


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
840 FOUS53 KDMX 040715 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025 IAZ060-050900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025 Date 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25 Sat 07/05/25 Sun 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 71 91 74 87 68 Temp 74 75 84 89 91 89 81 78 75 74 80 83 83 81 77 74 70 70 Dewpt 70 70 71 70 69 69 69 68 68 69 72 72 73 71 72 71 68 68 RH 87 84 65 54 49 52 67 71 79 84 77 70 72 72 85 90 93 93 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW W W NW NW Wind spd 5 6 10 13 13 10 9 9 10 11 13 16 13 10 6 5 5 5 Clouds CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 5 0 10 60 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.13 0.07 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C L L C C S S Tstms S S C L C C S S Heat index 89 94 96 88 89 86 Max heat 95 98 94 82 89 91 85 Date 07/06 Mon 07/07/25 Tue 07/08/25 Wed 07/09/25 Thu 07/10/25 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 86 66 86 67 87 67 87 66 87 Temp 82 83 71 68 82 84 71 69 82 83 71 69 82 83 71 68 82 83 Dewpt 67 66 66 65 67 67 67 66 69 68 68 67 69 68 68 66 68 67 PWind dir N N N E S S E E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC B2 B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 10 20 30 40 30 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C S C S S Tstms S C C C S S S S S $$ IAZ039-050900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025 Date 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25 Sat 07/05/25 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 71 91 72 86 67 Temp 72 75 83 89 91 89 79 76 74 74 80 84 83 80 75 72 69 69 Dewpt 70 71 72 71 69 68 68 67 68 69 71 72 73 72 71 70 68 67 RH 93 87 70 56 49 50 69 74 82 84 74 67 72 77 87 93 97 93 Wind dir S S SW S S S S S S S S SW SW SW W W NW NW Wind spd 5 8 10 13 13 10 9 9 10 11 14 17 16 12 9 8 8 6 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 0 10 60 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.20 0.10 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C L L C C S S Tstms S S C L L C S S S Heat index 89 95 90 89 Max heat 96 97 91 91 91 Date 07/06 Mon 07/07/25 Tue 07/08/25 Wed 07/09/25 Thu 07/10/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 85 64 85 65 85 66 85 64 85 Temp 81 81 69 67 82 82 69 68 81 81 70 68 82 81 69 67 82 81 Dewpt 67 66 65 64 67 66 65 65 68 68 66 66 68 67 65 64 67 66 PWind dir N N N NE SW NE NE NE E Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW FW SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 10 5 10 20 30 40 40 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C S S S S Tstms S C S S S S S S S S S $$ IAZ048-050900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025 Date 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25 Sat 07/05/25 Sun 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 71 91 72 85 67 Temp 73 75 83 88 89 87 79 75 73 73 77 82 82 81 74 72 69 68 Dewpt 70 71 72 72 72 71 70 69 69 70 73 74 75 73 72 70 68 67 RH 90 87 70 59 57 59 74 82 87 90 87 77 79 77 93 93 97 97 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW W W NW NW N Wind spd 5 6 11 13 13 10 9 9 10 11 13 14 13 10 6 5 5 5 Clouds CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 5 0 20 70 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.23 0.06 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C L L C C S S Tstms S C C L C C S S Heat index 88 95 96 93 87 89 86 Max heat 96 98 90 90 90 85 Date 07/06 Mon 07/07/25 Tue 07/08/25 Wed 07/09/25 Thu 07/10/25 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 84 64 85 65 85 66 85 65 85 Temp 80 81 69 66 81 82 69 67 80 81 70 68 80 81 69 67 81 81 Dewpt 68 67 66 65 68 68 66 66 70 70 68 67 71 70 68 66 70 69 PWind dir N N N E S SE E E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC B2 SC PoP 12hr 10 10 10 20 40 40 40 20 30 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C S S C Tstms S C C C S S S S S C $$ IAZ004-050900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025 Date 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25 Sat 07/05/25 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 71 90 71 83 62 Temp 73 75 82 87 88 86 79 77 74 72 75 80 79 77 71 67 64 62 Dewpt 69 68 70 69 69 69 68 68 68 69 70 71 70 69 67 64 60 59 RH 87 79 67 55 54 57 69 74 82 90 84 74 74 76 87 90 87 90 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S SW SW W NW NW NW N N Wind spd 9 11 16 19 19 16 13 13 14 14 16 16 16 12 10 10 9 9 Clouds CL FW CL SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 5 50 70 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.16 0.16 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C L L S S Tstms C C C C C C C S Heat index 93 Max heat 92 93 89 84 83 Date 07/06 Mon 07/07/25 Tue 07/08/25 Wed 07/09/25 Thu 07/10/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 82 61 83 63 83 64 84 63 84 Temp 77 79 65 63 78 80 67 66 79 80 68 66 79 81 68 65 80 78 Dewpt 61 62 61 61 63 64 63 63 66 67 65 63 66 67 63 63 66 66 PWind dir N N NW S SW SE SE SE S Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 SC FW SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 10 10 30 50 30 30 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C C C S C S S S Tstms C S C S S S C S S S $$ IAZ035-050900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025 Date 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25 Sat 07/05/25 Sun 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 71 90 72 85 64 Temp 73 75 83 88 89 86 78 76 73 73 77 81 82 80 73 70 67 65 Dewpt 70 70 72 71 71 70 69 68 69 69 71 72 73 72 70 68 65 63 RH 90 84 70 57 56 59 74 76 87 87 82 74 74 77 90 93 93 93 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW W NW NW NW N Wind spd 8 9 12 16 16 