt 68 63 52 49 51 49 48 49 52 53 53 56 60 58 55 55 56 57 PWind dir S W NW W S SE S SE S Wind char BZ GN GN LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 80 50 20 10 10 30 40 50 40 Rain shwrs C D C S S S C C C C C C C Tstms C L C S S S S S S S C $$ IAZ017-190900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 244 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024 Date 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 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 76 60 78 59 Temp 83 78 65 57 52 53 67 73 75 74 66 64 63 61 69 74 77 75 66 62 61 61 Dewpt 56 49 45 41 41 42 43 45 49 53 55 57 59 60 62 64 63 62 61 60 59 59 RH 40 36 48 55 66 66 42 37 40 48 68 78 87 97 78 71 62 64 84 93 93 93 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NE E SE S SE SE SE SE S S S SW W N NE E E E Wind spd 17 13 9 6 4 4 8 11 12 13 12 11 10 10 11 11 9 8 5 5 8 10 Clouds FW CL CL CL CL FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 OV PoP 12hr 0 40 70 60 60 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0.19 0.25 0.31 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C L L L L C C C C L L L Tstms S C C L C C C C C C C C C C Date 05/21 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24 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 75 49 66 47 72 50 73 50 69 Temp 71 68 54 50 62 63 51 49 67 69 54 51 67 66 55 52 64 65 Dewpt 64 59 49 46 47 45 44 44 48 49 49 46 52 49 47 47 51 49 PWind dir SE W W W SW SE SE N SW Wind char BZ BZ BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 90 60 20 20 20 30 40 50 40 Rain shwrs L D L S S S S S S C C C C C C C Tstms C L L S S S S S S S C $$ IAZ049-190900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 244 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024 Date 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 53 81 62 80 62 Temp 87 83 71 63 56 55 70 78 80 78 70 69 66 63 71 75 78 76 68 65 63 63 Dewpt 61 57 51 46 45 44 47 50 53 57 58 59 61 63 63 64 64 64 63 63 62 62 RH 42 41 49 54 66 66 44 37 39 48 66 70 84100 76 69 62 66 84 93 97 97 Wind dir SW W NW N NE E E SE SE SE SE SE S S S SW S S SE SE E SE Wind spd 16 11 9 6 5 5 8 10 11 12 11 10 10 10 11 11 9 6 5 5 5 8 Clouds B1 SC CL CL CL FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 30 70 70 70 QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0.22 0.14 0.26 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C L L L L C C L L L L L Tstms S S C C C C C C C C C L C C Date 05/21 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 81 50 69 49 75 53 76 52 73 Temp 77 72 57 52 65 66 54 51 71 71 58 55 72 71 58 55 69 68 Dewpt 66 62 51 48 49 47 46 46 50 50 50 51 55 53 52 51 53 52 PWind dir S W W W SW SE SE SE SW Wind char BZ BZ GN LT GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 90 60 20 10 10 30 40 50 40 Rain shwrs L D L S S S C C C C C C C Tstms C L L S S C S S S S S $$ IAZ086-190900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 244 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024 Date 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 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 59 84 67 81 66 Temp 85 83 73 68 62 60 72 81 82 81 73 72 69 68 73 78 79 79 71 69 67 68 Dewpt 62 63 60 57 54 50 54 58 60 62 62 62 63 64 65 66 66 66 65 65 64 65 RH 46 51 64 68 75 69 53 46 47 53 68 71 81 87 76 67 64 64 81 87 90 90 Wind dir SW SW W N N NE E SE SE SE SE S S S S SW S S S SE S S Wind spd 13 10 8 6 6 6 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 12 10 8 5 6 6 9 Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 20 30 60 70 70 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.01 0.15 0.07 0.24 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C S S C L L L C C L L L L C Tstms S S S S C C C C C C L L L C C Date 05/21 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24 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 85 54 71 52 76 57 78 56 75 Temp 82 78 62 56 67 70 57 55 73 74 62 60 75 74 62 59 71 73 Dewpt 68 64 55 51 51 49 48 49 51 52 51 54 58 56 55 55 57 56 PWind dir S W W W SW SE SE S S Wind char BZ GN GN LT GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 80 60 20 10 10 20 40 50 40 Rain shwrs C D L S S S S C C C C C C Tstms C L L S S S S C S S $$