Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
977 FOUS53 KDMX 280627 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 127 AM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026 IAZ060-290900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 127 AM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 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 73 88 69 90 70 Temp 76 74 81 84 87 86 78 74 71 71 81 87 90 88 78 74 72 70 Dewpt 72 71 70 71 70 69 70 69 68 67 69 68 67 67 67 65 64 64 RH 87 90 69 65 57 57 76 84 90 87 67 53 47 50 69 74 76 81 Wind dir N NE E E E E E E SE SE S SE SE SE SE S S S Wind spd 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 5 6 8 8 6 5 5 5 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW FW SC FW CL CL FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 5 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs Heat index 89 93 Max heat 85 90 95 91 92 95 91 Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 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 83 65 82 64 84 65 86 Temp 85 86 74 69 80 80 70 66 80 80 69 65 81 82 69 66 84 84 Dewpt 67 66 67 68 71 68 66 65 67 66 66 64 67 65 65 65 68 67 PWind dir S SE S N N N NE SE S Wind char LT LT GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 80 70 20 20 5 0 0 5 Rain shwrs S C D L C S S S Tstms C C C C S S $$ IAZ039-290900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 127 AM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 69 86 67 87 67 Temp 71 70 76 82 84 84 75 71 68 69 78 84 86 85 75 71 69 68 Dewpt 68 67 68 69 68 68 68 66 65 65 68 69 69 69 68 66 65 65 RH 90 90 76 65 59 59 79 84 90 87 71 61 57 59 79 84 87 90 Wind dir N NE NE NE NE NE E E SE SE S S S S S S S S Wind spd 5 3 4 4 5 4 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 Clouds B1 SC B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW CL FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 86 67 80 64 82 63 82 63 84 Temp 83 83 72 68 77 77 68 66 79 79 68 64 80 80 68 65 81 81 Dewpt 69 68 66 66 70 67 66 65 68 67 64 63 67 66 64 63 68 68 PWind dir S SE SE NE N N NE SE S Wind char LT LT GN GN GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 50 70 40 20 5 0 0 5 Rain shwrs C L L C S S S Tstms C C C S S S $$ IAZ048-290900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 127 AM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 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 71 88 68 89 68 Temp 73 72 79 82 86 85 76 72 70 70 80 85 87 86 76 73 70 69 Dewpt 71 69 71 72 72 71 71 69 68 67 70 71 71 70 69 67 65 66 RH 93 90 77 72 63 63 85 90 93 90 72 63 59 59 79 81 84 90 Wind dir N NE E E E E E SE SE SE S S SE SE SE S S S Wind spd 5 4 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 5 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 88 92 90 90 93 91 Max heat 89 95 90 91 95 90 Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 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 68 82 64 82 63 83 64 85 Temp 84 84 73 69 79 78 69 66 79 79 68 65 81 81 69 66 82 83 Dewpt 69 68 68 68 72 69 66 65 69 68 66 64 68 67 66 65 69 69 PWind dir S SE SE N N N NE SE SE Wind char LT LT GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 70 70 20 10 5 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S C L L C S S Tstms C C C C S S $$ IAZ004-290900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 127 AM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 68 88 67 89 68 Temp 70 69 77 82 86 87 76 72 69 67 79 85 87 87 76 72 70 68 Dewpt 68 67 67 68 68 67 69 68 66 66 69 68 68 68 68 67 66 65 RH 93 93 71 63 55 52 79 87 90 97 72 57 53 53 76 84 87 90 Wind dir N NE SE E SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 Clouds B2 B2 B2 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 5 5 10 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 86 65 81 62 82 62 83 63 85 Temp 83 82 70 66 77 79 67 64 79 80 66 63 81 82 68 65 82 83 Dewpt 69 69 67 66 69 66 64 63 66 65 63 61 64 64 64 62 66 67 PWind dir S SE NE N N NW S S S Wind char GN GN GN GN GN LT LT GN BZ Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW B1 FW CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 80 60 20 5 5 0 0 5 Rain shwrs S C L D L S S Tstms C L L C S $$ IAZ035-290900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 127 AM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 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 70 88 67 89 68 Temp 72 71 78 83 86 86 75 72 69 69 80 86 88 87 76 72 70 68 Dewpt 69 68 69 70 70 70 70 69 67 67 70 70 69 70 69 67 65 65 RH 90 90 74 65 59 59 84 90 93 93 72 59 54 57 79 84 84 90 Wind dir N NE E E E E SE S SE SE S S S SE SE S S S