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Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
970 FOUS53 KDMX 020827 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 227 AM CST Mon Nov 2 2026 IAZ060-031000- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 227 AM CST Mon Nov 2 2026 Date 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed 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 58 69 60 68 48 Temp 59 58 62 65 67 68 66 65 63 61 63 66 64 59 55 52 50 48 Dewpt 57 58 58 61 63 64 64 64 63 61 60 59 56 53 50 48 47 46 RH 93100 87 87 87 87 93 97100100 90 78 75 80 83 86 89 93 Wind dir SE SE SE S S S S S S S S SW W W W W W W Wind spd 12 14 18 19 20 16 16 14 13 12 12 13 13 11 9 9 9 10 Wind gust 29 32 34 29 26 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 30 80 70 70 30 QPF 12hr 0 0.21 0.54 0.06 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Drizzle Rain shwrs C S C D L C L L C C L C C C C S Tstms S C C C C C S S Date 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 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 57 45 57 42 57 40 61 42 58 Temp 54 54 48 45 54 52 46 43 54 52 44 41 58 55 46 42 55 53 Dewpt 47 44 44 43 45 43 42 41 43 41 40 40 44 43 41 40 43 42 PWind dir W W NW NW NW SE S W NW Wind char GN GN GN LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW PoP 12hr 20 5 10 5 0 0 5 20 20 Rain shwrs S S S S S $$ IAZ039-031000- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 227 AM CST Mon Nov 2 2026 Date 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 56 66 59 69 47 Temp 57 56 59 62 64 65 63 63 62 60 64 67 66 60 55 52 49 47 Dewpt 55 56 57 59 61 62 63 63 62 60 63 63 60 57 55 52 49 47 RH 93100 93 90 90 90100100100100 97 87 81 90100100100100 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S SW SW W W SW SW Wind spd 12 16 18 20 21 19 18 18 18 18 17 17 16 12 9 8 10 10 Wind gust 28 33 35 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 80 80 80 60 QPF 12hr 0 0.29 0.42 0.29 0.08 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Drizzle Rain shwrs C C L D L C L D L L C L L L C C C Tstms C S C C C S S S Date 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 55 44 55 40 54 38 57 39 56 Temp 52 52 46 45 51 50 43 42 51 49 40 39 53 51 42 40 52 50 Dewpt 48 47 46 45 46 45 43 41 42 41 40 39 42 43 41 40 43 43 PWind dir SW W NW NW N NW S W NW Wind char GN GN GN LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 50 10 30 5 0 0 5 20 20 Rain shwrs C C S C S S S $$ IAZ048-031000- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 227 AM CST Mon Nov 2 2026 Date 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed 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 57 68 59 68 46 Temp 58 57 60 64 66 67 64 64 62 60 63 65 64 58 53 50 48 46 Dewpt 57 57 59 62 63 64 64 64 62 60 61 60 57 53 51 49 48 46 RH 96100 96 93 90 90100100100100 93 84 78 83 93 96100100 Wind dir SE SE SE S S S S S S S S SW W W W W W W Wind spd 13 14 17 18 18 16 14 13 12 11 11 13 12 10 8 6 8 8 Wind gust 28 34 33 26 25 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 40 80 80 70 30 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.34 0.40 0.10 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Drizzle Rain shwrs C S C D L C C L C C L C C C C S S C Tstms S C S S C C S S Date 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 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 56 43 57 40 56 38 61 40 57 Temp 53 52 46 44 53 50 44 41 53 51 41 39 56 54 44 41 53 52 Dewpt 48 45 45 44 46 44 43 41 43 41 41 39 44 43 42 40 44 43 PWind dir W W NW NW N E S W NW Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 5 20 0 0 0 5 20 20 Rain shwrs C C S S S S S $$ IAZ004-031000- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 227 AM CST Mon Nov 2 2026 Date 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 56 66 54 59 41 Temp 56 56 59 62 64 64 61 59 56 54 56 57 54 50 47 45 43 42 Dewpt 56 56 57 60 61 61 60 58 56 54 55 54 52 48 46 45 43 42 RH 100100 93 93 90 90 97 96100100 96 90 93 93 96100100100 Wind dir SE SE SE S S S S S S S W W NW NW NW W W W Wind spd 16 20 25 26 24 20 17 12 11 11 12 14 16 13 9 8 9 10 Wind gust 31 39 42 40 33 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B1 B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 70 90 40 50 60 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.41 0.06 0.22 0.03 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Drizzle Rain shwrs C D D L C C C C C C C C C L L C C L Tstms S S S Wind chill 36 Min chill 35 Date 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 48 38 48 34 49 34 52 36 51 Temp 47 45 41 38 45 43 37 36 46 44 37 36 49 47 39 38 48 47 Dewpt 46 44 41 38 42 40 37 36 40 38 36 36 41 40 37 36 41 39 PWind dir W NW NW N N SE SW NW NW Wind char GN GN GN LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 70 30 20 5 5 0 10 20 20 Rain shwrs L L C S S S S $$ IAZ035-031000- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 227 AM CST Mon Nov 2 2026 Date 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed 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 56 68 58 64 44 Temp 57 57 60 64 66 65 63 62 60 58 60 62 60 54 49 46 46 45 Dewpt 57 57 59 61 63 64 63 62 60 58 59 57 54 51 48 46 46 45 RH 100100 96 90 90 97100100100100 96 84 81 90 96100100100 Wind dir SE SE SE S S S S S S S SW W W W W W W