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Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
294 FOUS53 KDMX 202230 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 530 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024 IAZ060-210900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 530 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024 Date 07/20/24 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24 Tue 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 62 81 63 83 64 Temp 73 68 65 63 63 73 79 81 80 72 67 64 66 74 79 82 80 73 68 66 66 Dewpt 64 63 62 62 62 64 63 64 64 64 63 63 63 66 65 65 65 65 64 64 64 RH 73 84 90 97 97 73 58 56 58 76 87 97 90 76 62 56 60 76 87 93 93 Wind dir SE S S NW N E SE N NE NE E NW NW NW W NW N E S SW W Wind spd 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 40 5 20 5 QPF 12hr 0 0.12 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C S S S Tstms S C C S S S Obvis F Date 07/23 Wed 07/24/24 Thu 07/25/24 Fri 07/26/24 Sat 07/27/24 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 85 65 86 65 85 64 87 68 89 Temp 82 81 70 68 83 83 70 67 82 83 71 68 85 85 74 71 87 86 Dewpt 66 66 66 65 67 66 65 65 66 65 64 63 67 65 65 65 67 66 PWind dir W W NW NE E SE SE S S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 30 5 10 5 0 5 5 0 5 Rain shwrs S C Tstms S C $$ IAZ039-210900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 530 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024 Date 07/20/24 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 62 80 63 81 63 Temp 73 68 65 62 63 73 78 80 78 70 66 64 65 74 78 79 77 70 67 65 66 Dewpt 64 65 63 62 62 66 65 65 66 66 64 63 64 67 66 66 66 66 65 65 65 RH 73 90 93100 97 79 64 60 67 87 93 97 97 79 67 64 69 87 93100 97 Wind dir W W W W NW N N N NE E E NE NE SE SW NW SW S S SW SW Wind spd 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 30 10 40 5 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0.04 0.05 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C C Tstms S S C C C C C S Obvis PF F Date 07/23 Wed 07/24/24 Thu 07/25/24 Fri 07/26/24 Sat 07/27/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 83 65 82 63 82 62 84 65 86 Temp 80 78 69 66 79 78 68 64 79 80 67 65 82 81 71 68 84 83 Dewpt 68 67 66 65 67 66 65 63 65 64 63 63 64 64 64 64 68 66 PWind dir W W NW NE E SE S SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 10 30 5 5 5 5 0 10 Rain shwrs C C S C Tstms C C S C $$ IAZ048-210900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 530 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024 Date 07/20/24 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24 Tue 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 81 62 81 63 Temp 73 67 63 61 62 72 79 80 79 70 66 63 64 73 78 80 78 70 67 65 65 Dewpt 63 64 62 61 61 66 65 66 65 65 64 63 64 67 68 67 67 67 66 65 65 RH 71 90 97100 97 81 62 62 62 84 93100100 81 71 65 69 90 97100100 Wind dir SE SE SE NW N NE E S NE NE E N N NW NW NW W S S SW W Wind spd 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 Clouds B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 40 5 30 5 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0 0.02 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C S S C C C Tstms S C C S S C C S Obvis PF F Date 07/23 Wed 07/24/24 Thu 07/25/24 Fri 07/26/24 Sat 07/27/24 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 84 64 84 63 83 63 85 66 88 Temp 80 80 68 66 81 81 68 65 81 82 69 66 82 83 71 69 85 85 Dewpt 69 68 67 66 69 67 65 65 68 67 64 64 69 68 65 66 70 69 PWind dir W W NW NE E SE SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 30 5 20 0 5 5 5 0 5 Rain shwrs C C S Tstms C C S $$ IAZ004-210900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 530 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024 Date 07/20/24 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 61 81 63 81 63 Temp 74 68 63 61 62 72 79 81 80 70 66 64 65 73 78 78 78 70 67 65 65 Dewpt 65 64 63 61 61 65 65 65 64 64 63 62 62 66 65 65 65 65 64 62 63 RH 74 87100100 97 79 62 58 58 81 90 93 90 79 64 64 64 84 90 90 93 Wind dir S S SW SW W SE SE SE N E S W W W S W W S SW SW W Wind spd 4 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 3 3 4 Clouds B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 30 10 40 10 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0.02 0.09 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C C Tstms S S C C C C Obvis PF F Date 07/23 Wed 07/24/24 Thu 07/25/24 Fri 07/26/24 Sat 07/27/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 84 63 82 61 82 64 85 68 87 Temp 79 79 67 65 78 79 66 64 79 81 68 67 82 83 72 70 84 84 Dewpt 66 66 64 63 65 64 62 62 64 63 62 62 67 66 65 63 67 66 PWind dir W NW N E SE SE S S S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN BZ Avg clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 10 10 5 0 0 0 5 10 Rain shwrs C Tstms C $$ IAZ035-210900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 530 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024 Date 07/20/24 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24 Tue 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 59 81 61 82 62 Temp 73 67 62 60 60 72 79 81 80 69 65 62 64 74 78 79 78 69 66 64 64 Dewpt 65 64 62 60 60 66 66 66 66 65 64 62 64 67 68 67 67 66 64 64 64 RH 76 90100100100 81 64 60 62 87 97100100 