Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
605 FOUS53 KDMX 122312 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 612 PM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025 IAZ060-130900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 612 PM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025 Date 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25 Tue 10/14/25 Wed 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 72 53 62 54 Temp 73 70 67 63 60 62 69 72 67 61 59 56 54 56 59 61 61 58 57 56 56 Dewpt 61 61 59 55 53 51 49 47 44 44 43 43 44 46 48 49 49 51 51 51 51 RH 66 73 75 75 78 67 49 41 43 53 55 62 69 69 67 65 65 77 80 83 83 Wind dir SE SE W N N N N NE N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E NE E E Wind spd 12 11 6 10 11 12 11 11 9 8 6 6 8 8 6 8 5 5 4 5 5 Wind gust 24 24 Clouds B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 10 30 30 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.06 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C S S S S Sprinkles C Date 10/15 Thu 10/16/25 Fri 10/17/25 Sat 10/18/25 Sun 10/19/25 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 70 58 80 63 76 54 70 47 65 Temp 67 67 61 59 76 76 69 63 74 72 61 55 68 65 54 48 63 60 Dewpt 55 53 54 53 58 57 58 57 58 55 55 52 49 45 43 41 42 39 PWind dir E SE S S SW SW W NW NW Wind char LT GN GN GN GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 10 10 10 30 40 20 20 10 Rain shwrs C C C C S S S $$ IAZ039-130900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 612 PM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025 Date 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25 Tue 10/14/25 Wed CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 58 72 48 61 49 Temp 69 67 65 62 59 62 70 72 65 56 52 51 49 54 58 61 58 54 52 51 51 Dewpt 53 55 55 55 54 51 48 44 42 42 40 39 40 42 42 43 43 46 47 47 48 RH 57 65 70 78 83 67 45 37 43 59 63 63 71 64 55 51 57 74 83 86 89 Wind dir SE SE S NW N N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E Wind spd 14 14 12 8 10 12 12 12 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 10 8 6 5 5 5 Wind gust 25 25 Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 PoP 12hr 30 5 20 30 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.07 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S S S C C C C C C C C Sprinkles Date 10/15 Thu 10/16/25 Fri 10/17/25 Sat 10/18/25 Sun 10/19/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 65 52 75 59 76 52 70 44 64 Temp 62 61 55 53 71 70 64 59 73 70 59 53 68 62 51 45 62 58 Dewpt 49 48 49 47 52 53 55 55 56 55 54 52 48 45 44 41 40 38 PWind dir E SE SE S SW SW W NW NW Wind char LT GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 10 10 20 20 30 40 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S C C C S S S S $$ IAZ048-130900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 612 PM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025 Date 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25 Tue 10/14/25 Wed 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 56 70 50 61 51 Temp 71 68 65 61 57 61 68 70 64 56 55 53 51 55 58 60 59 54 54 53 53 Dewpt 61 61 58 53 51 48 46 45 42 43 42 42 42 45 46 47 48 49 49 49 49 RH 71 78 78 75 80 62 45 41 45 62 61 66 71 69 64 62 67 83 83 86 86 Wind dir SE SE W N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E NE E E E Wind spd 13 12 5 11 11 13 11 11 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 5 4 5 5 Wind gust 26 26 21 Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 FW FW FW FW FW FW B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 30 10 30 40 30 QPF 12hr 0.05 0 0.01 0.09 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S C C C C S S C C C C S Date 10/15 Thu 10/16/25 Fri 10/17/25 Sat 10/18/25 Sun 10/19/25 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 69 55 79 61 76 52 70 44 64 Temp 65 64 58 56 75 74 66 61 73 70 58 52 67 63 51 45 62 59 Dewpt 54 53 53 52 58 58 58 57 58 56 55 51 49 46 43 40 42 40 PWind dir E SE SE