Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA

Home |  Current Version |  Previous Version |  Text Only |  Print | Product List |  Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
483
FOUS53 KDMX 270422
PFMDMX

Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1022 PM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

IAZ060-271000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1022 PM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date           11/26/25      Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25            Sat
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                      22          36          18          33          27
Temp                   27 25 24 27 33 36 30 26 24 21 18 22 29 32 32 29 29 29 29
Dewpt                  19 19 19 19 18 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 14 13 16 21 24 26 28
RH                     71 78 81 71 53 43 55 65 71 77 88 74 53 45 51 72 81 88 96
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                9  6  5  9 11 12  6  5  4  3  2  2  4  6  9 10 11 12 11
Clouds                 FW SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.28
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                              D  D  D  D  D
Wind chill             19 17 16 18 24 28 24 19 18             26 25 20 19 19 19
Min chill              17    14    13    22    16    14    18    23    18    17


Date           11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25
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          34      14    21       2    18       5    26      17    30
Temp          32 31 24   15 19 15  9    3 15 15 12   11 24 24 21   22 29 28
Dewpt         31 28 21   15 14 10  6    3  9  9 10   10 18 19 20   19 25 22
PWind dir         E      NW    NW      NW     S       S    SW       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr         90      40     5      10    20      10     0       5    10
Snow           D  D  C    S                   S

$$
IAZ039-271000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1022 PM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date           11/26/25      Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25            Sat
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                      22          31          17          30          23
Temp                   25 24 23 26 30 31 26 23 22 20 18 21 27 30 28 25 25 24 24
Dewpt                  19 19 18 19 17 16 16 15 15 15 14 15 14 13 15 17 21 23 24
RH                     78 81 81 74 58 53 65 71 74 81 84 77 57 49 58 71 84 96100
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  S SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd               16 13 12 13 17 17 12 11  9  6  5  3  3  4  5  6 10 12 13
Clouds                 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.33
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                              D  D  D  D  D
Wind chill             13 12 11 14 19 19 15 12 12 10 10          22 17 15 13 13
Min chill              12    10    11    14    10     6    10    20    14    11


Date           11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25
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          31      13    20      -4    13      -1    22      12    27
Temp          29 28 23   15 19 11  3   -3 10  9  6    5 20 19 17   19 25 23
Dewpt         28 26 22   15 13  7  0   -3  5  4  5    5 14 16 17   17 21 19
PWind dir         E       N    NW      NW    SW       S    SW       S     W
Wind char        GN      BZ    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   B2 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr        100      70    10       5    10      10     0      10    10
Snow           D  D  L    C

$$
IAZ048-271000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1022 PM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date           11/26/25      Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25            Sat
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                      22          34          17          31          24
Temp                   27 24 23 26 32 34 29 23 22 19 17 22 28 31 29 27 26 26 26
Dewpt                  20 20 19 20 19 17 17 17 16 15 15 15 14 15 16 22 24 26 26
RH                     74 84 84 78 58 49 60 77 77 84 92 74 55 51 58 81 92100100
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE  S SE SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd               10  8  5  9 12 13  8  5  5  3  2  2  4  6  9 10 11 12 11
Clouds                 SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.39
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                        S  S  D  D  D  D  D
Wind chill             18 15 15 16 23 25 21 16 15             24 20 17 15 15 15
Min chill              16    13    12    17    12    12    17    19    15    14


Date           11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25
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          32      12    20      -2    16       4    24      14    28
Temp          31 29 21   13 17 13  4   -1 13 12  9    9 22 22 18   19 27 24
Dewpt         30 27 21   13 13  8  3   -1  7  9  9    9 17 19 18   19 24 22
PWind dir         E      NW    NW      NW     S       S    SW       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr        100      50    10       5    20      10     0      10    10
Snow           D  D  C    S                   S

$$
IAZ004-271000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1022 PM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date           11/26/25      Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25            Sat
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                      18          29          13          27          20
Temp                   22 22 20 22 27 29 23 20 18 16 14 18 24 27 25 22 23 22 22
Dewpt                  17 16 15 16 16 16 15 13 13 12 11 13 13 14 17 19 21 21 21
RH                     81 77 81 77 63 58 71 74 80 84 88 80 62 57 71 88 92 96 96
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N SE  S SE SE SE  E  E  E
Wind spd               10 10 10 11 14 14 10  9  6  4  2  2  5  9 10 10 11 11 11
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.38
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                        C  C  D  D  D  D  D
Wind chill             10 11  9 10 15 18 13  9  9  9       17 18 15 11 11 10 10
Min chill              10     8     7    12     6     7    14    15    10     9


Date           11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25
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          26       5    14      -6    15       5    22      12    23
Temp          25 21 16    6 13  9  1   -5 12 13 11    9 20 18 18   18 22 18
Dewpt         24 20 15    6  9  5 -2   -6  9  9  8    7 16 16 17   15 20 14
PWind dir        NE      NW    NW       W    SW      SW    SW      SW    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   B2 SC SC B1   B1 SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         90      40     5       0    10       0     0       5    10
Snow           D  D  C

$$
IAZ035-271000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1022 PM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date           11/26/25      Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25            Sat
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                      19          32          14          29          22
Temp                   25 22 21 24 29 31 25 21 20 17 15 19 27 29 27 24 24 24 24
Dewpt                  19 18 16 18 17 17 16 15 14 13 12 14 14 14 17 21 23 23 24
RH                     78 84 81 77 60 56 68 77 77 84 88 80 57 53 65 88 96 96100
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E
Wind spd                9  8  6  9 12 13  8  5  4  2  2  2  4  8  9 10 10 11 10
Clouds                 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.41
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                        C  C  D  D  D  D  D
Wind chill             16 13 11 14 19 22 17 13 13             21 18 14 14 14 14
Min chill              15    10    11    15    12    10    16    17    13    11


