Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
036 FOUS53 KDMX 152231 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 531 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 IAZ060-160900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 531 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 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 71 85 59 74 60 Temp 86 76 74 73 72 78 81 83 79 73 68 63 60 65 69 72 72 66 63 61 61 Dewpt 69 68 68 69 69 71 71 72 70 68 63 60 57 57 59 60 59 60 59 59 59 RH 57 76 82 87 90 79 72 70 74 84 84 90 90 75 70 66 64 81 87 93 93 Wind dir S S SE S S SW W NW NW N N N N N N NE NE NE E E E Wind spd 5 4 5 5 5 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 8 6 5 4 4 5 Clouds FW CL SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC PoP 12hr 40 40 40 10 10 QPF 12hr 0.11 0.07 0.12 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C C C S S S Tstms C C C S C C C S Heat index 88 Max heat 92 87 85 90 Date 07/18 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 80 68 87 69 84 69 86 71 91 Temp 74 78 72 71 82 83 74 70 80 80 72 70 80 83 75 73 86 88 Dewpt 65 68 69 69 73 73 71 69 71 71 69 69 73 73 72 70 75 75 PWind dir SE SE SW NE E E SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 20 50 40 40 30 40 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C C S C C C S S S S Tstms S S C C C C C S C S C S S S S $$ IAZ039-160900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 531 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 69 83 58 72 56 Temp 84 75 73 71 71 78 81 80 75 68 64 61 59 63 68 71 70 63 60 58 59 Dewpt 70 70 69 68 69 72 72 71 68 65 62 58 55 56 58 58 58 58 56 55 57 RH 63 84 87 90 93 82 74 74 79 90 93 90 87 78 70 63 66 84 87 90 93 Wind dir S SE SE S SE S W W NW NW NW N N N N NE NE E E E E Wind spd 6 4 5 5 5 8 10 11 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 6 4 3 4 5 Clouds FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 50 40 10 10 QPF 12hr 0 0.15 0.06 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C C S S Tstms C C S C S Date 07/18 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 77 66 83 65 81 66 83 69 87 Temp 73 75 68 68 78 79 69 68 78 77 69 68 79 79 72 71 84 83 Dewpt 61 64 65 67 72 71 68 67 69 68 67 67 70 71 70 70 74 74 PWind dir SE SE SW N NE E SE SE S Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 10 50 50 30 30 40 30 30 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C C C C C S S C S S Tstms S C C C C S S S S C S S $$ IAZ048-160900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 531 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 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 69 82 57 73 57 Temp 85 75 73 71 70 76 79 80 77 69 65 61 58 63 68 72 71 64 61 59 59 Dewpt 71 69 68 68 69 71 71 72 70 66 62 58 56 57 59 60 60 59 59 57 58 RH 63 82 84 90 97 85 77 77 79 90 90 90 93 81 73 66 68 84 93 93 96 Wind dir S S SE S S SW W NW N N N N N N N NE NE NE E E E Wind spd 6 4 5 5 5 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 9 8 6 4 3 3 5 Clouds FW FW SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC PoP 12hr 40 40 40 10 10 QPF 12hr 0.10 0.10 0.08 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C C C S S S Tstms C C C S C C S Date 07/18 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 79 67 86 67 83 67 84 70 89 Temp 73 76 70 69 81 82 71 69 78 79 70 69 79 81 73 71 85 85 Dewpt 65 68 69 69 74 74 71 68 71 71 69 69 73 73 72 71 76 76 PWind dir SE SE SW NE E E SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 20 50 50 40 30 40 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C C C C C C S S S C S S Tstms S S C C C C C S S S C S S S S S S $$ IAZ004-160900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 531 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 66 73 53 71 54 Temp 85 75 72 68 67 70 70 70 65 60 58 55 54 60 67 70 70 61 57 55 56 Dewpt 70 70 68 66 66 66 65 64 61 58 55 51 50 52 54 55 55 55 54 52 53 RH 61 84 87 93 97 87 84 81 87 93 90 86 86 75 63 59 59 81 90 90 90 Wind dir S S E N N N N N N N N N N NE NE NE E E SE SE SE Wind spd 10 5 6 6 6 9 10 12 14 13 12 12 11 11 11 9 6 5 5 5 6 Clouds FW B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 60 50 20 5 5 QPF 12hr 0.45 0.12 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L C C C C S S Tstms C C S S C S Heat index 90 Max heat 92 86 Date 07/18 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 77 64 81 62 80 64 82 67 86 Temp 72 75 67 66 77 78 67 64 76 77 67 66 77 80 71 68 82 84 Dewpt 61 65 66 66 68 68 65 63 66 67 65 64 69 70 69 67 72 73 PWind dir S S N NE E SE SE SE S Wind char GN GN LT LT LT GN GN GN GN Avg clouds SC B1 B2 OV B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 20 50 30 20 20 30 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C S S S S C S S C S S Tstms C C C C S S S S S S S $$ IAZ035-160900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 531 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 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 68 79 55 72 55 Temp 84 75 73 70 68 73 76 78 72 65 61 57 56 62 67 71 70 62 59 57 57 Dewpt 72 71 69 68 68 69 70 70 66 62 58 55 53 55 58 58 59 58 56 55 57 RH 67 87 87 93100 87 82 76 81 90 90 93 90 78 73 63 68 87 90 93100 Wind dir S SE S S SW NW NW NW N N N N N N NE NE NE E E E SE Wind spd 6 5 5 5 5 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 