Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
014 FOUS53 KDMX 272130 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 429 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025 IAZ060-280900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 429 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025 Date 08/27/25 Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 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 56 83 60 81 61 Temp 76 67 63 59 56 71 79 82 80 71 66 62 60 69 78 81 77 69 66 63 61 Dewpt 55 55 54 54 55 60 59 58 60 61 61 60 59 61 61 60 61 60 60 59 57 RH 48 65 72 83 96 68 50 44 51 71 84 93 96 76 56 49 58 73 81 87 87 Wind dir S S SW SW SW W S E NE NE E E E E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 8 5 5 4 2 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 5 5 10 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Date 08/30 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 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 60 78 58 79 59 83 61 80 Temp 76 76 67 62 74 73 63 59 76 76 64 60 77 78 66 62 77 75 Dewpt 58 57 56 55 56 55 55 53 55 54 54 55 59 59 60 59 57 56 PWind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S SW NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S S S S $$ IAZ039-280900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 429 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025 Date 08/27/25 Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 56 79 56 74 55 Temp 71 66 62 59 57 68 76 78 74 65 62 58 57 64 71 74 71 63 60 57 56 Dewpt 60 60 57 55 55 60 62 62 63 62 60 58 57 58 60 59 60 59 57 55 54 RH 68 81 84 87 93 76 62 58 69 90 93100100 81 68 59 68 87 90 93 93 Wind dir S S S SW W NW NE N NE E E E E SE SE E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 5 5 4 3 2 3 3 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 10 10 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Tstms S Date 08/30 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 72 55 74 54 75 55 78 58 74 Temp 70 70 60 56 72 70 59 56 72 71 60 57 74 73 62 59 72 69 Dewpt 58 58 55 54 56 56 54 53 55 56 54 54 59 60 58 57 59 56 PWind dir SE E SE SE SE SE S SW W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 20 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S Tstms S $$ IAZ048-280900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 429 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025 Date 08/27/25 Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 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 56 81 59 79 59 Temp 74 65 61 57 56 69 78 81 77 67 63 60 59 68 76 78 75 66 63 61 59 Dewpt 58 57 55 54 55 61 61 61 63 63 62 60 59 61 62 62 62 61 60 59 57 RH 57 75 81 90 96 76 56 51 62 87 97100100 78 62 58 64 84 90 93 93 Wind dir S S SW SW W W W NE NE NE E E E SE SE E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 6 5 4 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 4 4 5 4 3 3 4 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 10 10 10 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Date 08/30 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 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 59 77 56 78 57 82 58 78 Temp 74 74 64 59 72 72 61 57 74 74 62 58 76 76 64 59 74 71 Dewpt 60 59 57 55 57 56 55 53 55 55 55 54 60 61 60 58 58 56 PWind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S S NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S C S Tstms S S S C $$ IAZ004-280900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 429 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025 Date 08/27/25 Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 57 78 58 76 59 Temp 72 65 61 58 57 68 75 77 75 64 60 58 58 66 72 75 72 63 61 60 59 Dewpt 59 57 55 54 54 61 62 62 63 61 59 57 57 61 62 62 63 60 59 57 57 RH 64 75 81 86 90 78 64 60 66 90 96 96 96 84 71 64 73 90 93 90 93 Wind dir S S SW SW NW NE E NE NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 5 5 4 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Clouds SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 10 10 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.01 0.07 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S S C Tstms S S S S S S S S Date 08/30 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 72 57 72 56 74 56 78 56 72 Temp 69 69 60 59 68 69 59 57 69 70 59 58 74 73 60 58 68 66 Dewpt 61 60 58 55 58 58 55 53 57 59 56 55 60 61 58 54 56 53 PWind dir SE SE SE SE S S S W NW Wind char LT LT GN LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 30 20 Rain shwrs C S S C S S S S S S S S S C S Tstms S S S S S S S S S $$ IAZ035-280900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 429 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025 Date 08/27/25 Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 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 55 81 58 78 59 Temp 73 63 60 56 55 69 77 80 77 66 62 59 58 66 74 77 74 65 62 60 59 Dewpt 59 57 54 53 54 61 62 62 64 63 61 59 58 62 63 62 63 61 60 58 57 RH 62 81 81 90 96 76 60 54 64 90 97100100 87 69 60 69 87 93 93 93 Wind dir S S SW SW SW W E NE NE