


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
875 FOUS53 KDMX 121717 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 IAZ060-122100- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date Sat 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 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 82 61 86 67 89 Temp 78 81 79 71 66 62 63 77 82 86 84 75 71 69 69 79 85 88 86 Dewpt 66 64 63 63 62 60 59 64 63 65 68 67 66 66 66 71 71 71 72 RH 67 56 58 76 87 93 87 64 53 50 59 76 84 90 90 77 63 57 63 Wind dir NW NW NW NW W W SW S SW SW S S S SW SW SW S S S Wind spd 10 9 5 3 3 3 3 5 8 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 5 5 Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 90 94 92 Max heat 84 84 88 85 92 95 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 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 88 70 85 67 81 63 78 Temp 74 72 83 85 74 71 81 81 71 69 77 78 68 65 74 74 Dewpt 70 69 72 73 71 69 72 71 68 66 68 67 65 62 63 62 PWind dir S S SE S E N NW N Wind char LT GN LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 30 30 50 50 30 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C C S C S S S Tstms S S C S C C C S S S S $$ IAZ039-122100- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date Sat 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 80 59 84 66 87 Temp 78 79 77 68 63 60 61 76 82 84 81 73 69 68 69 79 84 86 84 Dewpt 66 64 63 62 61 59 59 64 63 64 66 67 66 65 66 71 72 72 72 RH 67 60 62 81 93 96 93 66 53 51 60 81 90 90 90 77 67 63 67 Wind dir NW NW NW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW S Wind spd 12 12 9 5 3 3 3 5 10 11 9 6 6 5 5 5 6 8 5 Clouds FW SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 90 93 89 Max heat 83 83 86 91 94 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 69 87 68 84 64 78 60 77 Temp 73 71 83 82 72 71 80 78 68 66 74 74 65 63 74 73 Dewpt 70 69 72 72 70 70 71 69 66 65 66 66 63 61 63 61 PWind dir S S SE E E N N N Wind char LT GN LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 30 40 50 50 30 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C C C C S S Tstms S S S C C C C C S S $$ IAZ048-122100- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date Sat 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 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 80 59 85 66 87 Temp 78 80 78 69 64 61 61 76 82 85 83 73 69 68 69 79 84 87 84 Dewpt 66 64 64 63 61 60 59 65 65 68 70 69 67 66 67 72 74 73 73 RH 67 58 62 81 90 97 93 69 56 57 65 87 93 93 93 79 72 63 70 Wind dir NW NW NW W SW SW SW S SW SW S S S SW S SW S S S Wind spd 10 10 5 3 2 2 2 5 9 9 6 5 5 4 3 5 6 5 5 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 92 94 91 Max heat 83 84 88 83 93 95 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 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 87 68 84 65 80 61 77 Temp 73 70 83 84 73 70 80 79 69 66 75 75 66 63 72 73 Dewpt 71 70 74 74 71 70 72 72 68 66 68 67 65 61 64 63 PWind dir S S SE E E N N N Wind char LT GN LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 30 30 50 50 30 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C C C C S S Tstms S S S C S C C C C S S $$ IAZ004-122100- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date Sat 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 79 57 85 65 87 Temp 76 78 77 67 62 59 60 74 82 85 83 73 69 67 66 77 84 86 83 Dewpt 58 58 58 57 56 55 56 62 65 68 70 69 67 64 64 68 69 71 71 RH 54 50 52 70 81 87 87 66 56 57 65 87 93 90 93 74 61 61 67 Wind dir NW NW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S Wind spd 13 11 8 5 5 6 9 13 16 14 11 9 6 5 5 5 8 10 10 Wind gust 25 Clouds SC SC SC FW FW SC CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 20 10 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S Heat index 91 88 Max heat 84 89 88 91 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 68 86 65 79 60 74 56 73 Temp 72 69 83 81 69 66 76 74 65 61 70 70 60 58 69 70 Dewpt 69 67 71 70 67 64 66 65 62 60 62 61 58 56 57 59 PWind dir S S E NE NE N N N Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds SC SC FW SC SC B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 10 30 50 50 40 20 10 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C C S S S S Tstms S C C C C C C C S S $$ IAZ035-122100- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date Sat 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 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 80 58 85 66 88 Temp 77 79 78 67 63 60 60 75 82 85 83 73 70 68 68 78 84 87 84 Dewpt 62 62 63 61 59 57 57 64 66 68 70 69 67 66 67 71 73 73 73 RH 60 56 60 81 87 90 90 69 58 57 65 87 90 93 97 79 70 63 70 Wind dir NW NW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW S S S Wind spd 10 10 5 4 3 4 4 8 10 11 9 6 5 4 3 5 6 6 5 Clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 10 10 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S