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FOUS53 KDMX 161351  
PFMDMX  
 
POINT FORECAST MATRICES  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
850 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
 
IAZ060-162100-  
DES MOINES-POLK IA  
41.54N 93.65W ELEV. 924 FT  
850 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
 
DATE TUE 09/16/25 WED 09/17/25 THU 09/18/25  
CDT 3HRLY 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 89 65 88 64 84  
TEMP 77 88 89 82 74 70 67 66 76 83 84 79 72 69 67 65 72 81 83 79  
DEWPT 67 67 66 66 66 66 65 64 65 64 64 64 64 63 62 61 63 63 63 63  
RH 71 50 47 58 76 87 93 93 69 53 51 60 76 81 84 87 73 54 51 58  
WIND DIR S S SE S SE SE S NE SE SE SE NE SE E SE SE SE S S S  
WIND SPD 4 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 5  
CLOUDS B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 30 20 30 40 40  
QPF 12HR 0.37 0 0.05 0.08 0.07  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S C S S C C S S S S C C S S C C L  
TSTMS S C S S C C S S S S C S S S S C C  
 
DATE FRI 09/19/25 SAT 09/20/25 SUN 09/21/25 MON 09/22/25  
CDT 6HRLY 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 64 78 60 79 62 82 64 83  
TEMP 68 65 76 74 65 62 75 74 66 64 79 77 68 64 78 76  
DEWPT 65 63 64 63 62 60 65 63 64 62 66 64 65 63 66 62  
PWIND DIR SE S S S S S S SW  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC  
POP 12HR 60 50 40 30 20 20 30 20  
RAIN SHWRS L L C C C C C C S S S S S C S S  
TSTMS C S C C S C S S S S C S S  
 
 
IAZ039-162100-  
WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS-BLACK HAWK IA  
42.55N 92.40W ELEV. 865 FT  
850 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
 
DATE TUE 09/16/25 WED 09/17/25 THU 09/18/25  
CDT 3HRLY 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 86 63 86 61 84  
TEMP 75 83 86 80 72 69 65 63 75 82 84 78 70 66 64 62 72 81 83 77  
DEWPT 65 67 67 68 66 65 63 62 63 64 64 64 64 62 60 58 61 61 61 62  
RH 71 59 53 67 81 87 93 97 66 55 51 62 81 87 87 87 68 51 47 60  
WIND DIR SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE NE E SE SE E SE SE SE SE  
WIND SPD 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 8 8 5  
CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1  
POP 12HR 20 20 30 20 20  
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.17 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S S S C C S S S S S S C  
TSTMS S S S S C C S S C  
 
DATE FRI 09/19/25 SAT 09/20/25 SUN 09/21/25 MON 09/22/25  
CDT 6HRLY 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 62 77 60 77 60 81 61 80  
TEMP 67 63 75 72 64 61 75 71 63 62 77 74 66 63 76 73  
DEWPT 62 62 64 63 63 60 63 63 62 61 65 64 63 63 65 62  
PWIND DIR SE SE SE S S S S S  
WIND CHAR LT GN LT GN LT GN LT GN  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC  
POP 12HR 50 60 50 40 30 20 30 30  
RAIN SHWRS C C C L C C S C S C S S C S C  
TSTMS C C C S S S S S S S S  
 
 
IAZ048-162100-  
AMES-STORY IA  
41.99N 93.62W ELEV. 936 FT  
850 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
 
DATE TUE 09/16/25 WED 09/17/25 THU 09/18/25  
CDT 3HRLY 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 88 64 87 63 84  
TEMP 77 87 88 81 72 68 66 64 75 82 83 78 69 67 65 63 72 81 83 77  
DEWPT 68 69 67 67 67 66 65 63 67 66 65 65 65 64 62 61 64 63 63 64  
RH 74 55 50 63 84 93 97 97 76 58 55 64 87 90 90 93 76 54 51 64  
WIND DIR S S SE SE S SE S SE SE SE SE E E E SE E SE SE SE SE  
WIND SPD 5 5 5 4 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 5 6 6 5  
CLOUDS SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 20 20 40 50 40  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.09 0.24 0.07  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S S S C C S S C C C C C C C C L  
TSTMS S S S S C C S S C C S S S S S C C  
 
DATE FRI 09/19/25 SAT 09/20/25 SUN 09/21/25 MON 09/22/25  
CDT 6HRLY 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 62 78 59 79 61 83 61 83  
TEMP 66 64 76 72 63 61 75 73 64 62 78 76 66 63 77 75  
DEWPT 65 63 65 64 62 60 64 63 63 62 66 66 65 63 66 62  
PWIND DIR SE SE SE S S S S SW  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC  
POP 12HR 70 60 40 30 30 20 30 30  
RAIN SHWRS L L C L C C C C S C S S S C C C  
TSTMS C C C S S S S S S C S S  
 
