


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
071 FOUS53 KDMX 162132 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 432 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 IAZ060-170900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 432 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 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 59 74 60 82 70 Temp 79 72 66 62 59 64 69 73 73 67 64 62 63 70 75 80 80 76 73 72 72 Dewpt 69 66 62 58 56 57 59 60 60 61 60 60 61 65 68 71 71 72 70 70 70 RH 72 81 87 87 90 78 70 64 64 81 87 93 93 84 79 74 74 87 90 93 93 Wind dir NW N N N N N N NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S SW Wind spd 9 9 9 9 10 9 8 6 5 4 4 4 5 8 9 9 6 6 6 5 5 Clouds SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 5 10 20 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.24 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S C C L L S Tstms S S S C C C S Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 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 87 69 83 70 88 72 93 74 94 Temp 83 83 72 70 78 80 73 71 82 85 77 74 88 90 80 76 89 90 Dewpt 73 73 70 69 72 72 70 69 74 75 73 71 76 77 73 71 76 76 PWind dir SW NE E E SE SE S S S Wind char LT LT GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 20 40 40 40 10 20 10 20 5 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C C S S S Tstms S S S C C C C C S S S $$ IAZ039-170900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 432 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 57 73 58 78 68 Temp 75 69 63 59 57 63 68 71 71 64 60 59 60 69 74 76 75 71 70 70 70 Dewpt 68 65 60 56 55 56 58 58 59 59 57 57 59 63 65 66 67 68 68 69 69 RH 79 87 90 90 93 78 70 63 66 84 90 93 96 81 74 71 76 90 93 97 97 Wind dir NW NW NW NW N N N NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S Wind spd 10 10 10 11 11 10 10 8 5 3 3 4 5 9 11 10 8 6 6 5 5 Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 0 5 20 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.42 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L C Sprinkles Tstms S S S C C C Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 82 65 79 67 84 71 90 72 91 Temp 79 78 69 68 76 76 69 69 80 81 74 73 87 87 77 74 88 87 Dewpt 72 70 68 67 69 69 68 67 72 73 72 72 76 76 74 72 77 77 PWind dir NW NE E E SE SE S S S Wind char LT LT GN GN GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 30 20 30 40 30 30 10 20 20 Rain shwrs C S S S C C C C C S C S S S Tstms C S S S S S S S C S S $$ IAZ048-170900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 432 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 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 57 73 59 80 68 Temp 76 68 64 59 57 63 68 72 72 64 61 60 61 70 74 77 78 73 72 70 70 Dewpt 69 65 60 57 55 56 59 60 60 60 59 59 60 64 68 70 71 72 71 70 70 RH 79 90 87 93 93 78 73 66 66 87 93 96 97 81 82 79 79 97 97100100 Wind dir NW N N N N N NE NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S SW Wind spd 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 6 5 4 3 4 5 9 9 9 8 6 5 5 4 Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 5 5 20 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.33 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S C C L L S Tstms S S S C L C S Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 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 85 67 81 68 86 71 91 73 92 Temp 81 80 70 69 76 78 71 69 80 84 75 73 87 88 78 73 88 89 Dewpt 73 73 70 68 71 72 70 69 74 76 73 72 77 78 74 71 77 77 PWind dir N NE E E SE SE S S S Wind char LT LT GN GN LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 20 40 40 50 20 20 10 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C C S S S S S Tstms S S S C C C C C S S S S S $$ IAZ004-170900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 432 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 52 71 55 76 65 Temp 65 60 56 54 53 61 67 70 70 62 57 57 58 66 72 75 75 69 68 67 66 Dewpt 60 56 54 51 51 53 54 56 56 56 55 53 56 61 64 67 67 68 68 66 66 RH 84 87 93 90 93 75 63 61 61 81 93 86 93 84 76 76 76 97100 97100 Wind dir N N N N N NE NE NE E E SE SE SE S S S SE S S S N Wind spd 14 13 10 10 10 9 9 6 5 5 5 5 8 11 12 11 9 8 6 6 6 Clouds OV OV B1 B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 PoP 12hr 5 0 5 40 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.02 0.26 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L L L Tstms S C C C C C Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 78 61 79 65 84 68 89 69 88 Temp 75 76 65 63 74 77 69 67 78 82 72 71 85 87 75 71 84 84 Dewpt 68 68 64 63 67 68 67 66 71 73 71 69 74 76 73 69 73 74 PWind dir N NE E SE SE SE S S S Wind char GN LT GN GN GN LT LT GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 10 20 20 30 20 20 10 20 20 Rain shwrs S S S S C S S S S S S Tstms S S C S S S S S S $$ IAZ035-170900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 432 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 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 54 73 56 78 67 Temp 71 64 59 56 54 62 68 72 71 62 58 58 59 68 73 76 76 72 70 69 69 Dewpt 65 60 56 54 53 55 58 58 59 59 57 57 59 63 67 69 70 70 70 69 69 RH 81 87 90 93 96 78 70 61 66 90 96 96100 84 81 79 82 93100100100 Wind dir N N N N N N NE NE NE E SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE S S SW Wind spd 12 11 10 9 9 10 9 6 5 4 3 4 5 9 10 10 8 6 5 5 4 Clouds