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Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
251 FOUS53 KDMX 270800 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 300 AM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 IAZ060-280900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 300 AM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/26/25 Thu 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 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 44 68 54 80 55 Temp 46 44 51 61 67 65 58 57 57 58 67 77 80 77 68 63 59 56 Dewpt 33 37 43 47 50 52 52 52 54 54 55 55 55 55 55 55 54 53 RH 60 76 74 60 54 63 80 83 90 86 65 47 42 47 63 75 83 90 Wind dir SE SE S SE SE E SE SE S SW SW SW SW S S SW SW S Wind spd 8 9 10 8 9 10 10 10 11 14 20 24 24 20 17 14 11 9 Wind gust 27 34 39 41 33 28 Clouds SC B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 50 50 30 0 30 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.05 0.01 0 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain Rain shwrs C C C S C S S S S C C C Tstms S S S C S S Date 03/29 Sun 03/30/25 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 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 67 39 48 30 49 31 53 43 63 Temp 64 65 53 40 44 44 37 31 42 45 35 32 48 51 46 44 58 58 Dewpt 53 53 48 38 37 35 31 26 28 28 27 26 32 36 38 41 45 41 PWind dir S N N N N E SE SE SW Wind char GN GN BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 70 80 50 30 10 5 50 80 40 Rain C C C S C C L D C C Rain shwrs C L D C Snow S Tstms C C S S $$ IAZ039-280900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 300 AM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/26/25 Thu 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 41 62 49 80 51 Temp 44 41 48 57 59 56 51 51 50 51 64 76 80 76 66 62 57 52 Dewpt 36 35 39 42 45 46 47 48 49 50 55 56 56 56 55 54 53 51 RH 73 79 71 57 60 69 86 89 96 96 73 50 44 50 68 75 86 96 Wind dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W Wind spd 9 8 10 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 17 21 25 20 18 16 12 10 Wind gust 29 34 39 33 28 Clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 30 30 40 5 30 QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain Rain shwrs S C C C C C C C C C Sprinkles C C Tstms C C S S S Date 03/29 Sun 03/30/25 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 63 36 46 28 45 27 49 38 60 Temp 60 59 49 37 43 42 34 28 39 41 31 28 42 46 40 39 53 53 Dewpt 50 49 46 37 36 35 29 25 27 27 25 22 30 33 35 37 44 40 PWind dir E NE N N N NE SE SE S Wind char GN GN BZ GN GN LT GN BZ BZ Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 70 90 50 40 10 5 40 80 50 Rain C C C S S C L D C C Rain shwrs C L D L Snow C C S Tstms C C $$ IAZ048-280900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 300 AM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/26/25 Thu 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 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 41 66 52 81 52 Temp 44 41 51 61 65 63 56 54 54 55 66 77 81 77 66 62 57 53 Dewpt 33 36 42 46 49 50 51 52 52 53 56 56 56 56 56 55 54 51 RH 65 82 71 58 56 62 83 93 93 93 70 48 42 48 70 78 90 93 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S Wind spd 8 8 10 8 10 10 11 12 11 12 20 24 25 19 17 13 10 9 Wind gust 25 32 37 41 32 28 Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 40 40 30 0 30 QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C S S C S C C C C C Sprinkles Tstms S S C S S S Date 03/29 Sun 03/30/25 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 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 64 36 45 29 47 28 50 40 61 Temp 61 61 48 37 42 42 34 29 41 42 32 30 45 48 43 41 55 55 Dewpt 53 53 47 37 36 36 31 26 28 29 27 25 32 36 38 40 45 41 PWind dir SE NE N N N E SE SE SW Wind char GN GN BZ GN GN LT GN BZ BZ Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 80 90 50 30 10 5 50 80 