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POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1148 AM CDT WED APR 1 2026
IAZ060-012100-
DES MOINES-POLK IA
41.54N 93.65W ELEV. 924 FT
1148 AM CDT WED APR 1 2026
DATE WED 04/01/26 THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26
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 50 42 65 39 68
TEMP 49 47 45 44 44 46 49 56 62 60 53 49 44 41 40 49 58 66 64
DEWPT 37 37 38 41 43 45 48 53 55 52 44 41 39 37 38 44 51 56 55
RH 63 68 76 89 96 96 96 90 78 75 71 74 82 85 92 83 77 70 73
WIND DIR E E E E E E SE S S W W W NW NE E E E SE S
WIND SPD 16 16 14 14 13 13 12 13 18 19 14 10 5 5 6 10 12 13 12
WIND GUST 26 25 24 31 25
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B2 OV OV B2
POP 12HR 70 100 100 5 80
QPF 12HR 0.08 1.09 0.48 0 0.33
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS S C L D D D D D L L C C D D L
TSTMS S C C S C C C C C C C C
WIND CHILL 38 37 37
MIN CHILL 38 35 37 39 34 36
DATE SAT 04/04/26 SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26
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 37 48 31 54 35 62 33 55
TEMP 46 37 45 46 37 31 48 52 40 35 57 58 43 35 51 53
DEWPT 41 33 31 29 28 25 28 29 30 31 36 36 34 30 32 31
PWIND DIR W NW NW NW SW SW N NE
WIND CHAR GN BZ BZ GN LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW
POP 12HR 70 20 0 0 10 10 20 5
RAIN SHWRS L S S S
TSTMS C
IAZ039-012100-
WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS-BLACK HAWK IA
42.55N 92.40W ELEV. 865 FT
1148 AM CDT WED APR 1 2026
DATE WED 04/01/26 THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26
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 51 38 62 35 62
TEMP 50 51 47 41 39 40 41 47 56 60 52 46 41 37 36 44 53 58 60
DEWPT 30 30 31 35 37 39 41 46 52 54 46 42 37 34 33 38 45 49 53
RH 46 44 53 79 92 96100 96 86 81 80 86 85 89 89 79 74 72 78
WIND DIR E E E E E E E SE S SW W W W NW NE E E E E
WIND SPD 17 18 17 18 18 17 17 17 16 18 17 14 11 6 5 9 12 13 13
WIND GUST 27 28 28 28 27
CLOUDS B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 OV
POP 12HR 30 100 100 20 70
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.81 0.95 0.01 0.19
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS S L D D D D D L D S S S S L L D
TSTMS S S S S C C S S S C L
WIND CHILL 32 29 31 33 35 38
MIN CHILL 39 28 28 35 34 29 32
DATE SAT 04/04/26 SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26
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 37 45 29 50 32 55 30 50
TEMP 49 38 42 42 33 30 45 48 36 32 52 50 39 32 46 48
DEWPT 47 36 33 31 27 24 27 28 29 29 35 35 33 29 31 31
PWIND DIR SW W NW NW SW W N NE
WIND CHAR GN BZ BZ BZ LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 80 20 5 0 20 30 20 5
RAIN SHWRS D C S S S S C S
SNOWSHWRS S
TSTMS L C
IAZ048-012100-
AMES-STORY IA
41.99N 93.62W ELEV. 936 FT
1148 AM CDT WED APR 1 2026
DATE WED 04/01/26 THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26
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 51 40 63 36 64
TEMP 50 49 45 43 41 42 44 52 59 57 50 45 41 38 36 45 52 59 62
DEWPT 35 37 36 40 41 42 44 50 54 51 43 41 37 36 35 41 48 53 56
RH 56 63 70 89100100100 93 83 80 77 86 85 92 96 86 86 80 81
WIND DIR E E E E E E E SE S W W W NW NE E E E E S
WIND SPD 17 18 17 17 17 16 14 14 16 18 17 12 6 5 8 11 13 14 13
WIND GUST 26
CLOUDS B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B2 OV OV OV
POP 12HR 50 100 100 10 80
QPF 12HR 0.03 1.03 0.60 0 0.30
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS C L D D D D D L L C C D D L
TSTMS S S S S C C S C C S C C
WIND CHILL 38 34 32 34 37 39 30 39
MIN CHILL 39 37 32 32 38 35 29 31
DATE SAT 04/04/26 SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26
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 35 46 29 53 33 60 32 54
TEMP 43 35 43 43 34 29 47 51 38 34 55 55 40 33 49 52
DEWPT 41 33 32 31 28 25 28 29 30 31 36 37 34 29 31 31
PWIND DIR W NW NW NW SW SW N NE
WIND CHAR GN BZ BZ GN LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
