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Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
000 FOUS53 KDMX 161115 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 615 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 IAZ060-162100- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 615 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 Date Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 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 74 52 66 46 55 Temp 61 64 67 74 71 65 59 55 52 54 60 65 64 56 51 49 47 50 51 53 53 Dewpt 53 59 62 56 50 51 50 50 48 47 46 46 44 43 43 43 43 43 42 40 36 RH 75 84 84 53 47 60 72 83 86 77 60 50 48 62 74 80 86 77 71 61 52 Wind dir SE SE S S S SW SW W W W W W NW NW N N N N N NW NW Wind spd 16 21 29 27 18 21 18 18 20 23 23 20 12 5 5 5 10 10 12 13 13 Wind gust 32 44 43 32 37 29 29 33 36 36 33 Clouds OV OV B2 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 90 40 10 40 80 QPF 12hr 1.18 0.13 0 0 0.11 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L D D C C C C C D D C C Tstms L L L C C C Wind Y Y Y Y Date Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 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 36 57 35 53 33 59 38 63 Temp 43 37 52 53 42 36 49 51 40 35 54 57 43 39 59 62 Dewpt 32 29 27 27 28 26 26 25 27 27 28 29 30 30 36 38 PWind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW SW SW Wind char GN BZ GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 5 5 0 0 5 5 20 Rain shwrs S S $$ IAZ039-162100- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 615 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 Date Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 69 52 61 44 55 Temp 58 59 68 67 68 63 59 55 52 57 59 61 59 52 48 46 46 49 51 53 52 Dewpt 38 44 54 59 58 55 54 52 51 51 49 47 44 43 42 42 43 43 43 41 38 RH 47 57 61 75 70 75 83 90 96 80 69 60 57 71 80 86 89 80 74 64 59 Wind dir E E SE SE S SE S SW SW W W W NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW Wind spd 20 25 32 27 18 19 18 14 14 20 25 25 17 10 5 5 8 9 10 12 10 Wind gust 35 48 42 29 32 31 31 36 37 27 Clouds OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW B2 OV B2 OV B2 B1 PoP 12hr 90 70 30 30 80 QPF 12hr 1.30 0.30 0.01 0 0.10 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L D D L C C S C C C C D D C C Tstms C C L L L C C S Wind Y Y Y Y Date Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 35 54 33 52 31 58 36 62 Temp 41 35 50 50 38 33 47 48 36 33 53 55 40 37 58 59 Dewpt 33 28 26 26 26 24 26 25 26 26 29 29 30 30 36 37 PWind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW SW SW Wind char GN BZ GN BZ GN GN GN BZ Avg clouds SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 5 0 5 0 5 5 20 Rain shwrs S S $$ IAZ048-162100- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 615 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 Date Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 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 73 51 64 44 54 Temp 59 61 66 73 68 62 58 54 52 54 58 63 62 53 49 47 46 48 50 52 52 Dewpt 51 55 62 58 52 52 50 51 49 47 46 46 45 44 43 44 43 43 43 39 36 RH 75 81 87 59 57 70 75 90 89 77 64 54 54 71 80 89 89 83 77 61 54 Wind dir E SE SE S S S SW SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW Wind spd 18 21 28 25 14 18 17 17 18 21 23 21 13 5 4 8 8 10 10 12 12 Wind gust 44 37 25 31 28 28 36 36 33 Clouds OV OV OV B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 100 50 10 50 80 QPF 12hr 1.28 0.29 0 0.01 0.17 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C D D C C C S S C C D D C C Tstms C L L C C C S S Wind Y Y Y Y Date Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 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 34 56 33 53 31 59 36 64 Temp 40 35 51 51 39 33 47 50 37 33 54 56 42 37 58 60 Dewpt 32 28 27 27 28 26 27 26 27 27 30 30 30 31 37 38 PWind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW