Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
989 FOUS53 KDMX 041516 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1016 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025 IAZ060-042100- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 1016 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025 Date Sat 10/04/25 Sun 10/05/25 Mon 10/06/25 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 89 65 86 58 64 Temp 86 89 83 75 72 68 65 73 82 85 82 74 68 62 59 60 61 63 62 Dewpt 61 58 55 54 53 52 54 56 57 57 58 60 62 60 57 56 55 55 53 RH 43 35 38 48 51 57 68 55 43 39 44 62 81 93 93 87 81 75 72 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S SW W NW N N N N N Wind spd 20 21 17 16 14 16 17 20 20 20 11 10 8 6 8 6 8 8 6 Wind gust 33 35 31 27 27 32 35 33 Clouds FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 20 80 80 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.65 0.60 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L L D D D D C C C Tstms C C C S Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25 Fri 10/10/25 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 51 66 44 67 47 71 55 75 Temp 57 52 63 61 50 44 64 62 52 47 67 66 58 55 72 68 Dewpt 53 50 48 46 43 39 43 43 42 40 49 50 50 50 55 50 PWind dir N N NE E SE S S W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 SC FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 50 10 0 5 20 20 20 10 Rain shwrs C C S S S S Tstms S C S S $$ IAZ039-042100- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 1016 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025 Date Sat 10/04/25 Sun 10/05/25 Mon 10/06/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 89 62 86 54 65 Temp 87 88 82 74 70 66 63 72 83 85 81 72 65 60 55 59 62 64 61 Dewpt 61 58 57 55 53 52 54 56 55 55 57 59 60 57 53 52 51 51 50 RH 42 36 43 51 55 61 72 57 38 36 44 64 84 90 93 78 67 63 67 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S SW W NW N N N N N Wind spd 21 23 18 17 18 18 18 23 23 23 13 12 10 9 8 8 8 8 5 Wind gust 34 36 29 28 36 36 24 Clouds FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 10 80 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.58 0.29 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L L D D L L L L C Tstms C C C S Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25 Fri 10/10/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 48 67 41 67 43 69 51 72 Temp 53 48 64 60 47 41 64 61 48 43 66 64 55 51 68 65 Dewpt 49 45 43 40 38 37 39 40 39 39 45 46 47 47 51 47 PWind dir N N NE E SE S S W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds B1 SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 5 0 5 20 20 20 10 Rain shwrs C C S S S S Tstms S S $$ IAZ048-042100- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 1016 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025 Date Sat 10/04/25 Sun 10/05/25 Mon 10/06/25 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 89 63 86 54 63 Temp 86 89 83 73 70 65 63 72 82 85 81 70 65 59 55 58 61 63 60 Dewpt 62 59 56 55 53 52 53 57 57 58 60 62 61 57 53 53 52 53 51 RH 45 37 40 53 55 63 70 59 43 40 49 76 87 93 93 83 72 70 72 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S SW NW N N N N N N Wind spd 19 21 16 16 14 16 17 20 20 18 10 9 8 8 6 8 8 6 5 Wind gust 35 35 28 27 33 36 32 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 40 80 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.01 0.94 0.34 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L L D D L L C C C Tstms C C C Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25 Fri 10/10/25 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 48 68 42 68 45 70 52 74 Temp 54 48 65 61 48 42 65 62 50 45 67 65 56 52 71 68 Dewpt 51 47 46 44 40 37 42 43 42 40 48 50 50 50 52 50 PWind dir N N NE E SE S S NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 40 5 0 5 20 20 20 10 Rain shwrs C C S S S S Tstms S C S $$ IAZ004-042100- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 1016 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025 Date Sat 10/04/25 Sun 10/05/25 Mon 10/06/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 90 64 83 47 63 Temp 86 89 84 74 70 66 64 71 79 82 76 60 54 50 47 54 60 62 59 Dewpt 61 59 57 55 53 52 52 54 54 54 52 47 44 42 41 43 42 40 39 RH 43 37 40 51 55 61 65 55 42 38 43 62 69 74 79 66 51 44 47 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S SW W N N N N N N N N Wind spd 27 28 23 24 21 23 24 27 28 24 13 13 11 10 9 10 9 8 4 Wind gust 40 43 37 39 32 36 39 40 36 Clouds FW CL CL FW CL CL SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 0 30 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.02 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S S S S Tstms S S Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25 Fri 10/10/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 43 67 40 69 44 70 50 72 Temp 48 44 64 60 46 40 65 63 48 45 66 64 55 50 69 65 Dewpt 39 35 37 35 34 34 38 35 38 38 43 47 47 46 49 47 PWind dir NW N SE S S S SW NW Wind char LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds SC SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 5 0 0 5 20 20 10 5 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S $$ IAZ035-042100- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 1016 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025 Date Sat 10/04/25 Sun 10/05/25 Mon 10/06/25 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 89 64 84 51 64 Temp 86 89 83 73 70 67 65 71 81 83 78 68 60 55 51 56 61 63 60 Dewpt 61 58 56 54 53 53 53 56 56 56 57 57 51 48 45 47 46 45 45 RH 43 35 40 51 55 61 65 59 42 40 48 68 72 77 80 72 58 52 58 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S SW SW