 
IAZ004-162100-  
ESTHERVILLE-EMMET IA  
43.40N 94.75W ELEV. 1315 FT  
850 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
 
DATE TUE 09/16/25 WED 09/17/25 THU 09/18/25  
CDT 3HRLY 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 88 62 84 61 79  
TEMP 76 86 88 81 70 66 63 62 72 79 80 74 67 64 63 62 69 75 77 73  
DEWPT 66 66 64 65 63 62 62 61 65 66 65 65 64 63 62 61 63 63 64 64  
RH 71 51 45 58 78 87 97 97 79 64 60 74 90 97 97 97 81 66 64 73  
WIND DIR S S S S S SW SW S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  
WIND SPD 8 10 10 6 5 4 4 3 4 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 8 10 10 8  
CLOUDS CL FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 10 20 60 70 50  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.19 0.34 0.13  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S C C L L L L L L C C C C L  
TSTMS S C S C C C C S S S S S C C  
 
DATE FRI 09/19/25 SAT 09/20/25 SUN 09/21/25 MON 09/22/25  
CDT 6HRLY 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 60 75 57 76 58 79 59 79  
TEMP 64 62 72 69 61 59 72 70 61 60 75 73 63 61 74 72  
DEWPT 62 60 63 62 59 57 62 62 60 58 64 63 61 60 63 61  
PWIND DIR SE SE S S S S S SW  
WIND CHAR LT GN LT GN LT GN LT GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 70 60 40 30 20 20 30 20  
RAIN SHWRS L L C L C C S C S S S S C S S  
TSTMS C S S C C S S S S S S S S  
 
 
IAZ035-162100-  
FORT DODGE-WEBSTER IA  
42.55N 94.18W ELEV. 1165 FT  
850 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
 
DATE TUE 09/16/25 WED 09/17/25 THU 09/18/25  
CDT 3HRLY 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 89 63 86 62 84  
TEMP 77 87 89 81 70 67 64 63 74 81 82 77 69 66 65 63 71 79 81 75  
DEWPT 68 67 65 65 65 65 63 63 67 66 65 65 65 64 62 61 64 63 63 63  
RH 74 52 45 58 84 93 97100 79 60 56 67 87 93 90 93 79 58 54 66  
WIND DIR S S S SE S SE S SW SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE  
WIND SPD 5 6 8 5 3 3 2 2 4 5 8 5 5 4 4 4 5 9 9 5  
CLOUDS FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2  
POP 12HR 20 20 50 60 50  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.14 0.24 0.19  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C C C L L L L C C C C L  
TSTMS S S C S C C C C C S S S S C C  
 
DATE FRI 09/19/25 SAT 09/20/25 SUN 09/21/25 MON 09/22/25  
CDT 6HRLY 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 61 78 59 79 59 83 61 82  
TEMP 65 62 76 72 62 60 75 73 63 60 78 77 65 62 77 74  
DEWPT 64 62 64 62 61 59 63 63 62 60 65 64 62 62 64 61  
PWIND DIR SE SE SE S S S S SW  
WIND CHAR LT GN LT LT LT LT LT GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC  
POP 12HR 70 60 40 30 20 20 30 20  
RAIN SHWRS L L C L C C C C S S S C C S S  
TSTMS C C C S S S S S C S  
 
 
IAZ094-162100-  
LAMONI-DECATUR IA  
40.63N 93.90W ELEV. 1125 FT  
850 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
 
DATE TUE 09/16/25 WED 09/17/25 THU 09/18/25  
CDT 3HRLY 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 87 64 87 63 82  
TEMP 77 86 87 79 72 70 66 64 76 83 84 77 70 68 65 64 72 79 81 75  
DEWPT 67 66 66 67 67 66 65 63 65 64 64 65 65 64 62 61 64 64 64 66  
RH 71 51 50 67 84 87 97 97 69 53 51 67 84 87 90 90 76 60 56 74  
WIND DIR S S S E NE E SE E SE S S SE E E SE SE SE S S S  
WIND SPD 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 3 3 3 4 6 5 4  
CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1  
POP 12HR 30 30 30 30 60  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.06 0.05 0.24  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S C S S S C C C C C C C C L L C  
TSTMS S C S S S S S C C C C C S S C C  
 
DATE FRI 09/19/25 SAT 09/20/25 SUN 09/21/25 MON 09/22/25  
CDT 6HRLY 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 62 77 60 77 62 81 62 80  
TEMP 66 63 75 72 64 61 73 72 65 62 77 73 66 64 77 73  
DEWPT 65 63 64 64 62 60 65 66 65 62 66 65 66 63 66 65  
PWIND DIR S S S S S S S S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC  
POP 12HR 60 50 30 30 20 20 30 20  
RAIN SHWRS C L C C C C C C S S S S S C S S  
TSTMS C S C S S S C S S S S S S S  
 
