


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
895 FOUS53 KDMX 161944 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 244 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 IAZ060-170900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 244 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 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 48 68 45 74 54 Temp 73 63 56 51 49 49 53 61 68 68 57 51 46 46 56 66 73 72 65 61 58 56 Dewpt 42 41 40 40 38 38 39 40 41 41 41 39 38 37 40 42 42 43 45 47 48 50 RH 33 44 55 66 66 66 59 46 37 37 55 63 73 71 55 42 33 35 48 60 69 80 Wind dir W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW N N N NE NE E E E E E E E Wind spd 28 26 21 19 18 17 17 16 14 10 5 5 4 5 6 6 10 11 11 12 14 18 Wind gust 42 40 34 29 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 0 0 5 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.41 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C L L L Sprinkles C C Tstms C C C C C Wind Y Y Date 05/19 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 65 52 62 45 62 45 69 48 73 Temp 59 62 56 54 58 56 49 46 56 61 50 47 63 67 54 51 67 71 Dewpt 50 50 51 51 52 46 43 40 41 40 40 38 42 44 44 45 48 48 PWind dir E E E NE N NW NW S S Wind char BZ BZ BZ GN GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 70 90 90 70 40 20 10 10 20 Rain shwrs L L D D D D L C C S S S S Tstms C C C C C C S S $$ IAZ039-170900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 244 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 46 64 41 72 48 Temp 74 62 54 50 49 48 51 59 63 61 51 47 43 43 55 64 71 69 60 56 52 49 Dewpt 39 42 42 41 39 38 39 40 40 40 39 38 37 36 39 41 42 43 44 44 43 41 RH 28 48 64 71 68 68 63 49 43 46 63 71 79 76 55 43 35 39 55 64 71 74 Wind dir W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N NE E E E E E E Wind spd 31 27 24 23 21 20 20 19 19 14 9 5 5 5 5 5 8 10 11 13 17 18 Wind gust 42 40 35 28 Clouds B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 30 0 0 0 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.19 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C S C C C Sprinkles C Tstms C C C Date 05/19 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 63 46 58 44 64 43 69 46 71 Temp 57 59 51 48 53 53 47 44 58 61 48 45 63 66 52 49 67 68 Dewpt 43 44 43 43 44 41 39 37 39 40 37 37 40 43 42 43 47 47 PWind dir E E E NE NE N NW SE S Wind char BZ BZ BZ BZ BZ GN GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 50 80 90 70 40 20 10 10 20 Rain shwrs C C L D D D L L C S S S Tstms C C C C S C S $$ IAZ048-170900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 244 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 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 46 66 41 73 50 Temp 71 60 53 49 47 47 51 60 66 65 53 48 44 43 55 65 71 70 62 58 55 52 Dewpt 40 42 41 40 38 38 39 40 41 41 40 39 38 37 40 41 42 43 45 46 47 47 RH 32 51 64 71 71 71 63 47 40 41 61 71 79 79 57 41 35 38 54 64 74 83 Wind dir W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW N N N N NE E E E E E E E Wind spd 31 27 24 21 20 18 18 18 16 12 6 5 4 5 6 6 11 12 12 14 18 19 Wind gust 43 40 36 32 Clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 0 0 5 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.32 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L L Sprinkles C Tstms C C C C C Wind Y Y Date 05/19 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 48 58 43 62 43 69 47 72 Temp 57 60 53 51 54 53 46 44 56 60 48 45 63 67 52 49 67 69 Dewpt 49 49 49 49 49 46 42 40 41 41 39 38 43 44 45 45 49 50 PWind dir E E E NE N N NW SE S Wind char BZ BZ BZ BZ BZ LT GN LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 70 90 90 80 40 20 10 10 20 Rain shwrs L L D D D D D C C S S S S Tstms C C C C C C S $$ IAZ004-170900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 244 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 41 60 37 68 46 Temp 52 50 47 44 43 42 47 54 59 57 47 41 38 38 50 60 66 65 57 52 49 48 Dewpt 43 41 40 38 35 34 35 36 37 36 35 34 33 32 34 35 36 38 40 40 40 40 RH 71 71 76 79 73 73 63 50 44 45 63 76 82 79 54 39 33 37 53 63 71 74 Wind dir W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N NE NE E E E E E E Wind spd 32 29 26 23 23 21 21 19 19 14 10 6 6 9 9 10 13 17 16 18 19 20 Wind gust 43 40 36 33 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 40 0 0 5 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.14 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D C S S S C C L Sprinkles C Tstms S S C C C Wind chill 39 35 34 34 32 Min chill 35 31 34 36 32 36 39 Wind Y Y Date 05/19 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 60 42 55 39 63 41 69 46 71 Temp 54 56 48 43 50 51 43 40 56 60 46 43 64 66 50 48 67 68 Dewpt 43 44 41 38 42 39 35 33 36 35 34 34 38 39 40 40 45 45 PWind dir E E NE NE N N W S S Wind char WY BZ BZ BZ BZ GN GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 80 90 90 70 30 20 10 20 30 Rain shwrs L D D D D D L C C S S S S C Tstms C C C C S S $$ IAZ035-170900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 244 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 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 65 40 72 48 Temp 61 54 50 46 45 45 50 58 64 63 51 45 41 41 52 63 70 69 60 56 53 51 Dewpt 41 41 40 39 37 37 36 38 39 39 38 36 35 34 36 38 39 41 42 43 44 45 RH 48 61 68 76 73 73 58 47 40 41 61 70 79 76 54 39 32 36 51 62 71 80 Wind dir W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N NE E E E E E E E Wind spd 32 26 23 20 19 