Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
850 FOUS53 KDMX 260807 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 307 AM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026 IAZ060-262100- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 307 AM 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 59 67 59 70 Temp 62 61 60 61 65 63 62 61 59 59 61 65 67 65 63 62 60 59 63 67 70 67 Dewpt 61 59 59 61 63 62 61 60 59 59 60 62 64 63 62 61 59 58 59 60 62 62 RH 97 93 96100 93 97 97 97100100 97 90 90 93 97 97 96 96 87 78 76 84 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 10 11 11 12 12 10 9 8 6 5 4 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 100 70 50 5 0 QPF 12hr 0.27 0.30 0.02 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D D L S S C C L L C S S Tstms S S C 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 61 67 63 68 62 66 56 66 Temp 63 61 65 65 65 63 66 66 64 62 65 63 59 57 64 63 Dewpt 58 57 63 65 65 63 65 65 63 60 60 59 56 53 57 60 PWind dir SE S S SE SE SE NE N Wind char LT GN LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 80 70 60 60 60 30 20 Rain shwrs L D L L L L L L L C S C S S Tstms C C S $$ IAZ039-262100- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 307 AM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026 Date Sat 09/26/26 Sun 09/27/26 Mon 09/28/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 61 56 66 57 70 Temp 58 57 57 58 60 59 58 57 57 57 59 63 66 64 60 58 57 57 62 68 70 67 Dewpt 55 54 55 56 57 56 56 55 55 55 57 58 58 59 59 57 57 56 59 59 58 58 RH 90 90 93 93 90 90 93 93 93 93 93 84 75 84 96 96100 96 90 73 66 73 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 9 9 11 12 12 9 8 6 5 4 5 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 80 40 30 5 0 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.06 0.02 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S L D C S C C S Date Tue 09/29/26 Wed 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 57 67 59 68 58 67 53 66 Temp 58 57 66 65 61 59 66 66 61 59 66 64 56 53 64 63 Dewpt 55 54 60 61 61 59 63 62 61 58 59 56 53 51 55 56 PWind dir SE S S SE SE E NE N Wind char LT GN GN GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 70 70 50 60 50 20 20 Rain shwrs C L L L C C C L C C S S S S Tstms S $$ IAZ048-262100- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 307 AM 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 58 66 58 70 Temp 61 60 59 61 63 61 60 60 58 58 60 64 66 64 62 61 59 58 62 67 70 66 Dewpt 60 59 59 60 62 61 60 60 58 58 59 62 63 62 62 61 59 58 59 60 62 61 RH 97 96100 97 97100100100100100 96 93 90 93100100100100 90 78 76 84 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 10 11 11 12 12 10 9 6 5 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 3 5 5 4 Wind gust 24 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 100 70 40 5 0 QPF 12hr 0.32 0.24 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D D L C S S C L L 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 67 61 68 60 66 54 66 Temp 62 59 64 64 64 61 66 66 63 60 65 62 58 55 63 62 Dewpt 59 57 63 64 64 61 65 64 63 60 59 58 55 52 57 59 PWind dir SE S S SE E E NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 80 70 50 60 50 30 20 Rain shwrs L D L L C C C L C C S C S S Tstms S C S $$ IAZ004-262100- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 307 AM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026 Date Sat 09/26/26 Sun 09/27/26 Mon 09/28/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 63 57 68 57 70 Temp 60 59 60 61 63 61 60 59 59 57 61 66 68 65 61 59 58 57 62 67 70 66 Dewpt 58 58 59 61 61 61 60 59 59 57 60 63 63 63 61 59 58 57 59 60 61 61 RH 93 96 96100 93100100100100100 97 90 84 93100100100100 90 78 73 84 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE S SE Wind spd 14 16 17 17 14 11 11 8 5 3 2 3 4 4 3 2 2 3 5 9 10 8 Wind gust 27 29 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 100 50 20 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.23 0.03 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D D L C C C C C C S Tstms S S S S S Date Tue 09/29/26 Wed 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 58 66 56 67 56 64 52 63 Temp 61 58 64 64 60 57 65 64 59 56 63 60 55 52 62 61 Dewpt 58 57 62 63 60 57 61 61 58 53 54 53 50 48 52 55 PWind dir SE S SW E E NE N NE Wind char GN GN LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 30 80 40 30 30 30 20 10 Rain shwrs C D L C C C S S C C S S S Tstms S S $$ IAZ035-262100- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 307 AM 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 57 67 58 70 Temp 61 59 60 61 63 62 61 60 59 58 61 65 67 65 62 60 59 58 62 67 70 66 Dewpt 60 59 60 61 62 61 61 60 59 58 60 63 63 63 62 60 59 58 60 61 61 62 RH 97100100100 97 97100100100100 97 93 87 93100100100100 93 81 73 87 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 11 12 12 14 11 9 9 6 5 4 3 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 