Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
709 FOUS53 KDMX 231127 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 627 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026 IAZ060-232100- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 627 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026 Date Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 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 62 76 64 90 Temp 59 70 77 80 78 71 68 65 64 67 71 75 74 70 68 66 67 76 85 90 88 Dewpt 55 56 56 57 58 58 58 59 59 60 62 64 65 65 65 65 66 70 73 73 73 RH 87 61 48 45 50 63 70 81 84 78 73 69 74 84 90 97 97 82 67 58 61 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE S S SW SW S Wind spd 2 4 6 6 8 6 6 6 6 8 10 10 9 6 5 3 2 2 3 3 3 Clouds SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW CL CL PoP 12hr 5 60 60 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.03 0.09 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C L S C C Heat index 92 98 96 Max heat 82 93 100 Date Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 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 70 95 76 96 72 91 70 90 Temp 75 71 92 93 80 76 94 93 77 73 89 89 75 71 88 88 Dewpt 72 71 75 73 73 70 73 73 70 68 70 68 68 67 68 67 PWind dir S S S W N NE E SE Wind char LT LT GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 10 5 10 20 5 10 Rain shwrs S $$ IAZ039-232100- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 627 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026 Date Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 77 59 76 62 86 Temp 58 67 74 75 74 66 64 61 61 68 74 75 72 68 66 64 65 73 80 84 86 Dewpt 55 56 55 56 58 58 58 56 57 60 62 62 62 61 63 63 64 68 72 73 74 RH 90 68 51 52 57 75 81 84 87 76 66 64 71 78 90 97 97 84 77 70 68 Wind dir SE S S S SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW Wind spd 1 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 8 10 12 11 9 6 5 4 5 5 6 5 Clouds SC FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW PoP 12hr 0 10 5 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 91 95 Max heat 85 96 Date Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 69 92 74 93 70 89 68 88 Temp 72 71 88 89 78 75 89 90 74 71 86 86 72 69 85 85 Dewpt 72 70 77 77 73 71 76 75 68 67 70 69 67 65 69 67 PWind dir S S S W N N NE SE Wind char LT GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 0 30 10 10 5 5 5 Rain shwrs S C Tstms S C $$ IAZ048-232100- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 627 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026 Date Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 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 79 61 75 64 89 Temp 58 68 76 78 76 69 66 63 63 67 72 74 73 69 67 66 66 75 83 88 88 Dewpt 55 58 59 59 60 59 58 60 60 61 63 64 65 64 65 65 66 70 74 75 75 RH 90 70 56 52 58 70 75 90 90 81 73 71 76 84 93 97100 84 74 66 66 Wind dir SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE S S S S SW SW S Wind spd 2 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 11 11 9 6 5 4 2 3 4 4 4 Clouds SC FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC CL CL PoP 12hr 0 50 40 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0.02 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C S Heat index 90 98 97 Max heat 91 102 Date Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 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 70 95 74 95 70 90 68 89 Temp 74 71 91 91 79 75 92 92 75 72 87 87 73 70 87 87 Dewpt 72 71 78 76 73 71 76 75 69 68 72 70 68 67 70 68 PWind dir S S S W NE NE E SE Wind char LT LT GN LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 20 10 5 5 10 10 Rain shwrs S Tstms S $$ IAZ004-232100- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 627 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026 Date Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 79 60 77 63 91 Temp 53 66 75 77 77 68 65 62 62 68 72 75 75 70 67 65 65 76 86 91 89 Dewpt 51 57 56 57 59 60 60 61 60 62 63 64 65 65 65 65 65 70 73 72 73 RH 93 73 52 50 54 76 84 97 93 81 73 69 71 84 93100100 82 65 54 59 Wind dir SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S Wind spd 2 5 8 9 9 10 9 10 11 13 14 14 13 12 12 11 10 10 9 8 6 Clouds SC FW SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW CL CL FW PoP 12hr 0 20 5 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Heat index 93 99 97 Max heat 94 100 Date Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 70 94 72 94 68 89 66 89 Temp 74 71 90 91 78 73 91 91 73 69 86 87 71 68 86 87 Dewpt 70 68 72 72 69 67 68 66 64 63 66 64 64 63 66 65 PWind dir S S S NW NE N S S Wind char GN GN BZ GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 0 5 20 10 5 5 10 10 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S $$ IAZ035-232100- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 627 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026 Date Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 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 79 60 76 63 90 Temp 57 68 76 78 76 68 65 62 62 68 72 74 74 68 66 65 65 75 84 89 89 Dewpt 56 58 59 59 61 60 59 60 60 63 63 65 65 64 65 65 65 71 74 75 75 RH 96 70 56 52 60 76 81 93 93 84 73 74 74 87 97100100 87 72 64 64 Wind dir SE S S S SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW S Wind spd 3 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 