Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
650 FOUS53 KDMX 151518 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1018 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 IAZ060-152100- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 1018 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 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 90 70 85 60 74 Temp 86 89 88 79 74 72 71 78 81 83 81 74 68 64 61 65 70 72 72 Dewpt 70 69 70 69 68 69 69 71 72 72 70 68 65 62 58 59 60 61 61 RH 59 52 55 72 82 90 93 79 74 70 69 82 90 93 90 81 71 68 68 Wind dir S S S S SE S S SW SW W N N N N N N N N NE Wind spd 9 8 5 4 5 5 5 8 9 9 8 8 8 9 10 9 9 9 6 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 0 20 50 60 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.11 0.25 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C C L L C C S S Tstms S C C C C C S S S Heat index 91 94 93 88 Max heat 92 96 93 87 89 83 Date Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 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 60 81 68 87 70 87 69 88 Temp 65 62 76 79 72 70 83 83 74 71 83 84 73 71 84 85 Dewpt 61 61 66 68 68 68 73 73 71 69 72 72 70 69 73 73 PWind dir NE SE SE S S SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 10 50 40 40 20 40 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C C S S C C S Tstms C C S C S S C C S $$ IAZ039-152100- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 1018 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 87 70 83 59 72 Temp 85 87 86 76 73 71 71 77 80 79 76 69 65 62 60 64 68 70 70 Dewpt 70 70 71 70 69 69 69 72 72 71 69 66 62 59 57 58 59 60 59 RH 61 57 61 82 87 93 93 85 77 77 79 90 90 90 90 81 73 71 68 Wind dir S S S SE SE S S S SW W NW N NW N N N N NE NE Wind spd 11 10 5 4 5 5 5 6 10 10 9 9 9 10 11 11 11 10 6 Clouds FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 10 70 50 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.35 0.18 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L C C C C Tstms C C C L S Heat index 92 91 Max heat 90 93 90 84 85 Date Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 59 78 65 83 66 83 66 84 Temp 62 61 74 76 68 68 78 78 70 68 79 78 70 69 80 80 Dewpt 58 59 63 65 65 67 72 71 69 67 70 69 68 67 71 71 PWind dir NE SE SE S E E E SE Wind char LT LT LT GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 5 50 50 40 20 40 30 Rain shwrs S C C C C C S S C C C S Tstms C C C C S S C C S S $$ IAZ048-152100- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 1018 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 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 88 69 83 58 73 Temp 85 88 86 76 73 71 71 76 79 80 78 69 65 62 59 63 68 72 70 Dewpt 72 71 72 71 69 69 69 71 73 73 70 67 63 60 57 58 60 62 61 RH 65 57 63 85 87 93 93 85 82 79 76 93 93 93 93 84 76 71 73 Wind dir S S S SE S S S SW W W N N N N N N N NE NE Wind spd 10 9 5 5 5 5 5 6 9 9 9 8 8 9 10 10 10 9 6 Clouds FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 20 60 60 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.20 0.18 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C L L L L C C Tstms S C C C C C S Heat index 91 94 92 85 Max heat 91 96 90 84 86 Date Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 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 59 79 67 86 68 85 68 85 Temp 62 61 75 77 70 69 81 81 72 69 81 80 71 69 81 82 Dewpt 60 60 66 68 68 68 74 74 71 69 72 72 70 69 74 74 PWind dir E SE SE S SE E E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 10 50 50 40 30 40 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C S C C S Tstms C C C S C S S C C S $$ IAZ004-152100- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 1018 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 88 66 75 52 71 Temp 85 88 86 75 72 68 66 69 72 72 67 61 57 54 53 60 67 70 70 Dewpt 70 71 71 70 68 66 65 66 66 66 62 58 55 51 50 52 54 55 56 RH 61 57 61 84 87 93 97 90 81 81 84 90 93 90 89 75 63 59 61 Wind dir S S S S NE NW N N N N N N N N N N NE NE NE Wind spd 16 13 10 9 8 6 6 9 9 12 13 13 12 12 11 11 11 10 8 Clouds FW SC FW B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 5 60 70 30 5 QPF 12hr 0 0.45 0.13 0.02 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L L L L L L C C Tstms C L L S C C S Obvis PF Heat index 90 93 91 Max heat 90 95 88 Date Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 54 78 64 82 63 81 64 82 Temp 58 57 74 75 68 67 77 79 68 65 76 77 68 65 78 80 Dewpt 54 54 61 65 65 65 69 69 66 64 67 67 66 64 69 71 PWind dir E SE S SE NE E SE SE Wind char LT GN GN GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 10 60 40 20 20 30 20 Rain shwrs C L C S S S S S S C S Tstms C C C S S S S C S $$ IAZ035-152100- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 1018 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 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 88 67 80 55 72 Temp 85 88 86 76 72 70 68 73 75 78 74 66 62 57 56 62 67 71 70 Dewpt 72 72 73 71 69 68 68 69 70 71 67 63 59 56 53 56 58 60 60 RH 65 59 65 85 90 93100 87 84 79 79 90 90 96 90 81 73 68 71 Wind dir S S S SE S S S W NW NW N N N N N N N NE NE Wind spd 11 10 6 5 6 5 4 6 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 6 Clouds FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 