POP 12HR 70 20 5 0 10 10 20 5
RAIN SHWRS L S S S S
TSTMS C S
IAZ004-012100-
ESTHERVILLE-EMMET IA
43.40N 94.75W ELEV. 1315 FT
1148 AM CDT WED APR 1 2026
DATE WED 04/01/26 THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26
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 48 34 40 29 43
TEMP 46 46 44 39 36 35 34 36 38 38 36 34 32 30 29 33 39 42 40
DEWPT 26 31 33 34 34 34 33 35 37 36 34 33 31 29 28 31 36 39 38
RH 45 55 65 82 92 96 96 96 96 92 92 96 96 96 96 92 89 89 92
WIND DIR E E E E E E E NE NE N NW NW NW N NE E NE NE N
WIND SPD 16 19 18 19 18 18 18 18 17 17 16 11 9 9 10 12 14 16 14
WIND GUST 28
CLOUDS OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
POP 12HR 50 100 100 5 80
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.61 0.36 0 0.29
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS S C D D D D D D C L L L D D L
SNOWSHWRS L
TSTMS S S C S
WIND CHILL 39 39 36 29 26 24 23 26 29 28 27 25 24 22 20 24 31 34 32
MIN CHILL 33 35 25 23 23 26 23 19 20 32
DATE SAT 04/04/26 SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26
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 29 40 25 48 31 52 27 50
TEMP 34 29 37 36 29 26 43 46 34 31 50 46 34 28 43 46
DEWPT 33 28 30 28 24 21 26 29 29 29 35 33 28 26 29 29
PWIND DIR NW NW NW NW SW NW N E
WIND CHAR BZ WY BZ BZ GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 60 30 10 0 20 20 10 5
FRZG RAIN S
RAIN SHWRS L S S S S S
SNOWSHWRS S C
TSTMS S
IAZ035-012100-
FORT DODGE-WEBSTER IA
42.55N 94.18W ELEV. 1165 FT
1148 AM CDT WED APR 1 2026
DATE WED 04/01/26 THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26
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 50 38 54 32 55
TEMP 50 48 46 42 40 39 40 44 50 48 44 39 36 33 32 39 47 53 52
DEWPT 32 34 34 37 38 39 39 44 48 44 39 36 34 32 31 36 43 47 47
RH 50 58 63 82 92100 96100 93 86 82 89 92 96 96 89 86 80 83
WIND DIR E E E E E E E E SE NW NW W NW N NE E E NE N
WIND SPD 16 16 16 16 16 14 13 12 12 14 13 10 5 5 8 10 12 13 12
WIND GUST 26 26 26 24
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC B2 OV OV OV
POP 12HR 60 100 100 5 80
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.79 0.49 0 0.28
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS S C L D D D D D L L C C D D L
TSTMS S S C S C S S C C
WIND CHILL 39 34 32 31 32 38 37 32 26 32
MIN CHILL 38 38 30 29 32 36 30 25 27
DATE SAT 04/04/26 SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26
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 32 44 26 52 32 58 29 53
TEMP 38 32 41 41 32 27 46 50 36 33 55 52 37 31 47 51
DEWPT 37 30 31 29 26 23 27 29 29 30 36 35 31 28 31 30
PWIND DIR NW NW NW NW SW W N E
WIND CHAR GN BZ BZ GN LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
POP 12HR 60 20 5 0 10 20 10 5
RAIN SHWRS L S S S S
TSTMS C
IAZ094-012100-
LAMONI-DECATUR IA
40.63N 93.90W ELEV. 1125 FT
1148 AM CDT WED APR 1 2026
DATE WED 04/01/26 THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26
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 50 45 69 43 72
TEMP 46 47 46 46 49 53 56 62 66 62 57 51 47 45 45 55 67 71 67
DEWPT 43 42 42 44 47 52 56 59 58 52 48 44 42 42 44 52 59 59 57
RH 89 83 86 93 93 96100 90 75 70 72 77 83 89 96 90 75 66 70
WIND DIR E E E E E SE S S SW SW W NW N E E SE S S SW
WIND SPD 14 16 13 13 12 13 14 20 24 23 14 9 5 6 10 13 16 16 13
WIND GUST 26 23 33 37 34 26 27
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 OV B2 B2 OV
POP 12HR 80 100 90 10 90
QPF 12HR 0.08 1.73 0.39 0 0.34
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS C C L D D D D D C C L L D D L
TSTMS C C C C C C C C C C C C
WIND CHILL 39
MIN CHILL 39 39 37
DATE SAT 04/04/26 SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26
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 36 49 30 55 35 65 34 57
TEMP 48 37 46 46 37 31 49 52 40 35 59 60 44 37 53 55
DEWPT 42 34 31 29 27 26 29 31 31 31 38 38 36 31 32 31
PWIND DIR W NW NW NW SW SW N NE
WIND CHAR GN BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW
POP 12HR 70 20 0 0 5 10 20 5
