Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
114 FOUS53 KDMX 250332 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1032 PM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026 IAZ060-250900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 1032 PM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026 Date 10/24/26 Sun 10/25/26 Mon 10/26/26 Tue 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 76 54 73 57 Temp 61 58 56 63 73 76 70 62 59 56 54 60 70 73 68 62 60 59 58 Dewpt 51 50 50 52 53 53 54 53 51 50 49 50 51 51 51 51 50 50 50 RH 70 75 80 67 49 45 57 72 75 80 83 69 51 46 54 67 69 72 75 Wind dir W SE NW NE SW S NE NE NE NE NE E E SE SE SE S S S Wind spd 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 5 6 8 6 6 6 6 6 Clouds B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Date 10/27 Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat 10/31/26 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 72 58 75 57 75 59 75 58 70 Temp 70 66 59 58 72 69 60 57 73 70 62 60 73 69 62 59 68 66 Dewpt 52 52 52 53 56 56 55 54 56 57 57 57 59 57 56 56 58 58 PWind dir S S S S S SE SE S S Wind char GN GN GN LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 20 20 40 20 20 20 40 70 Rain shwrs S S S C C S S S S S S C C C L Tstms S S $$ IAZ039-250900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 1032 PM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026 Date 10/24/26 Sun 10/25/26 Mon 10/26/26 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 54 73 50 68 50 Temp 59 56 54 61 70 73 66 58 53 51 50 56 65 68 63 57 55 52 52 Dewpt 52 51 50 52 53 53 52 50 45 43 42 47 48 49 49 50 50 49 49 RH 78 83 86 72 55 49 61 75 74 74 74 72 54 51 60 77 83 89 89 Wind dir S S NW NE E NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 8 6 8 8 9 9 10 9 10 10 11 11 Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 5 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Date 10/27 Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat 10/31/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 70 55 73 53 73 55 73 55 69 Temp 68 62 56 56 71 67 57 53 70 67 58 56 71 68 59 57 67 64 Dewpt 52 52 52 52 55 56 54 52 55 55 55 55 58 57 56 55 57 57 PWind dir SE S S SW SW E SE SE S Wind char GN GN GN LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 20 30 40 20 20 20 40 60 Rain shwrs S S C C C C S S S S S S S C C L Tstms C $$ IAZ048-250900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 1032 PM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026 Date 10/24/26 Sun 10/25/26 Mon 10/26/26 Tue 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 54 75 52 72 55 Temp 60 56 54 62 72 75 69 60 56 54 52 59 69 72 66 60 59 57 56 Dewpt 52 51 50 52 54 53 53 52 50 47 45 49 50 51 51 52 51 51 50 RH 75 83 86 70 53 46 57 75 80 77 77 69 51 48 58 75 75 80 80 Wind dir NW N N NE NE NE N NE NE NE NE E E SE E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 6 6 5 6 6 Clouds OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Date 10/27 Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat 10/31/26 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 72 56 74 54 75 57 75 56 70 Temp 70 64 58 57 72 68 58 54 72 69 61 59 73 69 61 58 67 65 Dewpt 53 52 53 53 57 56 54 53 56 57 57 58 60 58 57 56 58 58 PWind dir S S S S S SE SE S S Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 30 30 40 20 20 20 50 70 Rain shwrs S S S C C S C C S S S S S S C C C L Tstms S S $$ IAZ004-250900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 1032 PM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026 Date 10/24/26 Sun 10/25/26 Mon 10/26/26 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 46 57 41 57 47 Temp 50 48 47 51 55 57 52 46 45 44 43 48 54 57 55 51 52 51 50 Dewpt 44 42 41 42 42 40 38 36 35 36 36 40 41 43 44 46 47 48 47 RH 80 80 79 71 61 53 59 68 68 73 76 74 61 59 66 83 83 89 89 Wind dir N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E SE SE S Wind spd 9 9 8 8 9 10 10 9 9 10 11 11 11 11 10 10 9 11 11 Clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 30 30 60 50 QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0.01 0.03 0.03 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C L C C C C C C Wind chill 38 37 Min chill 36 34 Date 10/27 Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat 10/31/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 65 50 69 47 69 52 71 53 65 Temp 62 57 53 52 67 62 50 47 66 63 55 54 69 65 57 54 63 61 Dewpt 49 50 50 50 53 49 48 45 50 50 51 53 56 55 53 52 55 53 PWind dir S S SW NW NE SE SE S S Wind char GN GN GN LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 20 30 20 10 30 30 60 60 Rain shwrs S S S C S S C S C C L C L Tstms S $$ IAZ035-250900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 1032 PM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026 Date 10/24/26 Sun 10/25/26 Mon 10/26/26 Tue 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 51 70 48 68 53 Temp 56 52 51 58 67 70 63 54 50 49 49 55 64 68 62 57 56 55 55 Dewpt 49 48 48 49 51 50 48 44 41 40 39 43 45 48 49 50 50 50 50 RH 77 86 89 72 56 49 58 69 71 71 68 64 50 49 62 77 80 83 83 Wind dir