Point Forecast Matrices Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
IAZ060-290900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun
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 39 68 38 57 38
Temp 42 40 40 51 62 65 64 55 50 44 38 42 51 56 54 46 42 41 39
Dewpt 32 32 35 42 47 47 48 46 44 39 34 33 34 34 34 35 34 33 34
RH 67 73 82 71 58 52 56 72 80 82 85 70 52 43 46 65 73 73 82
Wind dir E E E SE S S SE NW NW NW NW NW NW N N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd 9 8 9 11 14 12 5 5 13 14 12 13 10 10 8 5 8 9 11
Clouds SC B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr 0 20 20 0 20
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs S S S S C
Wind chill 36 34 37 30 35 35 31
Min chill 36 33 33 30 31 37 30
Date 03/31 Mon 04/01/24 Tue 04/02/24 Wed 04/03/24 Thu 04/04/24
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 56 42 53 36 53 33 56 36 66
Temp 52 54 46 43 49 51 42 36 47 50 39 34 50 52 42 37 58 61
Dewpt 40 41 41 39 42 39 36 31 32 29 27 26 30 31 30 30 38 38
PWind dir E E NE N N NW NW W S
Wind char BZ GN BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN GN
Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 70 60 40 20 5 5 10 10
Rain shwrs C C C L L C C C S
Snowshwrs S
Tstms S S C S S S
$$
IAZ039-290900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 30 60 38 55 35
Temp 30 31 31 41 54 58 55 50 46 42 38 42 50 53 50 44 40 37 35
Dewpt 25 24 24 30 40 45 45 45 43 40 35 34 35 34 33 33 32 32 31
RH 81 75 75 65 59 62 69 83 89 93 89 73 56 48 52 65 73 82 85
Wind dir E E E SE SE SE E E NW NW NW NW NW NW N N NE NE NE
Wind spd 5 8 10 14 17 16 11 8 4 13 13 14 14 13 9 8 8 9 10
Clouds SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr 5 20 30 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.02 0 0
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs S C C C
Wind chill 24 23 22 33 35 29 34 30 28
Min chill 23 20 23 28 29 33 28
Date 03/31 Mon 04/01/24 Tue 04/02/24 Wed 04/03/24 Thu 04/04/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 54 38 53 33 51 31 54 33 62
Temp 51 50 42 38 47 47 38 33 47 46 36 31 48 49 38 34 55 56
Dewpt 37 38 36 35 39 37 33 29 33 30 27 25 29 30 29 28 36 36
PWind dir E E NE N N NW NW NW SW
Wind char GN BZ BZ BZ BZ GN BZ GN GN
Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 70 70 40 20 5 5 5 10
Rain shwrs C C C L L L C C S
Snowshwrs S S
Tstms S S
$$
IAZ048-290900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun
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 35 64 35 55 35
Temp 37 36 36 47 58 62 60 51 46 40 35 40 49 53 51 44 40 38 36
Dewpt 30 29 32 39 47 49 49 47 43 38 33 32 35 35 34 35 33 32 33
RH 75 75 85 74 67 62 67 86 89 92 92 73 58 50 52 70 76 79 89
Wind dir E E E SE SE S SE N NW NW NW NW NW N N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd 8 9 9 12 14 12 5 4 13 16 13 13 11 10 8 5 6 8 10
Clouds SC B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 5 20 20 0 20
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs S S S S S C
Wind chill 31 29 28 32 26 32 32 28
Min chill 30 27 29 25 27 34 28
Date 03/31 Mon 04/01/24 Tue 04/02/24 Wed 04/03/24 Thu 04/04/24
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 54 40 52 33 52 31 55 34 65
Temp 51 51 43 40 47 48 39 34 47 48 36 32 49 51 39 35 56 59
Dewpt 39 40 39 37 41 39 35 30 33 29 27 26 31 31 30 29 38 38
PWind dir E E NE N N NW NW W S
Wind char GN BZ BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN GN
Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 70 60 40 20 5 5 10 10
Rain shwrs C C C L L C C C S
