Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
761 FOUS53 KDMX 241052 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 552 AM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026 IAZ060-242100- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 552 AM 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 94 Temp 65 67 73 77 75 70 68 67 68 77 86 91 90 80 76 74 73 85 92 94 92 Dewpt 59 59 63 66 66 67 67 67 68 72 74 75 75 74 74 73 73 77 77 75 75 RH 81 75 71 69 74 90 97100100 85 68 60 62 82 94 97100 77 62 54 58 Wind dir SE SE S S S SE S S S S S S S S S SW S SW S S S Wind spd 4 6 9 9 9 6 5 3 3 4 5 6 6 5 4 3 3 5 9 10 10 Clouds OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 5 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.07 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S Tstms S Heat index 94102101 96106106103 Max heat 95 103 99 109 110 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 92 70 91 70 92 Temp 81 77 94 94 78 74 90 90 75 72 89 89 76 72 89 90 Dewpt 74 72 76 74 70 69 70 68 68 67 69 68 68 68 70 69 PWind dir S W N NE NE E SE SE Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 20 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S $$ IAZ039-242100- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 552 AM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026 Date Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 Sun 07/26/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 78 64 87 71 91 Temp 63 69 74 78 75 68 65 64 65 74 81 87 87 77 74 72 72 82 88 91 89 Dewpt 58 60 61 61 62 63 65 64 65 70 73 75 76 74 73 72 72 77 78 77 77 RH 84 73 64 56 64 84100100100 87 77 68 70 90 97100100 85 72 64 68 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S SW S S S S SW SW SW S S Wind spd 4 8 10 10 9 6 6 5 5 5 6 8 8 4 4 4 4 6 9 10 9 Wind gust 18 16 Clouds B2 SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 5 0 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Heat index 86 96 97 90102105103 Max heat 87 99 96 103 106 Date Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 75 93 71 89 68 88 68 89 Temp 78 76 90 90 75 72 86 87 72 69 85 86 72 70 86 86 Dewpt 73 73 78 76 70 69 71 70 67 66 69 69 68 67 71 70 PWind dir SW W NW N N E SE S Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW PoP 12hr 20 10 5 5 5 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S $$ IAZ048-242100- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 552 AM 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 66 90 72 94 Temp 64 65 71 77 75 70 67 67 67 76 84 90 89 79 76 73 73 85 91 94 91 Dewpt 60 60 63 66 66 67 67 67 67 72 75 76 77 75 74 73 73 77 79 78 77 RH 87 84 76 69 74 90100100100 87 74 64 68 88 94100100 77 68 60 64 Wind dir SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW S S S Wind spd 4 6 9 9 9 6 5 3 3 5 5 6 6 5 3 3 3 6 9 9 8 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 50 5 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C Tstms S Heat index 92101100 96107110105 Max heat 94 105 99 109 112 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 95 71 91 68 90 69 91 Temp 79 76 92 92 76 73 89 88 73 70 87 87 74 71 87 87 Dewpt 75 73 78 76 71 69 72 70 69 67 71 70 69 68 72 71 PWind dir S W N NE NE E SE SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 40 5 5 5 5 10 20 20 Rain shwrs C C S S Tstms C C S S $$ IAZ004-242100- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 552 AM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026 Date Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 Sun 07/26/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 79 65 94 73 92 Temp 64 70 75 77 78 70 66 65 66 76 87 94 92 81 76 75 73 83 89 92 89 Dewpt 62 63 64 66 66 67 66 65 66 72 74 72 72 74 71 69 69 72 72 71 73 RH 93 78 69 69 67 90100100100 87 65 49 52 79 85 82 87 70 57 51 59 Wind dir S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW S S S Wind spd 6 11 14 13 12 9 9 9 9 10 9 10 6 8 10 11 11 11 11 13 14 Wind gust 19 19 Clouds B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 SC CL FW SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 5 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C Tstms C Heat index 95101100 86 88 96 99 97 Max heat 96 102 98 97 101 Heat Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Date Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 73 93 69 90 66 90 67 91 Temp 77 73 90 91 74 70 87 87 71 68 86 88 72 69 87 88 Dewpt 71 70 70 67 65 64 66 65 65 64 67 67 67 66 70 68 PWind dir S NW NW N NE SE S S Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 5 5 0 5 5 20 30 Rain shwrs C C S S S C Tstms C C S S S S $$ IAZ035-242100- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 552 AM 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 65 92 72 94 Temp 64 68 74 77 77 70 67 67 66 77 86 91 90 79 76 74 73 84 90 94 91 Dewpt 61 63 63 66 66 66 67 67 66 73 75 76 76 75 74 72 72 79 79 79 79 RH 90 84 69 69 69 87100100100 87 70 62 64 88 94 93 97 85 70 62 68 Wind dir SE S S S S S S S S SW SW S S S SW S S SW SW S S Wind spd 5 9 11 11 10 8 6 5 5 8 8 8 8 6 4 4 4 6 9 10 10 Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 SC FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 