Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
283 FOUS53 KDMX 150518 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1218 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 IAZ060-160900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 1218 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 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 67 90 70 87 64 Temp 72 70 69 81 86 89 87 78 75 73 72 78 82 85 82 76 71 67 65 Dewpt 68 66 66 71 70 69 70 69 68 69 69 72 73 74 72 71 68 66 64 RH 87 87 90 72 59 52 57 74 79 87 90 82 74 70 72 85 90 97 97 Wind dir S S S S S S S S SE S S SW W W NW N N N N Wind spd 4 4 4 8 9 8 5 4 5 5 5 8 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 Clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 20 50 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.13 0.09 0.34 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C C C S Tstms S S C S C C C S S S Heat index 91 94 92 88 92 87 Max heat 93 96 92 90 94 86 Date 07/17 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 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 62 82 68 86 69 85 68 88 Temp 72 74 66 65 76 80 72 70 82 83 74 70 81 82 72 70 84 86 Dewpt 65 65 63 63 67 69 69 69 73 73 71 68 71 71 69 68 73 73 PWind dir N NE SE SE SW NE E E SE Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 20 10 50 30 40 30 30 20 Rain shwrs S S S S S C C C C C C S C C S S Tstms S S C C S S C C S C C S S $$ IAZ039-160900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 1218 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 66 87 70 84 62 Temp 71 69 68 80 85 87 85 76 72 71 72 77 80 80 77 72 67 65 64 Dewpt 68 66 66 71 71 70 71 70 69 69 70 72 72 72 70 69 66 63 62 RH 90 90 93 74 63 57 63 82 90 93 93 85 77 77 79 90 97 93 93 Wind dir S S S S S S S SE SE S S S SW W NW N NW N N Wind spd 5 5 6 10 11 10 5 4 5 5 5 6 10 10 9 9 9 10 9 Clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 10 70 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.24 0.21 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L C C C C S Tstms S C S C C C S Heat index 90 92 90 Max heat 91 93 88 84 86 Date 07/17 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 74 60 79 65 83 66 82 66 84 Temp 71 71 63 63 75 76 68 68 79 78 70 68 78 77 69 68 80 81 Dewpt 63 62 61 61 64 66 67 67 71 71 69 67 69 68 67 67 71 71 PWind dir N NE SE SE SW N NE E SE Wind char GN LT LT LT GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 10 10 50 40 30 30 30 20 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C C C C S S Tstms S S C C C S S S C C S S $$ IAZ048-160900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 1218 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 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 66 88 69 85 62 Temp 71 68 68 79 86 88 86 76 73 71 71 76 80 82 79 73 68 65 63 Dewpt 68 66 66 72 72 71 72 70 69 69 69 72 73 74 72 71 67 65 62 RH 90 93 93 79 63 57 63 82 87 93 93 87 79 77 79 93 97100 97 Wind dir S S S S S S S SE SE S S SW W W N N N N N Wind spd 8 4 5 9 10 9 5 5 5 5 5 6 9 9 9 8 8 9 8 Clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW SC B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 20 60 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.12 0.32 0.45 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L C C C C S Tstms S S S S S C C C S Heat index 92 94 92 88 Max heat 92 96 91 84 89 Date 07/17 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 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 61 80 67 85 66 83 67 86 Temp 71 73 64 63 76 78 71 69 80 81 71 68 79 79 70 68 81 83 Dewpt 64 65 63 63 67 69 69 69 73 74 71 67 71 71 69 68 73 74 PWind dir N NE SE SE SW NE E E SE Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 20 10 50 40 40 30 30 20 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C C C S C C S S Tstms S S C C C S C S S C C S S $$ IAZ004-160900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 1218 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 68 88 66 78 55 Temp 73 70 69 79 86 88 85 75 72 69 68 71 73 75 71 64 60 58 56 Dewpt 70 66 64 68 70 70 70 69 68 66 66 67 67 67 64 62 58 55 54 RH 90 87 84 69 59 55 61 82 87 90 93 87 81 76 79 93 93 90 93 Wind dir S S S S S S S S NE N N N N N N N N N N Wind spd 13 11 12 14 16 13 10 8 8 6 6 9 9 12 13 13 12 12 10 Wind gust 23 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 5 50 60 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.51 0.12 0.03 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L C C C C C C Tstms S S C C S C S S Heat index 91 93 90 Max heat 93 94 86 Date 07/17 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 72 56 78 64 82 61 81 63 84 Temp 67 71 60 58 73 75 68 66 77 79 66 64 76 77 67 66 79 81 Dewpt 56 59 57 56 62 66 65 64 68 69 64 62 65 67 65 64 69 71 PWind dir N E SE S W N E SE SE Wind char GN LT GN GN GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 5 10 50 40 20 20 30 20 Rain shwrs C C C S S S S S C S S Tstms S C S S S S C S S $$ IAZ035-160900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 1218 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 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 67 88 67 82 59 Temp 73 70 69 80 86 88 85 75 71 70 69 73 78 80 76 69 64 61 60 Dewpt 69 66 66 71 72 72 72 70 69 68 68 70 71 72 70 67 64 60 59 RH 87 87 90 74 63 59 65 84 93 93 97 90 79 77 82 93100 97 96 Wind dir S S S S S S S SE S S SW W NW NW N N N N N Wind spd 8 8 8 10 11 10 6 5 6 5 4 6 8 9 10 10 10 10 8 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW CL SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 