Snowshwrs S S
Tstms S C S
$$
IAZ004-290900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 25 55 28 46 29
Temp 25 27 28 37 48 52 49 41 36 31 28 34 41 44 41 34 31 31 30
Dewpt 24 24 25 31 39 42 43 39 33 29 26 27 30 31 29 29 28 27 28
RH 96 88 88 79 71 69 80 92 89 92 92 75 65 60 62 82 88 85 92
Wind dir E E E SE SE SE E NW NW NW NW NW N N N N NE NE NE
Wind spd 9 11 12 16 14 12 5 9 17 17 14 16 13 12 10 9 10 6 8
Wind gust 26
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr 0 20 20 0 20
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.01 0 0
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs S S S C
Snowshwrs S S
Wind chill 16 17 18 27 35 26 20 16 23 33 38 35 27 22 24 22
Min chill 16 16 18 25 16 18 35 22 22
Date 03/31 Mon 04/01/24 Tue 04/02/24 Wed 04/03/24 Thu 04/04/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 50 33 47 28 50 29 54 33 63
Temp 45 45 36 33 42 41 33 29 45 44 33 29 46 49 37 34 52 54
Dewpt 34 34 32 31 34 32 29 26 28 28 25 25 29 31 29 29 35 36
PWind dir NE NE NE N NW NW NW W SW
Wind char GN GN BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN GN
Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr 40 70 60 30 10 5 5 5 10
Rain shwrs C C C L L L C
$$
IAZ035-290900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun
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 32 60 31 51 32
Temp 33 33 33 43 55 59 56 48 41 35 31 37 46 50 47 40 36 34 33
Dewpt 29 27 29 36 44 47 48 44 39 34 29 30 33 34 32 32 30 30 31
RH 85 78 85 76 66 64 74 86 92 96 92 75 60 54 56 73 79 85 92
Wind dir E E E SE SE SE SE NW NW NW NW NW N N N NE NE NE E
Wind spd 9 10 12 14 14 11 5 4 16 17 12 12 12 10 8 8 8 6 9
Clouds B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 5 20 20 0 20
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs S S S S S C
Wind chill 25 25 24 36 33 25 21 29 29 28 25
Min chill 25 22 25 33 21 23 28 25
Date 03/31 Mon 04/01/24 Tue 04/02/24 Wed 04/03/24 Thu 04/04/24
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 53 37 50 30 52 29 55 33 65
Temp 49 49 40 37 46 45 36 31 47 47 34 30 48 50 38 34 56 57
Dewpt 38 38 35 35 38 36 31 28 30 28 25 25 31 31 29 29 38 38
PWind dir E NE NE N N NW NW W S
Wind char GN GN BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN GN
Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr 40 80 60 40 10 5 5 10 10
Rain shwrs C C C D L L C S
Snowshwrs S
Tstms S S S
$$
IAZ094-290900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 42 69 40 60 41
Temp 46 45 43 54 64 69 66 58 51 45 40 45 54 59 55 47 44 43 42
Dewpt 37 38 38 45 48 49 50 49 47 41 36 37 37 36 37 36 37 36 38
RH 71 76 82 71 56 49 56 72 86 86 85 73 52 42 51 65 76 76 86
Wind dir S S SE S S S S SW NW NW NW N N N NE NE NE E E
Wind spd 8 6 9 16 17 13 9 11 13 14 11 12 9 8 6 6 8 10 12
Wind gust 27
Clouds SC B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr 5 10 20 5 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.01 0 0.01
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs S S C C C
Tstms S S
Wind chill 38 33 39 37 35
Min chill 38 38 32 33 39 35
Date 03/31 Mon 04/01/24 Tue 04/02/24 Wed 04/03/24 Thu 04/04/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 61 46 59 36 53 33 57 37 67
Temp 58 58 49 48 55 52 44 37 49 50 39 34 52 53 42 38 61 62
Dewpt 45 46 46 46 47 43 38 33 34 30 29 27 31 32 32 32 38 38
PWind dir E NE NE N N NW NW W SW
Wind char GN GN BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN GN
Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 60 60 40 20 5 5 5 5
Rain shwrs C S L L L C C C S
Tstms S S S S S C C S S
$$