Date           11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25
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          30       9    17      -5    15       4    23      12    26
Temp          28 25 19   10 15  9  1   -4 12 12 10    9 21 20 18   18 25 21
Dewpt         28 23 18   10 11  6 -1   -4  7  9  9    8 17 17 17   17 22 18
PWind dir        NE      NW    NW      NW     S       S    SW       S    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   B2 SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr        100      50     5       5    10       5     0       5    10
Snow           D  D  C

$$
IAZ094-271000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1022 PM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date           11/26/25      Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25            Sat
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                      21          38          17          33          28
Temp                   27 25 23 26 35 37 31 25 23 20 18 23 30 33 32 31 31 30 31
Dewpt                  19 19 18 18 16 14 14 15 16 15 15 15 14 14 17 21 25 29 31
RH                     71 78 81 71 45 38 49 65 74 81 88 71 51 45 53 66 78 96100
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                5  5  5  6 10 10  5  4  3  2  2  2  5  9  9 10 11 12 12
Wind gust                             20
Clouds                 B1 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.20
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                          D
Snow                                                              L  L  D  D  D
Wind chill             20 18 16 18 28 30 25 19             24 26 24 22 22 21 21
Min chill              19    15    13    23    16    16    15    22    20    20


Date           11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25
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          35      15    22       7    19       8    28      18    33
Temp          33 31 23   16 20 17 12    8 17 15 13   13 25 25 22   23 32 28
Dewpt         33 29 21   15 14 12  9    6 11 10 11   12 18 20 22   21 27 25
PWind dir         S      NW    NW       N    SE       S    SW       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   B2 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         90      30     5      10    20      10     0       5    10
Rain           D  D
Snow           D  D  C                        S

$$
IAZ017-271000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1022 PM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date           11/26/25      Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25            Sat
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                      19          28          14          27          19
Temp                   23 22 22 23 26 27 24 20 20 18 15 19 24 27 25 23 23 22 22
Dewpt                  18 18 17 18 17 17 15 15 14 13 12 14 14 14 15 17 21 21 21
RH                     81 84 81 81 68 65 68 81 77 80 88 80 65 57 65 77 92 96 96
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW SW  S SE SE SE  E  E
Wind spd               13 12 10 12 16 16 11 10  6  5  3  2  2  4  5  8  9 10 11
Clouds                 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.38
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                              D  D  D  D  D
Wind chill             11 10 10 11 13 14 13  9 11 10  9          18 14 12 11 10
Min chill              10     8     8    11     7     6     9    16    11     9


Date           11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25
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          27       8    16      -6    12       1    20       9    24
Temp          26 24 19   10 15  7  1   -5  9  8  7    7 18 17 15   17 23 20
Dewpt         25 22 18   10 11  4 -1   -6  6  6  6    7 14 15 15   16 20 16
PWind dir        NE       N    NW       W    SW      SW    SW      SW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   B2 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr        100      60    10       5    10       5     0      10    10
Snow           D  D  L    S

$$
IAZ049-271000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1022 PM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date           11/26/25      Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25            Sat
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                      22          33          16          31          23
Temp                   25 24 23 25 31 31 26 22 20 18 16 20 28 30 28 26 25 25 25
Dewpt                  19 19 18 19 18 17 16 15 14 14 13 15 14 13 15 19 22 23 25
RH                     78 81 81 78 58 56 65 74 77 84 88 81 55 49 58 74 88 92100
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW SW  S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               11 10  8 10 13 14  9  8  5  4  3  2  2  4  5  8 10 11 11
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.36
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                              D  D  D  D  D
Wind chill             15 14 13 15 21 21 17 14 12 11             22 17 15 14 14
Min chill              13    11    10    15     9     8    10    20    14    12


Date           11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25
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          31      13    20      -3    14       1    23      12    27
Temp          30 28 21   14 18 12  3   -2 11 10  6    7 20 20 17   19 25 23
Dewpt         29 27 21   14 13  7  1   -3  6  6  6    7 16 17 17   17 22 20
PWind dir         E      NW    NW      NW    SW       S    SW       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   B2 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr        100      60    10       5    20      10     0      10    10
Snow           D  D  L    S                   S

$$
IAZ086-271000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1022 PM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date           11/26/25      Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25            Sat
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                      21          36          15          33          27
Temp                   27 24 23 27 34 36 30 24 23 18 16 21 30 33 32 30 29 29 29
Dewpt                  19 19 19 21 18 17 17 16 16 15 14 15 14 13 15 18 23 26 29
RH                     71 81 84 78 51 45 58 71 74 88 92 77 51 43 49 60 78 88100
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               11 10  9 10 12 13  8  8  5  5  4  2  2  4  6  9 10 12 13
Wind gust                             24                                  24 25
Clouds                 SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.25
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                              L  L  D  D  D
Wind chill             17 14 13 17 24 27 22 16 16 10 10          26 21 20 18 18
Min chill              17    12    12    19    14     9    10    24    19    16


Date           11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25
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          35      17    23       2    17       3    25      14    32
Temp          33 32 26   18 20 17  9    3 15 13  9    8 23 22 20   21 30 28
Dewpt         32 31 24   18 16 12  7    3  9  8  7    8 16 17 19   19 25 24
PWind dir        SE      NW    NW      NW     W       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   B2 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr        100      50    10      10    20      10     5       5    10
Rain              D
Snow           D  D  C    S                   S

$$