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Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
400 FOUS53 KDMX 290702 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 201 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026 IAZ060-300900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 201 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026 Date 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat 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 67 47 62 51 Temp 61 56 56 64 67 60 53 50 49 49 52 57 60 59 56 54 53 53 Dewpt 58 53 48 46 44 43 43 43 43 44 45 47 48 49 49 53 53 53 RH 90 90 74 52 43 53 69 77 80 83 77 69 64 69 77 96100100 Wind dir NW N N NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E SE Wind spd 8 9 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 8 9 9 8 8 6 4 4 3 Clouds B2 SC FW FW FW CL FW SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 10 0 40 60 90 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.04 0.15 0.12 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C L L D D L Tstms S C S S C C S S S S Date 10/31 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 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 66 52 69 55 68 55 65 50 62 Temp 64 62 56 53 66 65 58 56 66 65 60 57 64 61 54 51 60 58 Dewpt 58 57 55 53 57 57 56 56 60 60 58 56 55 53 51 49 51 49 PWind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E N N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 60 10 10 30 80 80 70 50 40 Rain shwrs L S C L D D L L L C C C C Tstms S S S $$ IAZ039-300900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 201 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026 Date 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 51 64 41 57 47 Temp 58 53 54 61 63 56 49 44 43 43 49 54 55 54 51 50 49 49 Dewpt 56 49 48 45 43 43 43 41 39 39 41 41 43 44 45 48 49 49 RH 93 86 80 56 48 62 80 89 86 86 74 61 64 69 80 93100100 Wind dir NW N N N N N NE NE E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 8 9 8 8 6 3 2 2 4 5 8 9 10 8 6 5 6 6 Clouds B1 SC SC CL FW CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 20 0 0 50 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.12 0.06 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S C S S L L L Tstms S Date 10/31 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 62 49 67 52 65 53 65 48 61 Temp 59 58 53 50 64 61 54 54 63 62 58 55 63 60 52 49 59 56 Dewpt 55 56 53 50 56 56 54 54 59 59 57 55 55 54 51 49 51 49 PWind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN BZ BZ GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 70 10 10 20 70 80 70 50 40 Rain shwrs L S S C L D L L L C C C C $$ IAZ048-300900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 201 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026 Date 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat 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 65 44 59 48 Temp 58 52 55 63 65 57 49 46 47 46 52 54 57 56 52 51 51 52 Dewpt 56 49 48 46 44 45 44 42 42 42 44 45 46 47 47 51 51 52 RH 93 89 77 54 46 64 83 86 83 86 74 71 67 72 83100100100 Wind dir N N N N NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E SE Wind spd 8 6 5 6 5 3 3 3 4 5 8 9 8 8 5 4 3 3 Clouds B1 SC FW CL CL CL FW FW B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 5 0 20 60 80 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.01 0.12 0.09 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C C D D L Tstms C C S S S S S S Date 10/31 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 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 51 69 54 67 54 66 48 63 Temp 62 61 54 52 66 64 56 55 64 64 59 55 63 60 52 49 60 57 Dewpt 58 57 54 52 58 57 56 55 60 60 58 55 55 53 51 49 51 49 PWind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE NE N N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 70 10 10 30 80 80 70 50 40 Rain shwrs L C L D D L L L C C C C Tstms S S $$ IAZ004-300900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 201 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026 Date 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 39 59 38 55 44 Temp 45 40 46 55 58 52 44 41 39 38 46 49 51 53 47 46 46 46 Dewpt 43 39 41 42 39 40 40 38 38 37 39 40 41 41 42 44 46 46 RH 93 96 83 61 49 63 86 89 96 96 76 71 68 64 83 93100100 Wind dir NW N N N NE NE E E E E E SE E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 6 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 6 10 10 8 6 5 5 5 Clouds FW FW CL FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 5 0 0 10 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.25 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L L Tstms Date 10/31 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 60 48 65 51 61 49 57 43 54 Temp 55 56 52 49 61 60 54 52 58 59 54 51 55 54 47 44 50 50 Dewpt 54 53 52 49 56 53 53 52 57 55 53 50 51 48 45 44 46 43 PWind dir SE S S SE SE E N N N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 60 5 5 20 80 80 60 40 30 Rain shwrs L S S L D D L L C C C C S Tstms S S S $$ IAZ035-300900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 201 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026 Date 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat 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 45 64 42 58 46 Temp 52 46 52 61 63 55 46 43 43 45 50 54 55 53 49 48 48 49 Dewpt 51 45 45 44 41 42 42 40 40 41 42 43 44 44 45 48 48 49 RH 96 96 