Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
615 FOUS53 KDMX 271707 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1107 AM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 IAZ060-272200- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 1107 AM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 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 37 18 32 26 32 Temp 34 36 31 26 24 21 19 22 28 32 30 29 27 27 28 29 31 31 29 Dewpt 18 17 16 17 17 15 15 15 14 13 16 19 24 26 27 29 30 29 26 RH 51 45 53 68 74 77 84 74 55 45 55 66 88 96 96100 96 92 88 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N S SE E E E E E E E NE N Wind spd 11 12 8 6 5 3 2 2 3 6 9 10 11 12 11 10 10 12 13 Wind gust 21 Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 0 0 10 90 100 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.38 0.46 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow S C D D D D D D D L Wind chill 25 27 23 18 17 15 22 20 17 16 18 20 22 21 18 Min chill 20 21 16 15 18 21 17 16 17 16 Winter Storm A A A A A A A A A Date Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 14 21 5 18 6 25 16 33 Temp 24 15 19 15 9 7 16 15 13 9 22 22 18 23 31 29 Dewpt 21 15 16 10 5 4 10 9 11 9 17 18 18 21 26 25 PWind dir NW NW NW SW SW SW S SW Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds OV B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 60 5 5 10 5 0 5 5 Snow L S $$ IAZ039-272200- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 1107 AM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 32 17 30 22 30 Temp 30 31 27 24 22 20 18 20 27 30 28 25 24 23 24 25 28 29 27 Dewpt 18 17 16 16 15 15 14 15 13 13 14 16 21 22 24 25 27 27 25 RH 60 56 63 71 74 81 84 81 55 49 55 68 88 96100100 96 92 92 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW SW E SE E E E E E E NE Wind spd 17 16 13 12 10 9 5 4 3 3 3 5 8 11 12 13 13 13 13 Clouds B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 0 0 0 90 100 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.31 0.44 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow S L D D D D D D D Wind chill 19 19 16 13 11 10 10 13 18 16 11 12 13 17 18 15 Min chill 17 14 10 6 9 22 15 10 12 14 Winter Storm A A A A A A A A A Date Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 15 21 -1 15 4 20 11 30 Temp 22 16 20 13 6 1 12 11 9 8 18 16 14 18 28 26 Dewpt 21 16 15 9 4 -1 7 7 7 7 14 14 14 17 23 22 PWind dir N NW NW SW SW SW S SW Wind char BZ GN LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 80 10 5 10 10 5 10 10 Snow D C $$ IAZ048-272200- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 1107 AM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 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 35 17 31 24 30 Temp 32 34 29 24 22 19 17 22 28 30 29 26 25 24 25 28 29 29 27 Dewpt 19 18 17 18 16 15 14 16 15 15 17 21 24 24 25 28 29 28 25 RH 58 51 60 77 77 84 88 77 58 53 60 81 96100100100100 96 92 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N S SE SE E E E E E E NE N Wind spd 13 12 9 6 5 3 2 2 3 5 8 9 10 12 11 11 11 13 13 Clouds SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 0 0 10 100 100 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.48 0.45 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow S L D D D D D D D L Wind chill 23 25 20 16 15 24 22 17 15 13 14 18 19 18 15 Min chill 20 17 14 12 17 20 14 12 15 14 Winter Storm A A A A A A A A A Date Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 12 20 2 16 4 23 14 31 Temp 22 13 19 13 6 2 14 13 11 7 20 20 16 20 29 28 Dewpt 21 13 15 9 4 1 10 10 11 7 17 18 16 20 26 25 PWind dir N NW NW SW S SW S SW Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds OV B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 70 5 5 10 10 5 5 10 Snow L C $$ IAZ004-272200- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 1107 AM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 29 14 27 19 25 Temp 26 28 24 20 19 16 15 17 23 27 25 22 21 20 21 22 24 24 21 Dewpt 17 17 16 14 13 12 11 13 13 14 16 19 20 20 20 21 23 21 19 RH 68 63 71 77 77 84 84 84 65 57 68 88 96100 96 96 96 88 92 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N S SE E E E E E NE NE N N Wind spd 13 14 11 9 6 5 3 2 3 6 8 10 10 11 11 12 14 18 14 Wind gust 25 Clouds B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 0 0 20 100 100 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.33 0.19 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow S L D D D D D D D C Wind chill 14 17 13 10 10 8 9 20 16 11 10 8 9 10 11 10 8 Min chill 13 12 8 7 14 14 10 8 9 6 Winter Storm A A A A A A A A A Date Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 7 16 -3 15 4 22 12 28 Temp 17 9 14 10 3 0 13 12 12 8 19 18 14 20 26 22 Dewpt 14 9 11 6 -1 -3 9 9 10 6 15 16 14 17 23 18 PWind dir N NW W SW SW SW SW W Wind char BZ GN LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 50 5 0 10 0 5 5 10 Snow C $$ IAZ035-272200- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 1107 AM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 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 32 15 29 21 28 Temp 31 31 25 22 20 17 15 19 26 29 27 24 23 22 23 25 26 27 24 Dewpt 18 17 16 16 14 13 12 14 14 15 17 21 22 22 23 25 26 25 23 RH 58 56 68 77 77 84 88 80 60 55 65 88 96100100100100 92 96 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N S SE E E E E E E NE N N Wind spd 11 12 9 6 5 3 2 2 3 5 6 9 10 10 10 11 12 14 13 Clouds SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 0 0 20 100 100 