RAIN SHWRS L C S S S
TSTMS C
IAZ017-012100-
MASON CITY-CERRO GORDO IA
43.16N 93.33W ELEV. 1189 FT
1148 AM CDT WED APR 1 2026
DATE WED 04/01/26 THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26
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 50 35 51 31 52
TEMP 48 48 45 40 36 36 37 39 44 48 41 38 35 33 31 38 45 50 50
DEWPT 27 30 31 33 34 34 35 38 44 45 39 36 33 31 30 34 41 44 46
RH 44 49 58 76 92 92 92 96100 89 92 92 92 92 96 85 86 80 86
WIND DIR E E E E E E E E E NW NW W W NW NE E E E E
WIND SPD 17 18 18 20 20 19 18 17 13 14 16 13 10 6 6 10 12 13 13
WIND GUST 28
CLOUDS B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV
POP 12HR 40 100 100 20 80
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.73 0.51 0 0.25
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS S L D D D D D L D S S C C D D D
TSTMS S S S S S C C
WIND CHILL 37 30 25 26 27 30 37 32 30 28 26 24 31 39
MIN CHILL 35 37 25 24 25 31 27 22 24
DATE SAT 04/04/26 SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26
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 33 42 26 49 31 51 27 48
TEMP 40 33 39 38 30 27 44 47 35 31 49 47 36 29 44 46
DEWPT 39 32 31 29 25 23 27 29 29 29 35 35 31 26 30 31
PWIND DIR N NW NW NW SW W N E
WIND CHAR GN BZ WY BZ LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 80 30 10 0 20 30 20 5
RAIN SHWRS D C S C S C C S
TSTMS C
IAZ049-012100-
MARSHALLTOWN-MARSHALL IA
42.11N 92.91W ELEV. 972 FT
1148 AM CDT WED APR 1 2026
DATE WED 04/01/26 THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26
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 51 38 63 34 64
TEMP 51 49 45 41 39 41 43 51 59 61 51 45 40 36 36 44 52 59 62
DEWPT 32 33 34 37 38 40 43 50 55 53 45 41 36 34 34 40 47 52 55
RH 48 54 65 85 96 96100 96 87 75 80 86 85 92 92 86 83 78 78
WIND DIR E E E E E E E SE S SW W W NW N E E E E SE
WIND SPD 18 18 17 17 17 16 14 14 18 20 18 13 9 5 5 10 13 13 12
WIND GUST 27 32
CLOUDS B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 40 100 100 10 80
QPF 12HR 0.01 1.12 0.84 0 0.24
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS S L D D D D D L D C C D D D
TSTMS S C S S C C C S C S C L
WIND CHILL 38 32 30 33 36 39 30 38
MIN CHILL 39 37 30 30 37 35 29 32
DATE SAT 04/04/26 SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26
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 36 45 29 50 31 56 29 51
TEMP 45 36 42 42 33 29 45 48 35 32 53 52 39 32 47 49
DEWPT 43 34 33 30 26 23 28 29 29 29 36 36 32 28 31 31
PWIND DIR W W NW NW SW SW N NE
WIND CHAR GN BZ BZ BZ LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC CL FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC
POP 12HR 80 20 5 0 20 20 20 5
RAIN SHWRS D C S S S S S
SNOWSHWRS S
TSTMS L C
IAZ086-012100-
OTTUMWA-WAPELLO IA
41.11N 92.45W ELEV. 836 FT
1148 AM CDT WED APR 1 2026
DATE WED 04/01/26 THU 04/02/26 FRI 04/03/26
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 48 43 71 43 73
TEMP 46 47 45 44 45 50 53 61 68 67 60 53 47 45 44 52 66 72 70
DEWPT 38 38 40 42 44 49 53 59 62 58 51 47 43 42 42 49 57 60 59
RH 73 71 82 93 96 96100 93 81 73 72 80 86 89 93 89 73 66 68
WIND DIR E E E E E SE SE S S SW W W NW NE E SE SE S S
WIND SPD 17 17 16 16 13 13 14 18 23 24 18 13 8 5 6 11 13 14 13
WIND GUST 27 26 25 25 29 39 40 29
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 60 100 100 20 70
QPF 12HR 0.16 0.90 0.29 0.01 0.25
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS S C L D D D D D L L S S C C L L D
TSTMS C C C C C C C C S S C C L
WIND CHILL 39 38 36 39
MIN CHILL 37 37 35 38
DATE SAT 04/04/26 SUN 04/05/26 MON 04/06/26 TUE 04/07/26
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 40 50 31 53 33 62 34 55
TEMP 53 41 46 46 37 32 48 50 38 34 57 57 44 36 51 53
DEWPT 48 39 34 31 29 26 30 30 31 31 37 38 36 32 33 31
PWIND DIR SW W NW NW SW SW NW NE
WIND CHAR GN BZ BZ BZ LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 90 30 5 0 10 10 20 5
RAIN SHWRS D C C S S
SNOWSHWRS S
TSTMS L
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