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Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
450 FOUS53 KDMX 052329 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 529 PM CST Wed Feb 5 2025 IAZ060-061000- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 529 PM CST Wed Feb 5 2025 Date 02/05/25 Thu 02/06/25 Fri 02/07/25 Sat CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 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 25 40 21 37 26 Temp 29 29 28 28 26 27 35 40 36 29 26 23 22 25 32 37 33 29 28 28 28 Dewpt 24 25 26 26 23 17 14 14 15 15 13 10 9 9 9 10 11 13 15 17 19 RH 81 85 92 92 88 65 41 34 42 55 57 57 57 50 37 32 39 51 58 63 68 Wind dir SE SE SW W NW NW NW W W W NW N N NE E E E E E E E Wind spd 6 5 5 8 13 16 12 12 9 8 6 4 5 4 5 6 6 8 8 9 9 Wind gust 20 26 27 23 Clouds OV OV B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 60 0 0 0 20 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Frzg drzl O AR Frzg rain S S S Snow C Obvis PF Wind chill 22 22 22 19 13 15 26 33 29 21 18 17 16 19 27 21 20 19 19 Min chill 20 20 12 12 27 18 13 15 24 19 17 Winter Weath Y Date 02/08/25 Sun 02/09/25 Mon 02/10/25 Tue 02/11/25 Wed 02/12/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 36 14 30 17 33 11 23 5 20 Temp 33 31 20 15 24 28 22 18 30 29 21 14 20 20 12 7 15 17 Dewpt 25 20 13 9 8 9 10 11 11 12 11 6 6 7 3 0 3 5 PWind dir NE NW N NW N NE N N N Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 50 0 5 10 10 30 30 20 20 Frzg rain S Snow C S C C S S S S $$ IAZ039-061000- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 529 PM CST Wed Feb 5 2025 Date 02/05/25 Thu 02/06/25 Fri 02/07/25 Sat CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 25 37 16 32 22 Temp 29 28 28 27 26 26 32 37 32 26 21 17 16 19 25 31 28 26 25 24 25 Dewpt 22 24 25 25 23 18 12 12 14 12 6 4 3 5 7 9 9 10 11 11 11 RH 75 85 88 92 88 71 43 35 47 55 52 56 56 54 46 39 44 50 55 57 55 Wind dir SE SE S W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW N E E E E E Wind spd 10 8 5 10 13 16 17 18 14 14 11 9 6 3 3 4 4 5 6 9 10 Wind gust 21 27 29 29 34 Clouds OV OV OV B2 B1 SC CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV PoP 12hr 80 0 0 0 10 QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Frzg drzl D O Snow D Obvis PF PF Wind chill 19 19 22 18 13 13 21 26 22 14 8 7 8 19 17 15 15 Min chill 17 17 13 11 21 7 4 7 22 15 14 Winter Weath Y Date 02/08/25 Sun 02/09/25 Mon 02/10/25 Tue 02/11/25 Wed 02/12/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 31 11 27 12 30 6 20 1 17 Temp 28 27 18 12 21 23 17 14 25 24 15 10 17 16 8 3 13 14 Dewpt 21 21 13 8 9 9 8 7 11 12 8 4 5 5 1 -4 2 3 PWind dir NE NW NW W N N N N N Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 80 5 0 5 10 20 20 10 20 Snow D L S S S $$ IAZ048-061000- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 529 PM CST Wed Feb 5 2025 Date 02/05/25 Thu 02/06/25 Fri 02/07/25 Sat CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 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 23 39 19 36 25 Temp 28 27 27 26 24 25 32 38 34 27 24 21 20 22 29 34 30 27 26 27 26 Dewpt 23 24 25 25 22 16 13 14 16 15 11 7 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 RH 81 88 92 96 92 68 45 37 47 60 57 54 54 52 42 36 44 53 57 60 65 Wind dir SE SE SW W W NW NW W W NW NW N N NE E E E E E E E Wind spd 8 5 6 9 16 16 14 14 10 10 8 5 5 3 4 5 6 8 9 9 9 Wind gust 20 29 25 Clouds OV OV B2 B2 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 70 0 0 0 20 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Frzg drzl O AR Frzg rain S S S Snow S L Obvis PF PF Wind chill 20 20 20 16 10 12 22 29 26 18 15 14 14 23 19 17 17 17 Min chill 17 18 10 9 24 14 12 12 22 16 16 Winter Weath Y Date 02/08/25 Sun 02/09/25 Mon 02/10/25 Tue 02/11/25 Wed 02/12/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 33 11 29 14 32 8 20 3 18 Temp 30 28 17 12 23 26 20 16 27 26 17 12 17 17 9 4 13 15 Dewpt 23 20 12 8 8 9 11 9 11 12 10 5 6 6 1 -2 3 5 PWind dir NE NW NW