


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
992 FOUS53 KDMX 140930 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 429 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025 IAZ060-142100- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 429 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025 Date Mon 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 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 89 67 90 70 88 Temp 65 78 86 89 87 78 72 69 68 81 86 89 87 78 74 72 72 79 82 85 83 Dewpt 63 68 68 68 69 69 67 65 66 72 71 70 70 70 69 70 69 72 73 73 73 RH 93 71 55 50 55 74 84 87 93 74 61 54 57 76 84 93 90 79 74 67 72 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S S S SE S S S S SW W NW Wind spd 3 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 9 8 5 5 6 6 5 8 9 9 9 Clouds FW CL FW CL FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 20 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.02 0.24 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C Tstms S S C C C C C Heat index 91 94 92 87 92 90 Max heat 91 95 91 93 96 90 89 94 Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 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 79 63 81 67 87 70 86 Temp 72 68 75 75 67 65 76 78 70 70 82 83 75 72 82 83 Dewpt 69 66 68 66 65 63 66 68 67 68 72 72 70 69 72 71 PWind dir N N N E SE S S S Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 50 30 20 10 30 30 40 20 Rain shwrs C C C C S C C C C C S S Tstms C C C C C C C C C S S $$ IAZ039-142100- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 429 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025 Date Mon 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 88 66 87 70 84 Temp 63 78 85 87 85 76 71 68 68 79 85 87 85 76 73 71 72 78 81 81 78 Dewpt 62 68 69 69 70 69 67 65 66 71 71 70 71 71 70 69 70 73 73 72 71 RH 97 71 59 55 61 79 87 90 93 77 63 57 63 85 90 93 93 85 77 74 79 Wind dir S SW S S S S S S S S S S S SE S S S S SW W NW Wind spd 3 5 8 9 6 5 5 6 5 9 10 10 6 5 6 5 5 8 10 10 9 Clouds FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 5 20 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.02 0.68 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L L Tstms S C C C C C Heat index 90 92 90 86 Max heat 90 92 87 90 94 87 86 87 Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 64 76 62 79 65 83 67 84 Temp 68 66 73 73 65 64 75 76 68 67 78 78 71 69 80 79 Dewpt 67 64 67 65 63 61 65 66 66 66 70 71 69 69 71 71 PWind dir N N N E SE S S SE Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 60 30 20 10 30 40 40 30 Rain shwrs L C C C S C C C C C C S Tstms C C C S S C C C C S $$ IAZ048-142100- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 429 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025 Date Mon 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 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 88 66 88 69 85 Temp 64 78 86 88 86 76 72 68 68 79 85 87 86 76 73 71 70 76 80 82 80 Dewpt 63 68 69 70 71 70 68 66 66 72 72 72 72 71 71 70 70 72 73 74 72 RH 97 71 57 55 61 82 87 93 93 79 65 61 63 85 93 97100 87 79 77 77 Wind dir S SW S S S S S S S S S S S SE SE S S S SW W NW Wind spd 3 5 6 8 6 5 5 5 5 8 10 8 6 5 5 5 5 8 9 9 9 Clouds FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW CL FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 0 5 20 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.10 0.74 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L L Tstms S S C C C C L Heat index 93 91 92 95 92 88 Max heat 90 95 90 93 96 89 85 90 Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 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 78 61 79 66 85 68 85 Temp 70 66 73 74 66 63 76 77 69 68 80 81 72 69 80 81 Dewpt 69 66 67 66 64 62 66 68 67 68 72 73 70 69 73 72 PWind dir N N N E SE S S SE Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 60 30 10 10 30 40 40 20 Rain shwrs L C C C S C C C C C S S Tstms C C C S C C S C C S S $$ IAZ004-142100- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 429 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025 Date Mon 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 88 67 88 66 78 Temp 65 77 84 87 86 76 73 69 68 78 86 87 85 74 71 68 67 71 75 77 74 Dewpt 63 67 69 70 70 70 68 64 64 69 70 70 71 70 68 66 66 67 67 68 68 RH 93 71 61 57 59 82 84 84 87 74 59 57 63 87 90 93 97 87 76 74 82 Wind dir SW S S S S S S S S S S S S SE S SE NW N N N N Wind spd 6 6 10 12 11 10 10 11 11 13 14 13 10 9 9 8 8 9 10 11 11 Clouds FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW CL FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 5 10 60 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.42 0.07 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L L L C C C Tstms S S C C C S S C C Heat index 92 91 91 92 90 Max heat 89 94 90 91 93 86 Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 58 73 56 78 63 81 63 81 Temp 63 59 69 71 61 59 73 75 66 65 77 78 67 65 77 79 Dewpt 61 57 59 60 58 56 61 64 64 63 68 69 66 64 67 68 PWind dir N N NE SE S S E E Wind char GN GN LT LT GN GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 SC PoP 12hr 40 20 5 10 40 30 30 20 Rain shwrs C C S C C S S C S Tstms C C S C C S S S $$ IAZ035-142100- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 429 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025 Date Mon 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 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 88 66 88 68 83 Temp 64 77 85 88 85 77 71 68 68 78 85 87 85 75 71 70 69 74 78 80 77 Dewpt 63 68 70 71 72 71 68 66 66 71 73 72 72 71 69 68 68 70 72 72 71 RH 97 74 61 57 65 82 90 93 93 79 67 61 65 87 93 93 97 87 82 77 82 Wind dir S SW S S S S S S S S S S S SE S