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POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
322 PM CST THU FEB 19 2026
IAZ060-201000-
DES MOINES-POLK IA
41.54N 93.65W ELEV. 924 FT
322 PM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN
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 20 29 15 30 14
TEMP 34 32 28 25 22 21 26 29 29 24 21 17 16 20 27 30 27 21 18 16 14
DEWPT 29 28 25 21 18 17 18 19 17 14 13 12 11 14 16 18 15 13 11 10 8
RH 82 85 88 84 84 84 71 66 60 65 71 80 80 77 63 60 60 71 73 77 76
WIND DIR N NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 13 16 17 17 14 14 13 11 6 5 5 5 5 8 10 11 8 8 8 10 11
WIND GUST 25 27 29 31 26 25
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV B2 SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR 100 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.40 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 5 00-00 00-00
RAIN
SNOW D D D C
WIND CHILL 25 21 16 12 9 8 14 19 22 17 13 9 7 10 17 20 19 11 8 3 0
MIN CHILL 25 15 9 6 15 11 7 6 17 7 0
WINTER STORM W W W W
DATE 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26 THU 02/26/26
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 25 7 25 13 48 31 50 27 53
TEMP 22 23 13 8 21 21 16 20 42 45 37 32 47 46 34 28 47 48
DEWPT 10 10 5 3 8 8 7 9 23 27 27 26 27 26 24 22 28 29
PWIND DIR NW NW NW S S W NW NW SW
WIND CHAR GN GN LT LT GN GN GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC
POP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20
RAIN S S
SNOW S
IAZ039-201000-
WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS-BLACK HAWK IA
42.55N 92.40W ELEV. 865 FT
322 PM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN
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 23 31 17 28 12
TEMP 36 32 31 28 26 23 27 30 27 21 18 17 17 20 25 28 25 20 18 15 13
DEWPT 28 30 29 25 21 19 20 21 19 16 14 13 13 14 16 17 15 13 11 10 8
RH 72 92 92 88 81 84 74 69 71 81 84 84 84 77 68 63 65 74 73 80 80
WIND DIR N N NW NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 14 19 17 18 19 18 18 14 9 8 8 9 9 11 13 14 12 13 13 14 16
WIND GUST 33 28 31 33 31
CLOUDS B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR 100 10 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.62 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 7 00-00 00-00
RAIN L
SNOW D D D
WIND CHILL 27 20 20 15 12 9 14 19 18 11 8 7 6 8 13 16 14 7 4 -1 -3
MIN CHILL 26 19 11 8 15 7 4 3 13 4 -4
WINTER STORM W W W W
DATE 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26 THU 02/26/26
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 23 8 25 11 40 26 43 19 44
TEMP 20 20 14 9 21 20 13 17 34 37 32 27 40 37 26 20 39 39
DEWPT 9 9 6 4 9 10 7 8 19 26 25 24 26 25 20 18 25 28
PWIND DIR NW NW NW S S SW NW NW S
WIND CHAR BZ GN LT LT GN GN GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC SC FW
POP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 20
RAIN S
IAZ048-201000-
AMES-STORY IA
41.99N 93.62W ELEV. 936 FT
322 PM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN
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 20 30 13 29 12
TEMP 32 30 27 24 23 21 25 28 27 19 16 15 13 19 26 29 24 18 15 14 12
DEWPT 29 28 24 21 18 17 19 20 16 13 11 10 10 14 17 18 15 12 10 9 8
RH 88 92 88 88 81 84 78 71 63 77 80 80 87 80 68 63 68 77 80 80 84
WIND DIR N NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 14 16 18 18 16 16 14 12 6 5 5 5 6 9 12 12 9 9 10 11 12
WIND GUST 26 27 31 32 28 27
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW
POP 12HR 100 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.48 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 6 00-00 00-00
RAIN
SNOW D D D L
WIND CHILL 22 19 14 10 9 7 13 18 20 11 8 5 4 8 15 19 15 7 2 0 -3
MIN CHILL 21 14 8 5 14 7 3 3 14 2 -3
WINTER STORM W W W W
DATE 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26 THU 02/26/26
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 25 6 23 11 43 28 46 23 49
TEMP 20 20 11 6 19 17 13 17 37 38 33 29 43 42 29 24 43 44
DEWPT 11 10 6 2 10 8 7 10 24 27 26 26 28 26 23 21 28 29
