Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
381 FOUS53 KDMX 221952 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 252 PM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026 IAZ060-230900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 252 PM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026 Date 07/22/26 Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 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 57 80 62 77 64 Temp 76 74 68 63 59 59 71 78 80 77 70 68 64 64 68 74 77 75 70 68 66 66 Dewpt 57 57 59 58 57 56 57 57 57 57 59 59 60 60 61 63 65 64 65 65 64 65 RH 52 55 73 84 93 90 61 48 45 50 68 73 87 87 78 69 67 69 84 90 93 97 Wind dir N NE E E E SE SE SE SE E SE S SE SE SE S S S S S S S Wind spd 6 6 3 2 2 2 4 6 8 8 6 6 6 6 8 10 10 10 8 5 4 3 Clouds B2 SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 0 60 50 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.12 0.17 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C Date 07/25 Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 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 71 96 74 94 71 91 69 89 Temp 86 89 76 73 93 93 79 75 92 92 77 72 88 88 74 70 87 86 Dewpt 73 74 73 71 75 74 73 70 73 72 70 67 69 67 67 65 66 64 PWind dir SW SW S S W NE E NE NE Wind char LT LT LT GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW CL FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 10 5 10 10 10 10 $$ IAZ039-230900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 252 PM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026 Date 07/22/26 Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 52 77 59 77 62 Temp 73 71 63 58 54 55 69 75 76 74 67 64 61 61 69 75 77 74 68 66 64 65 Dewpt 54 55 54 54 53 53 56 55 55 56 57 57 56 57 60 62 62 61 63 63 63 63 RH 51 57 72 86 96 93 63 50 48 53 70 78 84 87 73 64 60 64 84 90 97 93 Wind dir N N NE NE N E S S S SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 6 5 1 1 0 1 3 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 8 10 12 11 9 8 6 4 Clouds SC CL CL CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 5 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Date 07/25 Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 87 70 92 73 91 69 88 66 86 Temp 81 86 74 72 88 90 77 73 88 88 73 70 85 86 71 68 83 84 Dewpt 72 75 72 71 76 76 72 70 74 73 67 65 69 67 64 63 66 65 PWind dir SW SW SW S W N N N N Wind char LT LT GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 5 5 20 10 10 5 5 5 Rain shwrs S Tstms S $$ IAZ048-230900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 252 PM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026 Date 07/22/26 Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 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 55 78 61 77 63 Temp 75 72 66 61 57 57 70 76 78 75 68 66 63 63 68 74 76 75 69 67 65 65 Dewpt 57 59 59 58 56 56 59 59 59 60 60 60 60 61 62 64 65 64 66 65 64 65 RH 54 64 78 90 96 96 68 56 52 60 76 81 90 93 81 71 69 69 90 93 97100 Wind dir N NE E E SE SE S SE SE SE S S S S SE S S S S S S S Wind spd 6 4 3 1 1 2 4 6 6 4 4 5 5 6 8 10 10 9 6 5 4 3 Clouds B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 0 50 30 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.06 0.06 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C Date 07/25 Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 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 70 94 73 93 70 90 68 88 Temp 84 88 75 72 91 91 78 74 90 90 75 71 87 87 72 69 85 85 Dewpt 73 76 73 71 77 76 73 71 75 75 69 67 70 69 67 65 68 66 PWind dir SW SW S S W NE NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 10 10 10 5 10 10 $$ IAZ004-230900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 252 PM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026 Date 07/22/26 Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 52 78 59 79 63 Temp 75 73 63 57 54 55 69 75 77 76 68 64 61 61 69 74 77 78 71 68 65 65 Dewpt 52 53 54 54 53 53 57 57 58 59 60 59 59 58 61 64 66 66 66 65 64 64 RH 45 49 72 90 96 93 66 54 52 56 76 84 93 90 76 71 69 67 84 90 97 97 Wind dir N NE E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW Wind spd 8 6 3 3 4 5 9 9 10 10 10 9 10 11 13 14 14 13 13 12 12 11 Clouds FW FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 10 5 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Date 07/25 Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 92 70 94 71 92 67 89 65 87 Temp 87 91 74 71 90 91 76 72 89 89 72 68 86 87 70 66 84 85 Dewpt 72 72 69 67 71 70 69 66 69 67 64 63 64 63 62 61 63 61 PWind dir SW SW S S N NE N N NE Wind char GN GN GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 5 0 20 10 10 5 10 20 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S $$ IAZ035-230900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 252 PM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026 Date 07/22/26 Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 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 53 79 60 78 63 Temp 75 73 64 58 55 55 70 76 78 74 67 64 62 62 68 74 77 76 69 67 65 65 Dewpt 55 56 57 56 55 55 59 59 59 60 60 59 59 60 62 64 66 66 66 65 64 65 RH 50 55 78 93100100 68 56 52 62 78 84 90 93 81 71 69 71 90 93 97100 Wind dir N NE E SE S SE S S S SE S S S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 6 5 3 2 2 2 5 