IAZ017-290900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun
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 57 31 49 31
Temp 26 26 27 37 50 54 51 45 40 35 31 36 44 47 44 37 34 32 31
Dewpt 23 23 22 28 37 42 43 42 39 34 29 30 32 32 31 31 29 29 29
RH 88 88 81 70 61 64 74 89 96 96 92 79 62 56 60 79 82 88 92
Wind dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE NW NW NW NW NW NW N N NE NE E
Wind spd 6 9 12 16 17 16 10 6 9 18 13 14 14 12 9 8 8 6 9
Wind gust 24
Clouds SC B2 B2 SC SC B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr 5 20 30 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs C C C
Wind chill 18 17 16 28 34 24 21 27 37 31 27 26 23
Min chill 17 15 16 33 19 22 38 26 23
Date 03/31 Mon 04/01/24 Tue 04/02/24 Wed 04/03/24 Thu 04/04/24
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 51 35 49 30 50 28 53 32 62
Temp 48 47 37 35 45 43 34 30 45 44 32 28 46 47 36 32 53 53
Dewpt 35 36 33 32 36 34 30 27 31 28 25 24 29 30 28 27 35 36
PWind dir E NE NE N NW NW NW W SW
Wind char GN GN BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN GN
Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr 40 70 70 40 20 5 5 5 10
Rain shwrs C C C L L L C S S
Snowshwrs S S
$$
IAZ049-290900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 32 62 36 54 35
Temp 34 33 33 44 57 61 58 50 46 40 36 41 50 53 49 42 39 36 35
Dewpt 27 26 29 35 44 47 48 46 43 39 34 34 35 35 34 34 32 32 32
RH 75 75 85 70 62 60 69 86 89 96 92 76 56 50 56 73 76 85 89
Wind dir E E E SE SE SE SE E W NW NW NW NW NW N N NE NE NE
Wind spd 8 9 11 13 16 14 8 5 9 16 13 13 12 10 8 5 6 8 10
Clouds SC B2 B2 SC B1 B2 OV B2 SC B2 B1 SC SC B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr 5 20 20 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs S S S C
Wind chill 28 25 24 37 32 27 33 30 28
Min chill 27 23 25 26 28 33 27
Date 03/31 Mon 04/01/24 Tue 04/02/24 Wed 04/03/24 Thu 04/04/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 53 38 52 33 51 29 54 32 63
Temp 50 50 42 38 47 46 38 33 46 45 34 29 48 48 37 34 56 56
Dewpt 38 39 38 36 41 38 34 29 32 29 27 25 30 31 29 28 38 38
PWind dir E E NE N N NW NW W SW
Wind char GN BZ BZ BZ BZ BZ BZ GN GN
Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 70 70 40 20 5 5 5 10
Rain shwrs C C C L L C C C S
Snowshwrs S S
Tstms S S S
$$
IAZ086-290900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1145 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun
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 39 68 44 61 41
Temp 43 40 40 52 64 68 66 59 55 49 44 47 55 59 56 47 44 43 42
Dewpt 34 34 36 42 47 47 49 50 50 45 41 38 38 36 37 36 36 37 38
RH 70 79 85 69 54 47 54 72 83 86 89 71 53 42 49 65 73 79 86
Wind dir E E E SE SE S SE S SW W NW NW NW NW N NE NE E E
Wind spd 9 8 9 10 16 14 9 11 12 14 13 13 11 10 8 6 6 10 12
Clouds SC B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr 0 20 30 0 20
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.06 0 0
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs C C S S L
Tstms S S
Wind chill 37 34 37 37 35
Min chill 36 33 35 36 37 38 33
Date 03/31 Mon 04/01/24 Tue 04/02/24 Wed 04/03/24 Thu 04/04/24
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 58 44 57 38 53 34 55 36 65
Temp 54 55 48 45 52 52 44 39 48 49 39 34 50 51 41 36 58 60
Dewpt 43 44 43 43 46 43 39 35 34 31 28 28 30 31 30 31 38 39
PWind dir E E NE N N NW NW W SW
Wind char BZ GN BZ BZ BZ GN BZ GN GN
Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 60 70 70 40 20 5 5 5 10
Rain shwrs L C L L L L C C S
Tstms S S S S C S
$$