Heat index 91 95 89 Max heat 81 85 90 83 93 95 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 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 87 66 82 63 78 58 75 Temp 72 70 83 83 71 68 79 77 67 65 72 74 63 60 71 72 Dewpt 70 69 73 73 70 68 71 69 66 64 66 65 62 59 62 62 PWind dir S S SE E NE N N N Wind char LT GN LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 30 40 50 40 30 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C C C S S S S Tstms S C C C S C C C C S S $$ IAZ094-122100- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date Sat 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 82 62 85 66 87 Temp 80 81 80 71 67 64 64 75 82 84 83 73 69 68 69 77 84 85 83 Dewpt 67 67 66 65 63 62 61 65 65 66 68 69 67 66 67 71 71 71 71 RH 65 63 62 81 87 93 90 71 56 55 61 87 93 93 93 82 65 63 67 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW N S S S S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 6 6 5 3 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 6 5 5 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 5 10 5 5 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 89 90 88 Max heat 84 86 85 89 83 90 92 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 69 86 70 87 68 82 63 78 Temp 72 70 83 84 74 71 83 81 71 69 79 78 68 65 74 75 Dewpt 70 70 72 73 71 70 73 73 70 68 69 69 66 64 65 64 PWind dir S S S SW S W N N Wind char LT GN LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 40 30 50 50 30 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C C C C C C C C S S S Tstms S S C S C C C C C S S $$ IAZ017-122100- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date Sat 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 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 78 57 83 65 87 Temp 76 78 76 66 62 59 60 75 81 83 81 72 69 67 68 77 84 86 83 Dewpt 61 60 60 60 58 56 57 62 64 66 67 67 66 65 66 70 71 71 71 RH 60 54 58 81 87 90 90 64 56 57 63 84 90 93 93 79 65 61 67 Wind dir NW NW NW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW S S S Wind spd 12 11 8 3 3 3 5 8 12 12 10 8 6 5 4 5 6 6 5 Clouds FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 0 20 20 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.02 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Heat index 89 91 88 Max heat 83 86 89 91 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 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 86 65 79 60 75 56 74 Temp 71 70 82 81 70 68 76 75 66 63 70 71 62 60 69 70 Dewpt 68 68 72 70 67 67 68 66 63 62 63 62 59 58 59 59 PWind dir S S SE E NE N N N Wind char LT GN LT GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 10 30 50 50 50 30 20 10 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C C C S S Tstms S C C C S C C C S S S $$ IAZ049-122100- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date Sat 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 80 59 84 65 87 Temp 78 79 77 67 63 60 61 75 81 84 81 71 68 67 67 77 84 85 83 Dewpt 65 64 63 62 60 58 59 63 63 65 67 66 65 65 66 70 72 72 72 RH 64 60 62 84 90 93 93 66 54 53 63 84 90 93 97 79 67 65 70 Wind dir NW NW NW W W W SW SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW S S Wind spd 10 10 6 4 3 3 3 5 8 8 6 5 5 5 4 5 6 5 5 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 90 91 89 Max heat 82 83 86 90 93 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 68 86 68 83 64 78 60 76 Temp 72 70 82 82 72 70 79 78 68 66 74 74 65 62 72 71 Dewpt 70 68 72 73 70 69 71 70 67 65 67 66 63 61 62 62 PWind dir S S S E E N N N Wind char LT GN LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 30 40 50 50 30 20 10 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C C C C S S Tstms S S S C S C C C C C S S $$ IAZ086-122100- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Date Sat 07/12/25 Sun 07/13/25 Mon 07/14/25 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 82 62 84 66 87 Temp 79 81 80 70 66 63 64 76 81 84 83 73 69 68 69 78 84 85 84 Dewpt 70 69 68 66 64 62 62 65 63 64 68 67 66 66 67 72 71 72 73 RH 74 67 67 87 93 97 93 69 54 51 61 81 90 93 93 82 65 65 70 Wind dir NW NW NW NW W W SW S SW SW SW S S SW SW SW S S S Wind spd 10 10 8 4 3 3 2 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 Clouds FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 0 5 5 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 89 91 90 Max heat 87 83 87 83 91 93 Date Tue 07/15/25 Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 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 86 70 86 68 82 64 78 Temp 73 72 83 83 74 72 83 81 71 69 78 77 68 65 75 75 Dewpt 70 70 73 74 72 72 74 74 71 68 70 71 67 64 65 65 PWind dir S S S SW S W NW N Wind char LT GN LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 40 30 50 50 30 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C C C C C C C C S S S Tstms S S S S C C C C C S S $$