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POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
236 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2026
IAZ060-181000-
DES MOINES-POLK IA
41.54N 93.65W ELEV. 924 FT
236 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2026
DATE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU 02/19/26 FRI
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 45 65 37 51 24
TEMP 65 64 61 57 51 46 50 61 65 60 49 46 41 38 41 48 51 45 36 32 27 25
DEWPT 48 49 49 43 31 26 22 18 16 16 18 21 24 26 29 30 30 30 28 26 22 20
RH 54 58 65 59 46 45 33 19 15 18 29 37 50 62 62 49 44 55 72 78 81 81
WIND DIR S S SW SW W W W W W SW W NE NE NE NE NE N N NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 20 17 18 13 16 16 16 18 16 8 5 5 6 9 11 13 16 14 14 14 14 13
WIND GUST 37 32 33 27 29 27 27 32 32
CLOUDS B2 FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 20 0 5 50 50
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.19 0.09
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN S C C C C C
SNOW C C C C
TSTMS S
WIND CHILL 39 32 34 39 27 22 15 13
MIN CHILL 38 39 39 30 29 36 21 11
DATE 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26
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 36 20 36 16 30 12 34 21 50
TEMP 33 33 24 20 32 33 24 17 27 27 18 12 29 31 23 23 44 47
DEWPT 18 17 15 13 15 15 13 10 9 8 7 5 9 10 10 11 19 24
PWIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW N N SE S
WIND CHAR GN LT GN GN GN LT LT LT GN
AVG CLOUDS B1 SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC
POP 12HR 10 5 20 20 5 5 0 5 10
SNOW S S S S
IAZ039-181000-
WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS-BLACK HAWK IA
42.55N 92.40W ELEV. 865 FT
236 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2026
DATE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU 02/19/26 FRI
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 61 32 49 26
TEMP 57 57 53 54 49 44 48 57 61 54 45 40 35 33 38 46 49 43 36 33 29 27
DEWPT 42 44 47 48 40 33 27 20 19 17 20 25 26 27 29 31 31 32 31 29 26 23
RH 57 62 80 80 71 65 44 23 19 23 36 55 69 78 70 55 50 65 82 85 88 85
WIND DIR SE SE SE S SW W W W W W W N NE NE NE NE NE N N NW NW NW
WIND SPD 23 20 18 16 18 18 21 24 21 12 9 6 6 9 10 13 14 14 16 17 18 17
WIND GUST 37 34 32 28 29 29 36 40 36
CLOUDS B1 SC B1 B2 FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2
POP 12HR 30 0 0 40 60
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.09 0.19
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN S S S S C C L
SNOW L L L L C
TSTMS S S
WIND CHILL 36 29 26 31 36 26 22 17 14
MIN CHILL 35 34 33 23 24 35 22 13
DATE 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26
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 34 17 33 15 27 11 30 18 43
TEMP 31 30 22 17 30 30 21 15 24 24 16 12 26 26 19 20 37 39
DEWPT 21 19 15 12 16 17 13 9 10 10 7 5 9 11 10 11 18 23
PWIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW N SE S
WIND CHAR BZ GN GN GN BZ GN LT GN BZ
AVG CLOUDS B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 30 5 10 10 10 5 0 5 10
SNOW C
IAZ048-181000-
AMES-STORY IA
41.99N 93.62W ELEV. 936 FT
236 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2026
DATE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU 02/19/26 FRI
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 43 63 33 49 23
TEMP 63 61 57 53 48 44 49 59 63 57 46 41 37 34 38 46 48 42 34 30 26 24
DEWPT 46 47 49 42 34 29 23 18 17 16 17 21 25 27 29 30 31 30 29 26 23 20
RH 54 60 75 66 58 55 36 20 17 20 31 44 61 75 70 53 51 62 82 85 88 84
WIND DIR S S S SW W W W W W SW NW NE NE NE NE NE N N NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 21 17 18 13 18 18 19 20 18 10 6 6 9 10 12 14 17 14 17 17 17 16
WIND GUST 39 32 31 27 32 32 33 36 35
CLOUDS B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2
POP 12HR 20 0 5 50 60
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.12 0.12
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN S C C C C S
SNOW L L C C S
TSTMS S
WIND CHILL 36 30 26 30 35 23 18 13 11
MIN CHILL 35 35 33 23 24 34 17 10
DATE 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26
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 34 18 34 14 28 10 33 20 48
TEMP 31 31 21 18 31 31 21 15 25 25 16 10 28 29 21 21 42 43
DEWPT 18 17 15 12 15 15 13 9 9 8 7 5 9 11 11 12 19 24
PWIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW N N SE S
WIND CHAR GN LT GN GN GN GN LT GN BZ
AVG CLOUDS B2 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC
POP 12HR 20 5 20 10 5 5 0 5 10
SNOW S S S
IAZ004-181000-
ESTHERVILLE-EMMET IA
43.40N 94.75W ELEV. 1315 FT
236 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2026
DATE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU 02/19/26 FRI
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 39 55 27 39 20
TEMP 60 57 52 48 43 39 42 50 54 48 38 33 29 27 31 36 38 33 27 25 22 20
DEWPT 46 46 47 38 32 26 21 18 18 17 20 23 23 23 24 25 25 23 22 20 17 14
RH 60 67 83 68 65 59 43 28 24 29 48 66 78 85 75 64 59 66 81 81 81 77
WIND DIR SE SE S SW W W W W W W NW N N N N N N N N NW NW NW
WIND SPD 26 19 18 17 21 26 28 28 25 13 11 10 11 13 17 19 21 18 18 18 18 18
WIND GUST 40 33 31 29 36 41 42 42 40
CLOUDS SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2
POP 12HR 30 5 0 30 60
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.02 0.18
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN C S C S
SNOW S S C C L L L L C
TSTMS S
WIND CHILL 34 28 32 30 25 19 16 19 25 27 22 14 11 7 5
MIN CHILL 28 28 23 16 15 21 11 4
WIND Y Y
DATE 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26
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 30 13 31 9 24 6 29 18 43
TEMP 27 27 18 14 27 26 16 10 21 20 11 7 23 25 20 20 37 37
DEWPT 15 13 10 8 10 11 8 3 5 5 3 0 7 10 10 11 20 24
PWIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW N E SE S
WIND CHAR BZ GN GN GN BZ GN GN GN BZ
AVG CLOUDS B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 30 10 10 10 5 0 0 5 10
SNOW C
IAZ035-181000-
FORT DODGE-WEBSTER IA
42.55N 94.18W ELEV. 1165 FT
236 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2026
DATE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU 02/19/26 FRI
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 60 29 45 21
TEMP 62 60 56 51 47 43 48 56 60 54 43 38 33 30 34 42 44 38 30 27 24 22
DEWPT 46 48 49 40 32 28 23 18 17 16 18 22 25 26 27 28 28 27 26 22 20 17
RH 56 64 77 66 56 55 37 22 18 22 36 52 72 85 75 57 53 64 85 81 84 81
WIND DIR SE S S SW W W W W W W NW N NE NE NE N N N N NW NW NW
WIND SPD 21 17 16 13 17 18 20 21 19 9 6 6 8 10 12 14 17 14 14 14 14 13
WIND GUST 35 29 26 24 29 32 34 36 33
CLOUDS SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2
POP 12HR 20 0 5 40 70
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.10 0.15
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN S C C C
SNOW C C C L L L L S
TSTMS S
WIND CHILL 35 26 22 25 34 36 29 19 14 11 9
MIN CHILL 35 34 32 21 21 28 13 8
DATE 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26
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 32 15 32 11 26 7 30 18 46
TEMP 29 27 17 15 28 27 18 12 23 22 13 8 25 26 19 20 40 40
DEWPT 17 16 12 11 15 14 11 6 8 8 6 3 9 11 11 12 21 24
PWIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW N NE SE S
WIND CHAR GN LT GN GN GN LT LT GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 20 5 10 10 5 5 0 5 10
SNOW S S
IAZ094-181000-
LAMONI-DECATUR IA
40.63N 93.90W ELEV. 1125 FT
236 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2026
DATE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU 02/19/26 FRI
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 43 66 40 56 24
TEMP 62 64 62 58 49 43 48 61 66 60 51 47 44 41 44 53 55 47 37 32 27 24
DEWPT 48 50 51 45 30 24 22 19 18 20 23 27 26 26 29 32 31 29 27 25 22 18
RH 60 60 67 62 48 47 35 19 16 21 33 45 49 55 55 44 40 49 67 75 81 77
WIND DIR S S SW SW W W W W SW S S E E E NE NE N NW NW W NW NW
WIND SPD 21 19 18 13 14 13 13 13 13 5 5 6 9 10 13 14 17 14 16 16 14 13
WIND GUST 37 34 34 29 29 25 25 26 25 25
CLOUDS B2 SC SC SC FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 SC B1
POP 12HR 20 0 10 40 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN S C C C C C
SNOW C C C C
TSTMS S
WIND CHILL 36 35 38 28 22 15 12
MIN CHILL 34 34 33 34 20 11
DATE 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26
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 40 22 37 17 33 12 36 22 51
TEMP 35 36 25 22 34 34 25 18 30 29 19 12 31 31 23 23 45 47
DEWPT 16 14 15 14 14 15 13 10 8 8 7 5 8 9 10 14 20 25
PWIND DIR NW N N NW NW N NE SE S
WIND CHAR GN LT GN GN GN LT LT GN BZ
AVG CLOUDS SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 5 10 30 20 5 5 5 5 10
