Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
549 FOUS53 KDMX 261827 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 127 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026 IAZ060-262100- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 127 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026 Date Sat 09/26/26 Sun 09/27/26 Mon 09/28/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 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 65 60 69 60 71 Temp 65 64 62 61 60 60 62 66 68 66 63 62 61 60 64 68 71 67 Dewpt 64 63 62 61 60 60 61 63 65 64 63 62 61 60 61 61 63 62 RH 97 97100100100100 97 90 90 93100100100100 90 78 76 84 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E E SE SE E Wind spd 12 10 9 6 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 6 5 Clouds B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 50 30 10 5 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.12 0.02 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C S S Tstms C S S Date Tue 09/29/26 Wed 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 60 69 64 70 62 69 56 67 Temp 62 60 66 65 65 64 68 67 64 63 67 64 59 57 64 63 Dewpt 59 55 63 65 65 64 66 66 64 62 62 60 57 54 57 58 PWind dir SE S S S SE NE N E Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 80 80 70 70 60 30 30 Rain shwrs C D D L L L L L L C C C C C Tstms S C S S S S C S S $$ IAZ039-262100- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 127 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026 Date Sat 09/26/26 Sun 09/27/26 Mon 09/28/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 61 57 66 57 71 Temp 60 61 58 58 57 57 60 63 65 64 60 59 58 57 62 68 71 67 Dewpt 57 57 57 56 56 56 58 60 60 60 60 59 58 57 60 60 59 60 RH 90 87 96 93 96 96 93 90 84 87100100100100 93 76 66 78 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E NE NE NE E E SE SE SE Wind spd 12 9 8 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 Clouds B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 80 50 40 10 5 QPF 12hr 0.03 0.03 0.03 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S C C C C S S Date Tue 09/29/26 Wed 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 57 69 60 70 60 69 53 66 Temp 58 57 66 64 61 61 68 67 62 60 67 64 56 53 64 62 Dewpt 57 54 60 63 61 61 64 63 62 60 61 57 54 51 55 55 PWind dir SE S S S S NW N NE Wind char LT GN GN LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 60 70 60 60 50 30 20 Rain shwrs S L L L L L C L C C C C S S Tstms S S $$ IAZ048-262100- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 127 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026 Date Sat 09/26/26 Sun 09/27/26 Mon 09/28/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 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 63 59 68 59 71 Temp 63 63 61 60 59 59 61 65 66 65 63 61 60 59 63 68 71 67 Dewpt 63 62 61 60 59 59 61 63 64 64 63 61 60 59 61 61 62 62 RH 100 97100100100100100 93 93 97100100100100 93 78 73 84 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 12 10 9 6 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 1 2 2 3 5 6 4 Clouds B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 30 50 30 10 5 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.15 0.02 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C S S Tstms S C S S Date Tue 09/29/26 Wed 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 59 69 62 71 61 69 55 67 Temp 61 59 66 64 63 62 68 67 64 61 66 64 58 55 64 62 Dewpt 59 56 63 64 63 62 65 66 63 61 61 59 56 53 56 57 PWind dir SE S S S SE N N E Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 80 70 60 60 60 30 30 Rain shwrs C D L L L L L L L C S C S C Tstms S C S S S $$ IAZ004-262100- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 127 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026 Date Sat 09/26/26 Sun 09/27/26 Mon 09/28/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 63 57 68 57 70 Temp 63 63 60 59 59 59 61 65 67 66 61 59 59 57 62 67 69 67 Dewpt 61 62 60 59 59 59 61 63 64 63 61 59 59 57 60 61 62 62 RH 93 97100100100100100 93 90 90100100100100 93 81 78 84 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S NE NE E E SE SE SE SE SE S SE Wind spd 13 11 10 8 5 4 3 3 5 4 3 2 2 3 5 9 10 8 Clouds OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 40 50 20 10 0 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.14 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S C C S Tstms S S S C S Date Tue 09/29/26 Wed 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 58 66 58 69 56 66 52 64 Temp 60 58 63 64 60 58 66 66 59 57 64 62 55 52 61 60 Dewpt 59 56 61 64 60 58 61 62 59 55 55 54 50 47 51 53 PWind dir S S SW SE SW N N NE Wind char GN GN LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 80 40 40 40 30 20 20 Rain shwrs S D D C S C C C C C C S S S Tstms S S $$ IAZ035-262100- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 127 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026 Date Sat 09/26/26 Sun 09/27/26 Mon 09/28/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 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 64 58 68 59 71 Temp 64 63 61 60 59 59 61 64 66 65 62 61 60 59 63 68 70 67 Dewpt 63 63 61 60 59 59 61 63 64 64 62 61 60 59 61 62 62 63 RH 97100100100100100100 97 93 97100100100100 93 81 76 87 