PWIND DIR NW NW NW S S W NW NW S
WIND CHAR BZ GN LT LT GN GN GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC
POP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20
RAIN S S
SNOW S
IAZ004-201000-
ESTHERVILLE-EMMET IA
43.40N 94.75W ELEV. 1315 FT
322 PM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN
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 17 30 15 28 10
TEMP 25 21 22 20 19 18 25 28 25 20 18 16 15 17 25 28 24 18 15 12 10
DEWPT 19 17 16 14 12 10 12 12 12 11 10 9 8 8 8 9 8 7 6 3 0
RH 78 84 77 77 74 70 57 50 57 67 70 73 73 67 48 44 50 61 67 66 63
WIND DIR N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 19 20 19 19 18 18 18 14 10 10 10 10 10 13 14 17 13 13 16 17 18
WIND GUST 29
CLOUDS B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
POP 12HR 20 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR T 00-00 00-00
SNOW S
WIND CHILL 11 5 7 4 3 2 11 17 15 8 6 4 2 4 13 16 12 4 -1 -6 -9
MIN CHILL 10 5 2 1 13 6 0 1 10 -2 -10
DATE 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26 THU 02/26/26
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 24 5 29 17 50 24 43 21 51
TEMP 20 18 10 6 21 25 18 20 42 42 31 26 40 38 26 22 44 44
DEWPT 2 3 1 -1 3 6 7 8 19 25 23 20 21 20 18 18 23 24
PWIND DIR NW N E S SW W NW NW SW
WIND CHAR BZ GN LT GN BZ GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS FW CL FW SC FW CL FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC
POP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20
RAIN S S
SNOW S
IAZ035-201000-
FORT DODGE-WEBSTER IA
42.55N 94.18W ELEV. 1165 FT
322 PM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN
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 19 31 15 31 10
TEMP 30 26 25 22 21 21 26 30 26 20 16 15 15 19 27 30 25 18 15 12 10
DEWPT 25 24 20 18 16 14 16 17 13 11 10 10 9 12 13 15 12 10 8 7 5
RH 81 92 81 84 81 74 65 58 57 67 77 80 77 74 55 53 57 70 73 80 80
WIND DIR N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 16 17 16 16 16 16 14 12 5 5 5 5 5 9 11 12 9 9 10 11 12
WIND GUST 31 28 28 27
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW
POP 12HR 80 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.32 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 4 00-00 00-00
RAIN
SNOW L D L C
WIND CHILL 19 13 12 8 7 7 14 20 19 12 7 6 5 8 17 20 16 7 2 -2 -5
MIN CHILL 18 12 7 4 17 6 5 5 15 2 -6
WINTER STORM W W W W
DATE 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26 THU 02/26/26
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 27 6 27 14 45 26 47 23 52
TEMP 21 21 11 6 21 20 14 17 39 39 31 27 44 41 28 23 44 45
DEWPT 8 6 4 1 7 8 7 10 23 27 25 24 26 22 20 20 26 27
PWIND DIR NW N NW S S W NW NW SW
WIND CHAR BZ GN LT LT GN LT GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC
POP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 20
RAIN S S
SNOW S
IAZ094-201000-
LAMONI-DECATUR IA
40.63N 93.90W ELEV. 1125 FT
322 PM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN
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 20 33 18 34 16
TEMP 37 33 28 24 22 22 29 33 33 27 25 22 19 24 31 34 30 23 21 19 16
DEWPT 28 28 24 20 16 14 15 15 15 15 14 13 13 13 13 14 14 13 12 11 9
RH 70 82 85 84 77 71 55 47 47 60 62 68 77 62 47 43 51 65 68 70 73
WIND DIR N NW NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 16 18 18 17 14 14 12 11 6 5 5 6 6 9 11 13 10 9 10 10 11
WIND GUST 28 31 29 27 25
CLOUDS OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW
POP 12HR 70 5 10 5 0
QPF 12HR 0.07 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 1 00-00 00-00
RAIN C
SNOW L C S
WIND CHILL 28 21 15 10 8 9 19 24 27 20 18 14 10 14 22 25 21 13 10 7 3
MIN CHILL 27 15 7 5 20 16 9 9 20 10 2
DATE 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26 THU 02/26/26
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 29 9 32 19 56 35 56 29 55
TEMP 26 25 16 9 26 28 21 22 49 51 44 36 53 50 36 30 51 50
DEWPT 7 8 6 3 4 6 5 7 19 24 28 27 26 24 25 24 28 26
PWIND DIR NW N N S S SW NW NW SW
WIND CHAR GN GN LT LT GN GN GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 20 20
RAIN S S S
IAZ017-201000-
MASON CITY-CERRO GORDO IA