Wind spd 4 5 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 Clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 5 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 91 91 93 Max heat 88 93 90 91 94 90 Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 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 67 83 63 84 62 85 63 87 Temp 84 83 71 67 79 79 67 64 81 81 67 64 82 82 67 65 83 84 Dewpt 69 69 68 67 70 68 65 64 66 66 64 63 65 66 65 64 67 68 PWind dir S SE N N N N E SE S Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 70 70 20 5 5 0 0 5 Rain shwrs S C L L C S S Tstms S C C C C S $$ IAZ094-290900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 127 AM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 73 88 69 87 69 Temp 75 74 81 85 87 85 78 73 71 71 79 85 87 85 77 73 70 69 Dewpt 73 72 71 71 69 69 69 68 68 67 69 68 67 67 67 65 64 64 RH 94 93 72 63 55 59 74 84 90 87 72 57 52 55 71 76 81 84 Wind dir N NE E E E E NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 6 6 6 Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL SC FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 10 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Heat index 90 Max heat 92 93 88 88 92 87 Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 86 68 82 65 80 64 82 65 85 Temp 83 83 73 69 79 79 69 66 78 78 67 65 80 80 69 66 82 83 Dewpt 67 66 68 68 71 68 66 65 66 66 66 64 65 65 65 64 67 67 PWind dir SE SE W N N N NE SE SE Wind char GN LT GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 30 80 70 20 10 5 0 5 5 Rain shwrs S C C D L C S S Tstms S C C C C S S $$ IAZ017-290900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 127 AM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 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 67 85 66 86 66 Temp 69 68 75 81 84 84 74 71 68 68 78 84 85 84 74 71 68 67 Dewpt 68 66 67 69 69 69 68 66 66 66 69 70 70 71 68 66 65 65 RH 97 93 76 67 61 61 82 84 93 93 74 63 61 65 82 84 90 93 Wind dir N NE E NE SE E SE S SE S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 Clouds B2 B1 B2 B1 FW SC SC FW B1 SC SC SC CL CL FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 5 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 90 89 Max heat 84 90 87 88 91 86 Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 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 66 80 62 81 61 82 62 83 Temp 82 82 71 67 76 77 67 65 78 79 67 63 79 80 67 64 80 81 Dewpt 70 69 66 66 69 68 64 64 68 68 62 62 66 66 63 63 68 68 PWind dir S SE E N N N E SE S Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 70 70 30 10 5 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S C L L L C Tstms C C C C S $$ IAZ049-290900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 127 AM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 69 87 66 87 66 Temp 72 70 77 81 85 84 74 71 68 68 78 83 86 84 74 71 68 67 Dewpt 70 68 70 70 70 69 68 67 65 65 69 69 69 69 67 65 64 64 RH 93 93 79 69 61 61 82 87 90 90 74 63 57 61 79 81 87 90 Wind dir N NE E E NE E E E E SE S S S S SE S S S Wind spd 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Clouds B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC FW SC SC FW CL FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 5 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 86 66 81 63 81 62 82 63 84 Temp 83 82 72 67 77 76 67 65 78 78 67 64 79 79 67 64 81 81 Dewpt 68 67 65 66 70 67 65 64 68 67 64 63 67 66 64 63 68 68 PWind dir S SE SE N N N NE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 70 70 30 10 5 5 0 5 Rain shwrs S L L L C S Tstms S C C C C S $$ IAZ086-290900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 127 AM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 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 72 89 68 89 68 Temp 74 72 80 84 87 86 77 72 69 70 80 86 88 87 76 71 68 70 Dewpt 72 71 71 71 69 68 69 68 67 66 67 65 65 65 66 65 64 64 RH 93 97 74 65 55 55 76 87 93 87 65 50 47 48 71 81 87 81 Wind dir N N NE NE NE NE E E SE SE S SE SE SE SE S S S Wind spd 5 5 8 6 5 5 4 3 4 4 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 5 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs Heat index 89 92 Max heat 90 93 87 89 92 86 Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 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 89 68 82 65 81 64 83 64 85 Temp 86 86 73 69 79 79 69 67 78 78 67 66 80 81 68 66 82 83 Dewpt 64 63 66 67 70 68 67 66 68 67 66 65 66 66 65 65 67 67 PWind dir S SE SE N N N NE E SE Wind char LT GN GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 60 80 50 20 5 5 5 5 Rain shwrs L D L C C S Tstms C C C C C S $$