79 71 67 69 90 93100100 Wind dir S S S SW W W S SW S SE S SW NW W W W NW S S SW SW Wind spd 3 3 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Clouds B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 20 40 5 40 5 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0.07 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C S S C C S Tstms S S C C S S C C S Obvis PF F Date 07/23 Wed 07/24/24 Thu 07/25/24 Fri 07/26/24 Sat 07/27/24 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 83 63 83 61 83 62 86 66 88 Temp 80 80 67 65 81 80 66 64 80 81 67 65 82 83 71 68 85 84 Dewpt 68 68 66 65 68 67 64 63 67 66 63 63 69 68 65 65 70 68 PWind dir W W N E SE SE S S S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 5 20 0 5 5 5 0 5 Rain shwrs S C S Tstms S C S $$ IAZ094-210900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 530 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024 Date 07/20/24 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 62 79 62 82 63 Temp 73 68 64 62 62 72 78 79 78 70 66 63 64 75 79 79 78 71 67 65 66 Dewpt 63 63 63 62 62 64 64 64 65 65 63 62 64 66 65 65 65 66 65 65 65 RH 71 84 97100100 76 62 60 64 84 90 97100 74 62 62 64 84 93100 97 Wind dir E S E N NE E NE NE N E NE N NW NW NW NW NW NE SE SW W Wind spd 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 20 30 5 20 5 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.06 0 0.03 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S C C S S S Tstms S S S C C S S S Obvis PF Date 07/23 Wed 07/24/24 Thu 07/25/24 Fri 07/26/24 Sat 07/27/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 84 64 86 64 85 65 87 67 88 Temp 81 80 68 66 83 83 69 67 83 83 70 67 85 84 72 70 85 85 Dewpt 67 67 67 66 67 68 67 66 66 66 66 66 68 67 66 66 69 67 PWind dir W W NW NE E SE S S S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 30 5 10 5 5 5 5 0 5 Rain shwrs S C Tstms S C $$ IAZ017-210900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 530 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024 Date 07/20/24 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24 Tue 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 59 79 61 80 62 Temp 72 66 62 60 60 71 77 79 77 69 65 62 63 73 77 78 76 69 66 64 64 Dewpt 65 64 62 60 60 65 65 65 65 64 63 61 62 66 66 65 65 65 64 62 63 RH 79 93100100100 81 67 62 67 84 93 97 97 79 69 64 69 87 93 93 97 Wind dir S SW SW SW W S SE SE NE E SE SE E SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW Wind spd 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 Clouds B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 20 30 10 50 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.02 0.08 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C S S C C S Tstms S S C C S S C C S Obvis PF F Date 07/23 Wed 07/24/24 Thu 07/25/24 Fri 07/26/24 Sat 07/27/24 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 82 63 80 59 81 59 83 64 86 Temp 79 77 66 64 78 76 65 62 78 79 66 64 81 81 70 67 84 82 Dewpt 67 66 65 63 66 64 62 61 64 63 61 61 65 65 63 63 67 66 PWind dir W NW N NE SE SE S S S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 50 10 20 0 5 5 5 0 10 Rain shwrs S C S Tstms S C S $$ IAZ049-210900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 530 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024 Date 07/20/24 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 60 79 61 80 62 Temp 71 66 62 61 61 72 77 79 78 69 65 62 63 73 77 78 77 69 65 63 64 Dewpt 66 63 62 61 61 66 65 65 66 65 63 62 63 67 67 67 67 65 64 63 64 RH 84 90100100100 81 67 62 67 87 93100100 81 71 69 71 87 97100100 Wind dir N N NW NW N N E NE NE NE NE NW N NW W NW NW S S SW SW Wind spd 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 40 5 30 5 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.04 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C S S C C S Tstms S S C C C S S C C S Obvis F Date 07/23 Wed 07/24/24 Thu 07/25/24 Fri 07/26/24 Sat 07/27/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 82 63 82 62 82 61 83 65 85 Temp 79 78 67 65 80 78 66 64 79 80 67 64 81 81 69 67 84 83 Dewpt 68 68 66 65 69 67 64 63 66 65 63 63 67 67 64 64 69 68 PWind dir W W NW NE E SE SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 5 20 5 5 5 5 0 10 Rain shwrs S C S Tstms S C S $$ IAZ086-210900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 530 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024 Date 07/20/24 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24 Tue 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 61 81 62 83 63 Temp 72 67 64 61 62 74 79 81 79 70 65 63 64 74 80 82 80 71 67 65 66 Dewpt 63 63 62 61 62 64 63 63 63 64 63 62 63 66 65 65 64 65 65 64 65 RH 73 87 93100100 71 58 54 58 81 93 97 97 76 60 56 58 81 93 97 97 Wind dir N NW N N N NE NE NE NE E S W W NW NE N NE E S SW SW Wind spd 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 30 5 20 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C S S S Tstms S S C S S S Obvis PF Date 07/23 Wed 07/24/24 Thu 07/25/24 Fri 07/26/24 Sat 07/27/24 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 85 65 86 64 85 64 86 66 88 Temp 81 81 69 68 83 82 69 67 82 82 69 67 84 84 71 69 86 84 Dewpt 67 66 66 66 68 67 66 65 67 65 65 65 67 65 65 66 68 66 PWind dir W SW NW NE NE E SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 30 5 20 5 5 5 5 0 10 Rain shwrs C S Tstms C S $$