Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
990 FOUS53 KMPX 180751 PFMMPX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 251 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 MNZ041-190900- Alexandria-Douglas MN 45.87N 95.38W Elev. 1424 ft 251 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 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 58 76 53 78 58 Temp 62 59 67 73 75 73 63 58 55 54 67 74 77 76 65 62 60 58 Dewpt 62 59 59 57 56 54 55 53 52 52 53 52 54 55 57 57 57 58 RH 100100 75 57 52 51 75 83 90 93 61 46 45 48 75 84 90100 Wind dir N N N NW NW NW NW NW NE S S SW W W S S S SW Wind spd 4 4 4 8 11 9 3 2 1 1 3 6 8 4 4 5 6 6 Clouds B2 OV SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 30 30 5 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S Tstms Date 08/20 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 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 82 60 81 57 79 56 79 59 81 Temp 79 78 65 60 78 77 63 57 76 76 62 58 76 76 64 60 79 79 Dewpt 63 63 64 60 61 58 57 56 54 55 56 55 57 59 60 60 63 63 PWind dir SW W NW N N NE SE S SW Wind char GN LT GN LT GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 5 0 0 0 5 10 30 20 Rain shwrs S C S S $$ MNZ049-190900- St Cloud-Stearns MN 45.55N 94.07W Elev. 1027 ft 251 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 60 78 52 79 57 Temp 63 61 67 73 76 74 64 59 55 53 68 75 78 77 66 63 60 58 Dewpt 63 61 63 60 60 58 56 54 52 51 55 53 55 56 57 57 56 57 RH 100100 87 64 58 57 75 83 90 93 63 46 45 48 73 81 87 96 Wind dir W N N N NW NW NW NW N N SW SW W W S S S SW Wind spd 2 2 3 5 6 6 2 1 0 0 1 4 4 3 2 1 2 2 Clouds B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW CL FW SC FW CL SC SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 30 30 5 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C S Tstms S Date 08/20 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 84 61 84 57 80 56 80 59 83 Temp 80 79 67 62 80 79 64 58 76 78 63 58 75 77 65 60 78 80 Dewpt 64 66 65 62 63 61 60 56 57 57 57 55 59 60 61 59 64 64 PWind dir SW SW NW NW N NE SE S SW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 30 5 0 0 5 10 20 10 Rain shwrs C C S S Tstms C S $$ MNZ060-190900- Minneapolis-Hennepin MN 44.88N 93.22W Elev. 840 ft 251 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 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 66 79 59 80 63 Temp 68 66 69 75 79 76 69 65 61 59 70 76 79 78 70 67 64 63 Dewpt 65 64 65 63 62 61 59 57 56 55 55 54 54 55 56 57 58 58 RH 90 93 87 66 56 60 70 75 84 87 59 46 42 45 61 70 81 84 Wind dir SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NE N SW W W W SW S SW SW Wind spd 4 3 4 4 6 6 3 2 1 0 2 4 5 4 3 2 3 3 Clouds SC B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 20 50 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0.20 0.01 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S S Tstms S Date 08/20 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 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 84 65 84 63 80 62 79 63 82 Temp 80 79 70 65 80 80 69 63 77 78 67 62 76 77 68 63 78 80 Dewpt 63 65 66 64 65 63 61 59 58 58 58 58 59 61 61 61 64 64 PWind dir SW SW NW NW NW NE SE S SW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 40 5 10 0 5 10 20 10 Rain shwrs S C S S S Tstms S C $$ MNZ073-190900- Redwood Falls-Redwood MN 44.54N 95.11W Elev. 1020 ft 251 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 61 77 55 78 58 Temp 64 62 69 74 77 75 65 61 57 55 69 76 78 75 66 62 60 59 Dewpt 64 62 66 66 65 63 62 59 56 55 60 60 60 61 61 60 59 59 RH 100100 90 76 67 66 90 93 96100 73 58 54 62 84 93 96100 Wind dir SW NW N NW NW NW NE SW SW W S SW SW S S S SW SW Wind spd 5 4 4 5 5 5 3 2 2 1 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 Clouds B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC CL FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 50 40 10 10 5 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.03 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S Tstms S S S Date 08/20 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 82 61 82 58 78 57 78 60 80 Temp 80 78 67 62 80 79 64 58 76 76 63 58 76 76 64 60 78 78 Dewpt 67 67 65 62 65 63 60 57 59 59 58 57 62 63 63 60 67 67 PWind dir SW SW NW NW N NE SE SE SW Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 30 5 5 0 10 10 30 10 Rain shwrs S C C S Tstms S $$ MNZ083-190900- Mankato-Blue Earth MN 44.23N 93.92W Elev. 1020 ft 251 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 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 64 79 57 80 59 Temp 65 64 70 74 78 76 67 63 59 58 69 76 78 77 66 63 61 60 Dewpt 64 64 67 66 66 65 63 60 57 56 60 59 58 61 59 59 59 59 RH 97100 90 76 67 69 87 90 93 93 73 56 50 58 78 87 93 96 Wind dir S SW NW NW NW NW N NW N N SE W W S S S S SW Wind spd 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 Clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW CL SC SC FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 50 40 10 5 5 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.03 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C S S Tstms S S S S S Date 08/20 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 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 83 63 84 60 80 59 79 61 81 Temp 79 78 67 63 80 80 66 60 77 77 64 59 76 76 65 62 78 79 Dewpt 65 67 66 63 66 65 61 58 60 60 58 58 