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.52 0.34 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow S L D D D D D D D C Wind chill 21 21 17 15 13 23 20 15 12 11 12 15 15 15 11 Min chill 19 15 12 11 16 19 12 10 12 10 Winter Storm A A A A A A A A A Date Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 9 18 -1 16 3 22 13 29 Temp 19 11 15 12 3 1 13 12 11 7 19 18 15 20 28 24 Dewpt 18 11 13 8 1 -1 9 9 10 7 16 16 15 19 25 21 PWind dir N NW NW S SW S S SW Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds OV B2 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 50 5 5 20 5 5 5 10 Snow C S S $$ IAZ094-272200- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 1107 AM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 39 18 34 27 34 Temp 37 38 31 25 23 20 18 23 31 33 32 30 29 28 30 33 33 32 29 Dewpt 16 14 15 16 16 15 16 16 14 15 16 20 25 28 30 32 33 32 28 RH 42 37 51 68 74 81 92 74 49 47 51 66 85100100 96100100 96 Wind dir W NW NW N N N N E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE N N Wind spd 9 10 5 5 4 3 2 2 5 8 9 10 11 12 11 10 10 11 12 Clouds SC FW CL CL FW SC SC B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 0 0 10 90 100 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.35 0.57 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain D D Snow S C L D D D D D D C Wind chill 30 31 25 19 25 27 25 21 20 18 21 25 25 23 18 Min chill 25 24 17 15 18 23 19 17 22 17 Winter Storm A A A A A A A A A Date Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 13 21 7 18 7 27 18 33 Temp 23 15 20 15 11 9 16 15 13 11 24 24 20 23 31 29 Dewpt 21 15 16 11 8 7 12 12 13 11 19 20 20 22 28 26 PWind dir NW NW N S S SW S SW Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 50 5 5 10 5 0 5 5 Snow C S $$ IAZ017-272200- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 1107 AM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 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 28 15 26 19 26 Temp 27 27 23 20 19 17 16 18 24 26 24 23 21 20 21 23 25 26 23 Dewpt 18 17 16 15 14 13 13 14 13 14 14 17 20 20 21 23 25 24 22 RH 68 65 74 81 80 84 88 84 62 60 65 77 96100100100100 92 96 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W SE SE E E E E E E NE N Wind spd 14 13 11 10 8 5 4 2 2 2 4 5 8 10 10 11 12 13 12 Clouds B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 0 0 5 90 100 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.36 0.27 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow C D D D D D D D L Wind chill 14 14 12 9 9 9 9 18 16 12 9 10 12 14 14 12 Min chill 13 12 8 7 7 17 10 9 9 11 Winter Storm A A A A A A A A A Date Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 10 17 -3 13 3 19 10 27 Temp 19 12 15 11 3 -2 11 9 9 8 17 16 12 18 25 23 Dewpt 17 12 13 7 0 -4 7 7 8 7 14 15 12 17 23 19 PWind dir N NW NW SW SW SW SW W Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 70 10 0 10 5 5 10 10 Snow L C $$ IAZ049-272200- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 1107 AM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 33 16 30 23 30 Temp 31 32 26 23 22 18 16 21 27 30 28 25 24 23 25 26 28 29 26 Dewpt 19 17 16 16 15 14 13 15 14 13 15 19 22 23 24 26 28 28 26 RH 61 53 65 74 74 84 88 77 57 49 58 78 92100 96100100 96100 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W S E SE E E E E E NE N Wind spd 14 14 10 9 6 5 3 2 2 3 5 6 9 11 11 11 12 13 12 Clouds B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 0 0 5 100 100 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.40 0.47 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow C D D D D D D D L Wind chill 21 21 16 14 13 11 18 15 12 14 15 18 18 15 Min chill 19 15 11 7 9 22 14 12 13 14 Winter Storm A A A A A A A A A Date Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 13 20 -1 15 3 21 11 30 Temp 22 14 19 13 5 0 13 11 9 7 18 17 14 19 28 26 Dewpt 21 14 16 9 2 -2 8 8 8 7 15 16 14 19 25 23 PWind dir N NW NW SW SW SW S SW Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds OV B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 70 10 5 10 10 5 10 5 Snow L C $$ IAZ086-272200- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 1107 AM CST Thu Nov 27 2025 Date Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 Sat 11/29/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 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 37 15 34 26 33 Temp 35 37 31 25 22 18 16 21 30 33 32 29 28 27 28 30 32 32 31 Dewpt 18 17 17 17 16 15 15 16 14 13 14 17 22 26 28 30 31 32 30 RH 49 44 56 71 77 88 96 81 51 43 47 60 78 96100100 96100 96 Wind dir W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW SW SE SE E E SE SE SE SE E N Wind spd 14 16 10 9 6 5 4 2 2 4 5 9 10 12 13 13 12 11 11 Wind gust 24 24 Clouds FW CL CL FW SC SC FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV PoP 12hr 0 0 5 90 100 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.34 0.54 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow C L D D D D D D L Wind chill 26 28 23 16 14 10 9 26 21 19 16 17 19 22 24 22 Min chill 22 20 13 7 9 23 19 15 17 21 Winter Storm A A A A A A A A A Date Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 Wed 12/03/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 16 23 4 17 4 25 15 33 Temp 25 17 21 18 9 6 15 14 10 9 23 21 17 22 31 29 Dewpt 24 17 18 12 7 5 10 10 8 9 17 18 17 21 26 25 PWind dir NW NW NW SW S SW S SW Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds OV B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 70 10 5 10 10 0 5 10 Snow L C $$