Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
549 FOUS53 KDMX 241827 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 127 PM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026 IAZ060-242100- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 127 PM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026 Date Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 Sun 07/26/26 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 78 68 91 73 96 Temp 78 75 71 69 68 69 77 86 91 90 80 76 74 74 86 94 96 94 Dewpt 66 66 67 67 67 68 72 74 75 74 74 73 73 73 77 77 75 75 RH 67 74 87 93 97 97 85 68 60 60 82 90 97 97 75 58 51 54 Wind dir S S S S S S SW S S S S S S S SW S S S Wind spd 8 8 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 6 8 10 11 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 20 10 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs Obvis PF Heat index 94102100 97108109106 Max heat 95 103 99 109 111 Heat Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Date Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 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 77 96 73 93 70 92 71 91 Temp 82 78 94 94 78 74 90 91 76 72 90 90 76 72 88 89 Dewpt 74 72 75 74 71 68 70 68 69 68 68 67 68 68 70 68 PWind dir S SW N NE E SE SE SE Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 10 5 5 5 5 10 20 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S $$ IAZ039-242100- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 127 PM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026 Date Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 Sun 07/26/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 78 65 88 72 92 Temp 78 77 69 68 67 67 75 82 87 87 78 74 72 73 83 88 91 90 Dewpt 61 62 64 65 65 66 70 73 74 75 74 72 72 72 77 78 77 77 RH 56 60 84 90 93 97 84 74 65 68 88 93100 97 82 72 64 66 Wind dir S S S S S S S S SW S S S S S SW SW S S Wind spd 10 9 6 5 5 4 5 6 8 6 4 4 4 4 6 9 9 9 Clouds FW B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 10 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.02 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C Tstms S S Obvis PF Heat index 87 96 96 91102106104 Max heat 89 98 95 105 107 Date Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 75 93 71 90 68 89 69 88 Temp 79 76 89 90 75 72 87 88 73 70 87 87 73 71 86 86 Dewpt 73 73 78 77 68 67 71 70 68 67 70 70 68 67 71 70 PWind dir S W N N NE E SE S Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 50 10 5 5 5 5 5 20 Rain shwrs C C S S Tstms S C S S $$ IAZ048-242100- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 127 PM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026 Date Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 Sun 07/26/26 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 78 67 91 72 95 Temp 78 75 70 68 67 68 77 84 90 89 79 75 73 73 86 92 95 93 Dewpt 66 66 67 67 67 67 72 75 76 76 75 73 73 72 77 79 78 77 RH 67 74 90 97100 97 85 74 64 66 88 94100 97 75 66 58 60 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW S S S Wind spd 9 8 5 5 4 3 4 5 6 5 3 4 4 4 6 8 9 9 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 FW FW CL FW B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 5 0 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs Obvis PF Heat index 92102101 97108112107 Max heat 95 105 99 110 115 Heat Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Date Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 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 76 95 71 92 69 91 69 90 Temp 81 76 92 92 76 72 89 89 74 71 89 88 74 71 87 87 Dewpt 75 73 77 76 70 67 71 70 69 68 70 69 69 68 71 70 PWind dir S W N NE E SE SE SE Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 30 10 5 5 5 0 10 20 Rain shwrs C S Tstms C S $$ IAZ004-242100- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 127 PM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026 Date Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 Sun 07/26/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 79 66 93 73 94 Temp 78 78 71 67 66 67 77 87 93 91 79 76 74 73 83 90 94 91 Dewpt 65 66 67 66 66 67 72 73 72 72 72 69 69 68 72 72 71 73 RH 64 67 87 97100100 85 63 51 54 79 79 84 84 70 56 47 56 Wind dir S S S S S SW SW SW SW SE S SW W SW SW S S S Wind spd 11 12 10 10 11 10 11 10 9 8 8 9 9 9 11 10 12 14 Clouds B1 SC B1 SC B1 B2 SC FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.02 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C Tstms S Heat index 95101 99 88 97101100 Max heat 97 102 95 98 102 Heat Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Date Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 72 94 69 90 67 90 68 89 Temp 78 72 90 91 73 70 87 88 72 68 88 88 72 69 85 87 Dewpt 72 70 69 67 64 64 66 64 65 64 66 66 66 66 68 68 PWind dir S N N NE SE SE S S Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 30 5 5 5 5 5 20 30 Rain shwrs C C S C S Tstms C C S S S $$ IAZ035-242100- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 127 PM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026 Date Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 Sun 07/26/26 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 66 93 73 95 Temp 79 78 70 67 67 67 77 87 92 91 80 76 74 73 84 92 95 93 Dewpt 65 66 67 67 66 67 72 75 74 76 74 73 71 71 79 79 79 79 RH 62 67 90100 97100 85 68 56 62 82 90 90 93 85 66 60 64 Wind dir S S S S S S SW SW SW S S S SW S SW S S S Wind spd 10 9 6 6 5 4 