W N N N N N Wind char GN GN LT LT LT GN GN LT LT Avg clouds OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 60 0 0 10 10 20 20 20 20 Frzg rain S Snow L S S S S S S S S S $$ IAZ004-061000- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 529 PM CST Wed Feb 5 2025 Date 02/05/25 Thu 02/06/25 Fri 02/07/25 Sat CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 17 33 11 29 17 Temp 24 23 24 22 18 18 27 33 27 19 15 12 12 15 23 28 25 22 21 21 20 Dewpt 18 20 20 20 11 7 8 11 9 5 3 2 1 4 6 8 9 9 9 10 11 RH 77 88 84 92 73 61 44 39 46 54 58 63 60 61 47 42 50 57 59 62 67 Wind dir SE S SW W NW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NE E E E E E Wind spd 13 10 9 13 20 19 20 25 17 12 9 6 6 3 4 5 6 9 10 10 11 Wind gust 20 24 33 31 31 40 Clouds OV OV OV B1 FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV PoP 12hr 40 0 0 5 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Frzg drzl O O Snow C C C C D Wind chill 12 11 14 9 1 2 13 20 14 5 2 3 4 17 22 17 12 10 10 8 Min chill 10 9 0 -1 13 2 2 5 16 10 7 Date 02/08/25 Sun 02/09/25 Mon 02/10/25 Tue 02/11/25 Wed 02/12/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 25 1 24 3 20 -4 12 -8 11 Temp 23 19 8 2 16 19 11 5 16 13 6 2 9 7 -1 -5 6 6 Dewpt 20 14 5 -1 7 9 6 2 8 7 1 -3 1 0 -6 -10 -1 0 PWind dir NE NW W W N N N N NW Wind char GN GN LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 90 0 0 5 10 20 20 10 20 Snow D C S S S $$ IAZ035-061000- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 529 PM CST Wed Feb 5 2025 Date 02/05/25 Thu 02/06/25 Fri 02/07/25 Sat CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 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 20 38 15 33 21 Temp 27 25 26 24 22 23 31 38 32 24 20 16 16 20 27 32 28 25 24 24 23 Dewpt 21 22 23 23 18 12 11 12 13 11 7 4 3 6 7 9 10 11 11 12 14 RH 78 88 88 96 84 62 43 34 45 57 56 58 56 54 42 37 46 55 57 60 68 Wind dir SE S SW W NW W W W W NW NW N NW N E E E E E E E Wind spd 10 8 8 11 17 17 14 18 12 11 8 6 5 2 2 5 5 5 6 8 9 Wind gust 23 28 28 29 Clouds OV OV OV B1 FW CL CL CL FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV PoP 12hr 50 0 0 5 30 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Frzg drzl O AR Snow C C C D Obvis PF Wind chill 17 16 18 13 7 9 20 28 23 13 9 8 26 22 17 16 14 13 Min chill 16 15 6 5 20 8 7 10 22 15 12 Winter Weath Y Date 02/08/25 Sun 02/09/25 Mon 02/10/25 Tue 02/11/25 Wed 02/12/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 31 6 27 9 28 2 18 -2 16 Temp 28 24 13 8 20 24 17 11 24 21 12 7 15 13 4 0 11 12 Dewpt 22 17 9 4 6 9 8 6 10 10 6 1 3 3 -1 -5 1 2 PWind dir NE NW NW W N N N N N Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 80 0 5 10 10 20 20 20 20 Snow D C S S S S S S S S $$ IAZ094-061000- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 529 PM CST Wed Feb 5 2025 Date 02/05/25 Thu 02/06/25 Fri 02/07/25 Sat CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 27 43 23 39 28 Temp 30 29 30 31 28 29 39 42 35 30 28 25 24 27 35 38 33 31 31 31 31 Dewpt 26 28 29 29 26 20 16 16 17 18 17 16 13 12 12 13 14 16 19 22 25 RH 85 96 96 92 92 69 39 34 47 60 63 68 62 53 38 35 45 53 61 69 78 Wind dir SE S SW W NW NW NW W W W NW N NE E E E E E E E E Wind spd 4 4 6 10 13 14 11 9 8 5 5 5 6 6 9 10 9 10 10 10 9 Wind gust 20 26 28 21 Clouds OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 30 0 0 0 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Frzg drzl AR O Rain C Obvis PF PF F PF Wind chill 24 23 23 22 16 18 31 36 23 22 18 16 19 29 31 25 22 22 22 23 Min chill 20 22 16 15 29 21 15 16 25 21 21 Winter Weath Y Date 02/08/25 Sun 02/09/25 Mon 02/10/25 Tue 02/11/25 Wed 02/12/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 40 17 31 18 35 16 25 8 23 Temp 36 33 22 18 26 28 23 20 32 31 25 19 22 21 15 10 17 18 Dewpt 29 22 14 11 10 12 13 12 14 13 13 10 8 8 5 2 4 7 PWind dir N N NE NE NE NE NE N N Wind char GN GN LT LT LT GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 40 0 5 5 20 30 30 20 30 Rain C Snow S S S C C S S