Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
451 FOUS53 KDMX 280327 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 926 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 IAZ060-281000- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 926 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 Sun CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 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 18 32 26 32 15 Temp 23 21 18 22 28 31 30 28 28 27 28 29 31 30 29 25 22 19 16 Dewpt 17 16 15 16 14 14 17 21 25 26 27 29 30 29 26 23 20 17 15 RH 77 81 88 77 55 49 58 75 88 96 96100 96 96 88 92 92 92 96 Wind dir NW NW NW NE SE SE E E E E E E E N N NW NW NW NW Wind spd 6 3 2 2 3 6 8 10 11 12 11 10 10 12 13 14 14 14 13 Clouds B1 FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 PoP 12hr 0 40 100 100 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.41 0.45 0.03 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 5 Snow S C D D D D D D D C C Wind chill 15 24 22 19 18 16 19 20 22 20 18 13 9 5 2 Min chill 13 13 15 21 17 15 17 16 8 0 Winter Storm W W W W W W W W W W W W Date 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 21 5 19 8 25 16 30 9 25 Temp 19 16 9 7 16 16 14 12 23 22 19 22 28 26 18 10 19 19 Dewpt 15 10 6 4 12 11 12 10 19 19 17 19 24 21 15 9 15 15 PWind dir NW NW S S SW S W NW W Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 5 20 5 0 5 10 5 5 Snow S S $$ IAZ039-281000- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 926 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 Sun CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 17 29 22 29 14 Temp 22 20 18 22 27 29 28 25 24 23 24 25 28 28 26 24 22 19 16 Dewpt 15 15 14 16 14 13 14 17 22 23 23 25 26 27 25 24 21 19 15 RH 74 81 84 77 57 51 55 71 92100 96100 92 96 96100 96100 96 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW SE E SE E E E E E NE NE N N NW NW Wind spd 10 8 5 4 3 3 3 5 8 11 12 13 13 13 12 14 16 17 16 Clouds SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 10 100 100 80 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.28 0.42 0.09 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 4 Snow S L D D D D D D D D S S Wind chill 11 9 10 16 18 15 12 12 13 17 17 15 12 8 4 0 Min chill 10 7 9 22 14 11 12 14 8 -1 Winter Storm W W W W W W W W W W W W Date 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 20 1 15 4 22 12 27 5 23 Temp 19 14 6 2 13 11 10 10 20 19 16 18 26 23 15 6 16 14 Dewpt 15 9 4 0 8 7 8 9 17 16 16 16 22 18 13 6 11 10 PWind dir NW NW SW SW SW S W NW W Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 20 10 0 5 10 10 5 Snow S $$ IAZ048-281000- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 926 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 Sun CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 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 17 30 24 30 13 Temp 21 20 17 22 28 29 28 25 25 25 26 28 29 29 26 23 21 17 14 Dewpt 15 16 15 17 15 14 18 22 25 25 25 28 28 28 25 23 20 17 14 RH 77 84 92 81 58 53 66 88100100 96100 96 96 96100 96100100 Wind dir N NW NW NW S SE E E E E E E E NE N N NW NW NW Wind spd 8 3 2 2 3 5 6 9 10 12 11 11 11 13 13 14 16 14 13 Clouds SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 PoP 12hr 0 40 100 100 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.46 0.45 0.05 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 6 Snow S L D D D D D D D L L S S Wind chill 12 14 23 21 16 15 14 15 18 19 18 14 10 8 2 -1 Min chill 11 11 15 20 13 12 15 14 7 -2 Winter Storm W W W W W W W W W W W W Date 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 19 2 17 5 23 13 29 5 24 Temp 18 14 6 4 14 13 12 10 21 20 17 20 27 23 15 6 17 16 Dewpt 15 10 5 3 11 10 11 10 19 18 16 18 24 20 14 6 13 13 PWind