10 11 11 9 8 6 4 3 4 4 4 4 Clouds B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW CL CL PoP 12hr 0 50 20 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.05 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S Heat index 91 99 98 Max heat 93 101 Date Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 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 70 94 74 95 69 90 67 89 Temp 74 71 90 92 79 74 91 91 74 70 87 88 72 69 86 87 Dewpt 72 70 76 75 72 70 73 72 66 66 69 68 66 66 68 67 PWind dir S S S W NE N SE S Wind char LT GN GN LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 30 10 5 10 5 20 Rain shwrs C S Tstms C S $$ IAZ094-232100- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 627 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026 Date Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 80 62 73 64 88 Temp 62 70 78 80 78 71 68 64 63 66 68 71 73 69 68 66 67 76 84 88 86 Dewpt 57 57 58 59 60 60 60 59 60 61 64 66 66 66 66 66 67 71 73 72 73 RH 84 63 50 49 54 68 76 84 90 84 87 84 79 90 93100100 85 70 59 65 Wind dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE S SW SW S Wind spd 3 6 6 5 4 4 6 8 8 9 10 10 9 8 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 Clouds B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC CL CL PoP 12hr 5 80 90 30 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.18 0.48 0.08 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C L D L C C C C Tstms S S S S S S Heat index 91 95 93 Max heat 81 93 97 Date Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 69 93 74 95 72 92 70 89 Temp 73 71 90 91 79 75 93 92 77 73 89 88 75 72 87 87 Dewpt 72 70 75 74 72 68 72 72 70 68 69 68 68 67 68 66 PWind dir S S S SW NE NE E SE Wind char LT LT GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 10 $$ IAZ017-232100- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 627 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026 Date Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 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 77 58 76 62 88 Temp 57 67 74 75 75 67 64 61 61 68 74 74 74 68 66 64 65 74 82 86 88 Dewpt 55 56 58 58 60 59 58 57 58 62 63 64 64 62 63 64 65 68 73 74 75 RH 93 68 57 55 60 75 81 87 90 81 69 71 71 81 90100100 82 74 68 66 Wind dir SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW S Wind spd 2 4 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 10 12 12 12 10 8 8 5 8 8 6 5 Clouds SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW CL PoP 12hr 0 10 5 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 87 94 97 Max heat 87 98 Date Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 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 92 73 92 68 88 66 88 Temp 73 70 87 89 78 74 88 89 73 69 85 86 71 67 84 85 Dewpt 72 70 76 76 71 70 74 71 65 65 68 67 65 65 67 66 PWind dir S S S W N N SE S Wind char LT GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 40 10 5 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C C Tstms C C $$ IAZ049-232100- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 627 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026 Date Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 77 59 75 62 87 Temp 58 67 74 77 74 67 64 62 61 66 72 74 72 67 65 64 65 73 81 86 86 Dewpt 54 56 56 57 58 58 57 56 58 60 62 63 63 62 63 63 64 68 72 73 74 RH 86 68 53 50 57 73 78 81 90 81 71 69 73 84 93 97 97 84 74 65 68 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW S Wind spd 2 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 6 10 10 9 8 5 4 2 3 3 4 3 Clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC CL CL PoP 12hr 0 30 20 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S Heat index 93 93 Max heat 87 97 Date Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 68 93 73 93 69 89 67 88 Temp 72 69 88 89 78 74 89 90 74 71 86 86 72 69 85 85 Dewpt 71 69 77 76 72 70 76 75 68 66 71 70 66 65 69 68 PWind dir S S S W N N NE SE Wind char LT LT GN LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 20 10 5 5 5 10 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S $$ IAZ086-232100- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 627 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026 Date Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 Sat 07/25/26 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 80 61 75 63 89 Temp 57 69 77 80 77 70 67 63 63 68 70 73 73 69 67 65 66 75 83 88 88 Dewpt 54 55 54 54 57 57 55 55 58 60 62 63 64 63 64 65 66 69 73 73 73 RH 90 61 45 41 50 63 65 75 84 76 76 71 73 81 90100100 82 72 61 61 Wind dir E SE SE E E E SE SE SE S S SE SE SE S SE SE S SW SW SW Wind spd 2 4 4 4 6 8 6 5 5 6 9 10 9 8 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 Clouds FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL PoP 12hr 0 30 60 20 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.09 0.01 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S L C C C S S Heat index 89 95 95 Max heat 80 91 98 Date Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 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 95 75 96 72 92 69 91 Temp 72 71 91 92 79 76 93 92 76 73 89 88 74 71 87 88 Dewpt 72 71 76 74 73 71 74 74 71 69 70 69 68 68 68 67 PWind dir SW S S SW NW N NE E Wind char LT LT GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds CL SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 5 5 5 10 5 10 $$