Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
107 FOUS53 KDMX 010627 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 127 AM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026 IAZ060-020900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 127 AM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026 Date 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 Sat 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 65 67 50 62 46 Temp 68 65 66 65 65 60 58 55 52 50 55 60 62 57 52 49 47 46 Dewpt 67 65 66 64 62 56 51 48 45 43 45 45 46 48 47 46 45 45 RH 97100100 97 90 87 77 77 77 77 69 58 56 72 83 89 93 96 Wind dir SE N N N N N N N N N NE NE NE NE E E SE SE Wind spd 6 9 10 11 12 10 9 8 8 6 8 6 5 3 3 2 2 3 Wind gust 20 23 20 Clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW PoP 12hr 100 50 5 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.76 0.13 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D C C C S Tstms S Obvis PF Flood A A A A A A A Date 10/03 Sun 10/04/26 Mon 10/05/26 Tue 10/06/26 Wed 10/07/26 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 67 53 68 46 64 50 67 57 72 Temp 64 61 55 53 65 61 52 47 62 58 52 50 64 63 59 58 70 67 Dewpt 51 54 53 52 55 53 48 44 48 50 49 48 55 58 56 55 61 61 PWind dir S SW N N E SE S S W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 $$ IAZ039-020900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 127 AM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026 Date 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 63 66 47 62 44 Temp 66 64 65 65 64 60 57 54 50 47 53 59 62 57 50 47 46 44 Dewpt 66 62 65 63 57 51 47 44 42 41 44 45 44 45 45 43 43 43 RH 100 93100 93 78 72 69 69 74 79 71 60 52 64 83 86 89 96 Wind dir NE NE N N N N N N N N N N N N E E SE SE Wind spd 8 9 9 12 13 10 9 8 8 8 9 8 5 3 2 2 2 4 Wind gust 24 Clouds OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 100 60 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 1.92 0.11 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D L C Tstms S Obvis PF PF Flood A A A A A A A Date 10/03 Sun 10/04/26 Mon 10/05/26 Tue 10/06/26 Wed 10/07/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 66 50 67 44 63 47 65 54 71 Temp 62 61 54 51 65 61 49 44 60 58 50 48 62 62 58 55 68 65 Dewpt 50 51 52 51 54 49 45 41 45 45 45 45 52 54 53 53 58 57 PWind dir S SW NW N E SE S S W Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT GN GN LT Avg clouds FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 $$ IAZ048-020900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 127 AM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026 Date 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 Sat 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 63 66 48 63 45 Temp 67 64 65 65 64 59 57 54 50 48 55 60 63 57 51 48 46 45 Dewpt 66 63 65 63 59 53 49 46 44 42 44 45 45 47 46 46 45 45 RH 97 97100 93 84 80 75 74 80 80 66 58 52 69 83 93 96100 Wind dir N NE N N N N N N N N N NE NE NE E SE SE SE Wind spd 8 10 9 11 12 10 9 6 6 6 6 6 4 2 2 1 2 3 Wind gust 23 19 21 24 Clouds OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 SC FW CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 100 40 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 1.72 0.07 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D C S S Tstms S Obvis PF Flood A A A A A A A Date 10/03 Sun 10/04/26 Mon 10/05/26 Tue 10/06/26 Wed 10/07/26 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 53 67 45 63 49 66 56 72 Temp 63 61 56 53 65 60 51 45 61 57 52 50 64 63 59 56 69 66 Dewpt 51 54 54 53 54 51 47 43 47 50 49 48 55 58 57 56 60 60 PWind dir S SW N N E SE S SW NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 $$ IAZ004-020900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 127 AM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026 Date 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 58 63 44 60 47 Temp 63 61 59 62 62 58 54 50 46 44 53 58 59 57 51 50 49 47 Dewpt 62 58 51 46 44 43 40 38 37 37 40 39 38 41 40 40 41 43 RH 97 90 75 56 52 57 59 63 71 76 61 49 45 55 66 68 74 86 Wind dir NW N N N N N N N N N N NE E SE SE S S S Wind spd 3 8 17 17 14 9 6 6 6 5 3 3 2 2 4 5 9 11 Wind gust 28 27 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 30 5 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.04 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C Date 10/03 Sun 10/04/26 Mon 10/05/26 Tue 10/06/26 Wed 10/07/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 66 52 63 43 62 51 67 56 69 Temp 63 62 56 52 62 58 48 44 60 58 53 53 64 64 59 56 68 64 Dewpt 48 52 53 49 48 46 42 40 44 47 48 48 54 57 56 53 55 54 PWind dir S W N N SE S S SW NW Wind char BZ LT GN LT LT GN BZ GN LT Avg clouds FW FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL FW SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 $$ IAZ035-020900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 127 AM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026 Date 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 Sat 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 61 64 46 62 45 Temp 65 63 63 63 63 58 55 53 48 46 54 61 62 57 51 48 47 45 Dewpt 65 62 61 57 52 49 46 43 41 40 43 43 