40 60 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.24 0.20 0.12 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L L L C C C C S Tstms C C C S S C C C S Heat index 93 95 91 Max heat 94 97 88 84 Date 07/17 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 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 59 79 65 84 64 81 66 85 Temp 69 71 62 61 75 76 69 67 79 80 69 66 77 77 69 67 79 81 Dewpt 62 62 60 60 66 68 68 67 72 72 68 65 69 70 67 67 72 74 PWind dir N NE SE SE SW NE E E SE Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 10 10 50 40 30 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C S C S S C C S S Tstms S S C C C S S S S C C S S $$ IAZ094-160900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 1218 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 66 88 70 90 66 Temp 71 68 68 80 85 87 86 78 75 72 72 80 85 88 85 78 74 69 68 Dewpt 67 66 67 72 70 69 70 70 69 70 70 73 73 73 73 73 71 68 67 RH 87 93 97 77 61 55 59 76 82 93 93 79 67 61 67 85 90 97 97 Wind dir S S S S S S S SE S S SW SW SW W NW N N N NW Wind spd 5 4 4 6 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 8 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 Clouds CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 10 40 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.07 0.01 0.34 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C C Tstms S S C C C C C C C Heat index 92 91 92 96 92 Max heat 90 95 91 94 98 90 Date 07/17 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 78 64 83 69 89 70 87 69 89 Temp 73 74 67 66 79 81 73 72 84 85 74 72 84 83 74 71 86 87 Dewpt 66 67 65 66 70 72 71 71 73 74 72 70 73 73 70 69 72 73 PWind dir N NE SE SE SW E SE SE S Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 40 30 20 40 30 30 30 30 20 Rain shwrs C C S C S S S C C C C C C C S C S S Tstms C C S S S S S C C S C C C C S C S S $$ IAZ017-160900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 1218 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 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 66 87 67 80 58 Temp 71 69 68 79 86 87 84 74 71 69 69 73 76 77 74 67 63 61 59 Dewpt 68 66 65 70 71 70 70 70 67 67 67 69 70 70 67 64 61 58 57 RH 90 90 90 74 61 57 63 87 87 93 93 87 82 79 79 90 93 90 93 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S SE S NW NW N N N N N Wind spd 10 8 9 11 13 11 6 5 5 5 4 6 8 9 10 10 10 10 9 Clouds CL FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 5 30 70 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.10 0.49 0.12 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L L L C C C C S Tstms C C S S S C S S S S Heat index 92 Max heat 91 93 89 Date 07/17 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 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 57 77 64 81 62 80 63 83 Temp 67 69 60 59 73 74 67 66 77 78 68 65 76 76 67 66 77 79 Dewpt 59 59 58 58 63 65 65 65 69 69 65 64 66 66 65 65 69 70 PWind dir N NE SE SE SW N E SE SE Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 10 10 50 40 30 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S S C C C S C S S S C S S Tstms S S C C C S S S S C S S $$ IAZ049-160900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 1218 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 65 87 69 84 61 Temp 69 67 67 79 85 86 85 75 72 70 71 76 79 81 78 71 67 65 63 Dewpt 67 65 65 70 70 70 70 69 69 68 69 72 72 72 71 70 66 63 62 RH 93 93 93 74 61 59 61 82 90 93 93 87 79 74 79 97 97 93 97 Wind dir S S S S S S S SE SE S S SW SW W NW N N N N Wind spd 4 5 5 9 10 9 5 4 5 5 5 6 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 Clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 10 60 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.25 0.33 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L C C C C S Tstms C S S C C C S Heat index 90 91 Max heat 91 93 88 84 87 Date 07/17 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 74 60 79 65 84 66 82 66 85 Temp 70 71 63 62 74 76 69 67 79 79 70 67 79 77 69 68 80 81 Dewpt 64 64 62 61 66 67 67 67 72 72 69 66 70 70 67 67 72 73 PWind dir N NE SE SE SW N NE E SE Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 20 10 50 40 40 30 30 20 Rain shwrs S S S S C C C C C C C C C S S Tstms S S C C C S C S C C C S S $$ IAZ086-160900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 1218 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 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 67 88 71 90 66 Temp 70 68 69 81 85 87 86 78 75 73 74 81 85 87 84 76 73 70 68 Dewpt 66 66 67 72 70 70 72 72 72 71 72 74 74 75 75 74 72 70 68 RH 87 93 93 74 61 57 63 82 90 93 93 79 70 68 74 94 97100100 Wind dir S SE SE S S S S SE S S S S SW W NW N NW NW NW Wind spd 5 4 4 6 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 8 9 10 8 6 6 9 9 Clouds CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 PoP 12hr 0 5 5 40 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.02 0.28 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L C C C Tstms S C C C C S S S Heat index 92 92 86 93 97 91 Max heat 91 94 93 95 98 87 Date 07/17 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 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 78 64 82 69 88 69 87 68 89 Temp 73 74 67 66 78 78 71 72 83 83 74 72 82 82 72 71 85 85 Dewpt 68 68 67 65 69 71 70 71 73 75 72 70 73 73 71 69 73 74 PWind dir N NE E SE SW NE E E S Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 30 20 20 40 30 40 30 30 20 Rain shwrs C C S S S C C C C C C C C C S S Tstms S C S S C C C S C C C C C S S $$