Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
702 FOUS53 KDMX 281409 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 909 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026 IAZ060-282100- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 909 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026 Date Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 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 56 69 49 64 Temp 64 72 75 72 67 63 61 57 59 67 69 62 56 52 51 50 55 61 64 61 Dewpt 53 57 58 58 59 60 60 53 49 45 42 42 43 46 44 46 49 51 54 54 RH 67 59 55 61 75 90 97 86 69 45 37 48 62 80 77 86 80 70 70 78 Wind dir S S S S S W NW N N NE NE E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 10 14 16 12 11 8 5 8 6 6 6 5 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 Wind gust 28 28 23 Clouds FW SC FW SC SC B2 SC SC FW CL CL CL FW SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 20 50 0 60 80 QPF 12hr 0 0.03 0 0.16 0.12 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C S L L D D L L L Tstms S C C S S S S C Date Sat 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 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 52 66 53 66 54 66 53 64 Temp 55 53 64 63 57 54 65 62 56 56 64 63 57 55 62 60 Dewpt 54 53 57 57 56 54 58 56 56 56 59 57 56 54 54 52 PWind dir E E E E E E E NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 80 70 40 20 20 70 70 60 Rain shwrs L D L C C C S S C L L L L C Tstms C S S S S S $$ IAZ039-282100- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 909 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026 Date Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 74 53 66 43 59 Temp 60 68 73 69 65 62 59 55 56 64 66 58 50 47 45 44 51 57 59 56 Dewpt 53 56 58 58 59 59 59 50 47 44 43 43 43 43 40 39 43 44 47 48 RH 78 65 59 68 81 90100 83 72 48 43 57 77 86 82 82 74 62 64 74 Wind dir S S S S S SW NW N N N N NE NE E E E E SE E E Wind spd 10 12 16 14 12 8 6 10 9 8 6 3 2 2 4 4 6 8 8 6 Wind gust 23 26 Clouds SC FW SC B1 SC B2 B1 B1 SC CL CL CL CL FW SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 20 70 0 10 60 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0 0 0.07 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L S L L L L S Sprinkles C Tstms C C Date Sat 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 47 64 50 65 51 64 51 64 Temp 50 48 61 60 54 52 63 61 54 53 62 61 55 53 61 58 Dewpt 49 48 55 55 54 52 57 56 54 53 58 56 55 53 54 52 PWind dir E E E E E E E NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 OV B1 B1 B1 OV B2 OV B2 OV B2 PoP 12hr 50 60 30 30 20 50 60 60 Rain shwrs S C L C C C C S S C C L C L C $$ IAZ048-282100- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 909 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026 Date Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 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 76 52 69 46 62 Temp 61 70 76 71 64 61 59 54 57 66 67 60 52 50 48 47 54 59 61 58 Dewpt 55 58 59 59 60 61 59 50 47 44 42 42 42 45 42 43 47 49 51 51 RH 81 66 56 66 87100100 86 69 45 40 51 69 83 80 86 77 69 70 77 Wind dir S S S S SW W NW N N N NE E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 9 13 16 10 8 4 5 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 Wind gust 26 29 Clouds FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 SC FW FW CL CL FW SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 20 60 0 50 80 QPF 12hr 0 0.04 0 0.08 0.10 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C L C C D D L L L Tstms S C S S S S Date Sat 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 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 49 66 52 66 53 65 52 64 Temp 52 50 63 62 56 54 64 61 55 55 63 62 55 53 62 59 Dewpt 52 50 57 56 55 54 58 57 55 55 59 57 55 53 54 52 PWind dir E E E E E E E NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 PoP 12hr 70 70 40 20 20 60 70 60 Rain shwrs L L L C C C S S C L L L L C Tstms S S S $$ IAZ004-282100- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 909 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026 Date Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 72 41 62 40 59 Temp 58 66 71 65 57 51 46 42 49 58 61 53 45 43 42 40 48 55 58 53 Dewpt 55 57 59 60 57 51 45 40 42 41 40 41 40 40 39 39 43 44 45 44 RH 90 73 66 84100100 96 93 77 53 46 64 82 89 89 96 83 66 62 71 Wind dir S S S SW NW NW N NW N N NE E E E E SE E E E E Wind spd 11 16 14 9 8 8 6 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 8 8 6 Wind gust 26 26 Clouds SC SC OV B1 B1 FW FW SC SC FW CL FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 70 30 0 10 20 QPF 12hr 0.03 0.04 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L C S S Sprinkles C Tstms C S Date Sat 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 43 62 49 63 50 61 47 58 Temp 45 44 58 57 52 50 60 58 53 52 57 57 51 48 54 53 Dewpt 44 44 52 52 51 50 56 53 52 52 55 53 50 48 50 47 PWind dir E SE SE SE SE E NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 PoP 12hr 30 50 30 20 20 60 60 50 Rain shwrs C C C C S S S C L L C C C $$ IAZ035-282100- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 909 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026 Date Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 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 76 46 66 44 61 Temp 60 69 75 69 61 58 53 47 53 63 65 58 48 45 44 45 52 58 60 56 Dewpt 55 59 60 61 60 58 53 46 45 42 41 42 42 43 42 43 46 47 50 49 RH 84 70 60 76 97100100 96 74 46 41 55 80 93 93 93 80 67 69 77 Wind dir S S S S W NW N N N N NE E E E E SE E SE E E Wind spd 10 16 17 8 4 4 6 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 Wind gust 28 29 