18 18 17 16 12 6 5 5 5 5 6 11 12 12 14 17 18 Wind gust 43 39 34 32 Clouds OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 40 0 0 5 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.33 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S C C L L L Tstms C C C C C Wind chill 39 37 38 Min chill 38 36 39 35 Wind Y Y Date 05/19 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 62 44 56 41 62 42 69 46 72 Temp 56 59 51 47 52 52 44 42 56 61 46 44 64 66 50 48 67 69 Dewpt 46 47 45 44 45 43 38 36 38 38 37 36 40 42 42 43 47 47 PWind dir E E E NE N N NW SE S Wind char BZ BZ BZ GN GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 70 90 90 80 40 20 10 20 20 Rain shwrs L L D D D D D C C S S S S S Tstms C C C C S C S $$ IAZ094-170900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 244 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 48 71 46 75 57 Temp 75 66 58 53 50 49 56 66 71 70 58 53 48 47 58 69 74 72 66 63 60 60 Dewpt 42 42 39 39 39 39 41 43 44 44 43 42 40 39 43 45 46 48 49 52 56 57 RH 31 42 49 59 66 68 57 43 38 39 57 66 74 74 57 42 37 42 54 67 87 90 Wind dir W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW N N NE NE E E E E E E E E Wind spd 25 24 19 17 16 13 16 16 13 9 5 4 8 9 10 11 12 12 12 11 13 13 Wind gust 37 37 33 27 24 Clouds SC B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 PoP 12hr 5 0 0 20 80 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.01 0.59 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C D D L Tstms S S C C C C C Date 05/19 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 69 55 66 45 59 44 67 47 72 Temp 65 65 61 56 63 58 50 46 54 58 48 45 63 65 52 50 68 70 Dewpt 58 57 56 55 56 50 44 43 42 42 41 40 43 45 44 45 50 51 PWind dir E E NE N N NW NW SE S Wind char BZ GN GN GN GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 70 100 80 70 40 20 10 10 20 Rain shwrs L L D D D D L L C S S S Tstms C C C C C C S S $$ IAZ017-170900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 244 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 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 43 60 38 69 46 Temp 62 53 50 47 45 44 47 54 59 57 47 43 40 40 51 60 67 66 56 52 49 47 Dewpt 39 42 40 40 37 35 36 37 38 38 37 36 34 33 36 39 40 41 41 42 40 40 RH 43 66 68 76 73 70 65 52 45 49 68 76 79 76 56 46 37 40 57 69 71 76 Wind dir W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N NE E E E E E E Wind spd 34 28 25 24 23 21 20 20 20 14 9 6 5 5 5 6 9 11 12 14 18 20 Wind gust 44 40 36 34 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 50 0 0 0 40 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0.18 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L C C S S S C C L Tstms S S C C C Wind chill 39 36 36 Min chill 39 34 36 38 34 38 Wind Y Y Date 05/19 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 61 42 55 40 63 41 68 45 70 Temp 54 57 48 45 50 51 44 42 57 61 46 43 63 64 49 48 65 67 Dewpt 41 44 40 39 42 39 36 34 38 37 35 34 39 41 40 41 45 45 PWind dir E E E NE NE N NW SE S Wind char BZ BZ BZ BZ BZ GN GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 60 90 90 80 30 20 10 10 20 Rain shwrs L L L D D D D L C S S S Tstms C C C C S S $$ IAZ049-170900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 244 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 46 66 40 72 48 Temp 72 61 52 49 47 47 51 60 65 63 52 46 42 42 55 64 71 69 60 56 53 50 Dewpt 41 42 41 40 38 38 39 40 40 40 39 38 36 35 39 40 41 43 44 45 45 43 RH 33 49 66 71 71 71 63 47 40 43 61 73 79 76 55 41 34 39 55 66 74 77 Wind dir W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW N N N N NE E E E E E E E Wind spd 29 27 23 21 20 19 19 18 17 12 6 4 5 5 5 5 8 10 10 12 16 18 Wind gust 42 40 35 Clouds B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 30 0 0 0 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.23 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S C C C C L Sprinkles C Tstms C C C C C Date 05/19 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 63 47 58 42 62 42 68 45 71 Temp 56 59 51 49 53 52 45 42 56 59 47 44 63 64 50 48 67 68 Dewpt 46 47 45 46 47 44 40 37 40 40 38 37 41 44 42 43 47 48 PWind dir E E E NE N N NW S S Wind char BZ BZ BZ BZ BZ LT GN LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 60 90 90 80 40 20 10 10 20 Rain shwrs L L D D D D D L C C S S Tstms C C C C C C S $$ IAZ086-170900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 244 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 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 48 68 45 75 53 Temp 79 68 59 53 50 50 55 62 68 68 56 51 46 46 57 68 73 72 65 61 58 55 Dewpt 45 43 41 40 39 40 41 43 43 44 43 42 40 39 42 44 44 45 47 47 49 48 RH 30 40 51 61 66 68 59 50 40 42 62 71 79 76 57 42 35 38 52 60 72 77 Wind dir W W W W W W W W NW NW NW N N N NE E E E E E E E Wind spd 24 24 21 19 18 18 18 18 17 12 6 5 5 6 5 6 10 10 10 11 14 17 Wind gust 36 37 34 29 25 28 Clouds SC B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 0 0 5 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.53 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L L Tstms C C C C C Date 05/19 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 68 53 63 46 62 45 68 48 73 Temp 61 64 59 56 60 58 51 47 56 61 49 47 63 66 53 50 68 70 Dewpt 51 52 53 53 54 49 45 42 42 41 41 40 44 45 45 45 50 50 PWind dir E E E NE N N NW SW S Wind char BZ BZ BZ BZ BZ GN GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 60 90 90 70 40 20 10 10 20 Rain shwrs L L D D D D L L C C S S Tstms C C C C C C S S $$