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E NE E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 11 10 9 6 5 4 3 2 3 3 2 1 2 2 3 5 5 4 Clouds OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 40 70 30 5 5 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.24 0.04 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S C C C S Tstms S S C C Date Tue 09/29/26 Wed 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 59 68 60 70 59 68 53 66 Temp 61 59 64 64 62 60 67 66 62 59 65 63 56 53 63 61 Dewpt 60 56 63 64 62 60 64 65 62 59 59 58 54 51 54 56 PWind dir SE S S SE SE N N E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 90 60 50 50 40 20 20 Rain shwrs D D L C C C C C C C S S S S Tstms C S $$ IAZ094-262100- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 127 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026 Date Sat 09/26/26 Sun 09/27/26 Mon 09/28/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 69 60 71 60 72 Temp 69 67 64 63 61 60 63 68 70 67 64 63 61 60 63 69 72 67 Dewpt 67 66 64 63 61 60 63 66 66 66 64 63 61 60 61 62 63 64 RH 93 97100100100100100 93 87 97100100100100 93 78 73 90 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE E E E E E SE SE E Wind spd 11 8 6 6 6 5 5 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 6 5 4 Clouds B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 40 60 40 20 5 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.08 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C L C S S S S Tstms S S C C C Date Tue 09/29/26 Wed 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 60 70 64 70 63 70 56 67 Temp 62 60 67 66 65 64 68 68 65 63 68 64 60 57 65 62 Dewpt 59 56 65 66 65 64 68 67 65 63 65 63 59 55 60 60 PWind dir SE S S S SE N NE E Wind char LT GN LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 80 90 70 80 60 40 30 Rain shwrs C D D L L L D L L C C C C S Tstms S C C C C S C C S $$ IAZ017-262100- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 127 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026 Date Sat 09/26/26 Sun 09/27/26 Mon 09/28/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 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 61 55 65 55 70 Temp 60 60 57 57 56 55 59 63 64 63 59 58 57 57 61 68 70 66 Dewpt 57 57 57 57 56 55 59 60 61 60 59 58 57 57 60 60 60 60 RH 90 90100100100100100 90 90 90100100100100 97 76 71 81 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 12 9 8 6 5 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 5 5 4 Wind gust 24 Clouds B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 60 60 50 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.03 0.10 0.07 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S C C L C C S S Tstms S S S S Date Tue 09/29/26 Wed 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 56 67 57 70 56 68 51 65 Temp 58 56 64 63 60 58 67 65 60 57 65 62 55 51 62 60 Dewpt 58 54 60 62 60 58 63 61 59 57 58 55 51 48 52 53 PWind dir SE S S S S N N NE Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 80 60 40 50 40 20 20 Rain shwrs L D L C C C C C C C S S S S Tstms S S $$ IAZ049-262100- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 127 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026 Date Sat 09/26/26 Sun 09/27/26 Mon 09/28/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 61 57 66 57 70 Temp 61 60 58 57 57 57 60 63 66 64 60 59 58 57 62 67 70 66 Dewpt 59 59 58 57 57 57 59 61 62 62 60 59 58 57 60 60 60 61 RH 93 96100100100100 96 93 87 93100100100100 93 78 71 84 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 11 9 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 Clouds B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 40 50 40 10 5 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.07 0.03 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C S S Tstms S Date Tue 09/29/26 Wed 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 57 68 61 69 60 68 53 66 Temp 58 57 65 63 62 61 67 67 62 60 66 64 56 53 63 62 Dewpt 57 54 61 63 62 61 64 64 62 60 61 58 55 52 56 56 PWind dir SE S S S S N N E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 70 80 60 60 60 30 20 Rain shwrs S L D L L L L L L C C C S S Tstms S S S $$ IAZ086-262100- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 127 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026 Date Sat 09/26/26 Sun 09/27/26 Mon 09/28/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 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 64 58 71 59 72 Temp 64 63 61 59 58 58 62 66 69 67 63 61 60 59 63 69 71 67 Dewpt 62 61 60 59 58 58 61 63 64 64 63 61 60 59 61 62 62 63 RH 93 93 97100100100 97 90 84 90100100100100 93 78 73 87 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE E E E E E SE SE E Wind spd 10 8 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW SC PoP 12hr 30 40 30 5 5 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.06 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C S Tstms S S Date Tue 09/29/26 Wed 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 59 72 64 72 64 72 57 68 Temp 60 59 69 67 65 65 68 69 66 64 68 67 60 57 65 64 Dewpt 58 55 64 67 65 65 68 68 66 64 66 64 60 57 61 61 PWind dir SE S S S S SW N NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 60 80 70 70 70 40 30 Rain shwrs S L D D L L L L L C C C C C Tstms S C S S S S S $$