 
IAZ017-162100-  
MASON CITY-CERRO GORDO IA  
43.16N 93.33W ELEV. 1189 FT  
850 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
 
DATE TUE 09/16/25 WED 09/17/25 THU 09/18/25  
CDT 3HRLY 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 86 62 83 60 80  
TEMP 75 84 86 79 70 67 64 62 73 80 81 75 67 65 63 62 69 77 78 74  
DEWPT 68 69 67 67 66 64 63 62 66 67 65 65 64 62 61 59 63 63 63 63  
RH 79 61 53 67 87 90 97100 79 65 58 71 90 90 93 90 81 62 60 69  
WIND DIR S S S S S S S SW S SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E  
WIND SPD 6 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 8 5  
CLOUDS SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 20 20 50 50 30  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.27 0.13 0.04  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C C C C C C C C C C C C  
TSTMS S S C C S C C C S S C C  
 
DATE FRI 09/19/25 SAT 09/20/25 SUN 09/21/25 MON 09/22/25  
CDT 6HRLY 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 60 75 57 75 58 78 59 78  
TEMP 64 62 73 70 62 59 72 70 61 60 75 73 63 62 74 71  
DEWPT 61 61 64 63 60 58 63 62 60 59 65 64 62 61 64 62  
PWIND DIR SE SE SE S S S S SW  
WIND CHAR LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC  
POP 12HR 60 60 50 40 20 20 30 30  
RAIN SHWRS C L C L C C S C S S S C C S C  
TSTMS C C C C S S S S S S  
 
 
IAZ049-162100-  
MARSHALLTOWN-MARSHALL IA  
42.11N 92.91W ELEV. 972 FT  
850 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
 
DATE TUE 09/16/25 WED 09/17/25 THU 09/18/25  
CDT 3HRLY 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 87 63 86 61 84  
TEMP 77 85 87 80 71 68 64 63 75 82 83 78 69 66 63 61 72 81 83 77  
DEWPT 66 68 67 66 66 65 63 61 63 64 63 64 63 61 58 57 61 61 61 62  
RH 69 57 52 62 84 90 97 93 66 55 51 62 81 84 84 87 68 51 47 60  
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE  
WIND SPD 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 4  
CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 20 20 30 30 30  
QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0 0.03 0.02  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S S S C C S S S S C C S S C C C  
TSTMS S S S S C C S S S S S S S S C  
 
DATE FRI 09/19/25 SAT 09/20/25 SUN 09/21/25 MON 09/22/25  
CDT 6HRLY 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 61 77 59 78 59 81 61 81  
TEMP 66 62 75 72 62 60 75 71 63 61 77 75 65 62 77 73  
DEWPT 63 62 64 63 62 60 64 63 62 61 65 65 64 62 65 62  
PWIND DIR SE SE SE S S S S SW  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC  
POP 12HR 60 60 50 40 20 20 30 30  
RAIN SHWRS C L C L C C C C S S S S S C C C  
TSTMS C C C S S S S S S S S S  
 
 
IAZ086-162100-  
OTTUMWA-WAPELLO IA  
41.11N 92.45W ELEV. 836 FT  
850 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
 
DATE TUE 09/16/25 WED 09/17/25 THU 09/18/25  
CDT 3HRLY 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19  
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00  
 
MAX/MIN 89 63 89 61 88  
TEMP 78 87 89 83 74 70 66 64 76 85 88 81 72 68 65 63 75 85 86 80  
DEWPT 67 67 66 66 66 65 62 60 61 61 59 62 60 59 57 56 60 60 60 62  
RH 69 52 47 57 76 84 87 87 60 45 38 53 66 73 75 78 60 43 42 54  
WIND DIR SE SE E E E E SE SE SE E E E E E E SE SE S S S  
WIND SPD 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 4  
CLOUDS B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1  
POP 12HR 20 20 20 20 30  
QPF 12HR 0.05 0 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S S S S S S S S C C C  
TSTMS S S S S S S C  
 
DATE FRI 09/19/25 SAT 09/20/25 SUN 09/21/25 MON 09/22/25  
CDT 6HRLY 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 63 78 60 80 62 82 62 82  
TEMP 68 64 77 73 65 61 77 74 65 63 79 76 67 64 78 76  
DEWPT 65 63 65 65 63 60 65 64 64 62 66 66 65 63 66 65  
PWIND DIR S S SE S S S S S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC  
POP 12HR 70 60 50 40 30 30 40 30  
RAIN SHWRS C L C L C C C C C C S C C C C C  
TSTMS C S C S S S C S S S S S S  
 
 
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