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POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
317 PM CST MON FEB 16 2026
IAZ060-171000-
DES MOINES-POLK IA
41.54N 93.65W ELEV. 924 FT
317 PM CST MON FEB 16 2026
DATE 02/16/26 TUE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU
CST 3HRLY 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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 68 46 64 38
TEMP 59 53 47 45 46 50 59 68 66 61 58 52 48 51 61 64 58 47 43 39 38
DEWPT 41 43 42 42 43 45 49 49 47 46 40 31 24 25 23 20 19 21 23 23 25
RH 51 69 83 89 89 83 69 51 50 58 51 44 39 36 23 18 22 35 45 52 59
WIND DIR S S S SE SE SE SE S S S SW W W W W W W W NE NE NE
WIND SPD 5 4 4 5 8 11 19 23 17 17 13 14 13 16 17 16 8 5 5 6 9
WIND GUST 31 36 28 28 27 26
CLOUDS SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW B1 B1 SC SC B1
POP 12HR 0 10 30 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN C C C
SNOW S
TSTMS S S
WIND CHILL 32
MIN CHILL 39 37 30
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26
CST 6HRLY 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MAX/MIN 56 26 39 22 40 21 37 17 40
TEMP 52 50 34 27 36 36 27 22 36 38 27 22 33 32 22 17 34 37
DEWPT 30 31 27 22 20 18 17 17 18 19 18 15 15 14 12 10 13 14
PWIND DIR NE NW NW NW NW NW NW N NE
WIND CHAR GN BZ GN LT GN LT GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 60 50 20 5 20 20 5 5 5
RAIN C L C S S S
SNOW S C C S S S
IAZ039-171000-
WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS-BLACK HAWK IA
42.55N 92.40W ELEV. 865 FT
317 PM CST MON FEB 16 2026
DATE 02/16/26 TUE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU
CST 3HRLY 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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 45 60 33
TEMP 57 48 44 42 42 46 54 60 58 54 53 49 46 49 57 60 54 44 40 35 33
DEWPT 41 42 42 40 40 42 44 45 46 47 46 39 31 29 25 22 23 24 25 26 27
RH 55 80 93 93 93 86 69 58 64 77 77 68 55 46 29 23 30 45 55 69 78
WIND DIR SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE S SW W W W W W W NW N NE
WIND SPD 4 5 5 5 8 12 20 23 18 18 14 17 17 19 21 19 12 9 6 8 8
WIND GUST 34 28 29 33 29
CLOUDS SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC
POP 12HR 0 10 30 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN C C S S S
SNOW S
TSTMS S S
WIND CHILL 28 26
MIN CHILL 35 34 38 39 32 23
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26
CST 6HRLY 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MAX/MIN 52 28 36 21 36 19 32 15 36
TEMP 48 46 35 29 34 33 26 22 33 33 25 20 29 28 20 16 30 31
DEWPT 31 34 32 26 24 22 19 17 18 20 18 15 15 14 12 10 13 15
PWIND DIR NE N NW NW NW NW NW NW N
WIND CHAR GN BZ BZ GN GN GN GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW
POP 12HR 50 60 30 5 10 20 5 5 5
RAIN S C L S S
SNOW S S C C S S
IAZ048-171000-
AMES-STORY IA
41.99N 93.62W ELEV. 936 FT
317 PM CST MON FEB 16 2026
DATE 02/16/26 TUE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU
CST 3HRLY 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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 42 66 45 63 35
TEMP 58 49 45 43 43 48 58 66 64 58 54 49 46 49 59 63 56 44 40 37 35
DEWPT 41 42 42 42 42 45 48 49 48 46 41 33 25 25 23 20 20 20 23 24 27
RH 53 77 89 96 96 89 69 54 56 64 61 54 43 39 25 19 24 38 50 59 72
WIND DIR S S SE SE SE SE SE S S S SW W W W W W W NW N NE NE
WIND SPD 4 5 5 5 9 13 20 23 17 17 13 16 16 18 19 18 10 6 6 8 10
WIND GUST 32 37 28 27 26 26 28 31
CLOUDS SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 0 10 30 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN C C C
SNOW C
TSTMS S S
WIND CHILL 39 30 27
MIN CHILL 35 37 38 39 32 25
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26
CST 6HRLY 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MAX/MIN 52 25 37 20 38 19 34 15 38
TEMP 49 46 31 26 34 33 25 20 34 34 25 19 31 30 19 15 32 34
DEWPT 30 31 28 22 21 19 18 16 18 19 18 15 14 14 11 10 13 15
PWIND DIR NE NW NW NW NW NW NW N NE
WIND CHAR GN BZ BZ LT GN LT GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 60 60 20 5 20 20 5 5 5
