


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
900 FOUS53 KDMX 121916 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 216 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 IAZ060-130900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 216 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 Tue 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 85 65 89 69 Temp 80 78 71 66 62 62 76 81 85 84 75 71 68 68 79 85 88 87 78 74 71 70 Dewpt 65 64 63 62 60 60 64 63 64 67 67 66 66 66 71 71 71 72 71 70 69 69 RH 60 62 76 87 93 93 66 54 50 57 76 84 93 93 77 63 57 61 79 87 93 97 Wind dir NW NW NW W W SW S SW SW S S S SW S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 9 5 3 3 3 3 5 8 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 5 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 91 95 93 Max heat 83 83 88 87 94 97 91 Date 07/15 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 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 89 70 86 66 81 64 81 65 83 Temp 83 85 74 72 82 82 72 68 76 77 68 65 76 78 69 66 80 80 Dewpt 73 72 71 70 72 71 68 66 68 66 64 63 66 67 65 64 69 68 PWind dir S S SW NW NW N NE SE S Wind char GN LT GN GN LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 40 40 40 20 10 10 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C S S S S Tstms S S C C C C S S $$ IAZ039-130900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 216 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 59 83 64 88 68 Temp 79 76 68 63 60 61 75 80 83 81 72 68 67 68 79 85 87 85 75 72 70 70 Dewpt 62 63 62 61 59 60 65 64 64 66 66 65 65 66 71 72 71 72 71 70 68 69 RH 56 64 81 93 96 97 71 58 53 60 81 90 93 93 77 65 59 65 87 93 93 97 Wind dir NW NW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW S S S S S S Wind spd 12 9 5 3 3 3 5 10 11 9 6 6 5 4 5 6 8 5 5 5 5 5 Clouds SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 10 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 92 94 91 Max heat 82 83 86 82 92 94 88 Date 07/15 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 87 69 84 64 78 62 79 63 81 Temp 84 83 73 71 80 78 69 66 75 74 66 64 75 75 66 66 78 77 Dewpt 73 72 70 69 72 70 67 66 67 65 64 62 64 65 64 63 67 67 PWind dir S S SW NE N N NE E S Wind char GN LT GN GN GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 40 60 40 20 10 10 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C C L C C S S S S S Tstms S C C C C C C S S $$ IAZ048-130900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 216 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 Tue 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 85 64 89 68 Temp 79 76 69 64 61 61 75 81 83 83 74 70 68 66 78 85 87 85 76 72 70 70 Dewpt 63 64 63 61 60 60 65 65 67 69 68 67 66 66 72 73 73 73 72 70 70 69 RH 58 66 81 90 97 97 71 58 59 63 82 90 93100 82 67 63 67 87 93100 97 Wind dir NW NW W SW SW SW S SW SW S S S SW SW S S S S S S S S Wind spd 10 5 3 2 2 2 5 9 9 6 5 5 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 91 95 92 Max heat 83 88 85 93 97 89 Date 07/15 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 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 88 69 85 65 79 62 80 64 83 Temp 83 83 73 71 81 80 70 66 76 75 66 64 76 78 67 65 79 79 Dewpt 74 74 72 70 73 71 68 66 68 66 64 63 66 67 66 65 69 69 PWind dir S S SW N N N NE SE SE Wind char GN LT GN GN LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 40 50 40 20 10 10 30 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C S S C S S Tstms S C C C C C S S $$ IAZ004-130900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 216 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 57 85 64 88 68 Temp 77 76 67 62 59 59 74 80 83 83 73 69 65 65 77 84 87 84 75 72 69 69 Dewpt 56 58 57 56 55 55 62 65 68 70 68 66 63 63 69 69 71 71 70 68 66 66 RH 48 54 70 81 87 87 66 60 61 65 84 90 93 93 76 61 59 65 84 87 90 90 Wind dir NW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S S Wind spd 11 8 5 5 6 9 13 16 14 11 9 6 5 4 5 8 10 10 9 10 10 10 Wind gust 25 Clouds SC SC FW FW SC CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 20 10 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Tstms S Obvis K K Heat index 93 89 Max heat 82 89 85 88 94 85 Date 07/15 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 87 65 78 59 73 57 76 60 79 Temp 83 81 70 66 74 73 64 61 69 71 61 60 72 74 64 62 75 77 Dewpt 70 71 67 64 66 65 62 59 61 61 58 57 61 63 61 61 65 66 PWind dir S E N N N NE E SE S Wind char GN GN GN GN GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 30 50 40 40 20 10 10 30 20 Rain shwrs C C C C C C S S S C S S Tstms C C C C C C S S S S $$ IAZ035-130900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 216 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 Tue 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 85 64 89 68 Temp 78 76 67 63 60 60 74 80 83 82 73 70 67 66 78 85 88 85 76 71 69 70 Dewpt 60 62 61 59 57 58 64 66 68 70 70 67 66 66 72 73 73 73 71 70 68 69 RH 54 62 81 87 90 93 71 62 61 67 90 90 97100 82 67 61 67 85 97 97 97 Wind dir NW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S Wind spd 10 5 4 3 4 4 8 10 11 9 6 5 4 3 4 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 