Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
328 FOUS53 KDMX 161116 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 616 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 IAZ060-162100- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 616 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 84 60 75 61 80 Temp 73 74 81 82 79 72 68 63 60 65 69 73 73 66 63 61 62 70 76 79 79 Dewpt 70 69 72 72 69 67 63 60 57 58 60 61 60 61 60 60 60 64 66 68 68 RH 90 84 74 72 72 84 84 90 90 78 73 66 64 84 90 97 93 81 71 69 69 Wind dir SW SW W W NW N N N N N N NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 6 8 10 9 8 9 9 10 10 9 8 6 5 4 4 4 5 6 8 6 6 Clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 40 20 10 10 30 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.04 0 0 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C S S S C C C Tstms C C C S S C S Heat index 87 Max heat 86 89 84 Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 69 86 68 83 70 86 71 91 Temp 72 70 80 82 73 70 78 80 73 71 81 83 75 73 86 89 Dewpt 69 69 73 73 71 69 72 71 70 69 73 74 72 71 76 76 PWind dir SE S E E E SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 60 40 40 40 40 20 20 10 Rain shwrs C L C S C C C C C C S S Tstms C C C S C C C C S C S S $$ IAZ039-162100- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 616 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 82 57 73 57 77 Temp 71 75 79 79 75 68 64 59 58 64 69 71 70 63 59 57 58 68 73 77 75 Dewpt 69 71 72 71 69 66 61 58 55 57 59 59 59 59 57 56 57 61 62 64 65 RH 93 87 79 77 82 93 90 96 90 78 70 66 68 87 93 96 96 78 68 64 71 Wind dir S S SW W NW NW NW NW N N N NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 4 6 10 11 10 10 10 11 11 11 10 9 5 4 3 4 5 8 10 9 6 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 60 30 10 5 20 QPF 12hr 0.06 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C S S C Tstms C C C C S S Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 82 66 80 66 83 69 88 Temp 68 68 79 78 69 67 76 76 69 68 79 80 72 71 84 85 Dewpt 66 68 71 71 68 66 69 69 67 67 71 72 71 71 75 75 PWind dir SE SW NE E E SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 50 40 30 30 40 30 30 20 Rain shwrs C C C S S C C C C C C S C S Tstms S S C S S S S S S S S S C S $$ IAZ048-162100- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 616 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 82 58 74 58 79 Temp 71 73 79 80 77 68 64 61 58 64 69 72 71 63 60 58 58 68 74 77 78 Dewpt 69 68 73 72 69 66 62 58 56 57 60 61 61 60 59 58 58 64 66 68 68 RH 93 84 82 77 76 93 93 90 93 78 73 68 71 90 96100100 87 76 74 71 Wind dir S SW W NW NW N N N N N N NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 4 8 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 6 5 4 3 3 5 8 9 8 6 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 60 20 10 10 30 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L C C S S S S C C C Tstms C C C S S S S Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 67 84 67 81 67 84 70 90 Temp 70 70 79 81 71 68 77 78 70 69 80 82 74 72 85 87 Dewpt 70 69 73 73 71 68 72 71 70 69 74 74 72 72 76 77 PWind dir SE SE E E E SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 60 40 40 40 40 20 20 20 Rain shwrs C L C S C C C C C C S S S Tstms S C C S C C C S S C S S S $$ IAZ004-162100- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 616 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 72 51 72 55 77 Temp 69 68 70 70 66 62 58 54 53 61 66 70 69 60 57 55 56 65 73 77 75 Dewpt 67 66 65 64 61 57 55 51 50 53 55 56 56 56 55 53 55 60 63 66 66 RH 93 93 84 81 84 84 90 90 89 75 68 61 63 87 93 93 96 84 71 69 74 Wind dir N N N N N N N N N NE NE NE E E SE SE SE SE S S S Wind spd 6 10 11 14 16 13 11 11 10 10 9 6 6 5 4 5 6 10 11 11 10 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 70 10 5 5 20 QPF 12hr 0.11 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L C S S C Tstms C S C Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 65 80 62 79 65 83 67 87 Temp 67 66 76 77 66 64 75 77 68 66 78 81 72 69 82 83 Dewpt 66 66 68 67 64 62 66 68 66 65 70 71 70 68 71 74 PWind dir S NE NE E SE SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 OV B2 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 50 20 20 20 30 20 30 20 Rain shwrs C C S S S S S C S C C S S Tstms C C S S S S S S S S S $$ IAZ035-162100- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 616 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 79 54 73 56 77 Temp 70 71 76 77 72 65 60 56 55 62 68 72 71 62 58 56 57 67 74 77 76 Dewpt 69 69 71 70 66 61 58 55 54 56 58 59 59 59 57 56 57 62 65 68 68 RH 97 93 85 79 81 87 93 96 96 81 70 64 66 90 96100100 84 74 74 76 Wind dir S W NW NW N N N N N N NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 4 6 8 10 11 11 10 10 10 10 9 6 5 4 3 4 5 8 9 9 8 Clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 