Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
822 FOUS53 KDMX 290916 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 316 AM CST Sat Nov 29 2025 IAZ060-292200- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 316 AM CST Sat Nov 29 2025 Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 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 32 14 21 6 21 Temp 28 29 31 31 28 24 21 18 16 16 20 21 16 9 8 8 10 13 19 21 20 Dewpt 26 28 30 30 25 22 18 15 13 14 16 16 10 8 6 7 8 11 16 18 17 RH 92 96 96 96 88 92 88 88 88 92 84 81 77 96 91 96 91 91 88 88 88 Wind dir SE E E N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N SE SE SE S S S Wind spd 14 12 9 11 16 20 19 18 16 13 12 10 5 3 2 2 2 3 5 5 4 Wind gust 27 35 35 32 26 24 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 PoP 12hr 100 90 0 0 60 QPF 12hr 0.56 0.04 0 0 0.05 Snow 12hr 6 1 00-00 Snow D D D D D L C C L L Obvis BS BS Wind chill 16 19 23 22 16 9 6 2 0 3 8 10 7 3 11 13 13 Min chill 13 16 16 5 -1 -1 6 1 7 5 11 Winter Storm W W W W W W W W Date Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 Fri 12/05/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 7 25 17 29 -2 20 11 32 Temp 16 8 22 19 20 24 28 19 8 0 15 15 15 22 30 29 Dewpt 14 8 18 15 20 23 23 16 6 0 9 11 15 21 27 25 PWind dir SW SW SW NW NW SW SW W Wind char LT LT LT GN LT LT GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 5 0 5 10 5 0 5 10 $$ IAZ039-292200- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 316 AM CST Sat Nov 29 2025 Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 29 16 21 1 19 Temp 25 26 28 28 27 24 23 20 18 18 21 20 13 8 3 3 5 10 17 19 17 Dewpt 23 24 26 26 25 23 21 18 16 16 17 15 10 6 2 2 4 8 13 15 14 RH 92 92 92 92 92 96 92 92 92 92 84 81 87 91 95 95 95 91 84 84 88 Wind dir E E E E N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W S S S S S Wind spd 14 16 13 13 12 18 20 21 20 18 17 13 9 5 2 2 2 3 5 6 5 Wind gust 31 35 35 32 29 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B2 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 PoP 12hr 100 100 0 0 30 QPF 12hr 0.55 0.11 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 7 2 00-00 Snow D D D D D D C S C C Obvis BS BS BS BS Wind chill 13 13 16 17 16 10 7 4 1 2 7 7 1 -2 8 10 8 Min chill 11 11 15 6 1 0 0 -6 -6 0 6 Winter Storm W W W W W W W W Date Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 Fri 12/05/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 6 22 12 27 -5 16 7 29 Temp 13 8 19 17 15 20 26 16 5 -3 12 11 11 17 26 25 Dewpt 13 8 16 14 15 20 21 13 4 -3 6 7 11 16 22 21 PWind dir SW SW S NW NW SW SW W Wind char LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 0 5 20 5 0 10 10 Snow S S $$ IAZ048-292200- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 316 AM CST Sat Nov 29 2025 Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 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 30 14 21 3 20 Temp 26 27 29 29 26 22 20 17 16 16 19 21 14 6 5 5 7 11 18 20 18 Dewpt 24 26 28 28 25 21 18 15 14 15 16 16 9 6 5 5 7 11 15 17 17 RH 92 96 96 96 96 96 92 92 92 96 88 81 80100100100100100 88 88 96 Wind dir E E E NE N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N SE S S S S S Wind spd 14 13 11 12 16 21 20 19 17 14 13 10 6 3 2 1 1 3 5 5 5 Wind gust 27 36 35 33 27 26 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 PoP 12hr 100 90 0 0 40 QPF 12hr 0.55 0.05 0 0 0.02 Snow 12hr 6 1 00-00 Snow D D D D D L S S C C Obvis BS BS BS BS Wind chill 14 16 19 18 13 7 4 1 0 1 6 9 4 10 12 10 Min chill 12 14 13 4 -2 -2 3 -3 4 2 9 Winter Storm W W W W W W W W Date Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 Fri 12/05/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 5 23 15 28 -5 18 9 31 Temp 14 7 20 17 17 22 27 16 5 -3 14 12 13 20 29 28 Dewpt 14 7 17 15 17 22 23 14 4 -3 9 11 13 20 26 25 PWind