5 6 5 4 4 6 6 9 10 10 10 8 6 5 4 Clouds B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 5 30 20 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.03 0.03 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Date 07/25 Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 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 70 94 72 93 68 90 66 88 Temp 85 89 74 72 90 91 77 73 90 90 73 70 87 87 72 68 85 85 Dewpt 73 75 72 70 75 74 72 69 72 71 66 65 68 67 65 63 65 65 PWind dir SW SW S S NW NE NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT GN LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 5 0 10 10 10 5 10 20 Rain shwrs S $$ IAZ094-230900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 252 PM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026 Date 07/22/26 Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 60 80 62 74 64 Temp 76 74 69 65 62 62 72 78 80 78 71 68 64 63 66 69 72 74 69 67 66 66 Dewpt 57 58 58 58 57 56 55 54 54 55 59 59 60 61 62 64 65 65 66 66 65 66 RH 52 57 68 78 84 81 55 43 41 45 66 73 87 93 87 84 79 74 90 97 97100 Wind dir N N NE NE E E SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S Wind spd 5 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 5 5 4 6 8 8 9 10 10 9 8 6 5 3 Clouds B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 5 80 80 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.28 0.50 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C L D D C C Tstms S S Date 07/25 Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 89 70 93 73 94 71 92 70 88 Temp 85 88 74 72 91 91 78 75 92 91 76 73 89 88 74 71 86 86 Dewpt 73 73 72 71 75 73 72 69 72 71 70 67 68 67 66 65 65 64 PWind dir SW SW S S SW SE E E E Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 10 10 $$ IAZ017-230900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 252 PM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026 Date 07/22/26 Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 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 51 77 58 77 62 Temp 72 70 62 57 53 55 69 74 75 74 66 63 60 61 69 75 76 76 69 66 64 65 Dewpt 54 55 52 52 51 53 56 55 57 58 57 57 56 57 60 62 64 63 63 63 63 64 RH 53 59 70 83 93 93 63 51 54 57 73 81 87 87 73 64 66 64 81 90 97 97 Wind dir N N E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 5 5 2 1 1 2 5 6 6 6 4 4 5 6 10 11 12 12 10 9 8 6 Clouds SC FW CL CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 5 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Date 07/25 Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 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 69 92 71 90 66 88 64 86 Temp 82 87 74 71 87 89 76 72 87 88 72 68 85 86 70 66 83 84 Dewpt 72 75 71 70 74 75 71 69 72 70 64 64 66 65 62 62 64 64 PWind dir SW SW S S NW NE N N NE Wind char GN LT GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 5 0 20 10 10 5 10 5 Rain shwrs S Tstms S $$ IAZ049-230900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 252 PM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026 Date 07/22/26 Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 52 77 59 76 61 Temp 73 71 63 59 54 56 68 75 77 74 66 64 62 61 68 74 76 73 68 66 63 64 Dewpt 55 56 56 55 53 54 57 57 57 58 57 57 57 58 61 63 63 63 63 63 62 63 RH 53 59 78 87 96 93 68 54 50 57 73 78 84 90 78 69 64 71 84 90 97 97 Wind dir N NE E E E SE S S SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 8 5 2 1 0 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 8 9 10 9 8 5 4 3 Clouds SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 20 10 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.02 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S Date 07/25 Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 88 69 92 72 92 68 89 66 86 Temp 82 85 73 71 88 89 76 73 88 88 73 70 85 85 71 68 83 83 Dewpt 72 75 71 70 77 76 72 70 74 74 67 65 70 68 65 63 67 65 PWind dir SW SW S S W NE NE NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 5 20 10 10 10 5 10 Rain shwrs S Tstms S $$ IAZ086-230900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 252 PM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026 Date 07/22/26 Thu 07/23/26 Fri 07/24/26 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 56 80 61 76 63 Temp 76 74 66 62 58 59 71 77 80 77 70 67 63 64 68 73 75 74 69 67 65 66 Dewpt 56 57 58 57 55 56 56 55 55 57 58 58 58 59 61 62 63 63 64 64 64 65 RH 50 55 75 84 90 90 59 47 42 50 66 73 84 84 78 68 66 69 84 90 97 97 Wind dir N N NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 9 8 4 2 2 2 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 5 8 9 10 9 8 6 5 4 Clouds B1 SC FW SC FW FW CL SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 40 50 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.06 0.27 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C C S S Date 07/25 Sun 07/26/26 Mon 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 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 71 95 74 94 71 91 68 89 Temp 84 88 74 72 92 92 78 75 91 91 75 72 88 88 73 70 86 86 Dewpt 73 74 73 72 76 74 73 71 73 72 70 68 69 68 66 66 65 64 PWind dir SW SW S S SW N E E N Wind char LT LT LT GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW CL FW SC FW FW SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 20 10 10 10 10 Rain shwrs S Tstms S $$