Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
427 FOUS53 KDMX 270547 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1247 AM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 IAZ060-280900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 1247 AM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 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 79 98 73 88 69 Temp 82 81 82 89 95 97 96 83 78 75 73 82 85 88 87 77 73 71 70 Dewpt 79 76 74 74 76 76 75 72 70 69 69 71 71 70 69 70 69 68 68 RH 91 85 77 61 54 51 51 70 76 82 87 69 63 55 55 79 87 90 93 Wind dir S S SW W NW N NW NW NW N N E E E E E E SE SE Wind spd 5 6 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 3 3 3 2 Clouds SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 20 10 0 5 5 QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Tstms S Obvis K K K K Heat index 93 87 87 98109112108 89 90 93 Max heat 98 91 111 115 105 92 96 89 Date 07/29 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 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 91 70 89 69 82 66 83 65 85 Temp 88 90 75 71 87 86 74 69 80 80 70 67 81 81 69 66 83 83 Dewpt 68 66 66 65 67 66 68 68 70 68 68 66 67 66 66 65 66 65 PWind dir SE SE S S NW N N NE E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 20 70 50 10 5 5 0 Rain shwrs S S C L C S Tstms S S C C S S $$ IAZ039-280900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 1247 AM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 77 95 70 86 66 Temp 77 78 79 86 92 94 90 80 75 72 71 78 82 84 84 74 70 68 67 Dewpt 73 73 74 77 81 78 75 72 69 68 67 69 70 69 69 69 67 65 65 RH 87 85 85 75 70 60 62 77 82 87 87 74 67 61 61 84 90 90 93 Wind dir S S SW SW W NW NW NW N N NE NE NE NE NE E E SE SE Wind spd 4 6 6 9 10 12 10 9 8 6 5 5 4 6 5 2 2 2 2 Clouds SC FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 5 0 5 5 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs Tstms Obvis K K K Heat index 97113111102 89 Max heat 84 114 116 98 87 91 86 Date 07/29 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 86 67 85 68 82 65 83 64 84 Temp 83 85 71 69 83 82 72 69 79 79 69 66 80 81 68 65 82 82 Dewpt 69 70 67 65 70 69 67 67 70 69 67 65 68 67 65 63 67 66 PWind dir S SE S S NE N N NE SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 5 10 50 50 20 5 5 0 Rain shwrs S C C C S Tstms S C S S S $$ IAZ048-280900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 1247 AM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 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 78 97 71 87 68 Temp 81 79 80 88 93 96 93 80 76 73 71 80 83 86 85 75 72 70 68 Dewpt 78 77 75 77 79 79 76 71 70 69 69 71 72 71 71 71 69 67 67 RH 91 94 85 70 64 58 58 74 82 87 93 74 70 61 63 87 90 90 97 Wind dir S S S W NW NW NW NW NW N N NE E NE SE E E SE SE Wind spd 5 5 4 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 2 1 1 2 Clouds SC FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 5 0 10 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs Tstms Obvis K K K K K Heat index 89 85 99111114106 88 92 90 Max heat 96 89 114 118 102 90 95 88 Date 07/29 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 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 87 68 82 65 82 64 86 Temp 86 87 74 70 85 83 73 69 79 79 69 66 80 80 68 66 83 83 Dewpt 70 70 67 66 70 69 68 68 71 70 68 66 69 68 66 65 68 67 PWind dir SE SE S SE N N N NE SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 30 70 40 10 5 10 0 Rain shwrs C C L C Tstms S S C S $$ IAZ004-280900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 1247 AM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 75 94 69 87 66 Temp 80 78 78 85 92 94 90 78 74 71 69 78 83 86 85 75 70 68 67 Dewpt 78 75 74 74 66 64 66 65 65 64 65 68 69 69 69 69 67 66 65 RH 94 91 88 70 43 37 45 64 74 79 87 71 63 57 59 82 90 93 93 Wind dir S S W N N N N N N N N E SE SE SE SE S S S Wind spd 6 6 5 10 10 11 10 9 8 5 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 Clouds FW FW CL CL B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 0 0 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Obvis K K K K K K Heat index 87 93 Max heat 91 87 95 97 89 87 91 85 Heat Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Date 07/29 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 89 68 83 66 81 63 81 62 85 Temp 86 88 72 68 81 80 69 66 78 80 67 64 79 80 66 64 82 82 Dewpt 69 69 66 65 69 69 67 66 69 67 65 63 66 65 64 62 65 66 PWind dir S S S SW N N N SE S Wind char GN GN GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 40 70 30 10 5 5 0 Rain shwrs S C L L C Tstms S C C C S $$ IAZ035-280900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 1247 AM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 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 76 96 70 87 67 Temp 82 79 79 86 93 95 92 79 75 72 70 79 83 86 85 75 71 69 67 Dewpt 78 76 75 77 77 71 73 69 68 67 67 70 71 71 71 70 69 67 67 RH 88 91 88 75 60 46 54 72 79 84 90 74 67 61 63 84 93 93100 Wind dir S S SW N N N N NW N N N E E E SE SE SE S S Wind spd 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Clouds SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 