SE S SW W NW N Wind spd 3 6 9 10 8 6 6 8 6 10 10 10 8 6 6 6 5 8 9 9 10 Clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 5 40 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.26 0.27 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C L L C Tstms C C C C C C C Heat index 90 94 91 92 94 91 Max heat 91 95 87 92 96 87 84 Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 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 61 75 59 79 64 84 66 84 Temp 66 63 72 72 63 61 74 76 67 67 79 80 70 67 79 80 Dewpt 66 62 65 64 61 60 65 66 66 66 71 72 69 67 70 71 PWind dir N N N E SE S S SE Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC PoP 12hr 50 30 10 10 30 40 40 20 Rain shwrs C C C S C C C C C S S Tstms C C C C C C C C S S $$ IAZ094-142100- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 429 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025 Date Mon 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 88 66 88 70 90 Temp 65 78 85 88 85 77 71 67 68 80 85 87 85 77 74 71 72 80 86 88 86 Dewpt 65 69 68 68 68 68 66 66 67 72 71 70 71 71 70 70 71 74 74 75 74 RH 100 74 57 52 57 74 84 97 97 77 63 57 63 82 87 97 97 82 68 66 68 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S S S SE S S S SW SW SW NW Wind spd 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 8 6 5 5 6 6 6 9 10 10 9 Clouds SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 5 10 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.02 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C Tstms S S C C C Obvis PF+ Heat index 90 92 91 85 94 98 94 Max heat 89 92 88 91 95 88 95 100 Dense Fog Y Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 69 81 64 83 68 88 70 88 Temp 74 70 77 77 68 66 78 80 71 70 85 84 75 72 84 84 Dewpt 71 69 70 69 66 66 68 71 70 69 73 73 71 70 73 73 PWind dir S NW NE E SE S S S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 50 40 20 20 30 30 30 30 Rain shwrs C C C C S S S S C C S C C C C Tstms C C C C S S C C S S C C C $$ IAZ017-142100- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 429 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025 Date Mon 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 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 87 65 87 67 80 Temp 66 78 84 87 84 75 71 68 67 78 84 87 84 74 71 69 69 73 76 78 74 Dewpt 63 67 69 70 70 70 68 65 65 70 71 70 70 70 68 67 68 69 70 70 69 RH 90 69 61 57 63 84 90 90 93 76 65 57 63 87 90 93 97 87 82 76 84 Wind dir SW SW S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW W N Wind spd 4 6 8 9 8 6 6 8 8 10 12 10 8 5 6 5 5 8 9 9 9 Clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 5 40 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.18 0.25 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L L L C Tstms C C C S C C C Heat index 92 89 92 Max heat 89 92 88 89 93 85 Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 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 60 73 57 77 63 81 64 81 Temp 66 62 69 71 62 60 73 74 67 66 76 78 69 67 77 78 Dewpt 64 60 63 62 59 58 62 64 64 65 68 69 67 66 68 68 PWind dir N N N E SE S S E Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 50 30 10 10 30 40 40 20 Rain shwrs C C C S C C C C C S S Tstms C C C C C C S C S $$ IAZ049-142100- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 429 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025 Date Mon 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 87 65 87 69 84 Temp 63 78 84 86 84 74 70 67 67 78 84 86 85 75 72 71 71 77 80 81 79 Dewpt 61 67 68 69 70 68 66 64 65 70 71 70 71 70 69 69 69 72 73 72 72 RH 93 69 59 57 63 82 87 90 93 76 65 59 63 84 90 93 93 85 79 74 79 Wind dir S SW S S S SE S S S S S S S SE SE S S S SW W W Wind spd 4 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 8 9 8 5 5 6 5 5 8 9 9 8 Clouds FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 0 5 20 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.06 0.67 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L L Tstms S S C C C C L Heat index 89 89 91 90 Max heat 89 91 87 91 94 87 84 87 Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 64 77 61 79 64 84 67 84 Temp 68 65 73 73 64 63 75 76 67 67 79 79 70 69 80 80 Dewpt 68 64 66 65 63 61 65 67 66 66 71 71 69 68 71 71 PWind dir N N N E SE S S SE Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 60 30 20 10 30 30 40 30 Rain shwrs L C C C S C C C C C C S Tstms L C C S C C C C C S S $$ IAZ086-142100- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 429 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025 Date Mon 07/14/25 Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 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 88 67 88 70 90 Temp 66 78 85 88 85 75 71 69 69 80 85 87 85 77 74 72 72 80 85 87 84 Dewpt 66 70 68 68 69 68 67 66 68 72 71 72 72 73 72 71 71 75 75 76 75 RH 100 76 57 52 59 79 87 90 97 77 63 61 65 87 93 97 97 85 72 70 74 Wind dir S S S S SE SE S S SE S S S SE SE S S S S SW SW W Wind spd 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 8 9 10 9 Clouds SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 5 10 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.11 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L Tstms S S C C L Obvis PF+ Heat index 90 94 91 85 93 97 92 Max heat 88 92 88 91 95 88 95 98 Dense Fog Y Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 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 81 65 81 67 88 71 88 Temp 74 70 78 76 68 66 77 78 70 70 82 83 74 72 84 83 Dewpt 73 69 71 70 67 66 68 70 69 69 73 74 72 71 73 73 PWind dir SW NW N E SE S S S Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 60 40 20 20 30 30 40 30 Rain shwrs L C C C S S S S C C C C C C S Tstms L C C C S S C C C C C C S $$