Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
636 FOUS53 KDMX 040627 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1227 AM CST Wed Nov 4 2026 IAZ060-051000- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 1227 AM CST Wed Nov 4 2026 Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 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 47 53 44 54 41 Temp 49 48 50 52 52 51 50 48 47 46 48 52 52 51 50 47 44 41 Dewpt 48 46 47 47 45 44 44 43 44 44 46 46 45 44 44 43 41 40 RH 96 93 89 83 77 77 80 83 89 93 93 80 77 77 80 86 89 96 Wind dir W W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW N N N N N Wind spd 12 12 12 14 14 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 8 6 6 5 Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 20 20 40 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms Date 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 Mon 11/09/26 Tue 11/10/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 50 32 53 37 60 39 66 43 65 Temp 47 45 36 32 50 47 41 38 57 51 43 40 63 59 48 43 62 58 Dewpt 38 36 34 32 37 38 37 36 40 40 39 39 47 46 43 41 45 44 PWind dir N N SW W W SW SW W NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ IAZ039-051000- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 1227 AM CST Wed Nov 4 2026 Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 48 53 43 52 37 Temp 53 50 51 52 51 50 47 45 46 47 50 51 52 50 46 43 39 37 Dewpt 53 50 50 48 47 46 46 45 45 47 49 47 46 45 43 41 38 37 RH 100100 96 86 86 86 96100 96100 96 86 80 83 89 93 96100 Wind dir W W W W W W W W W W NW NW N N N N N N Wind spd 10 13 13 16 17 14 14 13 13 12 12 13 13 12 10 8 8 8 Clouds B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 30 40 50 40 10 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C S S S C C S C C Tstms Wind chill 39 39 37 33 31 Min chill 38 36 39 36 30 Date 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 Mon 11/09/26 Tue 11/10/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 48 29 50 35 56 36 62 40 60 Temp 45 42 33 29 48 44 39 36 53 47 39 37 59 55 44 41 58 54 Dewpt 34 34 32 29 35 37 37 35 40 40 38 37 45 45 43 40 44 43 PWind dir N N W W W SW SW W NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 $$ IAZ048-051000- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 1227 AM CST Wed Nov 4 2026 Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 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 46 53 43 54 39 Temp 48 47 50 51 52 49 47 46 46 45 49 51 52 51 47 44 41 39 Dewpt 48 47 48 48 46 45 45 45 45 45 48 47 45 44 44 43 41 39 RH 100100 93 89 80 86 93 96 96100 96 86 77 77 89 96100100 Wind dir W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW N N N N N Wind spd 11 11 12 13 14 11 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 9 6 4 4 4 Wind gust 24 Clouds OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 30 30 30 60 10 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0.01 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C S S S C L Tstms Date 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 Mon 11/09/26 Tue 11/10/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 50 30 54 36 59 37 65 41 64 Temp 47 44 34 31 50 46 40 37 56 50 41 39 61 57 46 41 61 56 Dewpt 38 36 34 31 38 39 38 36 41 41 40 39 47 46 43 40 46 44 PWind dir N NE SW W W SW SW NW NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ IAZ004-051000- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 1227 AM CST Wed Nov 4 2026 Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 41 46 38 46 32 Temp 44 43 45 45 45 44 44 43 43 41 43 44 45 43 40 38 35 32 Dewpt 44 43 45 45 44 43 43 43 43 40 41 42 41 39 39 37 35 32 RH 100100100100 96 96 96100100 96 93 93 86 86 96 96100100 Wind dir NW NW NW W W W NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N Wind spd 16 16 17 18 17 16 13 12 14 16 16 16 14 11 9 6 5 4 Wind gust 28 27 26 Clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 80 60 60 20 0 QPF 12hr 0.23 0.07 0.05 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L L C C L L C C S S Wind chill 37 35 38 38 38 37 37 36 36 33 35 37 38 37 34 Min chill 37 35 32 36 36 32 29 36 32 26 Date 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 Mon 11/09/26 Tue 11/10/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 45 27 49 34 55 36 61 37 57 Temp 42 39 31 28 46 43 39 35 52 45 40 38 58 52 43 39 55 51 Dewpt 35 33 30 28 38 37 34 33 38 37 36 37 43 41 37 35 40 39 PWind dir NE SE SW W W SW W NW NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ IAZ035-051000- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 1227 AM CST Wed Nov 4 2026 Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 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 43 50 41 51 36 Temp 46 45 48 48 49 46 44 44 45 43 47 48 49 48 44 41 38 36 Dewpt 46 45 47 46 45 44 43 44 45 43 45 44 43 42 41 40 38 36 RH 100100 96 93 86 93 96100100100 93 86 80 80 89 96100100 Wind dir NW W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW N N N N N N Wind spd 11 12 12 14 13 11 10 10 10 11 11 12 11 9 6 4 4 4 Clouds OV OV