RAIN C L L S
SNOW C L C S S S
IAZ004-171000-
ESTHERVILLE-EMMET IA
43.40N 94.75W ELEV. 1315 FT
317 PM CST MON FEB 16 2026
DATE 02/16/26 TUE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU
CST 3HRLY 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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 37 61 41 55 28
TEMP 50 44 40 38 39 45 54 60 58 52 49 45 42 44 52 54 48 39 34 30 28
DEWPT 35 37 37 36 38 41 45 47 47 43 38 31 27 24 22 20 20 22 23 24 24
RH 56 76 89 92 96 86 71 62 67 71 66 58 55 45 31 26 33 50 64 78 85
WIND DIR E E E E E SE SE SE SE S SW W W W W W W NW NW N N
WIND SPD 8 8 8 9 11 18 25 26 17 16 14 19 21 25 26 24 13 11 11 11 12
WIND GUST 36 37 29 33 35 39 35
CLOUDS FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW
POP 12HR 0 20 40 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN C C S
SNOW S
TSTMS S S
WIND CHILL 32 32 37 37 33 34 32 26 20 17
MIN CHILL 34 29 31 30 31 23 16
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26
CST 6HRLY 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MAX/MIN 41 20 31 15 32 14 28 9 33
TEMP 38 35 26 21 28 26 18 15 28 27 19 15 25 23 14 10 25 27
DEWPT 26 26 23 19 19 18 14 11 17 17 14 10 13 12 8 5 13 15
PWIND DIR N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW SE
WIND CHAR BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 40 60 20 10 20 10 5 5 5
RAIN S C
SNOW S C L C S S
IAZ035-171000-
FORT DODGE-WEBSTER IA
42.55N 94.18W ELEV. 1165 FT
317 PM CST MON FEB 16 2026
DATE 02/16/26 TUE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU
CST 3HRLY 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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 64 42 60 30
TEMP 57 47 44 42 43 47 57 64 62 57 52 47 44 47 57 59 53 43 37 33 31
DEWPT 41 41 41 40 41 44 47 49 46 43 37 30 25 25 23 20 19 20 23 25 26
RH 55 79 89 93 93 89 69 58 56 59 56 51 47 42 27 22 26 39 56 72 81
WIND DIR E E SE E SE SE SE SE S S SW W W W W W W NW N NE NE
WIND SPD 3 4 5 5 9 13 20 21 16 13 12 14 16 18 20 18 10 8 6 8 9
WIND GUST 24 31 33 26 28 31
CLOUDS SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
POP 12HR 0 10 30 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN C C S
SNOW S
TSTMS S S
WIND CHILL 36 31 26 23
MIN CHILL 36 36 35 36 30 22
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26
CST 6HRLY 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MAX/MIN 47 23 34 18 36 16 32 12 37
TEMP 44 41 29 24 31 30 22 19 31 30 22 17 28 27 17 13 29 31
DEWPT 29 29 26 21 21 18 16 15 18 18 16 13 15 13 10 8 14 15
PWIND DIR NE NW NW NW NW NW NW N E
WIND CHAR GN BZ GN LT LT LT GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC
POP 12HR 50 60 30 10 20 20 5 5 5
RAIN S C S
SNOW S S L L C S S
IAZ094-171000-
LAMONI-DECATUR IA
40.63N 93.90W ELEV. 1125 FT
317 PM CST MON FEB 16 2026
DATE 02/16/26 TUE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU
CST 3HRLY 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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 69 45 65 40
TEMP 58 52 48 47 47 51 60 68 66 62 58 51 47 51 62 65 59 49 45 42 41
DEWPT 42 43 42 43 44 47 49 48 47 47 43 34 25 24 22 19 21 22 25 25 26
RH 55 71 80 86 89 86 67 49 50 58 57 52 42 34 21 17 23 34 45 50 55
WIND DIR S S S S SE S S S S SW SW W W W W W SW S E NE NE
WIND SPD 6 6 6 8 10 14 20 24 19 18 13 13 13 13 14 13 5 5 6 9 11
WIND GUST 20 25 33 37 32 31 24 24
CLOUDS B1 SC SC B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW CL CL FW FW B1 B1 SC SC B1
POP 12HR 0 5 30 0 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN C C C
SNOW S
TSTMS S S
WIND CHILL 34
MIN CHILL 33
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26
CST 6HRLY 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MAX/MIN 60 26 41 23 43 21 40 17 42
TEMP 55 53 33 26 37 37 27 23 39 39 29 22 35 35 24 18 36 37
DEWPT 33 29 25 20 18 16 16 17 18 19 19 17 15 13 13 12 13 13
PWIND DIR E NW NW NW N NW NW N E
WIND CHAR GN BZ GN LT GN LT GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 50 40 10 10 20 20 5 5 5
RAIN C C C S S S
SNOW S S C S S S