Clouds FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 50 60 0 30 60 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.10 0 0.01 0.03 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C L L C C C Sprinkles C Tstms S Date Sat 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 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 47 65 51 66 52 64 50 62 Temp 49 49 62 60 53 52 64 60 54 53 62 60 54 51 59 57 Dewpt 48 49 55 56 53 52 57 56 54 53 57 56 53 51 52 50 PWind dir E SE SE E E SE E NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 PoP 12hr 60 60 30 20 20 70 60 60 Rain shwrs C L L C C C S S C L L C L C $$ IAZ094-282100- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 909 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026 Date Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 76 58 71 53 70 Temp 62 70 76 72 67 64 61 59 62 69 71 64 59 57 55 54 60 67 70 65 Dewpt 54 58 59 57 57 58 59 56 54 53 51 49 48 50 49 50 54 58 60 59 RH 75 66 56 59 70 81 93 90 75 57 49 58 67 77 80 86 81 73 71 81 Wind dir S S S S S SW W N N NE NE NE E E E E SE SE SE E Wind spd 9 13 14 12 11 9 5 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 4 Wind gust 21 27 29 25 21 Clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC CL FW FW FW B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 20 40 0 70 80 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.20 0.06 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L D D L L L Tstms C S C S S S C Date Sat 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 54 67 53 67 54 66 53 64 Temp 58 55 65 63 57 54 66 63 58 56 65 63 58 54 62 59 Dewpt 58 55 58 57 57 54 58 56 57 56 59 57 57 54 54 52 PWind dir E E E E SE SE E NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 OV B2 OV B2 PoP 12hr 70 60 30 20 20 70 70 60 Rain shwrs L L L L C C S S C L L L L C Tstms C S S S $$ IAZ017-282100- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 909 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026 Date Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 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 74 45 63 38 59 Temp 60 68 73 68 61 58 52 46 52 61 63 55 46 43 41 39 50 56 58 54 Dewpt 54 57 59 59 58 57 51 44 43 41 39 40 40 40 38 38 41 42 44 43 RH 81 68 62 73 90 96 96 93 71 48 41 57 79 89 89 96 71 59 59 66 Wind dir S S S S SW NW NW NW N N N NE E E E E SE SE E E Wind spd 10 14 17 10 8 5 8 4 4 5 4 2 2 2 2 3 5 6 5 4 Wind gust 26 31 Clouds SC FW FW B2 B1 SC SC B1 FW FW CL CL CL FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 50 80 0 5 40 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.08 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L L C C S S Tstms C Date Sat 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 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 42 63 47 64 48 62 47 61 Temp 46 44 60 58 52 50 63 59 53 51 60 59 52 49 58 56 Dewpt 44 44 51 52 51 50 54 54 52 51 55 54 52 49 50 48 PWind dir E SE SE E E E E NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 PoP 12hr 30 50 20 20 20 60 60 50 Rain shwrs C C C S S S S C L L C C C $$ IAZ049-282100- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 909 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026 Date Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 75 53 68 44 61 Temp 61 71 75 69 64 61 59 55 58 65 67 58 51 48 46 45 53 58 60 57 Dewpt 52 55 58 58 58 59 59 51 47 44 41 42 42 44 41 41 44 47 48 49 RH 72 57 55 68 81 93100 86 67 46 39 55 71 86 83 86 71 67 64 75 Wind dir S S S S S SW NW N N N NE NE E E E E E SE E E Wind spd 10 14 17 11 10 6 5 8 8 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 6 6 6 5 Wind gust 26 28 Clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC CL CL FW FW FW B1 OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 20 60 0 30 70 QPF 12hr 0 0.04 0 0.02 0.16 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S C C L L L L C Sprinkles C Tstms C S S S S Date Sat 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 47 66 50 65 51 65 51 64 Temp 51 49 63 61 54 52 64 61 54 54 63 61 55 53 62 58 Dewpt 50 49 55 55 54 52 56 55 54 54 57 56 55 53 53 51 PWind dir E E E E E SE E NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 PoP 12hr 70 60 30 30 20 60 70 60 Rain shwrs C L L C C C C S C L L L L C Tstms S S $$ IAZ086-282100- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 909 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026 Date Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 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 60 72 49 68 Temp 63 72 77 72 68 65 63 61 64 69 72 63 56 53 51 50 56 65 67 63 Dewpt 53 56 58 57 57 58 59 58 56 51 47 45 45 47 44 45 48 51 54 56 RH 70 57 52 59 68 78 87 90 75 53 41 52 66 80 77 83 74 60 63 78 Wind dir S S S S S SW SW NW N N NE NE NE E E E E E E E Wind spd 9 13 14 10 10 9 6 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 Wind gust 26 23 20 19 Clouds FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC B1 SC CL CL CL FW SC B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 40 10 40 80 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.03 0.09 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C D D L L L Sprinkles C Tstms S C S S S S Date Sat 10/31/26 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 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 53 69 53 68 54 68 54 67 Temp 57 54 66 64 57 54 66 63 57 56 66 64 58 55 65 61 Dewpt 56 54 58 58 57 54 58 58 57 56 60 59 58 55 56 54 PWind dir E E E E E SE E NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN Avg clouds B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 PoP 12hr 70 50 40 30 20 60 70 60 Rain shwrs L L C C C C C S C L L L L C Tstms S S $$