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Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
801 FOUS53 KDMX 010748 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 147 AM CST Sun Nov 1 2026 IAZ060-020900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 147 AM CST Sun Nov 1 2026 Date 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 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 52 67 58 70 60 Temp 54 53 58 65 67 64 60 60 59 58 62 66 68 68 66 64 62 61 Dewpt 53 51 53 56 57 58 59 59 59 58 59 61 63 64 64 64 62 60 RH 96 93 83 73 70 81 96 96100100 90 84 84 87 93100100 97 Wind dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S Wind spd 5 4 5 6 8 8 9 9 11 14 18 20 20 17 17 16 12 11 Wind gust 26 31 33 33 28 28 Clouds OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 10 50 90 90 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.03 0.24 0.77 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Drizzle Rain shwrs S C C C C L D D D D D D Tstms S C C C C S S Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 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 69 48 61 47 61 46 61 44 63 Temp 67 60 54 49 58 58 51 48 58 58 51 47 59 56 48 45 61 58 Dewpt 58 54 51 48 49 50 49 47 48 50 49 46 47 47 46 44 47 47 PWind dir SW NW NW NW NW N N N W Wind char GN GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 80 20 30 10 10 10 10 5 5 Rain shwrs D L S C S Tstms S $$ IAZ039-020900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 147 AM CST Sun Nov 1 2026 Date 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 50 65 54 66 59 Temp 53 51 57 65 65 61 58 57 55 55 58 62 64 65 63 63 61 60 Dewpt 51 51 53 56 56 57 57 57 55 55 58 60 61 62 63 63 61 60 RH 93100 86 73 73 87 96100100100100 93 90 90100100100100 Wind dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S Wind spd 3 4 8 10 11 9 10 10 11 14 18 21 21 19 20 18 17 16 Wind gust 28 32 33 31 Clouds OV B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 PoP 12hr 20 10 30 80 100 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.24 0.60 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Drizzle Rain shwrs S S C C C L D D D D D Tstms S S S S S S Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 70 48 59 46 60 44 58 41 59 Temp 67 61 53 49 56 56 50 47 57 57 49 46 55 54 46 43 57 54 Dewpt 61 57 53 49 51 51 50 47 49 50 49 46 47 47 45 43 45 46 PWind dir S W W NW NW N N N NW Wind char GN GN GN LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 100 30 60 20 20 10 20 10 10 Rain shwrs D D C S L C S S S S Tstms S $$ IAZ048-020900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 147 AM CST Sun Nov 1 2026 Date 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 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 51 66 56 69 59 Temp 54 52 57 65 66 62 59 58 57 57 61 64 67 67 64 64 61 60 Dewpt 53 51 54 57 57 58 59 58 57 57 60 63 64 64 64 64 61 60 RH 96 96 90 75 73 87100100100100 97 97 90 90100100100100 Wind dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S Wind spd 4 3 5 8 8 6 8 8 10 14 18 19 19 16 16 13 10 10 Wind gust 25 29 32 33 28 Clouds OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 10 60 80 100 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.04 0.39 0.88 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C L C D D D D D D D Tstms S C S C C S S Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 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 69 47 60 45 61 45 61 42 63 Temp 66 59 52 47 57 56 50 46 57 56 49 46 57 55 47 44 60 57 Dewpt 59 55 52 47 50 51 49 46 49 50 49 46 48 47 46 43 47 47 PWind dir SW NW NW NW NW N N N W Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 90 30 30 10 20 10 10 5 10 Rain shwrs D L C S C C S Tstms S $$ IAZ004-020900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 147 AM CST Sun Nov 1 2026 Date 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 51 65 54 65 54 Temp 54 52 55 62 65 60 57 56 55 55 58 60 63 64 61 59 56 55 Dewpt 53 52 53 54 53 54 54 55 55 55 58 60 61 62 61 59 56 55 RH 96100 93 75 65 81 90 96100100100100 93 93100100100100 Wind dir S S S S S SE SE S SE SE SE S S S S S S SW Wind spd 9 6 9 11 12 10 11 11 16 20 23 24 23 19 17 13 10 9 Wind gust 32 36 39 37 32 Clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 10 80 100 90 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.11 0.42 0.06 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C D D D C D D L L D Tstms S S S S S S S S Obvis PF PF Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 59 42 51 41 51 39 52 39 54 Temp 57 50 46 43 48 49 45 42 49 49 43 40 49 49 42 40 51 49 Dewpt 55 49 45 43 48 47 44 42 45 45 42 40 43 43 40 39 44 42 PWind dir NW NW NW NW N N N NW W Wind char GN GN GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 80 50 40 20 10 5 5 5 20 Rain shwrs D L C S C C S S Tstms S $$ IAZ035-020900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 147 AM CST Sun Nov 1 2026 Date 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 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 51 65 56 67 58 Temp 54 52 56 63 65 62 58 57 57 57 60 62 66 66 63 62 59 59 Dewpt 53 51 53 55 56 57 57 57 57 57 60 62 63 64 63 62 59 59 RH 96 96 90 75 73 84 96100100100100100 90 93100100100100 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S Wind spd 4 4 5 8 9 