dir SW SW SW NW NW SW SW W Wind char LT LT LT GN LT LT GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 0 5 20 5 0 5 10 Snow S $$ IAZ004-292200- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 316 AM CST Sat Nov 29 2025 Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 25 11 18 1 19 Temp 21 22 23 23 20 18 16 15 13 14 18 16 9 5 3 5 7 11 17 19 16 Dewpt 20 20 22 21 18 15 14 12 10 11 13 12 6 4 2 3 4 9 14 16 14 RH 96 92 96 92 92 88 92 88 87 88 80 84 87 95 95 91 87 91 88 88 92 Wind dir E NE NE N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W SW S S S S S SW Wind spd 14 14 18 19 20 21 20 19 18 14 13 11 6 3 2 4 5 9 12 12 10 Wind gust 34 34 33 32 28 26 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 100 70 0 0 20 QPF 12hr 0.37 0.03 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 6 1 00-00 Snow D D D D L C S S Obvis BS BS BS BS BS BS Wind chill 8 9 9 8 4 1 -1 -2 -4 -2 3 4 -2 -3 -4 -3 -2 4 6 4 Min chill 8 8 4 -1 -4 -5 -3 -6 -6 -4 4 Winter Storm W W W W W W W W Date Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 Fri 12/05/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 5 23 11 21 -7 18 11 28 Temp 13 6 17 16 16 19 20 9 0 -5 13 14 15 21 26 23 Dewpt 11 6 14 13 16 18 14 6 -1 -5 10 13 15 19 24 22 PWind dir SW SW SW NW NW SW SW W Wind char GN LT GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 10 20 0 0 10 10 Snow S $$ IAZ035-292200- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 316 AM CST Sat Nov 29 2025 Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 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 27 12 19 1 19 Temp 24 25 26 26 23 20 18 16 14 14 18 19 11 4 3 3 6 11 17 19 17 Dewpt 23 23 25 24 21 18 16 13 11 13 14 14 7 4 3 3 5 10 14 17 14 RH 96 92 96 92 92 92 92 88 88 96 84 80 83100100100 96 96 88 92 88 Wind dir E E NE N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW SW S S S S S S Wind spd 17 13 12 14 17 18 18 17 14 13 12 10 5 2 2 2 2 4 8 8 5 Wind gust 31 34 33 31 26 24 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 PoP 12hr 100 90 0 0 30 QPF 12hr 0.46 0.04 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 6 1 00-00 Snow D D D D D L S S C C Obvis BS BS Wind chill 10 13 15 14 9 5 2 0 -2 -1 5 7 2 3 8 10 9 Min chill 10 11 9 2 -3 -3 0 -4 2 0 8 Winter Storm W W W W W W W W Date Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 Fri 12/05/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 4 23 13 26 -7 18 9 30 Temp 13 6 17 15 17 22 25 12 2 -5 13 13 13 20 28 25 Dewpt 12 6 15 14 17 22 19 10 1 -5 9 11 13 19 25 23 PWind dir SW SW SW NW NW SW SW W Wind char LT LT LT GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 5 20 0 0 5 10 Snow S S $$ IAZ094-292200- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 316 AM CST Sat Nov 29 2025 Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 33 13 21 9 21 Temp 32 32 33 33 27 23 21 18 15 16 21 21 17 12 11 11 13 15 19 21 20 Dewpt 30 32 33 32 25 20 18 14 13 13 16 16 12 11 10 11 12 14 18 19 19 RH 92100100 96 92 88 88 84 92 88 81 81 80 96 96100 96 96 96 92 96 Wind dir SE SE SE NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N NE E SE SE S S SE Wind spd 13 12 8 12 18 20 19 17 13 12 11 9 4 3 2 2 2 3 5 4 2 Wind gust 24 31 36 34 32 26 24 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 PoP 12hr 100 40 0 0 60 QPF 12hr 0.55 0.01 0 0 0.13 Snow 12hr 2 T 00-00 Rain S D D S Snow D D D L C S C C L L Obvis BS BS BS Wind chill 22 23 26 24 14 8 5 3 0 2 9 11 10 12 15 Min chill 17 22 14 4 0 -1 9 5 6 8 11 Winter Storm W W W W W W W W Date Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 Fri 12/05/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 7 25 17 31 0 20 13 32 Temp 16 9 22 20 20 22 30 21 10 2 17 15 16 22 30 29 Dewpt 16 9 19 19 20 22 26 18 9 2 10 12 16 21 28 26 PWind dir SW SW S NW NW SW SW W Wind char LT LT LT GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 0 0 5 5 0 5 10 $$ IAZ017-292200- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 316 AM CST Sat Nov 29 2025 Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 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 26 13 18 -1 18 Temp 22 23 24 25 23 21 19 17 15 14 17 18 10 4 1 2 5 9 16 18 16 Dewpt 21 22 23 24 21 19 17 15 13 13 14 13 6 3 0 1 3 8 13 14 13 RH 96 96 96 96 92 92 92 92 92 96 88 80 83 95 95 95 91 96 88 84 88 Wind dir E E E NE N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W SW S S S S S Wind spd 14 14 14 14 16 20 20 20 19 16 14 11 6 4 2 2 2 4 8 8 5 Wind gust 27 33 34 34 29 27 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 100 100 0 0 20 QPF 12hr 0.46 0.07 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 7 1 00-00 Snow D D D D D D C S S S Obvis BS BS BS BS Wind chill 9 10 11 13 10 6 3 0 -2 -2 2 5 -1 -5 1 5 8 7 Min chill 9 8 9 2 -3 -4 -2 -6 -2 -2 5 Winter Storm W W W W W W W W Date Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 Fri 12/05/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 4 20 10 24 -8 16 7 27 Temp 12 6 17 15 14 20 23 12 1 -6 11 10 11 18 25 23 Dewpt 11 6 16 12 14 20 18 9 0 -6 7 9 11 17 22 21 PWind dir SW SW SW NW NW SW SW W Wind char LT LT LT GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 0 10 20 5 0 10 10 Snow S S $$ IAZ049-292200- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 316 AM CST Sat Nov 29 2025 Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 30 14 21 3 19 Temp 25 26 29 29 27 24 21 18 16 15 19 20 13 7 3 4 6 10 17 19 17 Dewpt 24 25 27 28 26 22 19 16 14 15 17 15 9 5 3 3 5 9 14 16 15 RH 96 96 92 96 96 92 92 92 92100 92 81 84 91100 95 96 96 88 88 92 Wind dir E E E NE N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW E S S S S S Wind spd 16 14 13 12 13 19 20 19 17 16 14 12 6 4 2 2 2 2 5 5 4 Wind gust 33 34 33 27 27 25 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 PoP 12hr 100 100 0 0 40 QPF 12hr 0.54 0.07 0 0 0.02 Snow 12hr 7 1 00-00 Snow D D D D D D S S C C Obvis BS BS BS Wind chill 12 14 18 19 16 10 5 2 0 0 5 8 3 -2 9 11 10 Min chill 10 12 15 5 -1 -2 2 -5 -3 1 9 Winter Storm W W W W W W W W Date Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 Fri 12/05/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 5 22 12 27 -6 17 7 30 Temp 13 7 19 16 16 21 26 16 4 -4 12 11 11 19 27 25 Dewpt 13 7 17 14 16 21 22 14 3 -4 7 9 11 18 24 22 PWind dir SW SW SW NW NW SW SW W Wind char LT LT LT GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 0 5 20 5 0 5 10 Snow S $$ IAZ086-292200- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 316 AM CST Sat Nov 29 2025 Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 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 33 16 23 6 21 Temp 29 30 32 33 32 28 24 20 18 18 21 23 18 12 8 8 10 13 19 21 20 Dewpt 27 29 31 33 31 26 22 17 16 17 17 18 14 10 8 8 8 12 16 19 19 RH 92 96 96100 96 92 92 88 92 96 84 81 84 91100100 91 96 88 92 96 Wind dir SE SE SE E NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NE SE SE S SE SE Wind spd 17 16 12 8 10 19 21 20 18 16 14 12 6 5 3 2 2 2 4 4 3 Wind gust 28 26 33 37 35 34 31 25 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV PoP 12hr 100 80 5 0 60 QPF 12hr 0.61 0.04 0 0 0.08 Snow 12hr 6 1 00-00 Snow D D D D D L S S L L S Obvis BS BS BS Wind chill 17 19 23 26 24 15 9 4 2 3 8 11 9 3 2 13 15 Min chill 13 17 23 8 2 1 6 1 1 8 12 Winter Storm W W W W W W W W Date Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 Fri 12/05/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 7 25 15 31 -2 19 9 32 Temp 16 9 22 20 18 22 30 22 10 0 15 14 13 21 30 28 Dewpt 15 9 18 16 18 21 25 20 9 0 9 10 13 20 26 25 PWind dir SW SW S W NW W SW W Wind char LT LT LT GN GN LT GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 0 0 10 5 0 5 10 Snow S $$