0 50 70 40 10 QPF 12hr 0 0.09 0.28 0.16 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C L L C C S S Tstms S C C S C C S Heat index 91 95 93 Max heat 91 97 90 Date Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 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 56 79 66 85 66 82 66 84 Temp 60 58 74 76 68 67 80 80 70 67 78 78 69 67 79 81 Dewpt 58 58 65 67 68 67 72 72 69 67 70 70 68 67 72 73 PWind dir E SE SE S NE E E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 10 60 50 30 20 40 20 Rain shwrs C L C C C C S S C C S Tstms S C C C C S S S C C S $$ IAZ094-152100- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 1018 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 89 70 88 63 74 Temp 85 88 87 78 75 72 71 79 84 86 83 76 71 66 63 67 70 72 70 Dewpt 70 69 70 70 70 70 71 71 72 73 73 71 69 65 63 64 64 65 64 RH 61 54 57 76 84 93100 77 67 65 72 85 93 97100 90 81 79 81 Wind dir S S S SE S S SW SW SW W NW N N N N N N N NE Wind spd 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 8 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 9 8 8 6 Clouds FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 20 40 60 30 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0.05 0.54 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S C C L L C C S S C C Tstms S S S C C L L C C S S Heat index 90 92 90 93 89 Max heat 91 95 91 92 94 87 Date Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 62 82 68 88 70 89 70 90 Temp 65 64 77 80 72 71 84 84 75 72 85 85 75 72 86 87 Dewpt 63 64 68 71 70 71 74 74 72 70 73 73 71 70 74 75 PWind dir NE SE SE S S S S S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW PoP 12hr 10 20 50 40 40 20 40 20 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C S S C C S S Tstms S S C C S S C S S C C S S $$ IAZ017-152100- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 1018 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 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 67 78 53 71 Temp 84 86 85 75 72 69 69 71 75 75 71 63 59 57 55 61 66 70 69 Dewpt 70 70 70 70 67 67 67 68 69 68 64 61 57 54 52 54 56 57 57 RH 63 59 61 84 84 93 93 90 82 79 79 93 93 90 90 78 70 63 66 Wind dir S S S S S S SE S NW NW N N N N N N NE NE NE Wind spd 13 11 6 5 5 5 4 6 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 6 Clouds FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 5 40 80 40 10 QPF 12hr 0 0.04 0.33 0.09 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C L L D D C C S S Tstms S C C S C C S Heat index 91 90 Max heat 88 93 88 Date Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 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 54 77 63 80 63 80 64 81 Temp 58 58 72 75 67 67 75 77 68 66 76 76 68 66 77 78 Dewpt 55 55 61 64 64 65 69 69 66 65 68 67 65 65 69 70 PWind dir E SE SE S NE E E SE Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 5 50 50 30 20 40 30 Rain shwrs C C C C C S S S S C C S Tstms C C C C S S C S S $$ IAZ049-152100- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 1018 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 87 69 83 58 72 Temp 84 87 85 76 72 70 70 76 80 80 77 69 65 61 59 63 68 70 69 Dewpt 70 70 71 69 68 67 68 71 72 72 70 66 63 59 56 58 59 60 60 RH 63 57 63 79 87 90 93 85 77 77 79 90 93 93 90 84 73 71 73 Wind dir S S S SE SE S S SW SW W NW N N N N N N NE NE Wind spd 10 9 5 4 5 5 5 6 9 9 9 8 8 9 10 10 10 9 6 Clouds FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 10 60 60 10 QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0.22 0.16 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L L L C C Tstms C C C L C S Heat index 90 Max heat 88 93 88 84 86 Date Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 58 78 66 84 66 83 66 84 Temp 61 60 74 76 68 67 79 80 70 69 80 78 70 68 80 81 Dewpt 59 59 63 66 66 67 72 72 69 68 71 70 68 68 72 73 PWind dir NE SE SE S SE E E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 10 50 50 40 30 40 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C S C C S S Tstms C C C C S S S C C S S $$ IAZ086-152100- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 1018 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 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 89 71 89 63 74 Temp 86 89 87 78 74 72 73 81 85 86 83 75 71 67 65 67 70 72 71 Dewpt 70 70 72 72 71 71 71 75 74 74 74 73 69 67 63 64 64 65 65 RH 59 54 61 82 90 97 93 82 70 68 74 94 93100 93 90 81 79 81 Wind dir S S S SE S S S S SW W NW N NW NW N N N N NE Wind spd 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 8 9 10 8 6 6 9 9 10 9 9 8 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 5 50 70 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.06 0.34 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L C C S S S S Tstms C C L C C C S S Heat index 91 94 94 88 93 94 89 Max heat 93 96 92 95 95 87 Date Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 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 61 81 68 88 71 89 69 89 Temp 65 64 76 78 70 70 83 83 75 72 84 83 73 72 85 85 Dewpt 63 62 67 69 69 70 74 74 73 71 73 74 71 71 74 75 PWind dir NE E SE S SW S SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 10 40 50 50 30 40 30 Rain shwrs C C C C C C C C C C S Tstms C C C S C C C C C C S $$