Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
574 FOUS53 KDMX 151937 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 237 PM CDT Wed Jul 15 2026 IAZ060-160900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 237 PM CDT Wed Jul 15 2026 Date 07/15/26 Thu 07/16/26 Fri 07/17/26 Sat 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 94 75 Temp 92 89 82 77 74 75 86 90 91 89 80 77 75 75 86 92 94 92 83 79 77 75 Dewpt 70 69 70 69 69 70 71 70 70 70 70 69 69 71 72 71 71 71 71 70 68 68 RH 49 52 67 76 84 84 61 52 50 54 72 76 82 87 63 51 47 51 67 74 74 79 Wind dir NE E E E N N SE S W SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW W Wind spd 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 6 9 8 5 6 8 5 Clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL PoP 12hr 0 20 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Heat index 97 94 92 96 96 94 93100101 99 88 Max heat 99 92 97 98 94 101 103 96 Date 07/18 Sun 07/19/26 Mon 07/20/26 Tue 07/21/26 Wed 07/22/26 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 95 71 93 73 95 71 88 65 85 Temp 93 93 76 72 90 91 78 75 93 93 77 71 85 86 71 67 82 83 Dewpt 70 68 66 65 66 64 64 65 69 66 65 62 61 58 59 59 58 56 PWind dir NW NE SE S W NW N NE E Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 5 10 $$ IAZ039-160900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 237 PM CDT Wed Jul 15 2026 Date 07/15/26 Thu 07/16/26 Fri 07/17/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 72 89 72 91 73 Temp 90 89 79 75 73 73 84 88 89 88 78 74 73 74 84 89 91 89 80 76 75 74 Dewpt 72 72 73 72 70 72 74 73 72 73 73 71 70 72 73 74 74 74 73 71 69 69 RH 56 57 82 90 90 97 72 61 57 61 85 90 90 93 70 61 58 61 79 85 82 84 Wind dir N SW N SW NW W SW SW SW W SE S S S SW SW SW SW S SW SW W Wind spd 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 9 6 5 6 8 6 Clouds CL FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 10 10 10 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S Obvis PF Heat index 97 96 92 96 96 96 89 98101 98 85 Max heat 100 93 97 98 93 99 101 94 Date 07/18 Sun 07/19/26 Mon 07/20/26 Tue 07/21/26 Wed 07/22/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 90 67 88 70 90 67 83 61 80 Temp 87 87 72 68 85 86 73 71 86 87 73 68 81 80 67 63 78 78 Dewpt 73 69 64 63 67 66 64 65 71 70 64 62 63 61 58 57 58 58 PWind dir NW NE SE S W NW N N S Wind char GN LT LT LT GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 20 20 10 5 5 5 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S $$ IAZ048-160900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 237 PM CDT Wed Jul 15 2026 Date 07/15/26 Thu 07/16/26 Fri 07/17/26 Sat 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 72 93 73 Temp 90 87 79 75 73 74 85 89 89 87 78 75 73 74 85 91 93 91 81 78 75 74 Dewpt 71 71 72 71 70 72 73 71 71 71 71 70 69 71 72 73 73 73 72 70 68 68 RH 54 59 79 87 90 93 67 56 56 59 79 84 87 90 65 56 52 56 74 76 79 82 Wind dir E E E NE W E S S SW SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW W Wind spd 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 6 8 5 5 5 5 5 Clouds FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 10 0 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 96 93 92 95 95 93 91100101 99 86 Max heat 98 90 96 97 94 100 102 96 Date 07/18 Sun 07/19/26 Mon 07/20/26 Tue 07/21/26 Wed 07/22/26 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 94 69 92 72 94 69 87 63 83 Temp 90 91 74 70 88 89 76 73 91 91 75 70 84 84 69 65 80 80 Dewpt 72 69 66 65 67 66 65 66 70 68 65 63 62 60 59 59 60 58 PWind dir NW NE SE S W NW N NE SE Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 