Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
236 FOUS53 KDMX 161717 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1216 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 IAZ060-162100- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 1216 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 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 83 59 74 61 80 Temp 80 82 79 72 66 62 59 64 69 73 73 66 63 61 62 70 76 79 79 Dewpt 68 70 69 66 62 58 56 57 59 60 60 61 60 60 60 64 66 68 68 RH 67 67 72 81 87 87 90 78 70 64 64 84 90 97 93 81 71 69 69 Wind dir W W NW N N N N N N NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 13 11 9 9 9 9 10 9 8 6 5 4 4 4 5 6 8 6 6 Clouds B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 10 5 10 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C Tstms S C S Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 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 69 86 68 83 70 86 71 91 Temp 72 70 80 82 73 70 78 80 73 71 81 83 75 73 86 89 Dewpt 69 69 73 73 71 69 72 71 70 69 73 74 72 71 76 76 PWind dir SE S E E E SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 60 40 40 40 40 20 20 10 Rain shwrs C L C S C C C C C C S S Tstms C C C S C C C C S C S S $$ IAZ039-162100- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 1216 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 81 57 73 57 77 Temp 76 79 75 69 63 59 57 63 68 71 70 63 59 57 58 68 73 77 75 Dewpt 69 70 68 65 60 56 55 56 58 58 59 59 57 56 57 61 62 64 65 RH 79 74 79 87 90 90 93 78 70 63 68 87 93 96 96 78 68 64 71 Wind dir W W NW NW NW NW N N N NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 16 13 10 10 10 11 11 10 10 8 5 4 3 4 5 8 10 9 6 Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 30 10 0 5 20 QPF 12hr 0.05 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S S C Tstms C S S Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 82 66 80 66 83 69 88 Temp 68 68 79 78 69 67 76 76 69 68 79 80 72 71 84 85 Dewpt 66 68 71 71 68 66 69 69 67 67 71 72 71 71 75 75 PWind dir SE SW NE E E SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 50 40 30 30 40 30 30 20 Rain shwrs C C C S S C C C C C C S C S Tstms S S C S S S S S S S S S C S $$ IAZ048-162100- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 1216 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 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 81 57 73 58 79 Temp 77 79 76 68 64 59 57 63 68 72 71 63 60 58 58 68 74 77 78 Dewpt 69 71 69 65 60 57 55 56 59 60 61 60 59 58 58 64 66 68 68 RH 76 77 79 90 87 93 93 78 73 66 71 90 96100100 87 76 74 71 Wind dir W NW NW N N N N N NE NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 13 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 6 5 4 3 3 5 8 9 8 6 Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 5 5 10 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C Tstms S S Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 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 67 84 67 81 67 84 70 90 Temp 70 70 79 81 71 68 77 78 70 69 80 82 74 72 85 87 Dewpt 70 69 73 73 71 68 72 71 70 69 74 74 72 72 76 77 PWind dir SE SE E E E SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 60 40 40 40 40 20 20 20 Rain shwrs C L C S C C C C C C S S S Tstms S C C S C C C S S C S S S $$ IAZ004-162100- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 1216 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 71 52 71 55 77 Temp 70 69 65 60 56 54 53 61 67 70 69 60 57 55 56 65 73 77 75 Dewpt 66 63 60 56 54 51 51 53 54 56 56 56 55 53 55 60 63 66 66 RH 87 81 84 87 93 90 93 75 63 61 63 87 93 93 96 84 71 69 74 Wind dir N N N N N N N NE NE NE E E SE SE SE SE S S S Wind spd 12 14 14 13 10 10 10 9 9 6 6 5 4 5 6 10 11 11 10 Clouds B2 OV OV OV B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 10 5 0 5 20 QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C Tstms C Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 65 80 62 79 65 83 67 87 Temp 67 66 76 77 66 64 75 77 68 66 78 81 72 69 82 83 Dewpt 66 66 68 67 64 62 66 68 66 65 70 71 70 68 71 74 PWind dir S NE NE E SE SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 OV B2 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 50 20 20 20 30 20 30 20 Rain shwrs C C S S S S S C S C C S S Tstms C C S S S S S S S S S $$ IAZ035-162100- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 1216 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 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 78 54 73 56 77 Temp 74 76 71 64 59 56 54 62 68 72 71 62 58 56 57 67 74 77 76 Dewpt 69 68 65 60 56 54 53 55 58 58 59 59 57 56 57 62 65 68 68 RH 84 76 81 87 90 93 96 78 70 61 66 90 96100100 84 74 74 76 Wind dir NW NW N N N N N N NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 11 12 12 11 10 9 9 10 9 6 5 4 3 4 5 8 9 9 8 Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 5 0 5 30 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C