Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
349 FOUS53 KDMX 171114 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 614 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 IAZ060-172100- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 614 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 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 68 45 74 54 66 Temp 47 53 60 66 67 58 51 47 46 56 67 73 73 65 61 58 55 57 60 63 63 Dewpt 40 39 40 41 40 41 39 38 37 40 42 42 42 45 47 48 49 49 51 51 51 RH 76 59 47 40 37 53 63 71 71 55 40 33 33 48 60 69 80 75 72 65 65 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW N N N NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 17 17 17 14 10 5 4 5 5 6 6 10 11 11 12 16 18 18 19 19 17 Wind gust 25 28 29 32 33 28 Clouds B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 0 0 5 70 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.45 0.16 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L L L L L D Tstms C C C S S C C Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 60 45 61 44 69 47 71 Temp 57 54 55 55 49 46 55 60 49 47 64 67 53 50 66 69 Dewpt 51 51 50 45 43 41 42 41 40 39 42 43 43 44 47 48 PWind dir E E NE N NW NW SW S Wind char BZ BZ GN GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 100 90 80 40 10 5 10 20 Rain shwrs D D D D D L C C S S Tstms L C C C S S $$ IAZ039-172100- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 614 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 64 40 72 47 63 Temp 47 50 58 61 61 51 46 43 42 55 66 72 70 60 55 52 48 53 57 61 60 Dewpt 41 39 40 40 39 39 38 37 36 39 41 42 42 43 43 43 41 41 43 44 43 RH 79 66 51 46 44 63 73 79 79 55 40 34 36 53 64 71 77 64 59 53 53 Wind dir W NW NW NW NW N NW NW N N NE E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 18 20 19 18 16 8 5 6 6 6 5 6 10 11 13 17 18 19 20 21 20 Wind gust 28 28 28 29 31 33 32 Clouds OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 30 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.10 0.06 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C C L Tstms S S S S Wind chill 39 Min chill 38 35 Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 45 54 42 63 42 69 45 69 Temp 52 49 50 50 46 44 57 60 47 44 63 65 51 48 66 66 Dewpt 42 44 42 40 40 38 41 41 39 38 41 41 42 42 46 46 PWind dir E E NE N N N E S Wind char BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 90 90 80 40 20 5 5 20 Rain shwrs L D D D D L C C S S Tstms C C S C S $$ IAZ048-172100- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 614 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 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 66 41 73 50 63 Temp 46 52 58 63 64 53 47 43 43 55 66 72 71 62 58 54 53 54 58 61 61 Dewpt 40 39 40 41 41 40 39 38 37 40 41 42 43 44 46 48 48 48 49 50 50 RH 79 61 51 44 43 61 74 82 79 57 40 34 36 52 64 80 83 80 72 67 67 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW N N N N NE E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 18 18 17 14 12 5 4 5 6 8 6 10 12 12 14 18 20 21 21 21 19 Wind gust 27 25 31 32 33 34 31 Clouds B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 0 0 5 70 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.34 0.14 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L L L L L D Tstms S C C S S S C C Wind chill 39 Min chill 38 36 Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 56 42 61 42 69 45 71 Temp 53 51 52 51 46 44 55 59 47 44 64 65 51 48 66 68 Dewpt 48 49 48 45 42 40 42 43 40 40 42 43 44 44 48 49 PWind dir E E NE N NW NW S S Wind char BZ BZ GN GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 100 90 90 40 20 5 10 20 Rain shwrs D D D D D L C C S S S Tstms C C S C S $$ IAZ004-172100- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 614 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 60 37 69 47 59 Temp 42 46 52 57 56 47 43 39 39 50 61 67 68 57 52 49 48 52 55 57 56 Dewpt 37 34 36 37 36 35 34 33 32 34 36 36 37 40 40 39 40 43 43 44 43 RH 82 63 54 47 47 63 70 79 76 54 39 32 32 53 63 68 74 71 64 62 62 Wind dir NW NW NW NW N N N N N NE NE E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 20 21 19 19 16 10 8 5 6 9 9 12 17 16 18 19 21 24 25 27 23 Wind gust 29 34 36 39 34 Clouds OV OV B2 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 0 0 5 50 80 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.11 0.16 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C D D D D D Tstms S S S S C C Wind chill 33 38 33 Min chill 32 34 37 31 37 Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 42 51 39 62 40 69 45 68 Temp 48 44 47 48 42 40 55 59 45 43 63 65 50 47 64 65 Dewpt 42 40 41 39 36 34 38 38 35 35 39 39 40 40 44 44 PWind dir E E NE N NW NW SE SE Wind char BZ BZ BZ BZ GN GN LT GN Avg clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 90 100 80 40 10 10 10 30 Rain shwrs D D D D D L C C S C Tstms C S S $$ IAZ035-172100- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 614 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 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 65 39 72 49 62 Temp 44 50 56 62 63 51 44 41 41 53 65 72 70 60 56 52 51 54 57 60 59 Dewpt 39 37 38 39 39 37 36 35 35 36 38 39 39 41 43 44 45 45 46 46 47 RH 82 61 51 43 41 59 73 79 79 52 37 30 32 49 62 74 80 71 67 60 64 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW N N N N NE NE E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 17 18 17 16 12 6 5 5 6 6 8 10 12 