IAZ017-171000-
MASON CITY-CERRO GORDO IA
43.16N 93.33W ELEV. 1189 FT
317 PM CST MON FEB 16 2026
DATE 02/16/26 TUE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU
CST 3HRLY 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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 38 58 42 55 30
TEMP 52 46 42 40 40 44 52 57 55 51 50 46 43 45 53 55 49 42 37 32 30
DEWPT 38 40 38 37 38 41 45 47 47 46 43 35 30 29 26 24 24 25 26 26 25
RH 59 79 86 89 92 89 77 69 74 83 77 65 60 53 35 30 37 50 64 78 81
WIND DIR E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE S W W W W W W W NW N N
WIND SPD 5 5 6 6 10 14 23 24 18 17 13 17 18 20 23 20 12 10 9 8 9
WIND GUST 33 34 33 31
CLOUDS SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR 0 10 40 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN C C C C
TSTMS S S
WIND CHILL 33 37 39 35 37 35 30 25 22
MIN CHILL 35 31 32 33 33 27 20
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26
CST 6HRLY 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MAX/MIN 45 24 32 18 32 15 28 12 32
TEMP 42 40 31 25 29 28 22 18 29 28 22 16 25 24 17 12 26 27
DEWPT 29 30 28 23 22 20 16 13 18 19 17 13 15 14 10 7 14 16
PWIND DIR NE N NW NW NW NW NW NW NE
WIND CHAR GN BZ BZ LT GN LT GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC
POP 12HR 40 60 30 10 10 20 5 5 5
RAIN C L
SNOW S L L C S S
IAZ049-171000-
MARSHALLTOWN-MARSHALL IA
42.11N 92.91W ELEV. 972 FT
317 PM CST MON FEB 16 2026
DATE 02/16/26 TUE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU
CST 3HRLY 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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 62 45 61 33
TEMP 57 48 45 42 43 46 56 62 59 56 54 49 46 49 58 61 54 44 39 35 33
DEWPT 41 41 41 40 40 43 46 47 47 47 43 35 28 27 23 20 20 20 23 24 26
RH 55 77 86 93 89 89 69 58 64 72 66 58 49 42 26 20 26 38 52 64 75
WIND DIR S SE SE E SE SE SE S S S SW W W W W W W W N NE NE
WIND SPD 4 4 5 5 8 12 20 24 18 17 14 16 16 19 21 19 10 8 6 6 9
WIND GUST 35 27 32 29
CLOUDS SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 0 10 30 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN C C S
SNOW S
TSTMS S S
WIND CHILL 39 29 26
MIN CHILL 35 36 37 38 32 24
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26
CST 6HRLY 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MAX/MIN 53 26 36 20 37 18 33 14 36
TEMP 48 46 33 27 33 33 24 20 33 33 24 19 30 27 19 14 31 31
DEWPT 30 32 29 24 22 20 17 16 18 19 17 15 14 13 11 10 13 14
PWIND DIR NE NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NE
WIND CHAR GN BZ BZ LT GN LT GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 60 60 30 5 20 20 5 5 5
RAIN S L L S S S
SNOW S L C C S S S
IAZ086-171000-
OTTUMWA-WAPELLO IA
41.11N 92.45W ELEV. 836 FT
317 PM CST MON FEB 16 2026
DATE 02/16/26 TUE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU
CST 3HRLY 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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 66 47 65 39
TEMP 57 51 46 45 46 49 59 65 63 60 59 53 49 53 62 65 59 49 44 41 39
DEWPT 40 41 42 42 42 45 48 48 48 49 49 42 32 27 24 21 20 22 25 26 27
RH 53 68 86 89 86 86 67 54 58 67 69 66 52 36 23 18 22 34 47 55 62
WIND DIR S S S S SE SE SE S S S SW W W W W W SW SW E NE E
WIND SPD 8 6 6 8 9 12 19 20 18 19 18 16 14 17 18 16 9 6 6 8 9
WIND GUST 34 29 32 31 28 26 27 26
CLOUDS SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 FW CL CL CL FW SC B1 B1 SC B1
POP 12HR 0 10 30 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN C C C
SNOW S
TSTMS S S
WIND CHILL 33
MIN CHILL 38 39 39 32
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26
CST 6HRLY 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MAX/MIN 61 28 41 23 41 21 38 17 41
TEMP 55 55 37 29 38 38 27 23 38 39 27 22 35 32 23 18 35 36
DEWPT 35 34 30 24 22 19 19 18 20 19 20 18 16 13 13 12 14 13
PWIND DIR E W NW NW NW NW NW NW N
WIND CHAR GN BZ BZ LT GN GN GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 60 40 20 5 20 20 5 5 5
RAIN C L C S S S S
SNOW S S C S S S S
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