S SW Wind char GN BZ GN GN GN GN GN BZ Avg clouds SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 5 0 0 0 5 5 20 Rain shwrs S S $$ IAZ004-162100- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 615 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 Date Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 65 47 59 42 54 Temp 55 54 55 62 61 54 51 49 47 48 52 58 57 49 46 46 43 46 49 52 50 Dewpt 47 48 51 54 53 50 49 49 47 44 43 44 42 42 40 40 38 36 33 32 30 RH 74 80 86 75 75 86 93100100 86 71 59 57 77 79 79 82 68 54 46 46 Wind dir SE E SE E SE SE W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW W W NW W W NW Wind spd 23 27 28 21 13 10 9 13 19 26 27 25 16 8 10 10 10 13 16 19 18 Wind gust 37 44 35 25 31 37 40 36 26 28 Clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC PoP 12hr 100 50 20 50 50 QPF 12hr 1.16 0.14 0 0.04 0.11 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C D D L C L C C S S C C C C S S Tstms C C L C C C C Wind chill 37 Min chill 39 36 37 Wind Y Y Y Y Date Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 32 52 30 50 30 58 37 63 Temp 37 32 47 47 35 30 44 47 36 31 51 54 40 38 57 59 Dewpt 27 24 22 23 23 22 23 22 25 25 26 27 29 30 35 34 PWind dir NW NW NW NW NW W S SW Wind char GN BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN BZ Avg clouds FW FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 5 5 0 5 5 10 20 Rain shwrs S S $$ IAZ035-162100- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 615 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 Date Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 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 70 49 62 42 54 Temp 57 58 61 70 66 58 55 52 50 52 56 61 60 51 47 46 44 47 50 53 51 Dewpt 48 52 56 56 52 50 50 51 48 46 46 45 44 43 41 42 41 41 39 35 33 RH 72 80 84 61 61 75 83 96 93 80 69 56 55 74 79 86 89 79 66 50 50 Wind dir E SE SE S S S SW W W W W NW NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW Wind spd 21 25 26 20 14 12 11 13 17 20 23 20 12 5 5 8 8 10 12 13 13 Wind gust 35 40 31 Clouds OV OV OV B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC PoP 12hr 100 50 20 60 70 QPF 12hr 1.55 0.10 0 0.03 0.26 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L D D L C C S C S L L L L C C Tstms C L L L C C S S Wind Y Y Y Y Date Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 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 33 54 30 52 30 59 36 64 Temp 38 33 49 50 37 31 47 48 36 31 53 55 40 37 58 60 Dewpt 29 26 25 25 25 23 25 24 25 25 28 28 29 30 37 35 PWind dir NW NW NW NW NW W S SW Wind char GN BZ GN BZ GN GN GN BZ Avg clouds SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 5 0 0 0 5 10 20 Rain shwrs S S $$ IAZ094-162100- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 615 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 Date Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 75 52 69 47 57 Temp 64 66 71 75 71 65 59 54 52 57 64 69 66 56 52 50 49 52 54 53 51 Dewpt 58 62 62 51 49 50 50 48 47 47 47 46 46 45 45 44 44 45 45 42 39 RH 81 87 73 43 46 58 72 80 83 69 54 44 48 66 77 80 83 77 71 66 63 Wind dir SE SE S S S SW SW W W W W W NW N NE NE NE NE N N N Wind spd 13 21 27 27 21 19 19 18 18 21 20 18 9 5 6 8 10 13 16 18 17 Wind gust 41 44 35 33 31 29 28 34 33 31 Clouds OV OV B2 SC B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 90 20 5 30 80 QPF 12hr 0.86 0.02 0 0 0.23 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L D C C S S C C D D L L S Tstms L L C C S S S S Wind Y Y Y Y Date Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 38 57 37 54 33 59 37 64 Temp 42 38 53 53 43 37 50 50 39 34 54 56 42 38 59 60 Dewpt 34 30 29 29 30 27 28 27 28 27 29 29 31 31 37 39 PWind dir NW NW NW N NW NW SW SW Wind char GN BZ GN GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 10 5 5 5 5 5 20 Rain shwrs S S S $$ IAZ017-162100- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 