Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
191 FOUS53 KDMX 220329 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1029 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025 IAZ060-220900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 1029 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025 Date 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 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 73 92 75 93 74 Temp 75 73 75 81 88 92 89 84 81 79 77 84 91 93 90 83 80 78 76 Dewpt 73 72 74 76 77 76 77 74 72 71 69 71 73 73 73 71 69 69 69 RH 94 97 97 85 70 60 68 72 74 77 76 65 56 52 58 67 69 74 79 Wind dir SE SE SE S SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW Wind spd 5 5 6 9 11 12 11 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 10 9 9 8 6 Clouds B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 10 20 0 0 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Tstms S Heat index 87101105101 92 86 89100103 98 88 Max heat 102 106 102 86 101 105 96 83 Date 07/24 Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 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 90 71 88 70 88 71 93 72 92 Temp 86 86 75 72 85 86 76 72 85 87 76 73 89 89 77 74 88 89 Dewpt 73 73 71 70 73 73 72 70 73 74 72 71 75 75 73 71 76 76 PWind dir SW SW SE SE S S S SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 40 40 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 Rain shwrs C C C S S Tstms C C C S S $$ IAZ039-220900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 1029 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025 Date 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 71 88 75 91 72 Temp 74 73 73 77 85 88 86 81 79 77 77 83 89 91 88 80 77 75 74 Dewpt 72 72 72 75 76 77 77 76 75 73 72 74 75 75 75 73 70 69 70 RH 93 97 97 94 75 70 75 85 88 87 85 74 64 60 66 79 79 82 87 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW Wind spd 9 6 9 10 13 14 13 12 11 11 10 12 13 13 11 10 9 8 6 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 10 20 5 0 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S S S Heat index 94100 98 88 90 99102 97 85 Max heat 96 102 97 100 103 95 Date 07/24 Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 87 69 87 69 87 69 90 70 89 Temp 84 82 72 70 84 84 73 70 83 83 74 71 87 87 74 72 85 85 Dewpt 74 73 70 69 73 73 71 70 73 73 72 70 75 75 73 71 74 75 PWind dir SW N SE SE S S S SE SE Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 50 40 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C C S S S S S S S S Tstms S C C S S S S S S S S S $$ IAZ048-220900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 1029 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025 Date 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 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 72 91 74 92 72 Temp 74 73 75 80 87 91 88 82 80 77 75 83 89 92 89 81 78 76 74 Dewpt 73 72 74 77 78 78 77 76 74 71 70 72 75 75 75 72 70 69 70 RH 97 97 97 91 75 66 70 82 82 82 84 70 64 58 64 74 76 79 87 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW Wind spd 6 5 6 10 12 13 12 10 10 9 9 10 11 11 10 9 8 6 5 Clouds B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 0 0 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S S Heat index 86100106101 89 88100103 99 Max heat 102 108 98 102 106 95 Date 07/24 Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 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 88 69 88 69 87 70 92 71 91 Temp 84 84 73 70 84 86 73 70 83 86 74 71 87 88 76 72 86 87 Dewpt 74 74 72 70 74 74 72 70 75 74 72 71 76 77 73 71 76 77 PWind dir SW N SE SE S SE S SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 40 40 20 20 10 20 10 20 10 Rain shwrs S C C C S S S S Tstms S C C C S S S S $$ IAZ004-220900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 1029 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025 Date 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 72 88 73 90 68 Temp 73 73 74 79 85 88 85 81 80 76 74 80 87 89 86 77 72 70 69 Dewpt 72 72 73 75 77 78 77 74 71 68 68 71 73 75 75 73 69 67 67 RH 97 97 97 88 77 72 77 79 74 76 82 74 63 64 70 87 90 90 93 Wind dir SE S S SE S S S S S S S S SW S SW E NW W W Wind spd 10 8 10 12 16 18 16 16 13 13 11 12 12 12 10 9 8 6 6 Wind gust 28 26 Clouds OV B1 B2 B2 SC B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 20 10 20 50 QPF 12hr 0 0.04 0 0 0.12 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S S C C C C C Tstms S S S S S C C C C S Heat index 96102 96 86 94 99 95 Max heat 97 103 94 95 99 92 Date 07/24 Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 84 66 86 67 87 69 89 69 88 Temp 80 81 70 67 82 83 71 69 83 84 73 71 85 86 74 71 84 84 Dewpt 71 71 68 67 70 72 69 67 71 74 71 69 74 75 71 69 73 74 PWind dir NW NE E SE S S S SE SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 40 10 10 10 10 20 20 30 20 Rain shwrs C C S S C S Tstms S C S S C S $$ IAZ035-220900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 1029 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025 Date 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 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 72 90 74 91 70 Temp 75 73 74 80 87 90 87 82 80 78 74 83 88 91 88 81 76 73 71 Dewpt 74 72 73 76 78 79 78 75 73 70 70 73 75 76 76 72 69 68 69 RH 97 97 97 88 75 70 75 79 79 76 87 72 66 62 68 74 79 84 93 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW Wind spd 9 6 9 11 12 14 13 12 