dir NW NW S S SW S W NW W Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 0 5 20 10 0 5 10 10 5 Snow S S $$ IAZ004-281000- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 926 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 Sun CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 13 26 19 24 8 Temp 16 15 14 18 23 26 24 22 21 20 20 21 23 23 20 18 17 14 9 Dewpt 13 11 11 14 14 14 17 19 20 20 20 21 23 21 19 17 14 12 7 RH 88 84 88 84 68 60 74 88 96100100100100 92 96 96 88 92 91 Wind dir NW NW NW NW SE SE E E E E E NE NE N N N NW NW NW Wind spd 6 5 3 2 2 5 8 10 10 11 11 12 14 18 16 17 17 16 13 Wind gust 26 27 Clouds FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC PoP 12hr 0 50 100 100 40 QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0.36 0.21 0.03 Snow 12hr 00-00 T 5 Snow S D D D D D D D D C C Wind chill 6 7 8 19 15 11 10 8 8 9 10 9 6 3 1 -3 -7 Min chill 5 5 10 14 10 7 7 6 1 -7 Winter Storm W W W W W W W W W W W W W Date 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 16 0 17 6 22 11 25 1 23 Temp 15 10 4 2 14 13 12 8 19 18 17 20 23 18 8 3 17 17 Dewpt 11 6 2 0 10 10 10 7 16 16 16 16 19 13 6 2 13 14 PWind dir NW W SW SW SW SW NW NW SW Wind char GN LT GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 0 5 10 0 0 5 10 5 5 $$ IAZ035-281000- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 926 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 Sun CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 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 14 29 22 27 11 Temp 19 17 15 19 26 28 26 23 23 23 23 25 27 26 23 20 18 15 12 Dewpt 14 14 12 14 14 14 18 21 22 23 23 25 26 25 22 19 17 15 11 RH 80 88 88 80 60 55 71 92 96100100100 96 96 96 96 96100 96 Wind dir NW NW NW NW SE SE E E E E E E NE N N N NW NW NW Wind spd 4 3 2 1 2 5 6 9 10 10 10 10 11 14 14 16 14 14 12 Clouds SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 PoP 12hr 0 50 100 100 50 QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0.42 0.36 0.04 Snow 12hr 00-00 T 6 Snow S D D D D D D D D C C Wind chill 12 21 19 13 12 12 12 15 17 14 11 6 4 0 -3 Min chill 11 10 13 17 11 12 12 10 3 -4 Winter Storm W W W W W W W W W W W W W Date 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 18 1 16 5 22 12 27 3 23 Temp 16 12 5 3 14 12 10 10 20 18 17 20 25 21 12 4 16 15 Dewpt 12 8 4 2 10 9 10 10 17 16 16 18 22 18 10 4 12 13 PWind dir NW W S S SW S NW NW W Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 0 5 20 0 0 5 10 5 5 Snow S S $$ IAZ094-281000- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 926 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 Sun CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 18 33 27 34 15 Temp 24 21 18 23 30 32 31 30 29 28 32 33 33 32 29 25 22 18 16 Dewpt 18 16 15 16 14 14 16 21 27 28 30 33 33 31 27 24 20 17 15 RH 77 81 88 74 51 47 53 69 92100 92100100 96 92 96 92 96 96 Wind dir N N N E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E N NW NW NW NW NW Wind spd 5 3 2 2 5 9 9 10 11 12 11 10 9 12 13 14 14 14 13 Wind gust 25 24 Clouds SC FW SC B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 0 20 100 100 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.32 0.51 0.02 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 2 Frzg drzl D D Rain D D D Snow S S L D D S D D D C C Wind chill 17 24 24 23 21 19 17 23 25 25 23 18 12 9 4 2 Min chill 12 15 15 21 19 17 22 17 8 1 Winter Storm A A A A A A A A A A A A Date 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 20 8 19 9 25 16 32 12 26 Temp 20 16 10 9 17 17 15 12 23 22 19 22 30 27 21 13 22 21 Dewpt 15 11 8 7 14 14 14 12 20 19 18 20 26 24 18 13 17 18 PWind dir NW N SE S SW S SW N W Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 5 30 10 0 0 5 5 5 Snow S C $$ IAZ017-281000- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 926 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 Sun CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 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 15 26 19 25 11 Temp 18 17 16 19 23 26 24 23 21 20 21 23 25 25 23 21 19 17 12 Dewpt 14 14 13 15 15 15 15 18 20 20 21 23 24 24 22 19 17 15 12 RH 84 88 88 84 71 62 68 81 96100100100 96 96 96 92 92 92100 Wind dir NW NW NW NW W SE E E E E E E E NE N N N NW NW Wind spd 9 5 4 2 2 2 4 5 8 10 11 11 12 13 12 13 14 16 14 Clouds SC FW B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 10 100 100 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.31 0.32 0.08 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 5 Snow C D D D D D D D L L S S Wind chill 7 9 8 15 11 9 10 12 14 13 11 8 5 2 -4 Min chill 5 5 7 17 10 8 9 11 5 -5 Winter Storm W W W W W W W W W W W W Date 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 16 -1 14 4 20 11 24 2 20 Temp 16 11 4 1 12 10 9 10 18 17 16 19 23 19 10 3 14 13 Dewpt 13 7 3 1 8 7 8 10 16 15 16 16 20 16 9 3 10 10 PWind dir NW W S SW SW SW W NW W Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 10 5 0 5 10 10 5 $$ IAZ049-281000- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 926 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 Sun CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 16 30 22 29 13 Temp 20 19 17 21 27 29 28 25 24 23 24 26 28 28 26 24 22 18 14 Dewpt 14 14 14 16 14 14 15 19 22 23 24 26 28 28 26 23 20 17 14 RH 77 80 88 81 57 53 58 78 92100100100100100100 96 92 96100 Wind dir NW NW NW NW SW SE E SE E E E E E NE N N NW NW NW Wind spd 8 5 3 2 2 2 4 6 9 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 14 14 13 Clouds SC SC FW B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 0 30 100 100 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.39 0.46 0.06 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 5 Snow C D D D D D D D L L S S Wind chill 11 11 17 14 12 14 15 18 18 15 12 8 4 -1 Min chill 9 7 10 19 12 11 13 14 8 -1 Winter Storm W W W W W W W W W W W W Date 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 20 0 16 5 22 12 28 5 23 Temp 18 14 6 2 13 12 10 10 20 19 15 19 26 23 15 6 17 15 Dewpt 15 8 4 0 10 9 10 10 17 16 15 17 23 19 13 6 13 12 PWind dir NW NW S S SW S W NW W Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 20 10 0 5 10 10 5 Snow S $$ IAZ086-281000- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 926 PM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 Sun CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 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 15 33 26 33 17 Temp 22 19 16 22 29 32 31 28 28 27 29 31 32 33 31 28 25 21 18 Dewpt 16 16 15 17 14 14 15 19 24 27 28 31 32 32 30 27 24 20 18 RH 77 88 96 81 53 47 51 68 85100 96100100 96 96 96 96 96100 Wind dir NW NW NW NW SW SE E E E SE SE SE E E N NW NW NW NW Wind spd 8 5 4 2 2 4 5 9 10 12 13 12 12 10 10 13 14 16 16 Wind gust 24 24 24 26 27 27 Clouds SC FW FW SC B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 PoP 12hr 0 20 100 100 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.33 0.51 0.05 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 4 Rain S S Snow S L D D D D D D L L Wind chill 12 11 9 25 20 18 16 18 21 23 24 22 17 12 7 3 Min chill 10 7 9 22 17 14 18 22 11 2 Winter Storm W W W W W W W W W W W W Date 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 Thu 12/04/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 22 4 18 7 25 14 32 10 26 Temp 21 16 10 6 16 16 12 10 23 22 18 20 29 28 20 11 21 20 Dewpt 17 12 8 5 12 13 11 10 19 18 16 18 24 23 17 11 16 16 PWind dir NW NW SE S SW S SW NW W Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 0 30 10 0 5 10 5 5 Snow C $$