N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E SE SE SE S Wind spd 8 8 5 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 Clouds B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 5 5 10 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C S Date 10/27 Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat 10/31/26 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 70 54 73 51 73 56 74 55 68 Temp 67 62 56 55 71 65 54 51 70 66 58 57 71 68 59 57 66 63 Dewpt 51 52 52 53 55 54 52 51 54 55 55 57 59 58 56 55 57 57 PWind dir S S S SW E E SE S S Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 30 30 40 20 20 20 60 70 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C S S S S S C L C L Tstms S $$ IAZ094-250900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 1032 PM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026 Date 10/24/26 Sun 10/25/26 Mon 10/26/26 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 55 77 54 74 56 Temp 60 57 55 63 74 77 70 62 59 57 55 62 72 74 68 62 60 58 57 Dewpt 50 49 48 51 52 52 52 52 51 50 50 52 51 50 50 49 48 49 48 RH 69 75 77 65 46 42 53 70 75 77 83 70 48 43 52 62 64 72 72 Wind dir S S S S S S SE SE SE SE E E SE S SE S S S S Wind spd 5 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 8 4 5 4 5 6 Clouds SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Date 10/27 Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat 10/31/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 71 56 74 57 76 59 75 58 70 Temp 69 65 60 57 72 69 61 57 73 70 63 60 73 69 62 59 67 66 Dewpt 51 51 51 51 56 56 56 55 58 58 58 57 59 57 56 55 58 59 PWind dir S S S S S SE S S S Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 20 30 20 30 20 40 70 Rain shwrs S S C S S C C S S S C C L Tstms S S S S $$ IAZ017-250900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 1032 PM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026 Date 10/24/26 Sun 10/25/26 Mon 10/26/26 Tue 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 49 67 44 63 47 Temp 55 52 50 57 64 67 59 51 48 47 46 52 60 63 58 53 52 50 50 Dewpt 49 48 47 48 47 46 42 38 36 35 33 39 41 43 44 44 46 47 46 RH 80 86 89 72 54 47 53 61 63 63 60 61 49 48 59 71 80 89 86 Wind dir N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 8 8 5 5 5 6 8 6 5 6 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 10 11 Clouds B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 5 5 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S Date 10/27 Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat 10/31/26 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 68 51 71 48 71 52 72 53 67 Temp 66 59 54 53 69 64 53 50 68 64 56 54 70 66 58 54 65 62 Dewpt 49 50 50 50 53 52 50 48 51 51 52 53 56 55 54 52 55 54 PWind dir S S SW SW N SE SE S S Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 PoP 12hr 10 30 40 30 20 30 20 60 70 Rain shwrs S C C C C S S S C S S C L C L $$ IAZ049-250900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 1032 PM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026 Date 10/24/26 Sun 10/25/26 Mon 10/26/26 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 53 75 50 71 52 Temp 58 55 53 62 72 75 67 59 55 52 51 58 67 71 65 58 56 54 54 Dewpt 51 50 49 52 53 52 53 51 49 46 44 47 49 50 50 50 50 50 49 RH 77 83 86 70 51 45 61 75 80 80 77 67 52 47 58 75 80 86 83 Wind dir S SE NE NE SE SE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 4 4 2 2 1 1 2 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 8 Clouds B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 5 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Date 10/27 Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat 10/31/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 71 55 74 53 73 56 74 56 69 Temp 69 63 57 56 71 68 57 54 71 67 59 57 72 68 59 57 67 64 Dewpt 51 51 51 52 55 55 54 52 54 55 55 55 58 56 55 54 56 57 PWind dir S S S S S E SE S S Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 10 20 20 40 20 20 20 40 60 Rain shwrs S S S S C C S S S S S S S C C L Tstms S $$ IAZ086-250900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 1032 PM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026 Date 10/24/26 Sun 10/25/26 Mon 10/26/26 Tue 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 79 54 75 55 Temp 58 57 55 64 76 79 70 62 59 56 54 61 72 75 69 61 59 56 56 Dewpt 49 48 47 50 52 52 52 52 51 50 51 54 53 52 51 52 51 51 50 RH 72 72 74 60 43 39 53 70 75 80 90 78 51 45 53 72 75 83 80 Wind dir S S S S S S SE S SE NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 6 4 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 Clouds SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Date 10/27 Wed 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat 10/31/26 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 74 57 76 57 77 59 77 59 72 Temp 72 66 60 58 73 70 62 58 74 71 63 60 75 71 63 60 70 68 Dewpt 53 52 53 52 56 57 57 55 58 58 58 57 59 57 57 56 59 59 PWind dir S S S S SW SE S S S Wind char LT LT GN LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 5 20 20 30 20 20 20 20 60 Rain shwrs S S S C S S S S S S S S C L $$