60 10 5 5 30 QPF 12hr 0.05 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L C S S S C C C Tstms C C S S S Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 83 64 81 67 84 69 88 Temp 69 68 78 78 68 66 76 77 69 68 79 81 72 70 84 85 Dewpt 68 68 72 71 67 66 69 70 69 67 73 74 72 70 75 76 PWind dir SE E NE E E SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC B1 SC FW PoP 12hr 60 30 30 30 30 20 30 20 Rain shwrs C L C S S C C C C C S S C S Tstms S C C S S S S S S C S S S S $$ IAZ094-162100- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 616 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 87 61 76 62 81 Temp 72 74 84 86 82 74 69 65 62 65 70 73 72 67 63 62 63 71 77 80 80 Dewpt 69 69 73 74 72 71 68 64 61 61 62 63 63 63 62 61 62 67 69 72 71 RH 90 84 70 68 72 90 97 97 97 87 76 71 73 87 97 97 97 87 76 77 74 Wind dir SW W W W NW N N N N N N NE NE NE E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 6 9 9 9 6 8 8 9 10 10 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 Clouds B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 40 60 20 20 40 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.32 0 0 0.05 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S C S C L L C S S S S S S C C C C C Tstms C S C S C L C S S S S C C C Heat index 90 93 Max heat 91 95 84 87 Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 69 87 70 86 70 89 72 93 Temp 73 72 84 84 74 71 81 82 73 71 84 86 77 73 89 89 Dewpt 71 71 74 74 72 71 74 74 71 70 74 75 73 71 76 76 PWind dir SE SW SE SE E SE S S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 60 40 40 40 40 20 20 10 Rain shwrs C L C S C C C C C C S S Tstms C L C S S C C C C C S S $$ IAZ017-162100- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 616 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 77 53 72 55 76 Temp 69 70 74 75 70 62 58 55 54 61 67 71 69 60 56 55 56 65 72 76 74 Dewpt 68 69 69 68 64 59 55 53 52 54 55 57 56 57 55 54 55 60 61 64 64 RH 97 97 84 79 81 90 90 93 93 78 65 61 63 90 96 96 96 84 68 66 71 Wind dir SE S NW NW NW N N N N N NE NE NE NE E E SE SE SE S SE Wind spd 4 5 6 10 11 11 10 11 11 10 9 6 5 3 3 3 5 8 10 9 8 Clouds OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC FW SC FW B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 70 10 5 5 20 QPF 12hr 0.37 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L L C S S S C Tstms C C C S S Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 64 81 62 78 64 81 67 86 Temp 67 67 76 77 67 65 75 75 68 66 77 79 71 70 83 83 Dewpt 65 66 70 68 64 63 66 67 66 65 69 71 70 69 73 73 PWind dir S N NE E SE SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW PoP 12hr 50 30 30 30 30 20 30 20 Rain shwrs C C C S S C S C S C S S C S Tstms S C S S S S S S S S S S S $$ IAZ049-162100- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 616 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 82 57 73 58 77 Temp 71 73 79 79 75 67 64 59 58 63 69 71 71 63 59 58 58 68 74 76 76 Dewpt 68 69 72 72 69 66 62 57 55 57 59 60 60 59 58 57 57 62 63 65 66 RH 90 87 79 79 82 97 93 93 90 81 70 68 68 87 96 96 96 81 69 69 71 Wind dir SE SW W W NW NW N N N N N NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 5 8 10 10 9 9 10 10 11 10 9 6 5 4 3 4 5 6 8 6 6 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 60 30 10 10 20 QPF 12hr 0.16 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L C C S C S S S S C Tstms C C C S S S S Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 82 66 80 67 84 69 88 Temp 68 68 79 79 70 68 76 76 69 68 79 81 72 71 84 85 Dewpt 67 68 71 71 69 67 70 70 68 67 72 73 71 70 75 76 PWind dir SE S NE E E SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 60 40 40 40 40 20 30 20 Rain shwrs C L C C C C C C C C S S C S Tstms S C C C C C C S S S S S C S $$ IAZ086-162100- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 616 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 87 62 75 62 79 Temp 73 78 84 85 81 73 70 66 63 66 70 73 72 65 64 62 63 69 75 78 78 Dewpt 70 71 75 75 74 72 69 65 62 62 63 64 64 63 63 61 61 65 67 69 70 RH 90 79 74 72 79 97 97 97 97 87 78 73 76 93 97 97 93 87 76 74 76 Wind dir S SW W W NW N N NW N N N N NE NE E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 5 8 9 10 9 6 8 9 10 10 8 8 6 5 5 5 6 6 8 6 6 Clouds B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 50 70 10 20 30 QPF 12hr 0.04 0.20 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S C C C C L C S S S S S S C C C Tstms C S C C C C C S S S S Heat index 92 94 86 Max heat 92 96 83 Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 68 86 69 84 69 86 72 92 Temp 71 71 80 82 73 71 79 79 72 71 82 83 74 74 87 88 Dewpt 71 71 74 75 72 71 74 74 72 70 74 76 73 73 77 79 PWind dir SE SW E SE E SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 60 50 40 40 50 20 20 20 Rain shwrs C L C C C C C C C C S S S S Tstms C C C C C C C C C C S S S S $$