62 64 63 62 66 67 PWind dir SW SW W NW NW N S S SW Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 30 5 10 5 5 10 20 10 Rain shwrs S C S S Tstms S S $$ MNZ091-190900- Fairmont-Martin MN 43.66N 94.42W Elev. 1161 ft 251 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 63 77 57 77 58 Temp 65 64 70 74 76 75 66 63 59 57 68 75 76 75 65 63 60 59 Dewpt 63 63 67 67 67 67 64 61 58 57 62 61 61 62 61 60 59 59 RH 93 97 90 79 74 76 93 93 96100 81 62 60 64 87 90 96100 Wind dir SW W NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW SE S W SW S S SW SW Wind spd 8 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 Clouds B2 OV B1 B1 SC B1 B1 FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 50 60 60 10 5 QPF 12hr 0.05 0.09 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L C S S L Tstms C S S S S S Date 08/20 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 79 62 81 60 77 58 76 60 78 Temp 77 76 66 62 78 78 65 60 75 75 63 59 74 74 64 61 76 76 Dewpt 66 68 65 62 67 67 61 57 61 62 58 57 62 65 63 61 66 68 PWind dir SW SW W NW N W S S S Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 30 30 10 10 0 10 10 20 10 Rain shwrs C C S S Tstms C S $$ MNZ093-190900- Albert Lea-Freeborn MN 43.69N 93.37W Elev. 1257 ft 251 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 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 63 76 57 76 57 Temp 65 63 69 73 75 73 66 63 59 59 68 75 76 73 64 62 59 58 Dewpt 63 63 68 68 68 67 65 62 59 58 61 60 59 61 61 59 59 58 RH 93100 97 84 79 81 97 97100 96 78 60 56 66 90 90100100 Wind dir SW SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N SE NW W NE S S SW SW Wind spd 6 5 5 4 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 3 Clouds B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 50 20 20 10 QPF 12hr 0.05 0.06 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C S S S S Tstms S S S C S S S Date 08/20 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 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 78 61 80 60 76 57 75 59 77 Temp 76 74 65 62 77 77 65 60 74 73 62 59 73 73 63 60 75 75 Dewpt 65 67 65 62 68 67 62 60 62 62 58 58 63 64 63 60 67 67 PWind dir SW SW W NW NW N S S S Wind char GN GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 30 5 10 5 5 10 20 10 Rain shwrs C C S S Tstms C S $$ MNZ057-190900- Willmar-Kandiyohi MN 45.11N 95.09W Elev. 1129 ft 251 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 60 77 54 77 57 Temp 64 61 68 73 76 73 64 60 56 56 68 75 77 74 66 62 60 58 Dewpt 64 61 64 62 61 59 59 57 55 54 56 56 57 57 60 59 59 58 RH 100100 87 68 60 62 84 90 96 93 65 52 50 55 81 90 96100 Wind dir W NW N NW NW N N N N N S SW SW SW S S S SW Wind spd 4 4 5 5 8 6 3 1 1 0 3 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 Clouds B1 B2 FW SC FW SC FW CL SC FW FW CL FW SC SC FW SC FW PoP 12hr 30 30 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.02 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S S Tstms S S S S Date 08/20 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 82 61 81 58 78 57 78 60 80 Temp 79 78 66 61 79 78 64 58 75 75 63 58 75 75 65 60 78 78 Dewpt 65 65 65 61 62 60 59 57 56 56 58 57 60 61 62 60 65 65 PWind dir SW SW NW N NW NE SE SE SW Wind char GN LT GN LT GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 20 30 0 5 0 10 10 30 10 Rain shwrs S C C S S Tstms S $$ WIZ015-190900- Rice Lake-Barron WI 45.49N 91.74W Elev. 1145 ft 251 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 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 59 76 50 77 53 Temp 61 61 67 73 74 72 60 55 52 52 68 74 76 74 61 56 54 55 Dewpt 61 61 62 59 57 56 55 52 49 48 50 48 48 53 53 51 50 51 RH 100100 84 62 55 57 84 90 89 86 52 40 37 48 75 83 86 86 Wind dir SW W NW NW NW NW NW N N N W NW NW NW SE SE S S Wind spd 2 1 3 5 8 5 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 Clouds B2 B2 B2 SC FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 20 30 10 0 5 QPF 12hr 0.06 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S Date 08/20 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 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 81 59 80 56 77 53 78 55 80 Temp 78 75 63 60 77 76 61 56 74 74 58 54 75 74 59 56 76 76 Dewpt 58 61 61 60 62 62 59 56 55 57 55 53 55 57 56 55 59 61 PWind dir S SW NW NW NW N N SE SW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 50 10 10 0 5 5 20 5 Rain shwrs C C C S Tstms C C S $$ WIZ027-190900- Eau Claire-Eau Claire WI 44.82N 91.49W Elev. 906 ft 251 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 63 80 54 80 56 Temp 65 63 70 75 78 75 66 61 57 55 69 76 79 76 66 61 59 57 Dewpt 63 63 65 64 62 60 59 57 54 52 54 51 51 52 53 54 53 54 RH 93100 84 69 58 60 78 87 90 90 59 42 38 43 63 78 80 90 Wind dir SW SW W W W NW NW NW N N NW NW NW NW S S S S Wind spd 4 3 4 5 8 6 3 1 1 0 1 4 6 3 1 1 1 1 Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW CL SC FW FW SC PoP 12hr 40 40 5 5 0 QPF 12hr 0.08 0.02 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C Tstms S S S C Date 08/20 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 83 62 83 59 80 56 79 58 82 Temp 80 77 66 63 79 78 64 59 77 76 61 57 75 75 63 59 77 78 Dewpt 60 62 64 62 65 64 62 58 59 58 58 55 59 59 59 58 62 63 PWind dir SW SW W NW NW N NW SE SW Wind char LT LT GN LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 50 10 20 0 5 5 10 5 Rain shwrs C C C S Tstms C C S S $$