615 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 Date Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 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 49 59 42 54 Temp 54 55 61 64 64 57 53 50 49 51 53 58 57 48 44 43 44 47 49 52 50 Dewpt 42 44 51 57 54 52 51 50 49 48 46 45 44 42 41 41 41 41 38 35 33 RH 64 66 70 78 70 83 93100100 89 77 62 62 80 89 93 89 79 66 52 52 Wind dir E E E SE SE SE S SW W W W NW NW NW W NW NW NW W W NW Wind spd 21 25 31 24 16 11 13 13 14 21 25 25 16 10 6 8 8 10 12 13 13 Wind gust 32 36 50 37 27 25 33 39 41 27 Clouds OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 FW B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 100 80 30 40 60 QPF 12hr 1.16 0.27 0.01 0 0.16 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L D D D L D L L C S C C L L S S Tstms C C L L L L C S S Wind Y Y Y Y Date Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 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 32 52 29 50 29 57 36 63 Temp 38 32 47 47 35 30 45 46 34 30 51 53 39 37 56 58 Dewpt 29 25 24 23 23 22 25 23 25 25 27 27 28 30 36 35 PWind dir NW NW NW NW NW W SW SW Wind char GN BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN BZ Avg clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 5 5 0 5 0 5 5 20 Rain shwrs S S $$ IAZ049-162100- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 615 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 Date Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 70 51 62 42 55 Temp 57 61 68 70 67 61 57 53 52 54 58 61 60 51 47 45 45 48 51 52 51 Dewpt 46 50 60 62 56 52 52 51 51 49 47 46 44 43 41 42 42 43 43 40 37 RH 67 67 76 76 68 72 83 93 96 83 67 58 55 74 79 89 89 83 74 63 59 Wind dir SE SE SE S S S S SW W W W W NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW Wind spd 18 25 27 25 17 20 16 13 14 20 23 21 13 6 4 5 8 8 10 11 10 Wind gust 35 44 42 28 33 27 26 33 37 36 24 Clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 FW B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 100 50 20 30 80 QPF 12hr 1.59 0.21 0 0 0.14 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L D D C C C C S S C C D D C C Tstms C L L L C C C S Wind Y Y Y Y Date Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 33 55 32 52 30 58 35 62 Temp 40 35 50 50 37 33 47 48 36 31 52 54 39 36 57 59 Dewpt 32 28 26 26 26 24 26 25 25 26 29 30 29 30 36 37 PWind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW SW SW Wind char GN BZ GN BZ GN GN GN BZ Avg clouds SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 5 0 5 0 5 5 20 Rain shwrs S S $$ IAZ086-162100- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 615 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 Date Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 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 73 54 67 46 59 Temp 63 68 71 73 70 64 62 56 55 56 61 66 64 55 51 48 48 53 55 54 53 Dewpt 51 59 63 63 58 52 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 43 45 45 43 41 RH 65 73 76 71 66 65 70 83 83 77 62 50 52 69 77 83 83 74 69 66 64 Wind dir E SE SE S S S S SW W W W W NW NW NW NE N N N N N Wind spd 18 21 27 26 18 21 18 16 18 20 23 21 13 8 5 6 8 10 11 13 14 Wind gust 43 43 32 34 29 26 31 32 36 33 Clouds B2 B2 OV B1 SC SC B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 90 20 10 20 80 QPF 12hr 0.78 0.03 0 0 0.11 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L D C S S S S D D D D S Tstms C L L C S S Wind Y Y Y Y Date Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 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 38 57 38 54 34 59 38 64 Temp 44 39 53 53 43 38 50 50 40 35 54 55 42 39 60 60 Dewpt 35 31 28 29 29 28 28 27 28 28 30 30 30 32 36 39 PWind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW SW SW Wind char GN BZ GN GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 5 5 0 0 0 5 20 Rain shwrs S S $$
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