12 13 17 19 21 21 21 19 Wind gust 32 33 29 Clouds OV OV B2 SC FW FW CL FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 0 0 5 60 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.19 0.15 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S L L L L L L D Tstms S C C S S S C C Wind chill 36 Min chill 36 38 34 Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 54 41 62 40 69 45 70 Temp 50 48 49 50 44 42 55 60 45 43 63 65 50 47 66 67 Dewpt 45 46 44 42 39 38 40 41 37 38 41 42 42 42 46 47 PWind dir E E NE N NW NW S S Wind char BZ BZ GN GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 100 90 80 40 20 5 10 20 Rain shwrs D D D D D L C C S S S Tstms C C S C S $$ IAZ094-172100- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 614 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 71 45 75 57 68 Temp 49 56 65 69 69 59 53 48 47 58 69 75 73 66 62 60 59 61 64 66 64 Dewpt 40 41 43 44 44 43 42 40 39 43 45 46 46 47 51 54 56 57 58 58 57 RH 71 57 45 40 40 55 66 74 74 57 42 36 38 50 67 81 90 87 81 75 78 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW N N NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 16 17 16 13 8 4 4 6 8 10 10 11 13 12 12 13 14 16 17 17 14 Wind gust 21 26 28 28 25 Clouds B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC FW FW B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 0 0 20 90 90 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.90 0.40 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C D D D D D D D Tstms C C C C S S S C L Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 56 67 45 59 43 67 46 71 Temp 60 57 63 57 49 46 54 57 48 45 63 65 51 49 66 67 Dewpt 57 56 56 50 44 43 43 43 40 40 44 45 44 45 49 50 PWind dir E NE N N NW NW SW S Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 100 80 70 40 10 5 10 20 Rain shwrs D D D L L C C S S Tstms L C C C C S $$ IAZ017-172100- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 614 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 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 60 37 69 45 60 Temp 43 47 52 57 56 48 43 40 40 51 62 68 67 56 52 49 47 50 55 58 57 Dewpt 39 37 38 38 37 36 36 34 33 36 39 40 40 41 40 40 40 41 41 43 42 RH 86 68 59 49 49 63 76 79 76 56 43 36 37 57 63 71 76 71 59 57 57 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW N N NE E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 19 20 19 18 14 8 6 5 6 8 8 9 12 12 14 18 20 21 23 25 21 Wind gust 31 29 28 32 34 36 33 Clouds OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 0 0 40 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.04 0.06 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L C C L Tstms S S S S C Wind chill 34 39 Min chill 33 35 38 33 38 39 Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 42 51 39 63 40 68 43 68 Temp 48 45 47 48 43 42 55 60 45 43 62 64 49 46 63 65 Dewpt 40 40 40 39 38 35 38 39 36 35 40 40 40 40 44 45 PWind dir E E NE N N NW E S Wind char BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 90 90 80 40 20 5 10 20 Rain shwrs L D D D D L C C S S S Tstms C S S S $$ IAZ049-172100- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 614 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 66 40 72 48 63 Temp 47 51 58 62 63 51 45 42 42 54 66 72 70 59 56 52 49 53 57 61 60 Dewpt 40 39 39 40 40 38 37 36 36 39 40 41 41 43 44 44 43 44 46 46 47 RH 76 63 49 44 43 61 73 79 79 57 38 33 35 55 64 74 80 71 67 58 62 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW N N N N NE NE E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 18 18 18 17 13 6 5 6 6 6 6 8 10 10 12 16 19 20 20 23 19 Wind gust 32 35 31 Clouds B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 0 0 0 60 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.28 0.08 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S L L L L C C D Tstms S S S S S C Wind chill 39 Min chill 38 35 Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 46 55 42 61 41 68 44 70 Temp 52 49 50 50 45 42 55 58 46 44 63 64 49 47 65 65 Dewpt 45 47 45 42 41 39 41 42 38 38 42 43 42 42 46 47 PWind dir E E NE N N N SE S Wind char BZ BZ GN GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 100 90 90 50 20 5 10 20 Rain shwrs D D D D D L C C S S Tstms C C S C S S $$ IAZ086-172100- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 614 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 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 68 44 75 53 67 Temp 50 54 61 65 67 56 51 46 46 58 68 74 74 64 61 57 54 57 61 64 64 Dewpt 41 42 43 43 43 43 41 40 39 42 44 44 44 45 47 48 48 50 52 52 53 RH 71 64 51 45 42 62 68 79 76 55 42 34 34 50 60 72 80 77 72 65 67 Wind dir W NW W NW NW N N N N NE E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 18 19 18 17 12 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 10 10 11 14 17 18 18 19 17 Wind gust 25 28 28 28 31 27 Clouds B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 5 60 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.48 0.26 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S L L L L L L D Tstms S C S S C C Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 63 45 61 43 69 46 71 Temp 58 56 57 56 50 47 55 58 49 46 63 65 52 49 66 68 Dewpt 53 54 53 48 46 43 44 44 42 40 45 45 43 44 49 50 PWind dir E E NE N NW NW SW S Wind char BZ BZ GN BZ GN GN LT GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 100 90 80 50 10 5 5 20 Rain shwrs D D D D D L C C S Tstms C C C C C S $$