5 0 10 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs Tstms Obvis K K K K K Heat index 91 98106103100 88 91 90 Max heat 97 88 108 106 97 90 94 86 Date 07/29 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 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 87 67 83 64 83 63 86 Temp 86 88 72 69 84 83 72 68 79 80 67 65 80 81 67 65 83 83 Dewpt 70 70 67 65 70 69 68 68 71 69 66 65 67 67 65 64 67 67 PWind dir S SE S S N N N E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 30 70 40 10 5 10 0 Rain shwrs S C L L C Tstms S C C S S $$ IAZ094-280900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 1247 AM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 77 96 73 88 69 Temp 80 79 79 86 93 95 94 84 78 74 73 81 85 86 86 78 73 71 69 Dewpt 76 75 74 73 74 73 75 75 72 69 69 71 70 68 68 69 68 68 67 RH 88 88 85 65 54 49 54 74 82 84 87 72 61 55 55 74 84 90 93 Wind dir S S SW SW W W W W N N N E NE E E E E E SE Wind spd 6 6 6 10 8 6 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 Wind gust 17 Clouds SC B1 B1 FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 20 20 10 10 5 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0.02 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S Obvis K K Heat index 86 93103105106 91 86 Max heat 87 86 106 107 105 90 93 87 Date 07/29 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 90 68 86 69 82 66 82 65 84 Temp 87 89 73 69 84 83 72 69 80 80 69 67 81 80 69 66 82 82 Dewpt 66 64 65 64 66 66 67 68 69 68 68 66 65 64 65 65 64 63 PWind dir SE SE S SE NW N N NE E Wind char LT LT GN GN GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 20 70 50 20 20 20 0 Rain shwrs S S C L C S S S S S Tstms S S C C C S S S S $$ IAZ017-280900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 1247 AM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 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 76 94 68 86 65 Temp 78 78 78 86 92 94 89 78 74 71 68 77 82 84 85 73 70 67 66 Dewpt 76 75 75 77 74 70 72 68 67 66 66 68 69 68 69 68 66 65 66 RH 94 91 91 75 56 46 57 71 79 84 93 74 65 59 59 84 87 93100 Wind dir S SW SW W NW NW NW NW N N NE E E E E SE SE S S Wind spd 5 8 6 8 10 11 9 8 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 Clouds FW FW FW FW B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 10 5 0 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs Tstms Obvis K K K K Heat index 96102 99 96 Max heat 103 101 91 85 90 85 Heat Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Date 07/29 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 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 66 85 66 81 63 83 62 84 Temp 84 85 71 68 82 82 71 67 78 78 67 65 81 81 67 64 81 82 Dewpt 70 70 67 65 69 69 67 67 69 68 65 64 66 66 63 63 66 66 PWind dir S S S S N N N SE S Wind char LT LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 5 30 70 40 20 0 5 0 Rain shwrs C C L C S S Tstms C C C S S S $$ IAZ049-280900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 1247 AM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 76 95 70 86 66 Temp 79 78 79 86 91 94 91 78 75 72 71 78 82 84 83 73 70 68 67 Dewpt 77 76 75 76 80 79 77 70 69 68 68 70 71 70 70 69 67 66 65 RH 94 94 88 72 70 62 64 76 82 87 90 76 69 63 65 87 90 93 93 Wind dir S S SW W NW NW NW NW N N N NE NE NE E E SE SE SE Wind spd 6 6 6 8 6 8 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 2 Wind gust 17 Clouds SC SC SC CL FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 5 0 10 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs Tstms Obvis K K K K Heat index 96108112104 89 Max heat 93 111 115 99 86 91 83 Date 07/29 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 87 66 86 67 81 64 82 63 85 Temp 84 85 71 68 82 82 71 68 77 78 67 65 79 79 67 65 81 81 Dewpt 70 69 66 64 69 69 66 66 70 69 66 65 68 68 65 63 67 67 PWind dir S SE S S N N N NE E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 20 60 50 10 5 5 0 Rain shwrs S C L C S S Tstms S C C S S S $$ IAZ086-280900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 1247 AM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 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 77 97 72 88 67 Temp 81 79 80 86 93 96 94 83 77 74 73 81 84 86 86 76 72 69 68 Dewpt 77 76 75 75 76 77 77 76 72 70 70 71 71 70 69 70 69 67 67 RH 88 91 85 70 58 55 58 80 85 87 90 72 65 59 57 82 90 93 97 Wind dir S SW SW SW W W W NW NW N N NE NE NE NE NE E SE SE Wind spd 5 6 6 10 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 4 3 3 3 Clouds B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 10 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Obvis K K K Heat index 88 96107111109 91 89 91 Max heat 93 87 109 114 105 91 95 87 Date 07/29 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 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 67 90 69 80 66 82 65 84 Temp 87 88 72 69 87 86 73 69 78 79 68 67 80 80 69 67 81 81 Dewpt 66 65 66 65 65 65 67 68 70 69 68 67 67 66 66 66 66 65 PWind dir SE SE SE SE NW NE N N NE Wind char LT LT LT GN GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 20 60 50 30 5 5 5 Rain shwrs S C L C C C Tstms S S C S S S $$