11 10 10 11 11 11 10 9 8 6 5 Clouds B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 5 5 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S C C C Tstms S S C C S Heat index 99106100 89 88 98104 98 Max heat 100 106 98 84 100 105 95 Date 07/24 Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 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 86 68 87 68 87 69 91 70 90 Temp 81 81 71 69 83 84 73 70 83 84 73 71 87 87 75 72 84 85 Dewpt 74 73 70 69 73 74 71 70 74 74 71 70 76 76 72 71 76 76 PWind dir W NE E SE S S S SE SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 50 30 10 20 10 20 20 20 10 Rain shwrs C C C S S S S S Tstms C C C S S S S S $$ IAZ094-220900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 1029 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025 Date 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 72 91 73 91 73 Temp 73 72 75 83 89 91 88 83 79 76 74 83 90 91 89 81 79 76 74 Dewpt 71 71 74 77 77 76 76 74 71 70 68 71 71 72 72 71 69 68 68 RH 93 97 97 82 68 62 68 74 77 82 82 67 54 54 57 72 72 76 82 Wind dir S SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW Wind spd 4 4 5 8 10 12 10 10 9 9 9 10 11 11 9 9 8 6 6 Clouds B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 10 10 0 0 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs Tstms Heat index 91102103 99 89 88 96 99 96 Max heat 103 105 97 99 100 94 Date 07/24 Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 91 71 89 71 91 71 94 72 94 Temp 88 86 75 72 85 86 75 72 86 87 76 73 91 90 77 74 90 90 Dewpt 72 71 70 70 73 73 72 71 73 74 73 71 74 74 73 71 74 74 PWind dir SW S S S S SE S SE S Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW CL FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 30 50 30 20 10 10 10 10 10 Rain shwrs C C C S C S S Tstms C C C S C S S $$ IAZ017-220900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 1029 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025 Date 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 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 71 88 73 91 69 Temp 73 72 72 77 84 88 84 80 78 77 75 83 87 90 87 79 76 73 71 Dewpt 71 71 72 75 77 78 78 75 73 71 70 72 74 75 75 72 69 68 69 RH 93 97100 94 80 72 82 85 85 82 84 70 65 62 68 79 79 84 93 Wind dir SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW W Wind spd 9 8 9 11 12 14 12 13 12 11 10 12 12 13 10 9 8 6 5 Wind gust 23 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 10 5 30 QPF 12hr 0 0.07 0 0 0.05 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S C C C Tstms S S S S C S C Heat index 93102 94 88 95101 96 Max heat 94 102 93 95 101 92 Date 07/24 Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 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 83 66 86 67 86 68 89 68 87 Temp 79 79 70 69 82 83 71 69 82 83 72 71 84 85 73 71 83 84 Dewpt 72 71 69 67 70 71 69 68 72 72 70 70 74 74 71 70 73 74 PWind dir W N E SE S S S SE SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 50 30 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C S S S S S S S S Tstms C C C S S S S S S S S $$ IAZ049-220900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 1029 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025 Date 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 72 89 73 92 71 Temp 73 72 74 78 87 89 88 80 78 76 75 83 89 91 87 79 76 74 73 Dewpt 72 71 73 75 77 77 77 75 73 71 70 72 74 75 75 71 69 67 69 RH 97 97 97 91 72 68 70 85 85 85 84 70 61 60 68 77 79 79 87 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW Wind spd 9 6 8 10 12 13 12 10 10 10 10 11 12 12 10 9 9 8 6 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW CL CL CL FW SC SC PoP 12hr 10 20 0 0 10 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.01 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S Heat index 99102100 85 88 98101 96 Max heat 99 105 98 99 102 93 Date 07/24 Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 87 69 87 68 86 69 90 69 89 Temp 84 83 72 70 84 84 72 70 82 83 73 71 86 87 74 71 85 85 Dewpt 74 73 70 69 73 73 71 70 73 74 71 70 75 76 72 71 75 75 PWind dir SW N SE SE S S S SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 40 20 20 10 20 10 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C C S S S S S S S Tstms S C C C S S S S S S S $$ IAZ086-220900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 1029 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025 Date 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 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 73 91 74 93 74 Temp 75 73 75 80 88 91 88 81 79 77 76 84 90 92 89 80 77 76 75 Dewpt 73 72 74 77 77 77 76 76 75 73 72 74 74 75 75 71 70 69 70 RH 94 97 97 91 70 64 68 85 88 87 87 72 60 58 64 74 79 79 84 Wind dir SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 5 5 6 9 11 12 11 9 9 9 9 10 11 11 9 8 8 8 6 Clouds B1 SC B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 10 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 87100105100 88 91100103 98 Max heat 102 106 98 101 105 94 Date 07/24 Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 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 92 71 89 71 88 72 92 72 92 Temp 89 86 75 73 85 85 74 73 84 84 75 74 89 88 76 74 88 87 Dewpt 74 75 71 72 74 75 73 72 74 75 73 72 76 77 74 73 76 77 PWind dir SW SW S SE S S S SE S Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 30 50 30 20 20 10 10 10 10 Rain shwrs C C C C C S S S Tstms C C C C C S S S $$