W Wind spd 12 17 19 21 19 16 14 12 10 10 10 12 12 10 6 6 8 8 Wind gust 32 35 34 27 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 40 90 60 60 40 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.42 0.08 0.13 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Drizzle Rain shwrs C C D L C C C C C C L C C C C S S C Tstms S S S S C S Date 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 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 53 41 54 38 54 37 58 39 56 Temp 50 49 43 42 50 47 40 39 51 48 39 38 53 52 41 40 52 51 Dewpt 47 45 43 42 44 42 40 39 41 40 38 38 42 42 39 38 42 41 PWind dir W W NW NW N SE S NW NW Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 50 10 20 0 0 0 5 20 20 Rain shwrs C C S S S S S $$ IAZ094-031000- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 227 AM CST Mon Nov 2 2026 Date 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 57 69 59 67 46 Temp 58 58 61 65 67 68 66 64 62 60 62 64 63 58 54 51 48 47 Dewpt 58 58 59 62 64 64 64 64 62 60 60 58 55 51 49 47 46 45 RH 100100 93 90 90 87 93100100100 93 81 75 77 83 86 93 93 Wind dir SE S S S S S S S S S S SW W W W W W W Wind spd 12 16 19 20 19 16 16 14 13 13 13 14 13 11 9 9 9 10 Wind gust 26 31 33 32 28 26 26 25 24 21 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 20 80 90 60 20 QPF 12hr 0 0.29 1.09 0.06 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Drizzle Rain shwrs S S C L L L D D C C C C C S S S Tstms S C C C C C S S S Date 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 57 44 57 41 57 40 61 41 57 Temp 53 54 48 44 54 52 45 42 54 52 44 41 57 55 46 42 54 52 Dewpt 45 43 43 43 44 43 42 42 42 41 41 41 44 43 41 40 43 41 PWind dir W W NW NW NW SE S NW NW Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC FW PoP 12hr 20 0 5 0 0 0 5 20 20 Rain shwrs S S S S $$ IAZ017-031000- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 227 AM CST Mon Nov 2 2026 Date 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed 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 54 65 57 66 43 Temp 55 55 58 61 63 64 62 62 60 57 61 63 62 56 51 48 45 44 Dewpt 55 55 56 58 60 61 61 61 60 57 59 58 56 52 49 47 45 44 RH 100100 93 90 90 90 97 97100100 93 84 81 86 93 96100100 Wind dir SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S SW SW W W W W W Wind spd 13 14 21 23 21 17 14 12 12 11 12 14 13 10 6 6 6 8 Wind gust 33 39 39 28 23 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 30 90 60 60 50 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.50 0.18 0.12 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Drizzle Rain shwrs S C L D L C C C L L C C L C C S S L Tstms S S S Date 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 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 52 40 52 36 52 34 55 36 55 Temp 49 49 44 41 49 46 40 38 49 46 38 36 51 49 40 38 51 49 Dewpt 47 45 43 41 43 41 39 38 39 37 36 36 40 39 37 37 40 39 PWind dir W W NW N N SE S W NW Wind char GN GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 70 30 30 5 5 0 5 20 20 Rain shwrs L C C S C C S S S $$ IAZ049-031000- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 227 AM CST Mon Nov 2 2026 Date 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 56 67 59 69 45 Temp 57 56 60 63 65 65 63 63 62 60 63 67 65 59 54 50 48 46 Dewpt 55 56 58 59 61 63 63 63 62 60 62 61 58 55 52 50 48 46 RH 93100 93 87 87 93100100100100 97 81 78 87 93100100100 Wind dir SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S SW W W W W W Wind spd 12 13 17 20 19 16 14 13 13 13 13 14 13 10 6 6 8 9 Wind gust 32 32 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 30 90 80 70 50 QPF 12hr 0 0.29 0.57 0.13 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Drizzle Rain shwrs S S C L D L C D L C C C C C C C C C Tstms C C C C C S S S Date 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 56 43 56 39 55 37 59 38 57 Temp 53 52 46 44 53 50 43 41 52 49 40 39 54 52 42 39 53 50 Dewpt 47 45 45 44 45 44 42 40 42 41 39 38 42 42 41 39 43 42 PWind dir W W NW NW N SE S W NW Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 5 20 5 0 0 5 20 20 Rain shwrs C C S S S S $$ IAZ086-031000- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 227 AM CST Mon Nov 2 2026 Date 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed 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 57 70 63 72 49 Temp 58 57 61 65 68 69 66 66 65 64 65 69 67 62 57 54 51 49 Dewpt 58 57 59 61 63 64 65 66 65 64 64 63 61 58 55 52 50 49 RH 100100 93 87 84 84 97100100100 97 81 81 87 93 93 96100 Wind dir SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S SW W W W W Wind spd 10 12 14 18 18 14 14 14 16 16 14 16 13 10 8 6 8 9 Wind gust 23 26 29 29 27 26 27 28 28 26 26 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 60 80 70 40 QPF 12hr 0 0.05 0.69 0.14 0.04 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Drizzle Rain shwrs S S S C C L L C D L S L C C C S Tstms S C C C C S S S S Date 11/04/26 Thu 11/05/26 Fri 11/06/26 Sat 11/07/26 Sun 11/08/26 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 46 59 43 58 40 62 41 58 Temp 54 57 49 46 55 54 47 44 54 53 44 41 56 55 46 41 54 52 Dewpt 48 46 46 46 47 45 45 44 44 42 42 41 44 43 43 41 44 42 PWind dir W W W NW NW E S W NW Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW PoP 12hr 20 5 10 5 0 0 5 10 20 Rain shwrs S S S S $$