


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
739 FOUS53 KDMX 261500 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 IAZ060-262100- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 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 85 72 93 76 96 Temp 77 80 85 84 78 75 73 73 81 88 92 90 83 81 78 77 85 93 95 93 Dewpt 72 74 75 75 74 73 72 72 76 76 77 78 77 77 75 73 76 78 78 78 RH 85 82 72 74 88 94 97 97 85 68 62 68 82 88 91 87 75 62 58 62 Wind dir S S SW S SE S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S Wind spd 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 Clouds B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 0 0 10 0 QPF 12hr 0.13 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Tstms S Heat index 93 92 88 99106105 93 88 95108112109 Max heat 86 94 89 100 107 103 87 110 115 Date Tue 07/29/25 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 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 74 93 70 82 63 76 60 75 Temp 80 76 89 89 76 70 79 78 69 64 73 73 65 61 73 73 Dewpt 77 73 76 76 74 69 71 69 66 62 63 62 61 58 60 61 PWind dir S SE NE NE NE E E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 20 50 50 30 20 10 10 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C S Tstms S S C C C C C C S $$ IAZ039-262100- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 85 70 89 74 93 Temp 76 80 84 83 76 72 71 71 79 86 89 87 80 78 76 75 83 90 92 90 Dewpt 73 73 74 74 73 72 71 71 75 75 75 76 76 75 74 73 77 78 79 79 RH 90 79 72 74 90100100100 88 70 64 70 88 91 94 94 82 68 66 70 Wind dir S S S S S SE SE SE S S S S S S S S SW SW W SW Wind spd 5 6 5 5 3 2 2 2 5 6 8 6 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 Clouds B2 B1 SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 10 0 0 20 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Obvis PF F Heat index 91 90 95 99 98 86 92105109106 Max heat 84 92 86 96 100 96 106 111 Date Tue 07/29/25 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 72 89 68 79 61 76 57 75 Temp 77 74 86 84 73 70 76 75 65 62 74 74 62 58 73 73 Dewpt 74 73 76 75 71 69 70 67 61 59 61 62 57 55 59 61 PWind dir SE E NE NE NE NE E E Wind char LT LT LT GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds FW SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 30 60 50 20 10 5 5 Rain shwrs S C C C L C C S S Tstms S S C C C C C S S $$ IAZ048-262100- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 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 85 70 92 74 95 Temp 77 80 84 83 76 73 72 72 80 87 91 89 81 79 76 75 84 91 94 92 Dewpt 73 74 75 75 74 73 72 72 76 77 78 78 78 78 75 73 77 79 80 80 RH 87 82 74 77 94100100100 88 72 66 70 91 97 97 94 80 68 64 68 Wind dir S S S S SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SE Wind spd 5 4 5 3 3 3 2 2 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 Clouds B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW CL CL PoP 12hr 10 0 5 20 0 QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Obvis PF Heat index 92 90 86 99106104 90 94108113110 Max heat 84 93 86 100 106 102 109 116 Date Tue 07/29/25 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 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 73 92 68 80 61 76 59 75 Temp 77 74 87 87 73 70 77 76 66 62 72 73 64 60 73 73 Dewpt 76 73 77 77 73 69 71 69 64 60 63 63 61 58 61 62 PWind dir SE E NE NE NE E E E Wind char LT LT LT GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 PoP 12hr 30 30 60 50 30 10 10 10 Rain shwrs C S C C L C C S C Tstms C S C C C C C S S $$ IAZ004-262100- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 85 69 90 71 91 Temp 76 81 85 84 75 71 69 70 78 86 89 87 80 78 74 72 80 87 90 88 Dewpt 72 72 73 73 72 70 69 69 74 75 76 77 76 75 71 70 73 76 78 77 RH 87 74 67 70 90 97100 97 88 70 66 72 88 91 90 93 79 70 68 70 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S SE S SW S SW N NE E E Wind spd 6 8 9 8 6 6 5 6 10 11 13 11 10 10 9 6 8 8 9 6 Clouds B1 SC FW FW CL SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW CL CL PoP 12hr 0 0 20 30 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.01 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C S Tstms C C S Obvis PF Heat index 92 90 95100 98 85 97104100 Max heat 85 92 84 95 100 94 98 105 Date Tue 07/29/25 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 68 84 65 77 58 74 56 74 Temp 75 70 80 80 69 65 73 73 63 59 72 71 60 57 71 71 Dewpt 72 69 71 71 67 64 66 65 59 55 59 61 57 55 58 60 PWind dir E NE NE NE NE E E SE Wind char LT GN GN GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds SC B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 40 40 60 40 10 5 5 10 Rain shwrs S C C C C L C S Tstms S C C C C L S S $$ IAZ035-262100- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 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 85 69 92 74 94 Temp 77 81 85 84 76 72 71 71 80 87 91 88 81 78 76 74 83 90 93 90 Dewpt 74 74 74 74 73 72 71 71 76 77 78 78 77 76 74 73 77 79 80 79 RH 90 79 70 72 90100100100 88 72 66 72 88 94 94 97 82 70 66 70 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW S SE Wind spd 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 5 8 10 9 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 Clouds B1 SC SC FW CL SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL CL PoP 12hr 0 0 5 20 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Obvis PF Heat index 86 92 91 86 99106102 88 92105112107 Max heat 86 93 84 99 106 99 108 116 Date Tue 07/29/25 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 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 71 90 67 79 61 76 58 75 Temp 77 73 85 84 72 68 76 75 65 61 72 73 62 59 72 72 Dewpt 75 72 76 76 71 68 70 67 63 59 62 63 60 57 60 62 PWind dir SE E NE NE NE E E E Wind char LT LT LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds FW B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 PoP 12hr 30 30 60 50 20 10 10 10 Rain shwrs C C C C L C C S S Tstms C C C C C C C S $$ IAZ094-262100- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 85 73 91 74 93 Temp 77 81 84 83 78 76 74 74 81 88 90 88 81 79 76 75 84 90 93 90 Dewpt 73 74 75 76 75 75 74 74 77 77 77 78 79 76 73 72 76 78 78 79 RH 87 79 74 80 91 97100100 88 70 66 72 94 91 90 90 77 68 62 70 Wind dir S SW SW SW S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S Wind spd 4 5 6 4 3 3 3 4 5 6 8 5 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 4 Clouds B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 5 0 5 0 QPF 12hr 0.08 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs Tstms Heat index 86 92 91 88100104102 91 93105108107 Max heat 87 94 87 100 106 101 106 112 Date Tue 07/29/25 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 73 92 70 84 64 75 60 75 Temp 78 74 89 89 76 72 81 78 69 65 72 71 66 62 71 72 Dewpt 76 73 77 77 74 71 73 72 69 64 64 65 62 59 60 63 PWind dir S S E NE NE NE E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds FW SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 40 60 40 30 10 20 Rain shwrs S S C C L C C C S S Tstms S S C C C C C S $$ IAZ017-262100- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 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 84 68 88 71 91 Temp 75 80 84 82 74 71 70 70 78 85 88 86 78 77 74 74 81 87 91 88 Dewpt 73 73 72 72 71 70 69 69 74 75 76 76 75 75 73 72 75 77 78 78 RH 94 79 67 72 90 97 97 97 88 72 68 72 91 94 97 93 82 72 66 72 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W W W SE Wind spd 5 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 5 8 9 8 8 8 6 5 6 6 5 5 Clouds B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW CL CL PoP 12hr 0 0 5 30 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.02 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C Tstms C S Obvis PF F Heat index 90 87 94 99 96 87 99105102 Max heat 84 90 94 100 91 99 106 Date Tue 07/29/25 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 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 68 86 65 77 58 75 55 75 Temp 75 72 82 82 71 67 74 73 63 60 73 72 61 57 72 71 Dewpt 73 70 73 72 68 65 68 64 59 55 59 61 56 54 58 61 PWind dir E E NE NE NE E E E Wind char LT LT LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 30 30 60 40 20 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C C C C L C S S Tstms C S C C L S S S $$ IAZ049-262100- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 84 70 89 73 93 Temp 75 79 83 82 75 72 71 71 78 86 89 87 79 78 76 75 83 90 92 90 Dewpt 73 73 74 74 73 72 71 71 76 76 76 77 76 76 74 73 76 78 78 79 RH 94 82 74 77 94100100100 94 72 66 72 91 94 94 94 80 68 64 70 Wind dir S S S S SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S Wind spd 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 2 4 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 4 Clouds B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL PoP 12hr 20 0 0 20 0 QPF 12hr 0.20 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S Obvis PF Heat index 89 88 96100 99 91105107106 Max heat 90 85 96 102 97 108 111 Date Tue 07/29/25 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 72 90 67 79 61 74 57 74 Temp 77 73 86 86 73 69 76 74 65 61 71 72 62 58 72 71 Dewpt 75 73 76 76 72 68 70 68 63 59 61 63 59 55 59 61 PWind dir SE E NE NE NE E E E Wind char LT LT LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 30 60 50 30 10 5 10 Rain shwrs S S C C L C C C C Tstms S S C C C C C C S $$ IAZ086-262100- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 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 86 73 92 76 95 Temp 75 81 84 83 77 75 74 75 80 87 90 88 81 79 78 77 84 91 94 91 Dewpt 73 75 77 76 75 75 74 74 78 78 77 78 78 78 76 75 78 80 80 80 RH 94 82 80 80 94100100 97 94 75 66 72 91 97 94 94 82 70 64 70 Wind dir SE S SW W S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW Wind spd 5 8 6 5 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 4 Clouds B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW PoP 12hr 30 10 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0.24 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C Tstms C C C Obvis PF Heat index 86 93 91 86 99104102 88 96108113109 Max heat 87 94 88 100 106 100 111 114 Date Tue 07/29/25 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 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 75 93 70 82 64 76 59 75 Temp 80 77 89 88 77 72 79 77 68 64 73 72 64 61 73 72 Dewpt 77 75 78 78 75 72 74 72 67 63 65 64 62 58 62 63 PWind dir S SE NE NE NE NE E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 50 60 30 20 10 10 Rain shwrs S S C C C L C C S Tstms S S C C C C C C S $$