NE E E SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE Wind spd 6 5 4 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 Clouds FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 10 20 20 10 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S S Tstms S S S Date 08/30 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 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 75 58 75 57 77 57 80 57 76 Temp 72 72 62 59 71 70 60 58 73 72 60 58 76 74 62 58 72 70 Dewpt 60 60 57 55 57 57 55 53 56 57 55 55 60 61 58 56 58 56 PWind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S SW NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 30 20 20 20 20 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S S S C S S S S S S S S S C S Tstms S S S C S S S S S $$ IAZ094-280900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 429 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025 Date 08/27/25 Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 56 81 59 82 59 Temp 75 66 62 58 56 70 78 80 79 67 65 61 59 71 79 82 79 68 64 61 59 Dewpt 55 56 56 55 55 61 59 59 60 60 61 60 58 62 59 58 60 60 59 58 57 RH 50 70 81 90 96 73 52 49 52 78 87 97 96 73 50 44 52 76 84 90 93 Wind dir S S SW SW S S SE SE SE E E N N E SE SE SE E SE SE SE Wind spd 5 5 4 3 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Clouds SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 10 0 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Date 08/30 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 82 61 78 58 79 58 82 60 80 Temp 79 76 66 62 75 72 63 58 76 74 63 59 77 76 65 61 78 75 Dewpt 57 56 56 55 55 56 55 53 54 55 55 57 58 59 60 59 57 56 PWind dir SE SE SE E SE SE S SW W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 10 20 10 20 10 20 20 20 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S $$ IAZ017-280900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 429 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025 Date 08/27/25 Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 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 55 76 55 73 55 Temp 70 64 61 58 56 67 74 76 73 62 58 56 55 65 71 73 71 62 59 57 56 Dewpt 61 60 56 55 54 61 63 63 63 60 58 56 55 60 61 61 61 59 57 56 55 RH 73 87 84 90 93 81 69 64 71 93100100100 84 71 66 71 90 93 96 96 Wind dir S S SW SW W NE E NE NE E E E E SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 10 10 5 10 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.04 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Tstms S Date 08/30 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 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 70 55 71 54 74 54 77 56 72 Temp 68 68 59 57 69 68 58 56 71 69 59 56 73 71 61 58 69 67 Dewpt 60 59 55 53 58 58 54 52 58 58 54 53 60 60 57 55 59 55 PWind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S SW NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S S $$ IAZ049-280900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 429 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025 Date 08/27/25 Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 55 80 57 76 56 Temp 72 63 61 57 55 69 77 80 76 66 62 58 57 65 73 75 72 64 61 58 56 Dewpt 58 57 54 53 53 60 61 61 63 62 60 58 57 59 61 60 61 59 57 55 54 RH 61 81 78 86 93 73 58 52 64 87 93100100 81 66 60 68 84 87 90 93 Wind dir S S SW SW W W NW N NE NE E E E SE SE E E E SE E SE Wind spd 5 5 5 4 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Clouds SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 PoP 12hr 5 20 20 10 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Date 08/30 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 74 56 74 54 75 55 79 57 75 Temp 71 71 61 57 71 70 58 56 72 71 59 56 74 73 62 59 72 69 Dewpt 58 58 54 53 56 56 53 52 55 55 53 53 58 60 58 56 58 56 PWind dir SE E SE SE SE SE S S NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 20 20 10 20 20 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S C S S Tstms S S S S $$ IAZ086-280900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 429 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025 Date 08/27/25 Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 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 56 82 59 80 57 Temp 74 65 63 59 57 72 80 81 79 67 64 61 59 69 77 80 75 66 64 59 57 Dewpt 56 57 55 54 54 60 59 57 61 60 61 60 59 60 61 60 61 60 58 57 55 RH 53 75 75 83 90 66 49 44 54 78 90 97100 73 58 51 62 81 81 93 93 Wind dir S S S SW SW W SW W N NE E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 Clouds FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 5 5 10 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Date 08/30 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 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 59 78 55 79 57 82 59 80 Temp 76 75 64 60 74 72 61 56 75 74 62 58 77 76 64 61 76 74 Dewpt 56 56 55 54 55 55 55 53 54 55 54 54 57 59 58 59 59 58 PWind dir SE E SE E SE SE S SW W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 20 20 10 10 20 20 20 20 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S S S Tstms S S S S $$