10 5 10 0 5 10 $$ IAZ004-160900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 237 PM CDT Wed Jul 15 2026 Date 07/15/26 Thu 07/16/26 Fri 07/17/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 69 89 70 93 71 Temp 88 86 77 73 70 71 83 87 89 88 78 74 71 71 84 91 93 91 80 77 73 71 Dewpt 68 70 70 67 66 68 70 69 69 70 70 68 67 68 70 71 70 70 69 67 65 65 RH 52 59 79 81 87 90 65 55 52 55 76 82 87 90 63 52 47 50 69 71 76 81 Wind dir E SE SE S SW S SW SW S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S SW NW N Wind spd 4 4 3 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 8 8 9 9 10 6 9 10 10 10 Clouds CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 91 94 93 98 99 97 Max heat 93 87 91 94 91 98 100 93 Date 07/18 Sun 07/19/26 Mon 07/20/26 Tue 07/21/26 Wed 07/22/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 89 65 91 70 91 65 82 60 80 Temp 86 87 70 67 87 89 75 71 87 88 71 65 80 80 66 62 77 78 Dewpt 67 64 61 61 64 64 63 64 67 64 60 59 58 56 56 55 56 55 PWind dir N E S S NW N N NW S Wind char GN LT LT GN BZ GN BZ GN LT Avg clouds FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 40 20 10 5 5 10 Rain shwrs S C S Tstms S S $$ IAZ035-160900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 237 PM CDT Wed Jul 15 2026 Date 07/15/26 Thu 07/16/26 Fri 07/17/26 Sat 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 70 89 71 94 73 Temp 90 87 77 74 72 72 85 88 89 87 77 75 72 72 85 91 94 92 81 78 75 73 Dewpt 70 70 70 69 68 70 71 70 70 71 71 69 68 70 72 71 71 71 71 69 66 67 RH 52 57 79 84 87 93 63 55 54 59 82 82 87 93 65 52 47 51 72 74 74 81 Wind dir E SE SE N N N S S SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW S SW W W Wind spd 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 4 6 8 5 6 6 6 4 Clouds CL FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW SC FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 0 5 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 95 92 90 93 94 93 91 98101 99 Max heat 98 89 94 94 91 100 101 94 Date 07/18 Sun 07/19/26 Mon 07/20/26 Tue 07/21/26 Wed 07/22/26 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 93 67 92 71 94 67 86 61 83 Temp 90 89 72 68 89 90 76 72 90 90 73 68 83 83 67 63 79 80 Dewpt 69 65 64 63 65 65 64 64 68 66 62 60 60 58 57 57 57 57 PWind dir N NE SE S NW N N NE SE Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 20 10 10 0 10 10 Rain shwrs S $$ IAZ094-160900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 237 PM CDT Wed Jul 15 2026 Date 07/15/26 Thu 07/16/26 Fri 07/17/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 71 89 72 90 73 Temp 90 87 79 75 72 73 84 88 88 86 78 75 73 73 84 89 90 88 80 76 74 73 Dewpt 67 68 68 68 68 69 70 68 69 70 70 69 69 70 71 71 70 71 71 70 68 68 RH 47 53 69 79 87 87 63 52 54 59 76 82 87 90 65 56 52 57 74 82 82 84 Wind dir SE S S W SW NW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Wind spd 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 8 10 6 5 6 8 6 Clouds FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC FW SC CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL PoP 12hr 0 20 5 5 10 QPF 12hr 0 0.04 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Tstms S Heat index 93 91 89 95 96 94 Max heat 93 88 93 94 90 96 97 91 Date 07/18 Sun 07/19/26 Mon 07/20/26 Tue 07/21/26 Wed 07/22/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 93 71 92 73 95 72 89 66 85 Temp 91 92 76 72 90 90 77 74 93 92 77 72 87 86 71 68 83 83 Dewpt 69 68 67 66 66 65 65 66 68 66 65 63 61 58 59 59 58 56 PWind dir W N SE S W N N NE E Wind char GN LT LT LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 10 $$ IAZ017-160900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 237 PM CDT Wed Jul 15 2026 Date 07/15/26 Thu 07/16/26 Fri 07/17/26 Sat 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 71 92 72 Temp 89 87 77 74 73 74 84 87 87 86 77 74 73 73 84 89 92 90 79 77 74 72 Dewpt 71 72 71 70 68 70 72 71 71 71 71 69 68 70 72 72 72 72 71 69 67 67 RH 56 61 82 87 84 87 67 59 59 61 82 84 84 90 67 57 52 56 77 76 79 84 Wind dir NE SE S N N N SW SW SW S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S SW W NW Wind spd 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 8 8 6 6 8 9 8 Clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW SC FW PoP 12hr 0 10 5 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Obvis PF Heat index 95 94 90 93 93 91 90 96100 97 Max heat 95 90 94 94 89 96 100 93 Date 07/18 Sun 07/19/26 Mon 07/20/26 Tue 07/21/26 Wed 07/22/26 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 89 65 88 68 90 65 82 59 79 Temp 86 87 70 67 84 86 73 70 86 87 72 67 80 80 66 61 77 77 Dewpt 69 66 62 62 65 66 64 64 68 66 61 60 60 58 56 56 57 56 PWind dir N NE SE S NW NW N N S Wind char GN LT LT GN GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 20 10 10 5 5 5 Rain shwrs S Tstms S $$ IAZ049-160900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 237 PM CDT Wed Jul 15 2026 Date 07/15/26 Thu 07/16/26 Fri 07/17/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 71 89 71 92 72 Temp 90 87 77 74 73 73 85 88 88 86 77 74 72 73 85 89 91 89 79 76 74 73 Dewpt 70 71 72 70 69 71 72 71 71 71 71 70 69 71 72 73 72 72 72 70 68 68 RH 52 59 85 87 87 93 65 57 57 61 82 87 90 93 65 59 54 57 79 82 82 84 Wind dir NE E E N N N N SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW W Wind spd 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 6 4 4 5 6 5 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 10 5 10 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Obvis PF Heat index 95 94 91 94 95 92 91 97 99 96 Max heat 96 90 95 96 90 98 101 93 Date 07/18 Sun 07/19/26 Mon 07/20/26 Tue 07/21/26 Wed 07/22/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 91 67 89 69 92 67 84 61 81 Temp 88 88 72 68 86 87 73 71 88 88 73 68 82 81 67 63 78 78 Dewpt 72 70 65 64 67 66 64 65 70 69 64 62 63 61 58 57 59 58 PWind dir NW NE SE S W NW N N SE Wind char GN LT LT LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 10 10 10 5 5 5 $$ IAZ086-160900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 237 PM CDT Wed Jul 15 2026 Date 07/15/26 Thu 07/16/26 Fri 07/17/26 Sat 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 73 93 74 Temp 91 89 81 76 72 74 86 89 90 88 79 76 73 75 85 91 92 89 80 76 74 76 Dewpt 70 71 71 70 69 70 71 69 70 71 71 70 70 71 72 72 72 73 73 72 69 70 RH 50 56 72 82 90 87 61 52 52 57 77 82 90 87 65 54 52 59 79 87 84 82 Wind dir E E E SE S NW S S S SW S S SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW W Wind spd 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 5 8 6 5 6 9 8 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL PoP 12hr 0 20 5 30 5 QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C Tstms S C C Heat index 97 95 91 94 95 93 91 98100 97 Max heat 98 91 96 96 92 99 100 93 Date 07/18 Sun 07/19/26 Mon 07/20/26 Tue 07/21/26 Wed 07/22/26 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 95 71 91 72 95 71 88 65 85 Temp 92 91 76 72 89 89 76 74 92 92 76 72 86 85 70 67 82 82 Dewpt 71 70 68 66 66 65 66 67 69 68 66 64 63 61 60 59 58 57 PWind dir W NE E S W NW N NE E Wind char GN LT LT LT GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 5 5 0 5 5 10 5 5 5 $$