5 5 4 Wind gust 23 25 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 100 60 20 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.33 0.22 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D D L S C S C L C S Tstms S S 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 66 59 68 58 65 53 65 Temp 62 59 64 64 63 59 65 65 61 58 64 61 56 53 62 61 Dewpt 59 58 63 64 63 59 64 64 61 57 57 56 53 51 55 58 PWind dir SE S S E E NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 80 60 40 50 40 20 20 Rain shwrs D D L C C C C C C C S S S S Tstms S S $$ IAZ094-262100- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 307 AM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026 Date Sat 09/26/26 Sun 09/27/26 Mon 09/28/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 69 60 69 61 70 Temp 62 61 61 66 68 66 63 62 61 60 62 68 69 66 63 63 62 61 63 68 70 67 Dewpt 60 60 61 63 65 65 63 61 60 60 62 65 66 65 63 61 60 58 59 61 63 63 RH 93 97100 90 90 97100 97 97100100 90 90 97100 93 93 90 87 78 78 87 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE E E E E E E E SE SE E Wind spd 9 10 11 12 11 9 8 6 6 5 5 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 Clouds OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 80 70 40 10 10 QPF 12hr 0.13 0.31 0.10 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L D C S S C C L C C Tstms S S S S C S S Date Tue 09/29/26 Wed 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 61 68 63 69 62 68 57 67 Temp 63 61 67 66 66 63 67 67 65 62 67 63 60 57 65 64 Dewpt 59 58 65 66 66 63 67 67 65 61 63 62 58 54 60 62 PWind dir SE S S SE SE S S NE Wind char LT GN LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 80 90 80 70 60 30 30 Rain shwrs S L D D L L D L L L C C C S C Tstms S S C C S C $$ IAZ017-262100- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 307 AM 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 54 66 55 70 Temp 59 57 58 58 60 58 57 57 56 54 58 63 66 63 59 58 57 55 61 67 70 65 Dewpt 57 56 57 57 57 57 57 56 55 54 58 59 60 59 59 58 57 55 59 59 59 58 RH 93 96 96 96 90 96100 96 96100100 87 81 87100100100100 93 75 68 78 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E N N N SE SE SE SE Wind spd 10 11 13 13 12 10 9 6 5 4 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 4 5 4 Wind gust 25 23 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 100 50 30 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.23 0.06 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S D L L C C S C C C 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 55 66 56 68 55 66 50 64 Temp 59 56 64 63 60 57 66 64 60 56 64 61 55 51 62 61 Dewpt 56 55 60 61 60 57 62 60 59 55 55 53 50 48 53 54 PWind dir SE S S SE E NE NE N Wind char LT GN LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 70 60 40 40 30 20 20 Rain shwrs L L L C C C C C C C S S S S Tstms S $$ IAZ049-262100- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 307 AM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026 Date Sat 09/26/26 Sun 09/27/26 Mon 09/28/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 61 56 65 56 69 Temp 59 58 57 57 61 59 57 57 57 56 59 62 65 63 60 58 58 56 61 66 69 65 Dewpt 58 56 56 57 59 58 57 56 55 55 58 60 60 60 59 58 57 56 59 59 60 59 RH 96 93 96100 93 96100 96 93 96 96 93 84 90 96100 96100 93 78 73 81 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 8 9 10 11 11 9 8 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 100 40 40 10 0 QPF 12hr 0.26 0.07 0.03 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D D C S S C C C S C Tstms S S S Date Tue 09/29/26 Wed 09/30/26 Thu 10/01/26 Fri 10/02/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 57 66 59 68 59 66 53 65 Temp 59 57 64 64 62 60 65 66 61 59 64 63 57 54 63 62 Dewpt 56 54 61 63 62 60 64 63 61 58 59 57 53 51 56 57 PWind dir SE S S SE SE E NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 70 70 50 60 50 20 20 Rain shwrs C L L L C C L L C C S S S S Tstms S S $$ IAZ086-262100- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 307 AM 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 58 71 Temp 61 59 59 60 63 62 60 59 58 58 61 65 67 65 63 61 59 58 63 68 71 67 Dewpt 59 58 59 60 61 60 59 58 57 57 60 62 63 63 62 60 58 57 60 61 62 62 RH 93 96100100 93 93 96 96 96 96 97 90 87 93 97 97 96 96 90 78 73 84 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E E SE SE E Wind spd 6 6 8 9 10 8 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 Clouds OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 80 60 50 10 5 QPF 12hr 0.07 0.12 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S L D S S C L C S Tstms 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 60 70 63 70 63 69 57 68 Temp 61 60 67 67 65 63 68 68 65 63 67 65 60 58 65 64 Dewpt 57 55 64 66 65 63 67 68 65 63 65 63 59 55 61 62 PWind dir SE S S S SE S S N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 60 80 70 60 60 40 30 Rain shwrs C L D D L L L L L C C C C C Tstms S S C S S $$