77 53 44 61 86 89 89 86 74 66 66 71 86100100100 Wind dir NW N N N NE E E E E E E E E E E E E SE Wind spd 3 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 4 4 6 8 6 6 5 4 4 4 Clouds SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 5 0 10 40 80 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.03 0.12 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C C D D L Tstms S Date 10/31 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 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 64 50 68 53 65 52 63 47 60 Temp 60 59 53 51 65 62 55 54 63 61 56 54 61 57 50 48 58 54 Dewpt 56 55 53 51 57 56 55 54 59 58 56 53 53 50 48 46 48 46 PWind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE NE N N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 60 10 5 30 80 80 70 50 30 Rain shwrs L C L D D L L C C C C C Tstms S $$ IAZ094-300900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 201 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026 Date 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 57 69 51 68 54 Temp 61 58 59 66 69 62 56 55 54 53 57 64 66 63 59 58 56 56 Dewpt 57 58 53 50 47 47 46 46 48 49 52 55 57 56 54 58 56 56 RH 87100 80 56 45 58 69 72 80 86 83 73 73 78 83100100100 Wind dir NW N NE NE NE NE E E E E E SE E E E SE SE S Wind spd 8 8 9 9 8 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 6 5 5 4 3 3 Clouds B2 B2 SC CL CL CL SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 30 0 50 60 80 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0.06 0.09 0.10 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C L C C D D D D C Tstms S C C C C C C S S Date 10/31 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 68 52 70 55 69 54 66 49 62 Temp 66 63 57 53 67 65 59 57 67 65 60 56 64 61 54 51 61 58 Dewpt 58 56 56 53 58 57 57 57 61 60 59 56 55 52 51 50 51 49 PWind dir S SE SE SE SE SE E N N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 40 20 10 40 80 80 70 30 30 Rain shwrs C S S S C L D D L L L C C C S Tstms C S S $$ IAZ017-300900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 201 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026 Date 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat 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 44 61 36 57 42 Temp 50 45 50 58 61 52 44 41 39 39 48 54 55 51 47 46 46 46 Dewpt 49 44 44 41 39 40 39 38 37 37 39 39 40 41 42 43 45 46 RH 96 96 80 53 44 63 82 89 92 92 71 57 57 68 83 89 96100 Wind dir NW NW N N N NE E E E E E SE E E E E E SE Wind spd 5 3 4 5 4 2 1 1 3 4 6 8 9 6 5 4 5 5 Clouds SC SC FW FW CL FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV PoP 12hr 5 0 0 20 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.02 0.05 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S L L L Tstms Date 10/31 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 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 62 47 66 49 63 49 62 44 59 Temp 59 57 51 48 63 60 53 52 62 60 55 53 60 56 50 47 57 53 Dewpt 52 52 51 48 54 53 52 52 56 55 54 52 51 49 47 45 47 44 PWind dir SE SE SE SE SE E NE NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 70 10 10 20 70 80 70 50 40 Rain shwrs L S S L L D L L C C C C C $$ IAZ049-300900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 201 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026 Date 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 51 65 42 58 47 Temp 58 53 55 62 65 56 48 45 44 44 50 54 56 54 51 50 49 50 Dewpt 56 49 47 45 42 42 43 41 40 40 42 44 45 45 46 49 49 50 RH 93 86 74 54 43 59 83 86 86 86 74 69 66 71 83 96100100 Wind dir NW N N N N NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 5 8 6 5 5 3 2 3 4 5 8 8 8 6 6 4 4 4 Clouds B2 FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 10 0 5 50 80 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.11 0.07 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C D D L Tstms S S S S S S Date 10/31 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 64 49 69 52 66 53 65 47 62 Temp 61 59 53 50 66 63 55 54 64 63 57 55 63 60 51 49 59 56 Dewpt 56 55 53 50 56 56 55 54 58 59 57 55 55 53 50 48 50 48 PWind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 70 10 10 20 70 80 70 50 40 Rain shwrs L S S L L D L L L C C C C Tstms S $$ IAZ086-300900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 201 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026 Date 10/28/26 Thu 10/29/26 Fri 10/30/26 Sat 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 60 70 47 65 52 Temp 63 60 61 67 69 60 53 51 50 49 54 60 63 60 57 56 55 54 Dewpt 58 60 54 49 45 44 45 44 43 43 45 47 49 49 50 56 55 54 RH 84100 78 52 42 55 74 77 77 80 71 62 60 67 77100100100 Wind dir W N N N NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E SE SE Wind spd 5 5 8 6 6 3 4 4 5 6 8 8 6 6 5 4 4 3 Clouds B2 B2 B1 CL CL CL CL FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 30 0 20 50 80 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.01 0.07 0.12 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C C L L D D C Tstms S S S S S S Date 10/31 Sun 11/01/26 Mon 11/02/26 Tue 11/03/26 Wed 11/04/26 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 52 71 55 70 56 69 51 65 Temp 65 63 57 53 68 65 58 57 67 66 61 58 66 63 56 52 63 60 Dewpt 59 57 57 53 59 58 58 57 61 61 61 58 58 56 54 52 54 51 PWind dir SE E SE SE SE SE SE E N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 40 10 10 20 70 80 70 50 50 Rain shwrs C S S L L D L L L C C C C Tstms S S $$