40 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C Tstms S Heat index 95104102 96106111108 Max heat 95 106 100 108 112 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 95 70 92 67 91 68 91 Temp 79 75 92 92 75 71 89 89 72 69 87 88 73 70 88 88 Dewpt 74 72 76 72 69 67 68 68 67 66 68 68 69 67 70 69 PWind dir S NW N N NE 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 SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 30 10 10 5 5 5 20 20 Rain shwrs C C S S Tstms S C S S $$ IAZ094-242100- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 552 AM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026 Date Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 Sun 07/26/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 73 66 89 70 92 Temp 65 65 67 72 73 69 67 67 67 76 83 89 88 78 74 71 71 82 89 92 89 Dewpt 60 61 64 66 67 68 67 67 67 73 75 75 76 75 73 71 71 77 77 75 76 RH 84 87 90 81 81 97100100100 90 77 64 68 91 97100100 85 68 58 66 Wind dir SE SE SE S SE SE S S S S S SW S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 4 6 8 6 6 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 5 3 3 3 5 8 9 9 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 60 20 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.45 0.03 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L L C S Tstms S Heat index 91 99 99 91103104101 Max heat 92 100 96 105 107 Date Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 75 95 72 92 70 90 70 90 Temp 79 76 92 92 77 74 89 89 75 72 88 88 75 72 88 87 Dewpt 73 70 74 75 71 69 70 69 68 67 69 68 68 67 70 69 PWind dir S SW NE NE E SE SE S Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC FW FW CL SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 10 10 5 5 10 5 10 10 $$ IAZ017-242100- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 552 AM 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 64 89 71 90 Temp 62 70 74 76 76 68 65 65 65 74 82 89 88 77 74 73 72 81 87 90 88 Dewpt 59 62 63 64 64 64 64 65 65 71 75 77 77 75 73 72 72 76 79 79 77 RH 90 76 69 66 66 87 97100100 90 79 68 70 94 97 97100 85 77 70 70 Wind dir S S S S S S S S SW SW S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S Wind spd 4 9 11 11 10 6 8 6 6 9 9 9 8 5 5 6 5 8 9 11 10 Wind gust 19 19 19 Clouds B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 10 0 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Tstms S Heat index 89101100 87101106100 Max heat 90 102 96 101 106 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 91 68 88 65 87 66 88 Temp 77 73 87 89 74 70 85 86 71 67 84 85 72 68 85 86 Dewpt 72 72 77 75 67 67 70 69 66 65 69 70 67 67 70 70 PWind dir S W NW N NE SE S S Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW FW CL FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 10 0 5 0 20 20 20 Rain shwrs S C S S S Tstms S C S S S $$ IAZ049-242100- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 552 AM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026 Date Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 Sun 07/26/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 77 64 88 70 92 Temp 62 65 72 77 73 68 65 65 66 75 83 88 87 76 73 71 71 84 89 92 90 Dewpt 57 59 61 63 64 64 65 65 66 71 73 76 76 74 72 71 71 76 78 78 77 RH 84 81 68 62 73 87100100100 87 72 68 70 94 97100100 77 70 64 66 Wind dir SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S Wind spd 4 8 10 10 9 6 6 4 4 6 5 8 6 4 4 4 4 5 8 8 8 Wind gust 17 17 14 Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 SC FW CL FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 50 5 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C Tstms S Heat index 88 99 98 92103108102 Max heat 89 100 94 105 109 Date Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 74 94 70 90 67 89 67 90 Temp 78 75 90 90 75 72 87 87 72 69 85 86 72 69 86 86 Dewpt 73 72 77 76 69 68 72 70 67 66 70 69 67 66 71 70 PWind dir S W N N NE E SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW PoP 12hr 30 10 5 0 5 5 20 20 Rain shwrs C C S S Tstms C C S S $$ IAZ086-242100- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 552 AM 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 90 71 93 Temp 63 67 72 75 76 70 67 67 67 75 84 90 89 78 74 72 72 84 90 93 90 Dewpt 56 58 60 64 65 66 67 67 67 71 73 74 74 74 74 72 72 77 76 73 73 RH 78 73 66 69 69 87100100100 87 70 60 61 88100100100 80 64 52 58 Wind dir SE SE S S S SE S S S S SW S SW S S S S SW SW S S Wind spd 4 6 9 9 8 6 6 5 4 3 3 4 4 5 3 3 4 5 6 9 8 Wind gust 17 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 20 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.04 0.01 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Heat index 90 98 98 93101103 98 Max heat 90 101 94 103 105 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 96 73 93 69 92 70 92 Temp 79 77 93 93 77 74 90 90 74 71 89 89 74 71 89 89 Dewpt 75 72 74 74 72 70 71 69 69 68 67 66 68 68 68 67 PWind dir S SW NW NE NE E SE SE Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW CL CL FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 30 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 Rain shwrs C Tstms C $$