S SW W W NW NW Wind char LT GN GN GN GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 10 20 30 40 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C S S S $$ IAZ004-130900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 612 PM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025 Date 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25 Tue 10/14/25 Wed CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 45 65 45 56 44 Temp 69 61 55 49 46 52 61 64 58 51 48 47 45 50 53 55 52 47 47 46 46 Dewpt 58 54 49 44 39 38 37 36 35 35 35 35 35 37 37 38 39 41 43 44 44 RH 68 78 80 83 76 59 41 35 42 54 60 63 68 61 54 53 61 79 86 93 93 Wind dir S NW NW NW N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE E NE E E E E Wind spd 16 18 10 11 10 12 12 11 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 9 6 5 5 6 Wind gust 27 29 24 Clouds B2 B2 B1 FW FW CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 40 5 20 50 40 QPF 12hr 0.04 0 0 0.17 0.06 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S S C C C C C C S S S Date 10/15 Thu 10/16/25 Fri 10/17/25 Sat 10/18/25 Sun 10/19/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 63 53 78 54 70 47 65 41 62 Temp 59 59 55 54 73 72 61 55 67 64 53 47 62 58 46 42 59 56 Dewpt 50 50 51 50 57 56 55 52 53 51 48 43 44 41 38 37 37 36 PWind dir SE SE S S SW W W W NW Wind char GN GN BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 30 30 40 20 10 10 10 Rain shwrs S S S C S C C C C S $$ IAZ035-130900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 612 PM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025 Date 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25 Tue 10/14/25 Wed 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 51 68 48 59 49 Temp 70 68 61 56 52 57 64 67 62 54 52 50 48 54 56 58 56 51 51 50 50 Dewpt 60 61 54 49 44 43 41 39 37 38 39 39 38 41 42 43 44 46 46 47 47 RH 71 78 78 77 74 59 43 36 39 54 61 66 68 61 59 57 64 83 83 89 89 Wind dir S SW N N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE E NE NE E E E E Wind spd 12 11 13 10 10 12 11 11 9 8 6 8 8 9 9 9 6 5 5 5 5 Wind gust 23 27 20 Clouds SC B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 PoP 12hr 50 5 30 50 40 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0.03 0.12 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C S S S C C C C C C C C C C S Sprinkles Date 10/15 Thu 10/16/25 Fri 10/17/25 Sat 10/18/25 Sun 10/19/25 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 68 55 79 58 74 50 68 43 64 Temp 62 63 56 55 75 73 64 59 71 68 56 50 65 61 49 43 62 58 Dewpt 51 51 52 51 57 56 56 56 56 53 52 48 46 43 41 38 39 36 PWind dir SE SE S S SW SW W NW NW Wind char GN GN BZ GN GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 20 30 20 30 40 30 10 10 10 Rain shwrs S S C S S C C C C S $$ IAZ094-130900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 612 PM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025 Date 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25 Tue 10/14/25 Wed CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 59 72 55 66 56 Temp 72 70 68 63 60 63 70 72 68 63 61 58 56 59 63 65 63 60 59 58 57 Dewpt 61 61 60 57 55 55 54 54 51 50 48 48 48 51 53 54 54 55 54 54 54 RH 68 73 76 81 84 75 57 53 54 62 62 69 74 75 70 68 72 84 83 86 90 Wind dir SE S S N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E Wind spd 9 9 8 9 10 11 10 9 5 6 6 6 8 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 5 Wind gust 19 19 20 21 Clouds B1 B1 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 20 20 20 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.02 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S Sprinkles C Tstms S Date 10/15 Thu 10/16/25 Fri 10/17/25 Sat 10/18/25 Sun 10/19/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 73 58 80 61 77 53 71 46 64 Temp 70 68 63 59 77 75 68 62 74 71 61 54 68 64 52 47 62 58 Dewpt 57 57 56 55 59 58 58 57 58 56 56 53 51 46 44 42 41 40 PWind dir E SE S S S SW W NW NW Wind char LT LT GN GN GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 10 5 10 30 40 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S C C C S S S $$ IAZ017-130900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 612 PM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025 Date 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25 Tue 10/14/25 Wed 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 50 66 45 57 46 Temp 68 66 61 56 51 56 63 66 60 52 49 48 46 51 56 57 55 49 48 48 48 Dewpt 56 58 56 50 45 43 41 40 38 37 38 37 37 39 39 39 41 43 44 45 45 RH 65 75 84 80 80 62 44 38 44 56 66 65 71 63 53 51 59 80 86 89 89 Wind dir S S NW N N N N N N N N NE NE NE NE E NE E E E E Wind spd 17 13 12 10 10 11 11 10 5 5 5 6 6 8 6 8 5 5 4 4 5 Wind gust 27 26 25 Clouds B1 B2 OV B1 FW CL FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 PoP 12hr 50 5 20 40 40 QPF 12hr 0.03 0 0 0.09 0.16 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C S S C C C C C C S S S Date 10/15 Thu 10/16/25 Fri 10/17/25 Sat 10/18/25 Sun 10/19/25 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 62 50 74 56 71 48 65 41 61 Temp 59 59 53 52 71 69 62 57 68 65 55 49 63 57 48 42 59 55 Dewpt 49 48 48 48 55 55 55 54 55 52 51 47 45 43 41 38 39 37 PWind dir SE SE S S SW SW W NW NW Wind char LT GN BZ GN GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 20 20 30 20 40 30 20 10 10 Rain shwrs S S C S S C C C S $$ IAZ049-130900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 612 PM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025 Date 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25 Tue 10/14/25 Wed CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 57 71 50 61 50 Temp 71 67 64 60 57 61 68 71 64 56 53 52 50 55 58 60 59 54 53 52 51 Dewpt 56 56 55 55 53 51 48 46 43 42 41 40 40 43 45 47 47 47 48 47 48 RH 59 68 73 84 86 70 49 41 46 59 64 63 68 64 62 62 64 77 83 83 89 Wind dir SE SE S N N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E Wind spd 14 13 10 10 11 13 12 11 8 8 6 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 4 5 5 Wind gust 25 28 20 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 30 10 20 40 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.06 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S S S S C C S S C C C C Date 10/15 Thu 10/16/25 Fri 10/17/25 Sat 10/18/25 Sun 10/19/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 67 53 77 59 76 51 70 44 64 Temp 64 62 56 54 73 72 64 60 73 70 58 52 68 62 51 45 62 58 Dewpt 52 50 51 48 55 56 56 55 57 56 54 51 48 45 43 40 41 39 PWind dir E SE SE S SW SW W NW NW Wind char LT LT GN GN GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 10 10 10 30 40 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S S C C C S S S $$ IAZ086-130900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 612 PM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025 Date 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25 Tue 10/14/25 Wed 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 75 56 66 55 Temp 71 69 67 65 62 66 73 73 69 64 61 58 56 61 63 65 64 59 59 57 56 Dewpt 55 55 57 58 59 59 58 57 55 52 49 47 46 49 50 52 53 53 52 52 51 RH 57 61 70 78 90 78 59 57 61 65 65 67 69 65 62 63 67 80 78 83 83 Wind dir SE SE S S N N N NE NE N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E Wind spd 12 12 11 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 Wind gust 23 24 Clouds B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 30 10 20 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.01 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S S S S S S S S Date 10/15 Thu 10/16/25 Fri 10/17/25 Sat 10/18/25 Sun 10/19/25 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 72 55 78 61 79 55 73 47 66 Temp 68 67 61 57 74 73 67 62 76 73 63 56 70 66 54 48 64 60 Dewpt 54 54 53 50 55 57 56 56 57 57 57 55 52 49 45 43 41 40 PWind dir E SE SE S S SW W NW NW Wind char LT LT GN GN GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 10 5 5 20 50 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S C C S S S S $$