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FOUS53 KDMX 200759  
PFMDMX  
 
POINT FORECAST MATRICES  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
259 AM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025  
 
IAZ060-210900-  
DES MOINES-POLK IA  
41.54N 93.65W ELEV. 924 FT  
259 AM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025  
 
DATE 05/19/25 TUE 05/20/25 WED 05/21/25 THU  
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 65 46 59 44  
TEMP 51 50 54 59 63 60 55 51 48 47 50 55 58 57 51 47 45 46  
DEWPT 51 50 54 56 55 51 49 45 42 41 41 42 42 41 41 40 40 41  
RH 100100100 90 75 72 80 80 80 79 71 61 55 55 68 76 82 83  
WIND DIR E E SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND SPD 14 11 11 13 14 13 13 13 13 14 17 17 17 13 10 10 10 10  
WIND GUST 25 28 28  
CLOUDS OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC  
POP 12HR 90 60 10 20 30  
QPF 12HR 0.39 0.09 0.01 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS L L C S S S C C  
TSTMS C C C  
 
DATE 05/22 FRI 05/23/25 SAT 05/24/25 SUN 05/25/25 MON 05/26/25  
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 43 68 49 66 50 67 50 66  
TEMP 59 62 49 45 65 65 54 50 63 65 55 51 63 67 56 51 64 64  
DEWPT 43 41 40 41 43 43 44 44 47 48 48 48 50 50 49 47 49 48  
PWIND DIR NW NW NW E E E E E NE  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 10 0 5 20 30 40 40 50 40  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C C C C C C C C C  
TSTMS S  
 
 
IAZ039-210900-  
WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS-BLACK HAWK IA  
42.55N 92.40W ELEV. 865 FT  
259 AM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025  
 
DATE 05/19/25 TUE 05/20/25 WED 05/21/25 THU  
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 60 45 55 44  
TEMP 52 49 52 55 60 58 52 50 47 46 49 52 54 53 48 46 45 45  
DEWPT 49 48 50 53 56 53 50 47 45 43 44 44 43 43 43 42 42 42  
RH 89 96 93 93 87 83 93 89 93 89 83 74 66 69 83 86 89 89  
WIND DIR E E E E E NE NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND SPD 26 27 24 19 18 12 11 11 10 11 13 14 14 11 10 9 10 10  
WIND GUST 40 40 37 32 28  
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1  
POP 12HR 90 90 40 50 50  
QPF 12HR 0.35 0.45 0.09 0.01 0.04  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS D D D L C C C S C C C C C C S S  
TSTMS C C S C S S  
WIND CHILL 39  
MIN CHILL 39 39 38  
 
DATE 05/22 FRI 05/23/25 SAT 05/24/25 SUN 05/25/25 MON 05/26/25  
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 42 67 44 66 47 66 48 67  
TEMP 59 61 48 43 64 63 50 45 63 63 52 48 63 64 53 50 65 64  
DEWPT 43 41 40 40 42 42 42 42 45 46 46 46 47 48 46 46 48 48  
PWIND DIR N NW N NE E E E E NE  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT GN LT GN GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS B1 SC FW FW FW B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1  
POP 12HR 10 0 5 10 20 30 30 40 40  
RAIN SHWRS S S S C C C C C C C  
 
 
IAZ048-210900-  
AMES-STORY IA  
41.99N 93.62W ELEV. 936 FT  
259 AM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025  
 
DATE 05/19/25 TUE 05/20/25 WED 05/21/25 THU  
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 51 63 44 57 43  
TEMP 52 52 55 59 62 59 53 49 46 45 49 54 56 55 48 45 43 45  
DEWPT 51 52 54 55 56 52 48 45 42 41 42 43 43 42 41 41 42 42  
RH 96100 96 87 81 78 83 86 86 86 77 66 62 61 77 86 96 89  
WIND DIR E E SE NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND SPD 19 14 12 13 14 13 13 13 13 14 17 18 17 13 11 10 10 10  
WIND GUST 31 28 27  
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 100 80 20 30 40  
QPF 12HR 0.49 0.13 0.02 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS D D C C S S S C S C C  
TSTMS C C C  
WIND CHILL 38 37 39  
MIN CHILL 37 39 38 37  
 
DATE 05/22 FRI 05/23/25 SAT 05/24/25 SUN 05/25/25 MON 05/26/25  
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 42 67 47 66 48 66 48 66  
TEMP 58 61 47 44 65 63 51 48 64 64 53 49 63 64 54 49 63 64  
DEWPT 43 43 41 41 43 44 44 44 47 49 48 48 50 51 49 48 49 49  
PWIND DIR N NW NW E E E E E NE  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 10 0 5 20 30 40 40 50 40  
RAIN SHWRS S S S C C C C C C C C C  
 