6 8 9 11 17 20 21 20 17 14 13 9 8 Wind gust 28 33 35 33 28 25 Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 10 80 90 100 QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0.08 0.31 0.18 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Drizzle Rain shwrs S C C D D D L D D D D D Tstms S C S S S S S S Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 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 66 46 57 44 58 43 59 41 60 Temp 63 55 49 46 54 54 47 44 54 54 46 43 55 53 44 42 56 54 Dewpt 57 53 49 46 49 50 47 44 47 48 46 43 46 45 43 41 45 45 PWind dir SW NW NW NW N N N N SW Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 90 40 30 20 20 10 10 5 10 Rain shwrs D D C C C C S S S Tstms S $$ IAZ094-020900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 147 AM CST Sun Nov 1 2026 Date 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 52 66 57 69 59 Temp 54 53 58 64 66 63 60 60 58 58 61 66 68 68 66 64 61 60 Dewpt 53 52 54 57 57 58 59 59 58 58 59 61 63 64 63 63 61 60 RH 96 96 86 78 73 84 96 96100100 93 84 84 87 90 97100100 Wind dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 3 4 4 6 6 5 8 9 11 16 19 20 20 17 17 16 12 12 Wind gust 27 32 33 33 29 29 23 Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 10 30 90 100 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.26 0.92 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Drizzle Rain shwrs S C S C C L D D D D D L Tstms S C C C C S S Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 68 47 60 45 60 45 61 43 63 Temp 65 59 53 48 57 57 50 46 57 56 51 47 59 56 48 45 61 57 Dewpt 57 52 49 47 46 48 48 46 46 49 48 47 46 47 46 45 46 46 PWind dir SW NW NW NW NW N N N W Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 70 20 20 5 10 5 10 5 5 Rain shwrs L C S S S $$ IAZ017-020900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 147 AM CST Sun Nov 1 2026 Date 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 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 50 65 52 65 57 Temp 53 51 55 63 65 61 57 56 54 54 57 60 64 64 62 61 58 58 Dewpt 53 51 52 54 54 55 55 55 54 54 57 59 60 62 61 61 58 58 RH 100100 90 72 68 81 93 96100100100 96 87 93 97100100100 Wind dir SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S Wind spd 3 4 6 9 10 6 8 8 10 16 20 21 21 17 14 13 11 10 Wind gust 26 32 35 35 29 26 Clouds OV OV B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 50 10 50 90 100 QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0.03 0.33 0.21 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S C C D D D D D D D D Tstms S S S S S Obvis PF Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 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 66 44 57 42 57 40 56 38 58 Temp 64 56 50 45 54 53 48 44 54 53 46 42 53 51 44 40 55 52 Dewpt 58 53 48 45 48 48 47 44 46 46 44 42 43 43 41 40 43 42 PWind dir SW NW NW NW N N N N W Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 90 50 50 20 20 10 10 10 10 Rain shwrs D D C C C C S S S S Tstms S $$ IAZ049-020900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 147 AM CST Sun Nov 1 2026 Date 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 50 65 54 67 58 Temp 54 51 57 64 65 61 58 57 56 55 59 63 66 66 63 62 61 59 Dewpt 53 51 53 56 56 57 57 57 56 55 58 60 61 62 63 62 61 59 RH 96100 86 75 73 87 96100100100 96 90 84 87100100100100 Wind dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S Wind spd 4 4 5 8 8 6 8 8 9 13 17 20 20 16 16 14 12 11 Wind gust 28 32 33 27 Clouds OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 10 40 90 100 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.02 0.25 0.61 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Drizzle Rain shwrs S C C S L D D D D D D Tstms S S S S S S S Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 70 46 60 44 61 44 59 40 61 Temp 67 60 52 47 57 56 49 46 57 56 49 45 56 54 46 42 59 55 Dewpt 60 55 52 47 49 50 49 46 48 49 48 45 47 46 45 42 46 45 PWind dir SW NW NW NW NW N N N NW Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 90 30 40 20 20 10 10 5 5 Rain shwrs D D C S C C S S Tstms S S $$ IAZ086-020900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 147 AM CST Sun Nov 1 2026 Date 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 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 52 66 56 71 62 Temp 55 54 59 65 66 63 59 59 58 57 61 67 70 69 66 65 63 63 Dewpt 55 53 56 58 58 59 59 59 58 57 60 61 63 63 64 64 63 63 RH 100 96 90 78 75 87100100100100 97 81 78 81 93 97100100 Wind dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S Wind spd 5 4 5 6 8 6 8 8 9 12 16 19 19 16 16 16 12 13 Wind gust 26 29 27 26 26 25 24 Clouds OV OV B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 10 20 70 90 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.04 0.73 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Drizzle Rain shwrs S S S C L D D D D D Tstms S S C C S S Date 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 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 73 49 63 47 62 46 62 43 64 Temp 69 63 55 50 60 59 52 48 60 58 52 48 60 57 48 44 62 58 Dewpt 62 57 54 50 50 51 51 48 49 51 51 48 48 48 47 44 47 47 PWind dir S W W NW NW NW NW NW NW Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 90 30 30 10 10 10 10 0 5 Rain shwrs D L C S C S Tstms S S $$