10 10 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 92 95 91 Max heat 83 88 83 93 97 87 Date 07/15 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 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 87 68 83 63 77 60 79 62 81 Temp 83 83 72 69 80 76 67 64 73 72 63 61 74 75 65 63 77 78 Dewpt 74 73 70 69 72 68 65 63 65 64 61 61 64 66 64 63 68 68 PWind dir S SE W N N N E SE S Wind char GN GN GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 40 40 40 20 10 10 30 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C S S S C S S Tstms S S C C C C C S S S $$ IAZ094-130900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 216 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 62 85 66 87 68 Temp 80 79 71 67 64 64 76 81 84 83 74 70 68 67 77 84 86 85 76 72 70 69 Dewpt 68 66 65 63 62 62 65 65 65 68 68 67 66 67 71 71 71 71 71 70 69 69 RH 67 64 81 87 93 93 69 58 53 61 82 90 93100 82 65 61 63 85 93 97100 Wind dir NW NW NW NW N S S S S S S S S S S S S S SE S S S Wind spd 6 5 3 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 5 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 89 92 90 Max heat 84 84 88 86 90 94 87 Date 07/15 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 88 69 86 66 82 64 81 64 84 Temp 83 84 73 72 83 83 72 68 78 78 68 65 77 78 69 67 80 81 Dewpt 73 72 71 71 72 72 70 67 69 68 66 64 67 68 66 66 69 70 PWind dir S S SW S NW N NE E S Wind char LT LT GN GN LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 20 30 40 40 30 20 20 20 20 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C C S S S S S S Tstms S S S C C C C C C S $$ IAZ017-130900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 216 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 Tue 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 57 83 65 87 67 Temp 77 74 66 62 59 59 74 80 83 81 72 70 67 66 77 84 87 84 75 70 68 69 Dewpt 59 60 60 58 56 57 63 63 65 67 68 66 66 66 69 71 71 71 70 69 67 68 RH 54 62 81 87 90 93 69 56 55 63 87 87 97100 76 65 59 65 84 97 97 97 Wind dir NW NW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S Wind spd 11 8 3 3 3 5 8 12 12 10 8 6 5 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 Clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 0 5 10 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 89 93 89 Max heat 81 85 89 94 86 Date 07/15 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 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 87 66 81 61 76 58 77 60 79 Temp 82 81 71 68 78 75 66 63 71 72 63 61 72 73 65 63 75 76 Dewpt 72 71 69 67 69 66 64 62 63 62 60 59 62 63 61 61 65 65 PWind dir S S SE N N N E SE S Wind char GN GN GN GN GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 50 50 40 20 10 10 30 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C S S C S S Tstms S C C C C C C S S S $$ IAZ049-130900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 216 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 59 83 64 87 67 Temp 80 76 67 63 60 60 74 80 82 81 71 69 67 66 78 84 87 84 76 71 69 70 Dewpt 63 63 62 60 58 59 64 63 65 67 65 65 65 66 71 72 72 72 70 69 67 68 RH 56 64 84 90 93 96 71 56 56 63 81 87 93100 79 67 61 67 82 93 93 93 Wind dir NW NW W W W SW SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW S S S S S S S Wind spd 10 6 4 3 3 3 5 8 8 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Clouds SC SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 5 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 90 93 90 Max heat 82 82 86 83 90 94 87 Date 07/15 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 86 68 84 64 78 61 79 62 81 Temp 82 83 72 70 80 79 69 66 75 74 65 63 75 76 66 64 77 77 Dewpt 73 73 70 69 72 71 67 65 67 66 64 61 64 66 64 63 67 68 PWind dir S S SW N N N NE E S Wind char GN LT GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 40 50 40 20 10 10 30 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C S S C S S Tstms S S S C C C C S S $$ IAZ086-130900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 216 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 Tue 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 62 85 64 88 69 Temp 82 79 70 66 63 64 76 81 83 83 73 69 67 68 79 85 87 84 75 72 69 71 Dewpt 67 68 66 64 62 62 65 64 64 67 67 66 66 67 72 72 71 73 71 70 69 70 RH 61 69 87 93 97 93 69 56 53 59 81 90 97 97 79 65 59 70 87 93100 97 Wind dir NW NW NW W W SW S SW SW SW S S SW S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 10 8 4 3 3 2 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Clouds FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 5 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 91 93 90 Max heat 86 83 87 85 92 94 87 Date 07/15 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 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 87 70 87 68 82 64 81 65 83 Temp 82 83 74 73 83 82 73 70 78 78 69 67 76 78 69 68 80 79 Dewpt 73 75 72 72 74 74 71 68 70 70 66 65 68 69 66 66 69 70 PWind dir S S SW SW NW N NE E S Wind char LT LT GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 20 40 50 50 30 20 10 20 20 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C C S S S S S Tstms S S C C C C C C S $$