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 8 9 11 11 Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 10 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C Obvis PF Heat index 95102104 96109113110 Max heat 96 105 99 109 113 Heat Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Date Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 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 75 96 70 92 68 92 68 90 Temp 80 75 92 93 75 71 89 90 73 69 89 89 73 70 87 88 Dewpt 74 72 74 71 67 65 67 66 68 66 67 67 68 67 69 68 PWind dir S NW N N SE SE SE S Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 50 5 5 5 0 0 20 30 Rain shwrs C C S C S Tstms C C S S S $$ IAZ094-242100- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 127 PM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026 Date Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 Sun 07/26/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 73 67 88 71 93 Temp 73 73 69 68 67 68 76 84 88 87 78 74 72 72 83 90 93 90 Dewpt 67 67 68 67 67 68 72 75 75 76 75 73 72 71 77 77 75 76 RH 81 81 97 97100100 87 74 66 70 91 97100 97 82 66 56 64 Wind dir S SE SE S S S SW S S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 6 6 5 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 6 9 10 10 Clouds B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 SC FW CL SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 40 30 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.04 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms Obvis PF PF Heat index 91 98 98 93104106103 Max heat 94 100 95 106 109 Date Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 75 95 72 92 70 90 70 89 Temp 79 76 92 92 77 73 90 89 75 72 88 88 75 72 87 87 Dewpt 73 70 74 74 71 68 69 68 68 67 69 68 68 68 69 68 PWind dir S SW NE E E SE SE SE Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 10 5 5 10 5 20 20 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S $$ IAZ017-242100- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 127 PM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026 Date Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 Sun 07/26/26 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 78 65 90 72 92 Temp 78 77 69 66 65 66 75 83 90 89 77 73 73 72 82 88 92 89 Dewpt 63 63 65 65 65 66 71 75 76 77 74 73 72 71 76 79 79 77 RH 60 62 87 97100100 87 77 64 68 90100 97 97 82 75 66 68 Wind dir S S S S S SW SW S S S S SW S SW SW SW S S Wind spd 11 10 8 8 8 6 9 9 9 8 5 6 6 6 9 9 10 11 Clouds B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC CL FW SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C Tstms S Obvis PF Heat index 90102101 89103109102 Max heat 90 103 94 103 109 Date Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 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 73 92 69 89 66 89 67 88 Temp 78 73 88 88 74 70 86 87 72 68 86 87 72 69 85 85 Dewpt 73 73 76 73 65 66 69 69 66 66 68 70 67 66 70 69 PWind dir S W N N SE SE SE S Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 50 5 5 5 5 0 20 20 Rain shwrs C C S S S Tstms C C S S $$ IAZ049-242100- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 127 PM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026 Date Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 Sun 07/26/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 77 65 89 71 93 Temp 77 74 69 66 66 67 75 82 88 87 76 73 72 72 84 89 93 90 Dewpt 63 64 65 66 66 67 71 73 76 75 74 72 72 71 76 78 78 77 RH 62 71 87100100100 87 74 68 68 94 97100 97 77 70 62 66 Wind dir S S S S S S SW S S S S S S S SW SW S S Wind spd 10 9 6 5 4 3 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 6 9 8 8 Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 OV B2 B2 SC FW FW FW B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 10 0 10 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Obvis PF Heat index 88 98 97 93103109103 Max heat 89 100 94 105 110 Date Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 74 94 70 91 67 90 68 89 Temp 78 75 91 90 75 72 87 87 72 69 87 87 72 69 85 85 Dewpt 73 72 77 76 68 66 71 70 68 66 70 69 67 66 70 69 PWind dir S SW N N NE E SE SE Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 40 10 0 0 5 5 10 20 Rain shwrs S C S S Tstms S C S S $$ IAZ086-242100- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 127 PM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026 Date Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 Sun 07/26/26 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 66 90 71 96 Temp 77 76 71 67 67 68 76 83 89 89 78 73 71 72 85 92 96 93 Dewpt 65 65 67 67 67 67 71 73 74 75 74 73 71 72 77 76 73 73 RH 67 69 87100100 97 85 72 61 64 88100100100 77 60 48 52 Wind dir S S S S S S S SW S SW S S S S SW SW S S Wind spd 8 8 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 6 6 9 9 Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 SC FW FW CL FW B1 FW SC FW SC FW SC PoP 12hr 20 20 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Obvis PF Heat index 90 99 98 95103106102 Max heat 92 101 94 106 107 Date Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 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 76 97 73 93 70 93 70 91 Temp 79 77 93 94 77 74 90 90 75 72 90 90 75 72 88 88 Dewpt 76 73 75 75 73 69 70 68 69 68 67 67 67 68 68 67 PWind dir S SW N NE NE E SE SE Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW FW CL FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 10 0 0 5 5 10 10 Rain shwrs C S Tstms C S $$