B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 70 50 60 40 0 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.03 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C S C C C C L C Tstms Wind chill 39 38 37 Min chill 38 37 37 36 35 37 31 Date 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 Mon 11/09/26 Tue 11/10/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 49 29 52 35 58 37 64 40 62 Temp 46 43 32 29 49 45 39 36 54 48 40 38 60 56 44 40 58 55 Dewpt 36 34 32 29 37 38 36 34 39 39 38 38 45 44 41 38 43 42 PWind dir N NE SW W W SW SW NW NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ IAZ094-051000- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 1227 AM CST Wed Nov 4 2026 Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 46 54 43 53 42 Temp 49 47 50 52 52 51 49 47 45 45 48 51 51 51 48 47 44 42 Dewpt 47 46 46 45 44 44 44 43 42 42 45 45 44 44 44 43 43 41 RH 93 96 86 77 74 77 83 86 89 89 89 80 77 77 86 86 96 96 Wind dir W W W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW N N N N Wind spd 12 12 13 14 14 10 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 8 8 6 6 6 Wind gust 23 Clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 10 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Tstms Date 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 Mon 11/09/26 Tue 11/10/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 50 31 52 35 59 38 64 42 64 Temp 47 45 36 32 49 46 40 37 56 50 42 39 61 58 47 43 62 58 Dewpt 38 36 34 32 37 38 37 36 39 40 39 39 46 46 43 41 45 45 PWind dir N NE SW W W SW SW W N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL FW CL CL FW SC FW PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ IAZ017-051000- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 1227 AM CST Wed Nov 4 2026 Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 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 43 49 40 50 32 Temp 49 46 48 48 48 45 44 45 45 44 47 48 49 46 43 40 36 33 Dewpt 49 46 48 46 45 44 44 45 45 44 45 44 42 41 39 37 35 33 RH 100100100 93 89 96100100100100 93 86 77 83 86 89 96100 Wind dir NW W W W W W W W NW NW NW N N N N N N N Wind spd 10 11 12 14 16 12 11 10 11 12 13 13 13 9 6 4 4 4 Wind gust 25 26 24 Clouds OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 80 60 60 40 10 QPF 12hr 0.11 0.03 0.02 0.01 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L C C C C C L L C Tstms Wind chill 39 38 39 38 Min chill 37 37 37 37 33 35 28 Date 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 Mon 11/09/26 Tue 11/10/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 46 26 50 32 55 34 61 37 59 Temp 43 40 32 27 47 43 38 35 52 46 39 38 58 54 43 39 56 52 Dewpt 33 31 30 27 34 35 34 33 38 36 36 36 43 41 38 36 40 39 PWind dir N N SW W W SW SW NW NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ IAZ049-051000- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 1227 AM CST Wed Nov 4 2026 Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 46 53 42 54 37 Temp 49 47 50 51 52 49 46 46 46 45 49 51 53 50 46 43 40 37 Dewpt 49 47 48 47 45 45 44 44 45 45 48 47 45 44 43 41 39 37 RH 100100 93 86 77 86 93 93 96100 96 86 74 80 89 93 96100 Wind dir W W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW N N N N N Wind spd 10 11 12 16 16 12 11 10 10 10 10 11 11 9 8 6 5 5 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC PoP 12hr 30 20 20 50 10 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0.02 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S C Tstms Date 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 Mon 11/09/26 Tue 11/10/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 49 28 52 34 58 35 63 39 63 Temp 46 43 33 29 49 44 38 35 55 48 39 37 60 56 45 41 60 55 Dewpt 36 34 32 29 36 36 36 34 40 39 38 37 45 45 42 39 44 43 PWind dir N N SW W W SW SW W NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW CL CL FW SC PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ IAZ086-051000- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 1227 AM CST Wed Nov 4 2026 Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 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 49 56 44 55 41 Temp 52 50 51 54 54 53 51 48 47 46 50 53 53 52 49 48 44 41 Dewpt 52 50 50 48 47 46 46 45 45 45 48 48 48 46 46 45 43 41 RH 100100 96 80 77 77 83 89 93 96 93 83 83 80 89 89 96100 Wind dir W W W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW N N N N Wind spd 10 11 12 14 14 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 10 8 6 6 6 6 Wind gust 20 21 20 20 20 Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 5 50 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.02 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S S Tstms Date 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 Mon 11/09/26 Tue 11/10/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 51 31 53 35 59 37 65 41 65 Temp 48 45 36 32 50 45 39 37 56 49 41 38 62 57 47 42 62 57 Dewpt 38 36 35 32 36 37 38 37 40 39 40 38 45 46 45 42 45 44 PWind dir N N W W W SW SW W NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$