 
IAZ004-210900-  
ESTHERVILLE-EMMET IA  
43.40N 94.75W ELEV. 1315 FT  
259 AM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025  
 
DATE 05/19/25 TUE 05/20/25 WED 05/21/25 THU  
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 52 39 52 40  
TEMP 47 46 49 49 52 49 44 42 40 40 44 48 51 49 45 42 41 41  
DEWPT 46 45 46 45 46 44 41 39 37 37 38 39 40 40 40 40 38 38  
RH 96 96 89 86 80 83 89 89 89 89 79 71 66 71 82 93 89 89  
WIND DIR E E NE NE NE N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N  
WIND SPD 19 19 19 19 18 14 14 14 13 16 17 18 18 14 12 11 11 11  
WIND GUST 29  
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 100 100 50 50 50  
QPF 12HR 0.53 0.42 0.01 0.03 0.03  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS D D D L C C C S C C C C C C C  
TSTMS S S S  
WIND CHILL 39 38 37 35 32 32 36 39 36 34 35  
MIN CHILL 37 34 31 31 35 33  
 
DATE 05/22 FRI 05/23/25 SAT 05/24/25 SUN 05/25/25 MON 05/26/25  
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 40 64 44 65 45 65 47 66  
TEMP 57 60 44 43 62 61 49 46 62 62 49 48 62 63 52 48 63 63  
DEWPT 41 39 38 37 40 40 39 40 43 43 43 43 45 45 43 43 45 43  
PWIND DIR N NW NE E E E E E NE  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 10 0 20 20 30 30 40 50 40  
RAIN SHWRS S S S S C C C C C C C C C  
 
 
IAZ035-210900-  
FORT DODGE-WEBSTER IA  
42.55N 94.18W ELEV. 1165 FT  
259 AM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025  
 
DATE 05/19/25 TUE 05/20/25 WED 05/21/25 THU  
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 58 41 55 41  
TEMP 49 49 53 54 57 55 48 46 42 42 47 51 54 53 46 43 42 43  
DEWPT 49 49 50 51 51 49 45 42 39 39 40 41 41 41 40 40 40 41  
RH 100100 89 90 80 80 89 86 89 89 76 68 61 64 79 89 93 93  
WIND DIR E E NE NE N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND SPD 18 14 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 14 17 16 13 10 9 9 10  
WIND GUST 28 25  
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2  
POP 12HR 90 90 30 40 50  
QPF 12HR 0.48 0.13 0.02 0.01 0.02  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS D D L C C C S S S C C C C  
TSTMS S C S  
WIND CHILL 35 35 36 37  
MIN CHILL 39 33 36 37 36  
 
DATE 05/22 FRI 05/23/25 SAT 05/24/25 SUN 05/25/25 MON 05/26/25  
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 41 67 45 66 47 65 47 66  
TEMP 57 61 44 43 64 63 49 47 63 63 51 48 62 64 52 48 63 63  
DEWPT 42 41 39 39 41 42 42 42 45 46 45 46 47 48 46 46 46 47  
PWIND DIR N NW N E E E E E NE  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1  
POP 12HR 10 0 10 30 30 40 40 50 40  
RAIN SHWRS C S S C C C C C C C C C  
 
 
IAZ094-210900-  
LAMONI-DECATUR IA  
40.63N 93.90W ELEV. 1125 FT  
259 AM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025  
 
DATE 05/19/25 TUE 05/20/25 WED 05/21/25 THU  
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 65 45 62 43  
TEMP 56 53 58 61 63 59 54 50 47 45 52 58 61 59 51 47 44 44  
DEWPT 56 53 58 56 53 50 48 45 43 42 43 44 45 44 42 40 39 41  
RH 100100100 84 70 72 80 83 86 89 71 59 56 57 71 76 82 89  
WIND DIR SE SW W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND SPD 9 10 13 17 17 14 14 13 13 14 17 18 17 13 10 10 10 10  
WIND GUST 28 28 25 28 29 28  
CLOUDS OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 70 40 5 10 10  
QPF 12HR 0.19 0.05 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS L C C S  
TSTMS C C S  
WIND CHILL 38 38 38  
MIN CHILL 37 39 38  
 
DATE 05/22 FRI 05/23/25 SAT 05/24/25 SUN 05/25/25 MON 05/26/25  
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 42 66 49 66 50 67 50 66  
TEMP 60 61 47 44 63 63 54 50 63 63 55 51 64 65 56 51 64 64  
DEWPT 44 43 40 41 45 45 46 46 50 51 49 49 53 51 49 49 51 49  
PWIND DIR NW N N E E E E NE NE  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 5 0 20 20 40 50 50 60 40  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C C C C C C L C S  
 
 
IAZ017-210900-  
MASON CITY-CERRO GORDO IA  
43.16N 93.33W ELEV. 1189 FT  
259 AM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025  
 