12 10 11 11 12 14 14 13 10 6 6 6 5 Clouds CL CL CL SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 40 70 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.06 0.22 0.03 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C L L C C Tstms S S C C C L L C Heat index 88 94 95 91 88 Max heat 95 97 89 86 90 Date 07/06 Mon 07/07/25 Tue 07/08/25 Wed 07/09/25 Thu 07/10/25 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 83 63 84 64 85 66 85 65 85 Temp 80 80 67 65 80 81 68 67 81 81 69 67 80 81 68 67 81 80 Dewpt 65 65 64 63 66 66 65 65 69 70 67 67 69 69 66 65 69 67 PWind dir N N NW SE SW E E E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 10 10 20 40 40 30 20 30 Rain shwrs S C C C C S C S C Tstms S C C S S S C S C $$ IAZ094-050900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025 Date 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25 Sat 07/05/25 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 69 89 72 85 69 Temp 72 72 81 87 89 86 78 76 74 73 79 82 82 82 75 73 71 70 Dewpt 69 70 72 71 70 71 69 69 70 70 72 72 73 73 73 72 71 70 RH 90 93 74 59 54 61 74 79 87 90 79 72 74 74 94 97100100 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW W NW Wind spd 5 5 9 11 11 9 8 9 9 10 13 14 13 10 6 5 5 5 Clouds CL FW CL SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 5 0 10 60 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.16 0.08 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L C C C C S Tstms S S C L C C S S Heat index 86 92 94 91 88 87 88 Max heat 94 96 90 89 91 86 Date 07/06 Mon 07/07/25 Tue 07/08/25 Wed 07/09/25 Thu 07/10/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 86 67 86 68 86 67 85 66 86 Temp 82 82 70 68 82 83 71 70 82 81 70 69 82 82 70 68 82 82 Dewpt 69 68 68 67 69 68 68 69 72 70 68 68 71 70 68 68 69 69 PWind dir N NE NE E S S E E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 SC FW SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 10 10 20 40 40 40 20 20 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C C C S S S Tstms S S C C C S S C S S $$ IAZ017-050900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025 Date 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25 Sat 07/05/25 Sun 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 70 89 71 83 63 Temp 72 75 82 88 89 86 78 76 73 73 77 80 81 77 72 70 67 65 Dewpt 70 70 71 70 70 69 69 68 68 69 70 72 72 70 70 67 64 63 RH 93 84 69 55 54 57 74 76 84 87 79 77 74 79 93 90 90 93 Wind dir S SW S S S S S S S S SW SW SW W W NW NW N Wind spd 6 9 12 16 16 12 10 11 12 12 16 17 16 11 9 8 8 8 Clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 0 20 80 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.02 0.28 0.03 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C D D C C Tstms S C C C L C S Heat index 87 93 94 Max heat 93 95 88 84 85 Date 07/06 Mon 07/07/25 Tue 07/08/25 Wed 07/09/25 Thu 07/10/25 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 82 61 83 63 83 63 83 62 82 Temp 78 79 67 64 79 80 68 66 79 79 68 67 79 80 67 65 79 79 Dewpt 63 63 62 62 64 64 63 63 67 67 65 65 66 66 64 63 66 66 PWind dir N N NW SE SW NE NE E SE Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW SC FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B2 SC FW FW SC B2 PoP 12hr 5 5 10 20 40 40 30 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C S C S S S Tstms S C C S S S C S S S $$ IAZ049-050900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025 Date 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25 Sat 07/05/25 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 69 90 72 85 66 Temp 72 74 83 88 89 86 77 75 73 73 80 83 82 80 74 71 68 67 Dewpt 69 70 71 69 68 68 67 67 67 69 71 72 72 72 70 69 67 66 RH 90 87 67 54 50 55 71 76 81 87 74 70 72 77 87 93 97 97 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW W W NW NW Wind spd 5 6 10 12 13 10 8 9 10 11 14 17 16 11 8 6 6 5 Clouds FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 0 20 60 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.21 0.07 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C L L C C S S Tstms S S C L L C S S Heat index 93 88 Max heat 95 96 89 88 89 Date 07/06 Mon 07/07/25 Tue 07/08/25 Wed 07/09/25 Thu 07/10/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 84 63 85 64 85 65 84 64 84 Temp 80 80 68 65 81 82 69 67 81 81 69 67 81 81 68 66 80 81 Dewpt 66 66 64 64 67 67 65 64 67 68 66 66 69 68 65 64 67 67 PWind dir N N N NE SW E NE NE SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 10 20 30 40 40 20 20 Rain shwrs S S C C C S C S S S Tstms S S C S S S S S S S $$ IAZ086-050900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025 Date 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25 Sat 07/05/25 Sun 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 70 92 72 88 70 Temp 72 75 84 88 91 88 79 75 73 74 81 85 85 82 76 74 72 71 Dewpt 69 70 72 69 68 69 69 68 68 70 72 72 73 72 73 72 71 71 RH 90 84 67 54 47 54 72 79 84 87 74 65 67 72 90 93 97100 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W NW Wind spd 5 6 9 11 11 10 8 8 9 10 13 16 14 11 9 8 6 6 Wind gust 25 Clouds CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 0 10 40 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.08 0.14 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L C C C Tstms S C C C C C C S Heat index 89 93 86 91 91 87 Max heat 94 97 92 92 92 84 Date 07/06 Mon 07/07/25 Tue 07/08/25 Wed 07/09/25 Thu 07/10/25 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 86 67 86 67 87 67 86 66 86 Temp 81 82 71 69 82 83 71 70 83 83 71 69 82 83 70 69 82 83 Dewpt 71 70 67 67 69 69 67 68 71 70 68 68 70 70 68 67 69 69 PWind dir NW N N SE SW S NE NE E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 30 10 10 10 30 40 40 20 20 Rain shwrs C S S C C C C C S S S S Tstms S S S C S S S C S S S S $$