S S C $$ IAZ017-061000- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 529 PM CST Wed Feb 5 2025 Date 02/05/25 Thu 02/06/25 Fri 02/07/25 Sat CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 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 20 34 11 29 19 Temp 26 25 25 25 22 22 28 34 29 20 16 13 12 15 23 28 25 22 21 22 22 Dewpt 19 21 22 22 19 11 9 10 10 5 3 2 1 3 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 RH 74 84 88 88 88 62 44 36 44 51 56 61 60 58 47 40 48 57 59 59 62 Wind dir SE SE SW W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW W NW E E E E E Wind spd 11 9 6 11 18 19 20 24 18 16 11 8 8 3 3 5 4 5 8 10 10 Wind gust 17 25 31 34 32 39 Clouds OV OV OV B1 SC FW CL CL FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV PoP 12hr 70 0 0 5 30 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Frzg drzl O O Snow L C C C D Wind chill 15 15 17 13 7 6 14 21 17 5 2 2 3 9 22 19 15 12 11 11 Min chill 15 12 6 4 15 1 0 4 18 11 9 Date 02/08/25 Sun 02/09/25 Mon 02/10/25 Tue 02/11/25 Wed 02/12/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 27 3 23 5 22 -1 14 -5 12 Temp 25 22 12 6 16 19 12 8 18 16 8 4 12 10 2 -3 7 8 Dewpt 21 18 9 3 7 9 7 4 9 8 4 0 3 2 -4 -8 -1 1 PWind dir NE NW W W N N N N NW Wind char GN GN LT LT LT GN GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 90 0 0 5 10 20 10 10 20 Snow D L S S S $$ IAZ049-061000- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 529 PM CST Wed Feb 5 2025 Date 02/05/25 Thu 02/06/25 Fri 02/07/25 Sat CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 24 39 17 33 22 Temp 28 27 27 27 25 26 33 38 33 26 22 18 17 20 27 32 28 25 24 24 25 Dewpt 23 24 25 25 23 18 13 13 15 13 9 5 4 5 8 9 9 11 12 12 14 RH 81 88 92 92 92 71 43 35 47 57 57 56 56 51 44 37 44 55 60 60 62 Wind dir SE SE SW W W NW NW W W NW NW NW N N NE E E E E E E Wind spd 9 8 6 10 14 17 17 17 12 11 9 6 5 3 3 4 5 5 6 9 10 Wind gust 21 26 29 27 29 Clouds OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 80 0 0 0 20 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Frzg drzl D AR Frzg rain S S S Snow S S L Obvis PF PF Wind chill 19 20 20 17 12 13 23 29 24 16 12 10 11 22 18 16 15 16 Min chill 16 17 11 10 23 11 9 11 21 14 14 Winter Weath Y Date 02/08/25 Sun 02/09/25 Mon 02/10/25 Tue 02/11/25 Wed 02/12/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 32 11 28 13 31 7 20 2 18 Temp 29 27 17 12 22 24 18 14 27 24 16 10 17 15 8 3 12 13 Dewpt 22 20 12 7 9 9 9 9 11 12 9 4 6 6 1 -2 2 4 PWind dir NE NW NW W N N N N N Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 70 0 0 10 10 20 20 10 20 Frzg rain S Snow L C S S S S S $$ IAZ086-061000- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 529 PM CST Wed Feb 5 2025 Date 02/05/25 Thu 02/06/25 Fri 02/07/25 Sat CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 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 28 41 22 37 26 Temp 31 30 31 31 29 30 38 41 36 30 27 23 22 25 33 37 32 29 29 29 29 Dewpt 26 28 28 28 27 24 19 18 19 18 17 14 12 10 12 13 15 16 17 19 20 RH 81 92 88 88 92 78 46 39 50 60 65 68 65 52 41 37 49 58 60 66 69 Wind dir SE SE W W W NW NW W W W NW N N NE E E E E E E E Wind spd 9 5 6 10 12 14 13 11 9 8 6 6 6 4 5 6 6 9 9 10 10 Wind gust 21 26 28 25 Clouds OV OV OV B2 SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 70 0 0 0 20 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Frzg drzl O AR Frzg rain S S L Rain L Obvis PF Wind chill 23 23 25 22 17 18 29 34 29 21 19 17 15 19 31 26 21 20 20 20 Min chill 20 21 16 16 27 17 13 15 22 19 18 Winter Weath Y Date 02/08/25 Sun 02/09/25 Mon 02/10/25 Tue 02/11/25 Wed 02/12/25 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 37 16 31 18 35 15 25 8 23 Temp 33 32 22 18 26 28 23 19 31 30 24 18 23 22 15 10 18 19 Dewpt 28 24 16 11 12 13 13 11 15 14 12 10 10 10 7 3 6 7 PWind dir NE NW N N N NE NE N N Wind char GN GN LT LT LT GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 60 0 5 5 20 30 20 20 20 Frzg rain L Rain L S Snow S S C S S S S S S $$