Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
839 FOUS53 KDMX 280416 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1116 PM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 IAZ060-280900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 1116 PM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 Sat 03/29/25 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 54 81 56 69 40 Temp 55 55 56 67 76 80 76 67 63 61 58 59 64 67 63 59 55 50 44 Dewpt 50 53 53 56 56 54 54 56 56 56 54 54 54 53 53 53 51 47 41 RH 83 93 90 68 50 41 46 68 78 84 86 83 70 61 70 80 86 89 89 Wind dir SE S SW SW SW SW S S SW SW S S S SE SE SE W NW N Wind spd 11 11 14 20 23 25 20 19 14 11 9 11 13 13 12 11 11 12 13 Wind gust 23 28 35 37 40 34 32 27 24 Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 5 10 60 80 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.04 0.30 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain C C L L D D C C C Tstms C C C S S Wind chill 37 Min chill 37 Date 03/30 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 Thu 04/03/25 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 30 47 29 53 44 67 40 62 Temp 45 44 36 31 42 45 34 31 47 51 47 48 60 60 47 40 55 59 Dewpt 36 34 30 26 26 27 26 25 31 36 39 44 47 42 39 35 39 42 PWind dir N N N E SE SE W NW SE Wind char BZ GN GN LT GN GN BZ GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 60 40 10 5 40 80 50 30 20 Rain C L C S S C L D C C C S S S Snow S Tstms S $$ IAZ039-280900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 1116 PM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 Sat 03/29/25 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 50 80 52 64 38 Temp 51 51 51 64 76 79 75 66 62 58 56 55 59 60 57 53 50 48 45 Dewpt 46 49 50 57 58 55 53 55 55 55 52 51 50 50 48 49 48 46 44 RH 83 93 96 78 54 44 46 68 78 90 86 86 72 69 72 86 93 93 96 Wind dir SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW NE E E E E E NE N Wind spd 10 11 10 18 21 24 20 20 16 11 9 10 12 14 13 13 13 14 14 Wind gust 29 32 37 33 31 28 Clouds OV B2 B1 FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 5 30 60 90 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.01 0.05 0.51 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain C C L L D D L L C Rain shwrs S C C Tstms S S S S C C S S Wind chill 38 Min chill 37 Date 03/30 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 Thu 04/03/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 49 28 44 25 49 39 64 37 59 Temp 44 42 34 29 39 40 30 28 43 45 42 43 55 56 43 38 52 53 Dewpt 37 33 28 24 25 25 24 22 29 33 36 40 47 44 38 34 38 39 PWind dir N N N E SE SE SW NW SW Wind char BZ BZ GN LT GN BZ BZ GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 50 50 20 0 30 80 60 30 20 Rain C C C S C C D L C C C S S Snow S C S Tstms S $$ IAZ048-280900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 1116 PM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 Sat 03/29/25 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 52 81 53 64 37 Temp 54 53 54 66 76 80 75 66 62 58 55 56 60 62 58 55 51 46 41 Dewpt 50 51 52 57 56 55 54 56 56 55 52 53 53 53 52 52 49 46 40 RH 86 93 93 73 50 42 48 70 81 90 90 90 78 72 80 90 93100 96 Wind dir SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SE SE SE E SE N N N Wind spd 12 10 12 19 24 25 20 19 14 11 9 11 13 14 13 13 13 14 14 Wind gust 23 33 36 40 33 32 27 Clouds B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 5 20 60 90 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.06 0.40 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain C C L L D D C C C Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S S C C S S Wind chill 33 Min chill 33 Date 03/30 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 Thu 04/03/25 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 45 28 46 27 50 42 65 37 60 Temp 42 41 34 29 40 42 31 29 44 48 43 44 58 57 43 38 53 56 Dewpt 36 35 30 26 27 28 26 25 31 37 39 43 47 44 39 35 39 43 PWind dir N N N E SE SE W NW SE Wind char BZ GN GN LT BZ BZ BZ GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 60 40 10 5 40 80 50 30 20 Rain C L C C S C L D C C C S S S Snow C S Tstms S $$ IAZ004-280900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 1116 PM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 Sat 03/29/25 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 49 82 37 47 28 Temp 52 51 50 61 76 81 75 60 50 45 41 40 44 44 41 40 37 33 30 Dewpt 47 49 48 52 52 53 51 49 46 41 36 36 38 40 40 39 36 32 28 RH 83 93 93 72 43 38 43 67 86 86 82 85 79 86 96 96 96 96 92 Wind dir SE SE S S SW SW SW NW N N NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N Wind spd 14 11 10 16 21 25 18 14 13 13 13 16 18 19 18 18 19 20 19 Wind gust 32 37 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 5 20 90 90 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.03 0.23 0.56 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain L L D D D D C C C Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S S Wind chill 39 33 32 36 36 32 31 27 21 18 Min chill 32 30 32 27 17 Date 03/30 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 Thu 04/03/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 39 24 40 23 45 35 53 32 54 Temp 36 36 29 25 35 37 27 27 39 41 38 37 47 46 36 33 48 50 Dewpt 30 30 25 20 24 24 23 22 31 34 34 35 41 37 33 30 36 37 PWind dir N N N E SE SE NW NW S Wind char BZ BZ GN GN BZ BZ BZ GN BZ Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 40 30 10 5 60 70 50 20 20 Rain C C S L L L C C S S S Snow C C C L S S S S $$ IAZ035-280900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 1116 PM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 Sat 03/29/25 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 52 82 45 56 32 Temp 55 54 53 64 76 81 76 65 59 53 48 48 52 53 50 48 45 40 35 Dewpt 49 51 50 55 56 54 52 54 54 51 45 45 46 48 47 47 45 40 34 RH 80 90 89 73 50 39 43 68 83 93 89 89 80 83 89 96100100 96 Wind dir SE S S SW SW SW SW SW W N N NE NE NE NE NE N N N Wind spd 10 10 10 17 23 24 19 14 11 9 9 11 13 14 12 13 13 14 14 Wind gust 27 33 36 31 25 Clouds B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 0 30 80 90 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.01 0.12 0.54 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain C C D D D D C C C Rain shwrs S S C C Tstms S S S S S S Wind chill 39 32 26 Min chill 38 25 Date 03/30 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 Thu 04/03/25 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 42 26 43 25 49 39 62 35 58 Temp 39 39 31 27 37 39 28 27 42 44 40 41 54 52 39 35 51 52 Dewpt 33 33 29 23 26 26 24 24 31 35 37 39 46 41 36 33 38 40 PWind dir N N N E SE SE W NW S Wind char BZ GN GN LT BZ GN BZ GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 50 40 10 5 50 80 50 30 20 Rain C C C C C L D C C C S S S Snow C C C $$ IAZ094-280900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 1116 PM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 Sat 03/29/25 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 56 78 57 72 42 Temp 57 58 58 65 74 77 72 64 61 59 57 61 68 70 67 62 58 52 46 Dewpt 50 54 54 55 55 54 54 55 56 56 55 56 57 56 56 55 55 49 44 RH 77 86 86 70 51 45 53 73 84 90 93 84 68 61 68 78 90 89 93 Wind dir S SW SW SW SW S S S SW S S S S S SE S SW NW N Wind spd 9 14 17 20 24 24 19 18 14 11 10 12 14 14 12 11 12 11 12 Wind gust 28 29 36 37 36 32 31 26 25 25 Clouds B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 5 10 40 80 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.03 0.18 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain C C D D C C C Rain shwrs Tstms C C C C S C Date 03/30 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 Thu 04/03/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 49 31 49 30 55 47 67 41 63 Temp 48 45 37 32 44 46 35 33 49 53 50 51 62 60 48 42 57 58 Dewpt 39 34 30 28 28 27 27 27 34 38 42 48 48 44 40 37 42 42 PWind dir N N N E SE SE W NW SE Wind char GN GN GN LT GN GN BZ GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 60 40 5 0 30 70 50 30 20 Rain C L C S C L L C C C S S S Tstms C S $$ IAZ017-280900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 1116 PM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 Sat 03/29/25 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 47 80 42 52 32 Temp 48 49 49 60 74 79 75 65 57 49 46 45 48 50 47 45 44 42 36 Dewpt 45 48 49 54 58 56 53 53 52 47 42 41 44 46 45 44 44 41 34 RH 89 96100 81 57 45 46 65 83 93 86 86 86 86 93 96100 96 92 Wind dir SE SE SE SW SW SW SW SW W N N NE NE NE NE NE NE N N Wind spd 11 11 10 14 21 25 21 17 13 11 10 11 13 14 14 14 16 17 17 Wind gust 28 39 33 29 24 Clouds B1 B1 SC SC FW SC FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 5 30 80 90 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.12 0.54 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain C C D D D D L L C Rain shwrs S S C C Tstms S S S S S S S Wind chill 39 38 37 34 26 Min chill 38 34 26 Date 03/30 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 Thu 04/03/25 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 41 25 41 23 45 35 57 34 54 Temp 38 37 31 26 35 37 27 26 39 41 38 39 50 49 39 35 48 49 Dewpt 34 32 27 22 25 26 23 22 29 33 34 37 45 40 35 32 38 39 PWind dir N N N E SE SE SW NW SW Wind char BZ BZ GN LT BZ BZ BZ GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 50 40 20 0 50 80 60 30 20 Rain C C C S C L D L C C S S Snow C C S S C S S $$ IAZ049-280900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 1116 PM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 Sat 03/29/25 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 50 80 52 65 37 Temp 52 51 52 64 75 79 73 64 61 58 55 56 60 63 58 54 50 48 43 Dewpt 49 50 51 57 57 55 53 55 55 55 52 53 52 52 51 51 49 46 42 RH 89 96 96 78 54 44 49 73 81 90 90 90 75 67 77 90 96 93 96 Wind dir SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SE SE SE SE E N N Wind spd 12 10 12 20 23 26 21 19 16 11 9 10 13 14 13 12 12 13 13 Wind gust 23 32 34 41 33 31 28 21 Clouds B2 B1 SC FW CL CL FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 5 20 60 90 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.05 0.37 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain C C L L D D L L C Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S S C C S S Wind chill 36 Min chill 34 Date 03/30 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 Thu 04/03/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 47 27 45 25 50 39 65 36 59 Temp 43 40 33 29 39 39 29 27 43 45 42 43 57 55 42 36 53 53 Dewpt 37 34 29 24 25 26 24 23 29 34 37 41 47 44 38 33 39 40 PWind dir N N N E SE SE SW NW SW Wind char BZ GN GN LT GN BZ BZ GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 60 40 10 0 30 80 60 30 20 Rain C L C S C C D L C C S S S Snow C Tstms S $$ IAZ086-280900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 1116 PM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Date 03/27/25 Fri 03/28/25 Sat 03/29/25 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 50 78 57 73 45 Temp 51 53 56 65 74 77 73 65 62 61 59 62 68 71 68 62 60 56 51 Dewpt 49 53 54 56 57 55 55 56 56 55 55 56 58 57 57 56 56 54 50 RH 93100 93 73 55 47 53 73 81 81 87 81 70 61 68 81 87 93 96 Wind dir SE S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S SE SE S SW NW Wind spd 10 12 17 21 24 24 19 18 16 12 10 12 13 14 12 12 12 12 12 Wind gust 24 31 36 36 37 31 32 27 23 23 Clouds B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 10 5 40 80 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0.01 0.21 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain S S C C D D L L L Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S C C C C S C Date 03/30 Mon 03/31/25 Tue 04/01/25 Wed 04/02/25 Thu 04/03/25 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 55 31 48 29 53 45 68 41 63 Temp 51 46 38 33 43 45 34 30 47 51 48 50 61 60 49 42 57 58 Dewpt 43 37 33 28 28 28 27 26 32 36 41 47 51 46 42 38 43 44 PWind dir NW NW N NE SE SE SW NW SW Wind char GN BZ GN LT GN BZ BZ GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 60 50 10 0 20 70 60 40 20 Rain L L C C S C L L C C C S Snow C Tstms C S $$