5 4 3 3 5 Clouds FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 50 40 30 5 10 QPF 12hr 0.16 0.13 0.02 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C C C Tstms C C S S C S Heat index 90 Max heat 94 85 Date 07/18 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 78 66 85 65 81 66 83 68 88 Temp 73 75 69 68 80 80 69 66 77 78 69 67 79 80 72 70 84 84 Dewpt 64 67 68 68 73 72 68 66 69 70 68 67 72 73 71 69 75 75 PWind dir SE SE S NE E E SE SE S Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 20 50 40 30 30 40 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C C C C C S S S C S S Tstms C C C C C S C S S S S S S $$ IAZ094-160900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 531 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 71 89 60 74 61 Temp 85 76 74 73 71 80 84 87 82 76 70 65 63 66 70 73 72 67 64 62 63 Dewpt 69 69 69 69 71 72 72 73 73 71 68 64 61 61 62 63 63 63 62 61 62 RH 59 79 84 87100 77 67 63 74 85 93 97 93 84 76 71 73 87 93 97 97 Wind dir S SE S S S SW W W NW N N N N N N NE NE NE E E E Wind spd 4 4 5 6 6 8 9 9 8 8 8 9 10 9 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 Clouds FW FW SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 30 30 50 20 20 QPF 12hr 0.04 0.03 0.26 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S C C C C C C C S S S S S S C Tstms C S C C C C C S S Heat index 90 95 88 Max heat 90 86 92 97 86 Date 07/18 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 82 69 90 70 88 70 88 72 91 Temp 76 79 72 71 85 85 76 72 84 82 73 71 84 85 75 73 88 89 Dewpt 68 71 70 71 74 74 72 71 74 73 71 70 74 75 72 71 74 75 PWind dir SE SE S SE E E SE S S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 30 40 40 40 30 40 20 20 10 Rain shwrs C S S C C C C C C C C C S S S S Tstms S S C C C S C S C C C S S S S $$ IAZ017-160900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 531 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 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 67 77 53 71 53 Temp 83 74 72 69 68 73 74 74 69 63 59 56 55 61 67 70 69 61 57 55 56 Dewpt 71 70 68 67 67 68 69 67 63 60 56 53 52 54 55 56 56 56 54 53 55 RH 67 87 87 93 97 84 84 79 81 90 90 90 90 78 65 61 63 84 90 93 96 Wind dir S S S S SE W NW NW N N N N N N NE NE NE E E SE SE Wind spd 8 5 4 5 4 6 9 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 10 8 5 3 3 3 5 Clouds FW SC SC B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 60 30 5 5 QPF 12hr 0.04 0.55 0.02 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L C C C C C Tstms C C S C C S Heat index 88 Max heat 90 84 Date 07/18 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 76 64 82 62 79 63 81 67 85 Temp 71 74 67 67 77 77 67 65 76 77 67 66 77 78 70 69 81 82 Dewpt 59 63 64 66 69 69 65 64 66 66 65 65 69 70 69 68 72 72 PWind dir SE S W NE E E SE SE S Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 50 40 30 30 30 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S C C C S C S C S C S S S C S S Tstms S C C C S S S S S S S S $$ IAZ049-160900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 531 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 69 82 57 71 56 Temp 84 75 72 70 70 77 79 79 76 69 65 61 58 62 67 70 69 62 59 57 59 Dewpt 69 69 67 67 69 71 71 71 69 66 62 58 55 56 58 59 59 58 57 56 58 RH 61 82 84 90 97 82 77 77 79 90 90 90 90 81 73 68 70 87 93 96 96 Wind dir S SE SE S S SW W W NW NW NW N N N N NE NE NE E E E Wind spd 6 4 5 5 5 8 9 10 8 9 9 10 11 10 10 8 6 4 3 4 5 Clouds FW CL SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 20 40 50 10 10 QPF 12hr 0.06 0.26 0.09 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C C S S Tstms C C C C C S Date 07/18 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 77 66 84 65 81 66 83 68 88 Temp 73 75 68 68 79 80 70 67 78 77 69 67 79 80 72 70 84 84 Dewpt 62 66 67 68 72 73 69 67 69 70 68 67 71 72 70 69 74 75 PWind dir SE SE SW NE NE E SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 20 50 50 40 30 40 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C C C C S S S C S S Tstms S C C C C S S S S S S S S C S S $$ IAZ086-160900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 531 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Date 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 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 71 88 62 74 61 Temp 86 76 74 73 73 81 86 86 83 75 71 66 64 66 70 72 70 66 64 62 63 Dewpt 69 69 70 70 71 74 74 74 75 72 69 65 62 61 63 64 63 63 62 61 61 RH 57 79 87 90 93 79 68 68 77 90 93 97 93 84 78 76 78 90 93 97 93 Wind dir S S S S S SW SW W NW NW NW NW N N N N NE NE NE E E Wind spd 6 5 4 5 5 8 10 10 8 8 8 9 10 10 9 8 6 5 5 5 5 Clouds FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 40 60 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0.07 0.23 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C L L C C S S S S S S S Tstms S C C C C C S S S Heat index 87 94 94 89 Max heat 93 87 96 97 87 Date 07/18 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 80 68 88 70 85 69 86 71 91 Temp 74 77 70 71 83 83 74 71 81 80 72 71 81 82 74 73 86 87 Dewpt 66 69 69 70 75 76 73 71 74 74 71 70 74 75 73 72 77 77 PWind dir SE SE SW W NE E SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 20 40 50 40 30 40 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C C C C C C S S S C S S Tstms S S C C C C C C C S C S S S C S S $$