43.16N 93.33W ELEV. 1189 FT
322 PM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN
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 20 30 17 27 10
TEMP 31 29 27 24 22 21 25 28 26 20 20 18 17 19 24 27 23 18 16 12 10
DEWPT 27 27 24 20 17 15 17 17 16 13 12 11 10 11 12 13 11 10 8 7 4
RH 85 92 88 84 81 77 71 63 65 74 71 73 73 70 60 55 59 70 70 80 76
WIND DIR N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 14 16 18 18 18 18 18 16 10 9 9 10 10 12 13 16 13 14 16 17 17
WIND GUST 25 27 29 31 29
CLOUDS B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR 70 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.15 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 2 00-00 00-00
RAIN
SNOW C L L C
WIND CHILL 20 17 14 10 7 6 11 16 15 10 8 6 5 6 12 15 11 4 1 -5 -8
MIN CHILL 19 14 6 4 12 7 2 4 10 -2 -8
WINTER WEATH Y Y Y Y
DATE 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26 THU 02/26/26
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 22 7 27 14 43 24 41 20 47
TEMP 19 18 12 8 21 22 15 17 37 37 31 26 38 36 26 21 40 41
DEWPT 6 6 4 1 6 9 7 8 20 26 24 22 24 23 18 17 25 27
PWIND DIR NW NW NW S S W NW NW SW
WIND CHAR BZ GN LT GN GN GN GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW
POP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 20
RAIN S
SNOW S S
IAZ049-201000-
MARSHALLTOWN-MARSHALL IA
42.11N 92.91W ELEV. 972 FT
322 PM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN
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 21 29 14 27 11
TEMP 34 31 29 26 24 21 25 28 27 19 16 15 14 19 24 27 23 18 15 13 11
DEWPT 29 29 27 23 19 18 20 20 18 13 11 10 10 13 16 17 15 11 9 7 6
RH 82 92 92 88 81 88 81 71 68 77 80 80 84 77 71 65 71 73 77 76 80
WIND DIR N N NW NW NW NW NW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 18 17 18 19 18 17 17 14 8 6 5 6 6 10 12 13 9 10 11 12 13
WIND GUST 29 28 32 31 28
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW
POP 12HR 100 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.56 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 6 00-00 00-00
RAIN S
SNOW D D D D
WIND CHILL 23 20 17 12 10 7 12 16 19 11 7 5 4 7 12 16 13 6 2 -2 -5
MIN CHILL 22 16 9 5 13 7 1 2 12 0 -6
WINTER STORM W W W W
DATE 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26 THU 02/26/26
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 23 6 22 9 42 27 44 20 46
TEMP 19 19 11 6 19 18 11 16 36 38 33 28 41 39 27 21 41 41
DEWPT 10 8 4 2 8 8 6 8 21 26 25 24 26 25 20 18 26 28
PWIND DIR NW NW NW S S SW NW NW SW
WIND CHAR BZ GN LT LT GN GN GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC
POP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20
RAIN S S
SNOW S
IAZ086-201000-
OTTUMWA-WAPELLO IA
41.11N 92.45W ELEV. 836 FT
322 PM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26 SUN
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 24 33 19 32 15
TEMP 43 37 32 28 26 25 30 32 33 26 25 21 19 24 30 32 29 22 20 17 16
DEWPT 29 31 30 24 21 20 21 20 18 17 16 15 14 14 15 15 15 14 12 10 8
RH 57 79 92 85 81 81 69 61 53 68 68 77 80 65 53 49 55 71 71 73 70
WIND DIR N NW NW NW W W W W NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 16 17 20 21 19 18 17 13 10 8 8 8 8 10 13 13 11 10 11 13 14
WIND GUST 26 33 34 33 29
CLOUDS B2 OV OV OV B2 SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW
POP 12HR 80 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.18 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 1 00-00 00-00
RAIN C D
SNOW L C
WIND CHILL 35 28 20 14 12 11 19 22 25 18 16 12 9 14 20 22 18 11 8 3 1
MIN CHILL 35 20 12 9 20 13 8 9 17 7 0
DATE 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26 THU 02/26/26
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 26 9 30 16 52 34 52 27 54
TEMP 24 24 16 10 26 26 18 20 46 47 40 35 49 47 34 28 48 48
DEWPT 8 8 6 4 6 9 5 6 16 24 26 26 27 25 24 22 26 28
PWIND DIR NW NW NW SE S SW NW NW SW
WIND CHAR BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS FW FW CL FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20
RAIN S S
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