DATE 05/19/25 TUE 05/20/25 WED 05/21/25 THU  
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 54 41 53 41  
TEMP 49 46 48 49 53 52 47 46 44 43 47 50 52 50 45 45 42 42  
DEWPT 46 44 45 47 49 48 44 43 41 40 42 42 42 41 41 41 39 40  
RH 89 93 89 93 86 86 89 89 89 89 83 74 69 71 86 86 89 93  
WIND DIR E E E E E NE N N NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N  
WIND SPD 25 26 24 21 19 14 12 11 11 11 13 14 13 11 10 10 10 10  
WIND GUST 36 36 36 34  
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1  
POP 12HR 100 100 60 50 60  
QPF 12HR 0.52 0.67 0.05 0.02 0.06  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS D D D L C L C C C C C C C L L S S  
TSTMS S S S  
WIND CHILL 37 38 37 39 36 36  
MIN CHILL 36 39 39 33 36 38 35  
 
DATE 05/22 FRI 05/23/25 SAT 05/24/25 SUN 05/25/25 MON 05/26/25  
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 40 64 42 64 44 64 46 65  
TEMP 57 60 45 43 62 61 47 45 62 61 49 48 62 62 50 49 62 62  
DEWPT 42 40 39 38 42 41 41 40 43 45 44 44 46 46 44 44 46 46  
PWIND DIR N NW N E E E E E NE  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT GN LT GN GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 10 0 5 20 20 30 40 50 40  
RAIN SHWRS S S S S C C C C C C C C  
 
 
IAZ049-210900-  
MARSHALLTOWN-MARSHALL IA  
42.11N 92.91W ELEV. 972 FT  
259 AM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025  
 
DATE 05/19/25 TUE 05/20/25 WED 05/21/25 THU  
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 63 44 56 43  
TEMP 51 51 55 59 62 59 52 48 46 45 48 53 55 52 47 44 43 44  
DEWPT 50 51 54 55 56 53 48 45 42 40 42 43 42 41 40 40 41 41  
RH 96100 96 87 81 80 86 89 86 82 80 69 61 66 76 86 93 89  
WIND DIR E E E SE NW NW NW NW NW NW W W NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND SPD 24 21 17 14 14 12 11 11 12 13 14 16 16 13 10 9 9 10  
WIND GUST 35 26  
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 90 90 20 40 50  
QPF 12HR 0.46 0.25 0.05 0 0.01  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS D D L C S S S C C C C C  
TSTMS C C S S  
WIND CHILL 38 38  
MIN CHILL 37 38 38 36  
 
DATE 05/22 FRI 05/23/25 SAT 05/24/25 SUN 05/25/25 MON 05/26/25  
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 41 67 45 66 46 66 47 66  
TEMP 58 60 44 43 64 63 49 47 64 63 51 48 63 64 52 48 64 63  
DEWPT 43 41 39 40 42 42 42 42 45 47 45 46 48 48 47 46 48 48  
PWIND DIR N NW NW NE E E E E NE  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT GN LT GN GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 10 0 5 20 30 40 40 50 40  
RAIN SHWRS S S S C C C C C C C C C  
 
 
IAZ086-210900-  
OTTUMWA-WAPELLO IA  
41.11N 92.45W ELEV. 836 FT  
259 AM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025  
 
DATE 05/19/25 TUE 05/20/25 WED 05/21/25 THU  
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 53 69 47 60 44  
TEMP 55 54 60 64 68 63 56 54 49 48 51 56 59 58 50 47 44 46  
DEWPT 55 54 60 61 60 56 52 50 46 43 44 45 44 44 43 41 41 42  
RH 100100100 90 76 78 86 86 89 83 77 66 57 59 77 79 89 86  
WIND DIR E SE S SW W W W NW W NW W W NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND SPD 17 13 13 14 16 14 13 13 13 16 17 18 18 13 11 10 11 11  
WIND GUST 28 24 26 24 26 27 28 28 24  
CLOUDS OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC  
POP 12HR 90 70 10 20 20  
QPF 12HR 0.39 0.17 0.02 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS D L C C S S S S  
TSTMS C C C C  
WIND CHILL 38  
MIN CHILL 38  
 
DATE 05/22 FRI 05/23/25 SAT 05/24/25 SUN 05/25/25 MON 05/26/25  
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 43 67 48 67 50 67 50 67  
TEMP 58 62 48 44 65 65 53 49 64 65 55 51 64 66 56 51 65 65  
DEWPT 45 43 41 42 45 45 45 45 49 49 49 48 52 52 50 49 51 49  
PWIND DIR NW NW NW NE E E E E NE  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 10 0 5 10 30 40 40 50 50  
RAIN SHWRS C C C C C C C C C C  
 
 
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