50 Rain C C C S C C D D C C Rain shwrs C D D C Snow C S S Tstms C C S $$ IAZ004-280900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 300 AM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/26/25 Thu 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 37 64 49 82 37 Temp 40 37 46 57 63 60 52 51 51 51 62 77 82 76 59 50 43 38 Dewpt 34 34 38 40 42 44 46 48 49 49 52 54 53 53 50 45 40 35 RH 79 89 73 53 46 55 80 89 93 93 70 45 37 45 72 83 89 89 Wind dir E E E E E SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW NW N N NE Wind spd 10 9 10 11 13 12 12 13 12 12 19 24 26 18 14 13 13 14 Wind gust 29 35 40 28 Clouds SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 5 10 5 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.12 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain Rain shwrs C C C C L Sprinkles Tstms S Wind chill 33 30 36 30 Min chill 30 32 29 Date 03/29 Sun 03/30/25 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 47 29 41 24 42 26 46 34 51 Temp 46 41 35 29 37 37 29 25 37 38 28 28 40 42 36 35 46 47 Dewpt 38 38 34 28 30 30 25 21 24 25 23 22 31 33 33 33 39 36 PWind dir NE N N N N E SE SE N Wind char BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN BZ BZ BZ Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 90 80 40 20 5 10 60 70 50 Rain S L L L C C Rain shwrs L D D C Snow C C S C L L L C Snowshwrs C Tstms S $$ IAZ035-280900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 300 AM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/26/25 Thu 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 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 40 66 51 81 46 Temp 42 40 49 60 65 62 53 53 52 53 64 78 81 77 65 58 51 47 Dewpt 35 36 40 45 46 48 50 50 51 51 55 56 55 55 54 53 49 46 RH 76 85 71 58 50 60 89 89 96 93 73 47 41 47 68 83 93 96 Wind dir SE SE SE E E E SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW W N NE Wind spd 10 8 9 8 10 10 11 11 11 11 18 23 24 17 13 10 9 9 Wind gust 29 34 35 28 Clouds B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 10 20 5 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.01 0 0.07 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain Rain shwrs S S S C C C C C Sprinkles C C C Tstms S S S S Wind chill 36 Min chill 34 36 Date 03/29 Sun 03/30/25 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 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 57 32 42 26 45 27 49 38 58 Temp 54 52 42 33 39 39 32 26 38 41 30 28 43 46 40 39 52 51 Dewpt 48 48 41 33 34 33 29 23 26 27 26 24 32 35 36 37 43 38 PWind dir NE N N N N E SE SE SW Wind char GN GN BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 90 80 50 30 10 10 60 70 50 Rain C C C C L L L C C Rain shwrs C D D C Snow C S C Tstms C C $$ IAZ094-280900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 300 AM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/26/25 Thu 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 45 72 57 77 57 Temp 48 45 53 65 71 68 61 61 59 59 64 74 77 74 66 62 59 57 Dewpt 33 38 45 52 55 56 55 56 55 54 54 55 55 54 54 55 55 55 RH 56 76 74 63 57 65 81 84 87 83 70 51 47 50 65 78 87 93 Wind dir S SE S S S SE SE S S SW SW SW S S S S S S Wind spd 9 10 11 10 9 9 10 12 16 16 21 24 23 19 17 14 12 10 Wind gust 20 23 28 28 34 39 39 31 28 25 Clouds B1 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 PoP 12hr 60 60 50 0 20 QPF 12hr 0.07 0.38 0.19 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain Rain shwrs L L C S C C C S S S S Sprinkles Tstms S S S S C C C S Date 03/29 Sun 03/30/25 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 71 42 51 32 50 32 56 45 66 Temp 68 68 57 43 48 45 38 33 44 46 36 33 50 53 48 47 62 59 Dewpt 57 56 52 42 39 36 31 28 28 28 28 27 34 38 40 45 47 43 PWind dir S W N N N E SE SE SW Wind char GN GN BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 60 80 50 30 5 5 40 70 40 Rain C C C S C L L C S Rain shwrs S L D C Tstms S C C C C $$ IAZ017-280900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 300 AM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/26/25 Thu 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 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 39 61 48 80 44 Temp 42 39 47 56 61 57 50 49 50 50 61 74 80 75 63 57 49 44 Dewpt 36 35 38 41 43 45 45 47 48 48 53 56 56 56 54 52 46 43 RH 79 85 71 57 51 64 83 93 93 93 75 53 44 52 72 83 89 96 Wind dir E E SE SE E SE SE SE SE S S SW SW SW SW NW N NE Wind spd 8 9 10 10 11 10 11 13 11 12 18 23 25 19 17 13 11 10 Wind gust 29 35 39 32 Clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 30 20 30 5 40 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0.09 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain Rain shwrs C S C S C C S S C Sprinkles C Tstms C S S S Wind chill 33 Min chill 31 33 38 Date 03/29 Sun 03/30/25 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 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 54 31 41 26 42 25 45 35 54 Temp 51 49 40 32 38 37 31 26 36 37 28 26 39 41 37 36 48 47 Dewpt 45 45 40 31 34 32 27 22 26 27 23 21 30 33 33 34 42 38 PWind dir NE NE N N N E SE SE S Wind char GN BZ BZ GN GN LT BZ BZ BZ Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 80 90 50 30 10 5 50 70 60 Rain C C S C L L L C Rain shwrs C D D L Snow C C C S S C S S S Snowshwrs S Tstms S S $$ IAZ049-280900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 300 AM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/26/25 Thu 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 39 63 50 78 51 Temp 43 40 48 58 61 58 52 53 52 53 65 76 78 74 65 60 55 52 Dewpt 34 35 40 44 47 48 48 50 50 52 56 56 56 56 55 54 53 51 RH 70 82 74 59 60 69 86 89 93 96 73 50 47 53 70 81 93 96 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Wind spd 9 9 11 9 10 10 11 11 10 12 20 24 26 20 18 14 11 9 Wind gust 23 32 37 42 33 28 Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 30 40 30 0 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C S S C S S S S C C C Sprinkles Tstms S C S S Wind chill 34 Min chill 33 35 Date 03/29 Sun 03/30/25 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 64 36 46 27 45 26 49 38 61 Temp 61 59 48 37 43 41 33 28 39 40 29 28 43 46 40 39 55 52 Dewpt 53 51 47 37 37 35 30 25 28 27 25 23 31 34 35 37 45 41 PWind dir S NE N N N E SE SE SW Wind char GN GN BZ GN GN LT GN GN BZ Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 70 90 50 30 10 5 40 80 50 Rain C C C S S C L D C C Rain shwrs C L D L Snow C S S Tstms C C $$ IAZ086-280900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 300 AM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/26/25 Thu 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 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 44 64 53 78 56 Temp 44 44 50 58 61 62 56 57 57 58 65 75 78 75 66 63 60 57 Dewpt 33 36 43 49 51 51 51 52 54 55 56 57 56 56 55 55 55 55 RH 65 73 77 72 70 67 83 83 90 90 73 54 47 52 68 75 84 93 Wind dir SE S S S SE E SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S Wind spd 8 10 13 11 10 10 10 11 12 14 21 24 24 19 17 14 12 10 Wind gust 20 25 28 35 37 39 32 28 26 23 Clouds SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 40 60 40 5 20 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.17 0.05 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain Rain shwrs S C L S C C C C S S C Sprinkles C C Tstms S S C C C C Wind chill 38 Min chill 37 36 Date 03/29 Sun 03/30/25 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 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 72 44 54 31 49 30 54 43 67 Temp 68 68 58 45 51 48 39 33 44 45 35 31 48 51 46 45 61 59 Dewpt 58 57 55 44 43 39 33 28 30 29 28 26 33 36 39 42 50 46 PWind dir S S N N N NE SE SE SW Wind char GN GN BZ GN GN LT GN GN BZ Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 50 90 50 40 10 5 40 80 50 Rain C C C S S C L D C C Rain shwrs C C D L Snow S Tstms C C S S $$