Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
117 FOUS53 KDMX 261227 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 626 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025 IAZ060-262200- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 626 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025 Date Wed 11/26/25 Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 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 38 22 36 17 32 Temp 32 36 38 34 29 28 26 23 26 33 36 31 26 23 19 18 22 29 32 31 Dewpt 22 21 19 18 19 19 19 19 19 18 16 16 16 16 15 15 14 14 14 16 RH 66 54 46 51 66 68 74 84 74 53 43 53 65 74 84 88 71 53 47 53 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW E SE SE SE Wind spd 24 26 20 12 11 10 8 6 9 11 11 5 5 4 2 2 2 4 6 9 Wind gust 37 37 32 Clouds SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Flurries Snow S S L Wind chill 20 24 27 24 20 19 18 15 18 24 28 25 19 17 25 23 Min chill 19 17 23 18 13 11 24 16 13 19 21 Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 27 35 15 22 4 20 8 24 Temp 29 29 33 32 25 17 20 16 9 5 17 15 13 11 21 19 Dewpt 25 29 33 30 23 16 15 10 6 3 11 9 10 8 14 13 PWind dir SE E NW NW W W SW SW Wind char GN GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 80 80 40 10 10 10 10 5 Rain D L Snow L D D L C S $$ IAZ039-262200- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 626 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025 Date Wed 11/26/25 Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 34 21 31 17 30 Temp 30 32 33 29 25 25 24 23 25 31 31 27 23 21 19 18 21 27 30 28 Dewpt 24 21 20 19 18 18 18 17 18 17 16 16 15 15 14 13 14 13 13 14 RH 78 63 58 66 74 74 77 77 74 56 53 63 71 77 80 80 74 55 49 55 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W S SE Wind spd 32 32 27 21 19 16 14 13 14 17 17 11 10 9 5 4 3 4 5 5 Wind gust 47 44 40 Clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow L Wind chill 15 17 19 16 11 11 11 10 12 19 20 16 12 12 10 10 24 22 Min chill 14 14 13 9 8 7 14 10 7 10 20 Wind Y Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 23 32 14 22 -1 15 1 19 Temp 25 25 30 29 24 16 20 13 5 0 13 10 7 5 17 14 Dewpt 22 24 29 27 23 16 15 9 3 0 6 5 5 3 11 10 PWind dir SE E N NW W W SW SW Wind char GN GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 90 90 50 10 10 10 10 5 Snow L D D L C S $$ IAZ048-262200- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 626 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025 Date Wed 11/26/25 Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 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 37 22 35 16 30 Temp 32 35 36 32 27 27 25 23 25 32 34 29 23 21 18 17 21 28 30 28 Dewpt 22 21 20 20 20 20 19 18 20 18 17 17 17 16 15 14 15 15 15 18 RH 66 56 52 61 74 74 78 81 81 56 49 60 77 81 88 88 77 58 53 66 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NE SE SE SE Wind spd 26 26 21 13 12 11 9 8 10 12 12 6 5 4 2 2 2 5 6 9 Wind gust 40 40 34 Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Flurries Snow S S D Wind chill 19 23 24 21 16 17 15 14 15 22 25 22 16 15 21 23 20 Min chill 17 17 19 14 11 9 20 12 12 17 19 Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 24 33 13 21 -1 18 4 22 Temp 26 26 32 29 23 14 18 14 6 0 15 13 10 8 19 17 Dewpt 25 26 32 29 23 14 15 9 4 0 10 9 9 7 14 13 PWind dir SE E NW NW W SW SW SW Wind char GN GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 90 80 50 10 10 10 10 5 Rain S S Snow D D D L C S $$ IAZ004-262200- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 626 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025 Date Wed 11/26/25 Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 31 18 29 12 27 Temp 27 29 30 25 22 22 21 19 22 27 28 23 19 17 15 13 18 24 27 24 Dewpt 20 20 20 18 18 17 15 14 16 17 16 15 14 12 11 10 12 13 14 17 RH 74 69 66 74 84 81 77 80 77 65 60 71 80 80 84 87 77 62 57 74 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N SE SE SE SE Wind spd 29 31 26 17 14 12 11 11 12 13 13 9 8 5 4 2 3 5 9 10 Wind gust 42 41 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.04 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow C C D Wind chill 10 13 16 11 10 10 9 7 10 16 17 13 9 9 8 17 18 14 Min chill 9 9 10 8 5 4 12 7 7 13 14 Wind Y Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 19 27 6 16 -4 14 1 19 Temp 21 21 25 22 17 8 14 10 4 -3 11 8 7 6 16 13 Dewpt 21 21 25 21 15 8 11 6 0 -4 6 5 5 4 13 10 PWind dir SE NE NW NW W SW SW SW Wind char GN GN GN GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 90 80 30 5 5 5 0 5 Snow D D D L C $$ IAZ035-262200- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 626 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025 Date Wed 11/26/25 Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 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 36 19 33 14 29 Temp 30 33 34 28 25 24 23 20 24 30 32 27 21 19 16 15 20 26 29 27 Dewpt 22 21 20 19 19 18 18 16 17 17 16 16 16 14 13 12 14 13 15 18 RH 72 61 56 68 78 77 81 84 74 58 51 63 81 80 88 88 77 57 55 68 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NW N E SE SE SE Wind spd 27 26 21 14 12 10 9 8 10 11 11 6 5 4 2 2 2 5 8 9 Wind gust 40 36 32 Clouds SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.02 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow C C D Wind chill 16 20 22 17 14 14 13 10 14 21 23 20 14 12 19 21 18 Min chill 12 13 16 13 9 8 18 11 10 16 16 Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 22 30 10 18 -4 16 2 21 Temp 24 24 29 26 20 11 16 12 4 -3 13 10 8 6 18 15 Dewpt 23 24 29 25 19 11 13 7 2 -3 8 6 7 6 13 12 PWind dir SE NE NW NW W SW SW SW Wind char GN GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 90 80 40 10 5 10 5 5 Snow D D D L C $$ IAZ094-262200- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 626 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025 Date Wed 11/26/25 Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 39 22 38 17 34 Temp 33 37 38 33 30 27 25 22 26 35 38 32 25 22 19 17 23 31 34 31 Dewpt 22 20 18 18 19 19 18 18 19 16 14 14 15 15 14 15 15 15 15 17 RH 63 50 44 53 63 71 74 84 74 45 37 47 65 74 80 92 71 51 45 56 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N E SE SE SE Wind spd 21 21 17 9 9 6 5 5 6 9 9 4 3 3 2 2 3 5 8 9 Wind gust 35 33 27 Clouds FW FW CL SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC B1 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow C Wind chill 20 26 29 25 22 20 18 16 19 28 32 25 27 23 Min chill 20 18 24 19 15 13 25 17 16 15 22 Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 28 37 17 24 7 23 11 27 Temp 31 32 35 32 25 18 22 19 13 8 20 19 16 13 25 23 Dewpt 27 32 35 31 24 18 16 12 10 7 11 13 13 12 16 17 PWind dir SE SE NW NW NW SW SW SW Wind char GN GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 70 80 40 10 20 20 10 5 Rain D L Snow C L S L C S S $$ IAZ017-262200- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 626 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025 Date Wed 11/26/25 Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 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 30 18 28 13 27 Temp 27 28 29 25 22 22 21 20 22 26 28 24 20 19 17 14 19 24 27 25 Dewpt 22 21 20 18 18 18 17 16 18 18 17 16 14 14 13 12 14 13 14 14 RH 81 75 69 74 84 84 84 84 84 71 63 71 77 80 84 92 80 62 57 62 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW S SE SE Wind spd 31 31 26 19 17 14 13 12 13 16 14 10 9 6 5 3 2 3 5 5 Wind gust 46 44 39 31 27 Clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV PoP 12hr 10 0 0 0 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow S S D Wind chill 10 12 14 11 8 9 8 7 9 13 16 14 9 10 9 21 18 Min chill 9 9 10 7 6 4 12 8 6 9 15 Wind Y Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 19 28 9 17 -4 12 -2 16 Temp 21 22 27 24 20 11 14 11 4 -3 9 7 6 3 14 12 Dewpt 21 21 26 24 19 11 12 6 1 -3 6 3 4 3 11 9 PWind dir SE E N NW W W SW SW Wind char LT GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 90 90 40 10 5 10 5 5 Snow D D D L C S $$ IAZ049-262200- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 626 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025 Date Wed 11/26/25 Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 36 21 33 15 30 Temp 31 33 35 30 26 25 23 22 25 31 33 27 22 20 18 16 21 27 30 28 Dewpt 22 21 20 18 18 18 17 17 19 18 17 16 16 14 13 13 14 14 14 16 RH 69 61 54 60 71 74 77 81 78 58 51 63 77 77 80 88 74 57 51 60 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW S SE SE Wind spd 29 31 26 17 14 12 10 9 11 13 13 8 6 5 4 2 2 3 5 5 Wind gust 43 43 39 27 Clouds B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 OV OV PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Flurries Snow D Wind chill 16 19 22 19 14 14 12 12 14 21 23 19 13 12 12 24 21 Min chill 15 15 15 11 10 8 17 9 9 17 19 Wind Y Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 23 33 14 21 -1 16 2 20 Temp 25 25 31 29 23 15 19 14 5 0 13 11 8 6 18 14 Dewpt 23 25 31 29 23 15 15 9 3 0 9 7 7 6 12 11 PWind dir SE E N NW NW W SW SW Wind char GN GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 90 90 50 10 10 10 10 5 Rain S Snow D D D D C S $$ IAZ086-262200- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 626 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025 Date Wed 11/26/25 Thu 11/27/25 Fri 11/28/25 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 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 39 21 36 15 33 Temp 34 37 38 34 30 28 26 23 27 33 36 30 25 22 18 16 21 30 33 31 Dewpt 22 20 19 18 19 19 19 19 20 18 16 16 15 16 15 14 15 14 14 15 RH 61 50 46 51 63 68 74 84 74 53 43 55 65 77 88 92 77 51 45 51 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW S SE SE Wind spd 28 29 24 14 13 11 10 9 11 13 12 8 6 5 4 3 2 3 5 6 Wind gust 43 42 36 25 24 Clouds SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 OV PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Flurries Snow L Wind chill 21 24 27 24 19 18 16 13 17 24 28 23 17 15 11 24 Min chill 19 18 23 16 11 10 20 14 9 12 22 Date Sat 11/29/25 Sun 11/30/25 Mon 12/01/25 Tue 12/02/25 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 25 35 18 24 4 20 7 25 Temp 28 29 34 34 28 19 22 18 10 5 18 16 13 11 22 19 Dewpt 23 29 33 33 27 19 17 13 8 4 11 9 10 10 15 14 PWind dir SE SE NW NW NW W W W Wind char GN GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 80 90 50 20 20 20 10 5 Rain D D C Snow L D D D C S S S S S S S $$