B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 0 5 30 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.35 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L L L S Tstms S C S S L C S Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 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 65 79 67 85 69 90 71 90 Temp 78 77 68 66 75 77 70 69 80 82 74 71 86 87 76 73 86 87 Dewpt 72 71 68 66 70 70 69 68 74 75 72 70 77 78 73 71 77 77 PWind dir NE NE E SE SE SE S S S Wind char LT LT GN GN LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 20 30 30 40 20 20 10 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C C S S S S S Tstms S S S C S S C C S S S S S $$ IAZ094-170900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 432 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 61 75 62 84 71 Temp 82 74 68 64 61 65 70 74 74 67 65 64 65 72 78 82 82 76 74 72 72 Dewpt 71 70 67 63 60 60 61 63 63 63 62 62 64 68 71 73 73 72 72 71 71 RH 69 87 97 97 97 84 73 69 69 87 90 93 97 87 79 74 74 87 93 97 97 Wind dir NW N N N N N NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE S S SE S S S Wind spd 6 8 9 9 10 9 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 8 8 5 5 6 5 5 Clouds SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 50 20 10 30 50 QPF 12hr 0.21 0 0 0 0.12 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C S C C C C C C C C C Tstms S C S S S C C C C C C S Heat index 87 87 Max heat 88 84 90 86 Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 90 70 88 71 91 72 94 74 95 Temp 86 85 75 72 82 84 74 72 87 87 78 74 90 90 80 76 92 91 Dewpt 74 74 72 71 74 74 72 71 74 76 72 71 75 76 73 71 74 73 PWind dir SW E SE E S S S S S Wind char LT LT LT GN GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 30 40 40 40 10 20 10 10 5 Rain shwrs C S C C C C C C S S Tstms S S S C C C C C S S $$ IAZ017-170900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 432 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 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 53 71 54 75 65 Temp 68 61 59 56 54 61 67 70 70 61 58 57 58 67 72 75 73 69 69 67 67 Dewpt 64 58 54 52 52 54 55 56 56 57 55 54 56 61 63 66 67 67 67 67 67 RH 87 90 83 86 93 78 65 61 61 87 90 90 93 81 73 74 81 93 93100100 Wind dir NW N N N N N NE NE NE E E SE SE SE S S SE SE S S SW Wind spd 13 12 10 10 10 10 9 6 5 2 2 3 5 9 11 10 8 6 6 5 5 Clouds B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 PoP 12hr 10 0 5 30 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.01 0.34 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L L L S Sprinkles Tstms S S S C C S Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 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 62 78 65 82 68 88 70 89 Temp 76 76 67 65 74 75 68 67 77 80 72 71 85 85 75 72 85 85 Dewpt 69 68 65 64 67 68 67 66 70 72 71 70 75 76 73 70 74 74 PWind dir N NE E SE SE SE S S S Wind char LT LT GN GN GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 30 40 20 30 10 20 20 Rain shwrs S S S C S C S S C S S S S Tstms S S S S S C S S S S $$ IAZ049-170900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 432 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 57 72 57 78 68 Temp 76 69 64 59 58 63 68 71 71 63 61 59 60 69 73 76 76 71 70 69 70 Dewpt 69 65 60 56 55 56 58 59 60 59 58 57 59 63 66 68 69 69 69 69 69 RH 79 87 87 90 90 78 70 66 68 87 90 93 96 81 79 76 79 93 97100 97 Wind dir NW NW N N N N N NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE S S SW Wind spd 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 6 5 3 3 4 5 8 9 9 6 5 5 5 5 Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 5 5 20 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.28 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L C Sprinkles Tstms S S S S L L C Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 83 66 79 67 84 70 90 72 91 Temp 80 79 70 68 76 76 69 69 80 81 73 72 86 87 76 73 87 87 Dewpt 72 72 69 68 70 70 69 68 73 74 71 70 76 77 73 71 76 77 PWind dir NW NE E E SE SE S S S Wind char LT LT GN GN GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 30 40 40 50 20 20 10 20 10 Rain shwrs C S S C C C C C S S S S S Tstms C S S C S S C C S S S S S $$ IAZ086-170900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 432 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 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 62 75 61 82 70 Temp 81 73 69 65 62 65 70 73 73 66 64 63 65 71 76 80 80 74 72 72 72 Dewpt 72 71 67 63 60 60 61 63 64 63 63 62 63 67 69 72 72 73 72 71 72 RH 74 93 93 93 93 84 73 71 73 90 97 97 93 87 79 77 77 97100 97100 Wind dir NW N N NW N N N N NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S Wind spd 9 6 8 9 10 9 8 6 6 5 5 5 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 Clouds SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 10 10 20 60 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0.11 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S S C C L L C Tstms S S S S S C C C C Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 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 88 69 84 70 89 73 93 74 95 Temp 84 82 73 71 80 79 72 71 83 84 77 75 89 89 78 76 91 90 Dewpt 74 76 72 71 74 74 72 71 76 77 74 73 77 78 74 72 77 77 PWind dir SW NE E E SE S S S S Wind char LT LT LT GN GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 50 50 50 20 20 10 20 10 Rain shwrs C C C C C C C C S S S S S Tstms C C C C C C C C S S S S S $$