Tstms S S Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 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 66 83 64 81 67 84 69 88 Temp 69 68 78 78 68 66 76 77 69 68 79 81 72 70 84 85 Dewpt 68 68 72 71 67 66 69 70 69 67 73 74 72 70 75 76 PWind dir SE E NE E E SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC B1 SC FW PoP 12hr 60 30 30 30 30 20 30 20 Rain shwrs C L C S S C C C C C S S C S Tstms S C C S S S S S S C S S S S $$ IAZ094-162100- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 1216 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 84 61 75 62 81 Temp 78 83 82 74 68 64 61 65 70 74 72 67 63 62 63 71 77 80 80 Dewpt 68 71 71 70 67 63 60 60 61 63 63 63 62 61 62 67 69 72 71 RH 71 67 69 87 97 97 97 84 73 69 73 87 97 97 97 87 76 77 74 Wind dir W W NW N N N N N NE NE NE NE E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 10 9 6 8 9 9 10 9 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 Clouds B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 50 20 20 40 QPF 12hr 0 0.22 0 0 0.05 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C S S S C C C C C Tstms C C S S S S C C C Heat index 88 Max heat 92 84 87 Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 69 87 70 86 70 89 72 93 Temp 73 72 84 84 74 71 81 82 73 71 84 86 77 73 89 89 Dewpt 71 71 74 74 72 71 74 74 71 70 74 75 73 71 76 76 PWind dir SE SW SE SE E SE S S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 60 40 40 40 40 20 20 10 Rain shwrs C L C S C C C C C C S S Tstms C L C S S C C C C C S S $$ IAZ017-162100- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 1216 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 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 76 53 71 55 76 Temp 73 74 68 61 59 56 54 61 67 70 69 60 56 55 56 65 72 76 74 Dewpt 70 68 64 58 54 52 52 54 55 56 56 57 55 54 55 60 61 64 64 RH 90 82 87 90 83 86 93 78 65 61 63 90 96 96 96 84 68 66 71 Wind dir N NW NW N N N N N NE NE NE NE E E SE SE SE S SE Wind spd 10 11 13 12 10 10 10 10 9 6 5 3 3 3 5 8 10 9 8 Clouds B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC FW SC FW B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 40 10 0 5 20 QPF 12hr 0.08 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S S C Tstms C S S Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 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 64 81 62 78 64 81 67 86 Temp 67 67 76 77 67 65 75 75 68 66 77 79 71 70 83 83 Dewpt 65 66 70 68 64 63 66 67 66 65 69 71 70 69 73 73 PWind dir S N NE E SE SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW PoP 12hr 50 30 30 30 30 20 30 20 Rain shwrs C C C S S C S C S C S S C S Tstms S C S S S S S S S S S S S $$ IAZ049-162100- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 1216 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 81 57 72 58 77 Temp 76 79 76 69 64 59 58 63 68 71 71 63 59 58 58 68 74 76 76 Dewpt 69 70 69 65 60 56 55 56 58 59 60 59 58 57 57 62 63 65 66 RH 79 74 79 87 87 90 90 78 70 66 68 87 96 96 96 81 69 69 71 Wind dir W W NW NW N N N N N NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 17 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 6 5 4 3 4 5 6 8 6 6 Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 10 5 10 20 QPF 12hr 0.03 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S C Tstms S S S Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 82 66 80 67 84 69 88 Temp 68 68 79 79 70 68 76 76 69 68 79 81 72 71 84 85 Dewpt 67 68 71 71 69 67 70 70 68 67 72 73 71 70 75 76 PWind dir SE S NE E E SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 60 40 40 40 40 20 30 20 Rain shwrs C L C C C C C C C C S S C S Tstms S C C C C C C S S S S S C S $$ IAZ086-162100- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 1216 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 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 86 62 75 62 79 Temp 82 84 81 73 69 65 62 65 70 73 72 65 64 62 63 69 75 78 78 Dewpt 68 72 72 71 67 63 60 60 61 63 64 63 63 61 61 65 67 69 70 RH 63 67 74 93 93 93 93 84 73 71 76 93 97 97 93 87 76 74 76 Wind dir W W NW N N NW N N N N NE NE E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 13 12 9 6 8 9 10 9 8 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 8 6 6 Clouds B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 30 10 20 30 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.04 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C S S S S S C C C Tstms S C S S S S Heat index 90 Max heat 86 93 84 83 Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 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 68 86 69 84 69 86 72 92 Temp 71 71 80 82 73 71 79 79 72 71 82 83 74 74 87 88 Dewpt 71 71 74 75 72 71 74 74 72 70 74 76 73 73 77 79 PWind dir SE SW E SE E SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 60 50 40 40 50 20 20 20 Rain shwrs C L C C C C C C C C S S S S Tstms C C C C C C C C C C S S S S $$