SNOW C C S S
IAZ017-181000-
MASON CITY-CERRO GORDO IA
43.16N 93.33W ELEV. 1189 FT
236 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2026
DATE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU 02/19/26 FRI
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 56 29 43 23
TEMP 56 54 51 50 45 41 45 53 56 50 41 36 32 30 34 41 43 38 31 30 26 23
DEWPT 43 44 47 45 36 31 25 20 19 17 19 25 26 25 27 29 29 29 27 25 22 19
RH 62 69 86 83 70 67 45 27 23 27 41 64 78 81 75 62 57 70 85 81 85 84
WIND DIR SE SE S SW W W W W W W W NW N N N N N N N NW NW NW
WIND SPD 24 20 18 13 18 20 24 26 23 12 10 8 8 9 11 14 16 14 16 17 18 17
WIND GUST 37 33 29 25 28 35 40 36
CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2
POP 12HR 30 5 5 40 70
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0.07 0.23
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN S S S C C
SNOW S C C L L L L C
TSTMS S
WIND CHILL 37 32 36 34 30 25 22 26 33 34 29 20 19 13 9
MIN CHILL 32 31 27 20 20 27 17 9
WIND Y Y
DATE 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26
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 30 15 30 11 24 8 29 17 41
TEMP 28 27 20 16 27 27 18 12 21 21 14 9 24 25 19 19 36 37
DEWPT 19 18 14 11 15 15 11 6 9 8 6 3 9 12 10 11 19 24
PWIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW N N SE S
WIND CHAR BZ GN GN GN BZ GN LT GN BZ
AVG CLOUDS B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 30 10 10 10 5 5 0 5 10
SNOW C S
IAZ049-181000-
MARSHALLTOWN-MARSHALL IA
42.11N 92.91W ELEV. 972 FT
236 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2026
DATE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU 02/19/26 FRI
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 43 61 32 49 24
TEMP 61 58 54 53 49 44 49 57 61 55 45 41 36 33 38 46 48 43 34 30 27 25
DEWPT 44 46 48 46 36 31 24 19 17 16 18 21 24 26 29 30 31 31 29 26 24 20
RH 53 64 80 77 61 60 37 22 18 21 33 44 61 75 70 53 51 62 82 85 88 81
WIND DIR SE SE S SW W W W W W SW W N NE NE NE NE NE N NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 23 18 18 14 18 18 20 23 20 10 6 5 8 9 11 13 16 14 16 16 17 16
WIND GUST 39 31 29 26 31 31 34 37 37
CLOUDS B1 SC SC B1 FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2
POP 12HR 20 0 5 50 60
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.10 0.12
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN S S S C C L
SNOW L L C C S
TSTMS S
WIND CHILL 37 30 25 31 35 24 19 14 12
MIN CHILL 36 37 33 24 24 34 18 11
DATE 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26
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 34 17 32 14 27 9 31 18 45
TEMP 31 30 21 17 29 29 20 15 24 23 15 10 26 26 19 20 39 41
DEWPT 19 18 15 12 15 15 12 8 9 8 6 5 9 10 9 11 17 23
PWIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW N SE S
WIND CHAR BZ LT GN GN GN GN LT GN BZ
AVG CLOUDS B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 20 5 20 10 10 5 0 5 10
SNOW S S S
IAZ086-181000-
OTTUMWA-WAPELLO IA
41.11N 92.45W ELEV. 836 FT
236 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2026
DATE 02/17/26 WED 02/18/26 THU 02/19/26 FRI
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 66 40 59 27
TEMP 60 62 60 58 53 47 53 62 66 60 50 47 42 41 46 55 57 51 40 35 30 28
DEWPT 44 48 49 50 40 29 24 21 18 15 20 25 25 27 31 34 34 33 31 29 26 23
RH 55 60 67 75 61 49 32 20 16 17 30 42 50 57 55 45 42 50 70 78 85 81
WIND DIR S S S SW W W W W W SW S E E E E E NE NW NW W W W
WIND SPD 20 18 19 18 17 16 17 18 16 9 6 6 8 9 11 13 16 14 16 17 17 16
WIND GUST 34 34 34 34 33 29 29 32 31 27 26
CLOUDS B2 B2 SC B1 FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 20 0 5 40 40
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.02 0.05
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN S C C C C C C C
SNOW C C
TSTMS S
WIND CHILL 35 32 25 18 15
MIN CHILL 33 34 24 14
DATE 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26
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 40 21 37 17 31 12 34 20 49
TEMP 35 36 25 21 34 34 25 18 28 27 18 13 30 31 22 22 43 45
DEWPT 20 18 16 14 16 16 14 11 10 8 7 6 10 9 10 12 19 23
PWIND DIR W NW NW NW NW NW N SE S
WIND CHAR BZ LT GN GN GN GN LT GN BZ
AVG CLOUDS B1 FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 10 5 20 20 10 5 5 5 10
SNOW S S S S
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