42 45 44 44 44 44 RH 100 97 93 81 67 72 72 69 77 79 66 51 48 64 77 86 89 96 Wind dir NE NE N N N N N N N N N NE NE E SE SE SE S Wind spd 8 5 11 14 12 8 6 6 5 4 4 3 2 1 2 2 3 4 Wind gust 16 Clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 90 30 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.67 0.02 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L C S Tstms Obvis PF Flood A A A A A A A Date 10/03 Sun 10/04/26 Mon 10/05/26 Tue 10/06/26 Wed 10/07/26 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 52 66 43 64 50 67 56 71 Temp 63 62 56 52 64 60 49 44 61 57 53 51 64 63 59 57 68 65 Dewpt 50 54 55 52 52 49 45 42 47 49 49 48 55 58 57 55 59 58 PWind dir S SW N N SE S S SW NW Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 $$ IAZ094-020900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 127 AM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026 Date 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 65 69 50 63 45 Temp 69 69 67 67 66 61 58 56 54 50 55 62 63 57 51 48 47 45 Dewpt 67 67 67 67 65 61 56 51 47 44 45 47 48 49 48 46 46 44 RH 93 93100100 97100 93 83 77 80 69 58 58 75 89 93 96 96 Wind dir S SW N N N N N N N N NE NE NE NE E E E SE Wind spd 10 8 9 12 13 13 12 10 10 10 10 9 8 3 3 3 3 3 Wind gust 19 24 25 25 23 Clouds B2 OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW PoP 12hr 80 70 20 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.18 0.39 0.03 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L L L L C S Tstms C S Obvis PF Flood A A A A A A A Date 10/03 Sun 10/04/26 Mon 10/05/26 Tue 10/06/26 Wed 10/07/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 66 51 69 46 65 49 68 56 73 Temp 64 60 54 51 67 62 53 47 63 58 51 49 65 62 58 56 70 66 Dewpt 52 54 52 51 57 56 51 45 50 52 49 48 56 58 55 54 62 62 PWind dir S SW N N E SE S S W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 $$ IAZ017-020900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 127 AM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026 Date 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 Sat 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 64 44 62 43 Temp 65 62 61 63 62 57 54 51 47 44 52 59 62 56 50 48 45 44 Dewpt 64 61 60 54 49 46 43 40 39 38 42 41 41 42 41 41 41 42 RH 97 97 97 72 62 67 66 66 74 79 69 51 46 59 71 77 86 93 Wind dir N NE N N N N N N N N N N N N SE SE SE S Wind spd 4 3 11 14 13 9 8 8 6 4 4 4 2 0 1 2 3 5 Clouds OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 70 40 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.27 0.04 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L C Tstms Obvis PF Date 10/03 Sun 10/04/26 Mon 10/05/26 Tue 10/06/26 Wed 10/07/26 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 65 49 65 42 62 46 66 52 70 Temp 62 61 55 50 63 58 47 42 60 57 51 49 63 62 58 54 68 64 Dewpt 48 50 53 50 50 46 42 39 43 45 46 45 52 54 55 53 56 54 PWind dir S SW N N SE S S SW NW Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 $$ IAZ049-020900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 127 AM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026 Date 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 63 66 48 62 43 Temp 67 64 64 64 64 59 56 54 50 48 53 59 62 56 49 46 45 43 Dewpt 66 62 64 63 59 53 48 45 43 41 44 45 45 46 44 44 43 43 RH 97 93100 97 84 80 74 71 77 77 71 60 54 69 83 93 93100 Wind dir NE NE N N N N N N N N N N N NE E E SE SE Wind spd 8 12 9 12 13 10 9 8 8 6 8 5 4 2 2 2 2 3 Clouds OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 100 60 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 1.79 0.15 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D L C S S Tstms S Obvis PF PF Flood A A A A A A A Date 10/03 Sun 10/04/26 Mon 10/05/26 Tue 10/06/26 Wed 10/07/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 65 50 66 44 63 47 65 54 71 Temp 62 60 54 51 64 60 49 44 60 57 50 49 62 62 58 56 68 65 Dewpt 50 53 51 51 54 51 45 42 46 48 46 46 53 55 54 53 59 58 PWind dir S SW N N E SE S S W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 $$ IAZ086-020900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 127 AM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026 Date 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 Sat 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 66 70 51 63 45 Temp 68 69 70 68 67 63 60 57 53 51 56 61 63 57 52 49 47 45 Dewpt 67 67 69 68 67 63 59 54 50 46 47 48 49 51 49 48 46 45 RH 97 93 97100100100 96 90 89 83 72 62 60 80 89 96 96100 Wind dir S SW N N N N N N N N N N N NE NE E E SE Wind spd 9 11 8 11 12 11 10 9 9 8 9 8 6 3 3 3 2 2 Wind gust 21 20 19 Clouds B2 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW PoP 12hr 70 80 20 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.25 0.67 0.05 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L L D L C S Tstms C S Obvis PF PF Flood A A A A A A A Date 10/03 Sun 10/04/26 Mon 10/05/26 Tue 10/06/26 Wed 10/07/26 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 51 69 46 64 47 67 56 72 Temp 63 60 54 51 66 62 53 46 62 58 50 48 64 63 58 57 70 67 Dewpt 52 54 52 51 58 56 51 46 49 51 49 47 54 57 54 53 62 63 PWind dir SE SW NW N NE SE S S W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 $$