NW N N N N N NE N Wind spd 23 25 21 21 18 20 20 23 23 21 11 10 10 10 9 9 8 8 5 Wind gust 34 37 33 33 32 34 33 32 Clouds FW CL CL CL CL CL SC SC SC B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 50 60 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.05 0.21 0.16 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C L L C C C C C C S Tstms C C S Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25 Fri 10/10/25 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 45 69 41 70 43 71 51 74 Temp 51 45 66 62 46 41 67 63 48 43 67 67 56 52 71 68 Dewpt 45 42 40 37 37 35 38 38 39 39 45 47 49 48 50 47 PWind dir N N E SE SE S S NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 20 5 0 5 20 20 20 5 Rain shwrs S S S S S Tstms S $$ IAZ094-042100- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 1016 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025 Date Sat 10/04/25 Sun 10/05/25 Mon 10/06/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 87 62 85 60 70 Temp 84 87 80 73 68 64 62 72 82 85 80 73 69 65 60 65 69 68 62 Dewpt 61 57 55 54 53 54 55 58 58 56 57 58 60 62 60 61 60 60 58 RH 46 36 42 51 59 70 78 61 44 37 45 59 73 90100 87 73 76 87 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S S SW NW N NE N N N Wind spd 20 20 14 12 12 13 14 20 20 19 10 9 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 Wind gust 32 34 26 32 33 32 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 5 50 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.26 0.36 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C L L C C L Tstms S C C C S S S Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25 Fri 10/10/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 52 64 45 67 47 69 54 74 Temp 57 53 62 59 51 45 64 61 51 48 66 64 57 55 71 67 Dewpt 57 53 50 50 46 41 44 44 42 41 50 51 50 51 55 52 PWind dir N NE NE E SE S S W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW PoP 12hr 60 20 5 5 20 20 20 10 Rain shwrs L L S S S S S S Tstms S C S S S S $$ IAZ017-042100- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 1016 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025 Date Sat 10/04/25 Sun 10/05/25 Mon 10/06/25 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 88 62 82 50 63 Temp 84 88 81 73 69 65 62 71 79 81 75 66 58 53 50 56 61 62 58 Dewpt 62 59 57 55 53 52 52 55 56 56 58 56 49 47 44 46 46 45 45 RH 48 38 44 53 57 63 70 57 45 42 55 70 72 80 80 69 58 54 62 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S SW W NW N N N N N N Wind spd 24 24 19 20 18 19 20 24 24 21 11 11 10 8 6 8 6 5 4 Wind gust 35 37 33 33 32 36 37 35 Clouds FW CL CL FW CL CL FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 50 50 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.05 0.20 0.06 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C C C C C Tstms C C S Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25 Fri 10/10/25 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 44 66 39 67 42 68 50 71 Temp 50 44 63 59 45 40 64 61 47 43 65 63 54 51 68 64 Dewpt 43 40 38 38 35 35 39 38 37 37 44 46 46 47 50 47 PWind dir N N NE SE SE S S W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 5 0 5 20 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S $$ IAZ049-042100- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 1016 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025 Date Sat 10/04/25 Sun 10/05/25 Mon 10/06/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 88 62 86 53 64 Temp 86 88 81 73 69 65 62 71 82 84 80 70 64 59 54 58 61 63 60 Dewpt 61 59 56 55 53 53 54 57 57 57 58 59 61 58 54 53 53 52 52 RH 43 38 42 53 57 65 75 61 43 40 47 68 90 96100 83 75 67 75 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S SW W NW N N N N N Wind spd 21 21 16 14 13 14 16 20 23 21 11 9 8 6 6 8 6 6 5 Wind gust 34 34 32 35 33 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 20 80 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.80 0.38 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L L D D L L L L C Tstms C C C S Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25 Fri 10/10/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 48 66 41 67 43 69 51 72 Temp 54 48 63 60 47 41 64 60 48 43 66 64 55 51 69 66 Dewpt 50 46 46 43 38 36 41 41 39 38 47 48 48 48 53 49 PWind dir N N NE E SE S S W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 10 0 5 20 20 20 10 Rain shwrs C C S S S S Tstms C S $$ IAZ086-042100- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 1016 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025 Date Sat 10/04/25 Sun 10/05/25 Mon 10/06/25 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 88 62 86 62 74 Temp 86 88 81 73 70 65 62 74 83 85 81 74 72 67 63 68 72 72 65 Dewpt 60 57 56 55 54 54 55 57 57 54 56 56 58 59 61 62 60 60 59 RH 42 35 42 53 57 68 78 55 41 35 42 53 61 75 93 81 66 66 81 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW NW NW NW N N Wind spd 16 16 12 12 12 12 12 17 18 17 10 9 8 6 5 5 5 6 6 Wind gust 28 29 23 23 25 31 32 29 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 40 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.06 0.20 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L C C L Tstms S S S S Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25 Fri 10/10/25 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 53 66 44 68 45 71 53 74 Temp 58 54 63 60 50 44 65 61 50 46 68 65 56 53 71 67 Dewpt 57 53 50 49 44 40 41 43 41 40 47 49 48 49 53 51 PWind dir N N NE E E SE S SW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL CL CL FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 70 20 0 0 20 20 30 10 Rain shwrs L L S S S S C Tstms S C S S S 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