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POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
128 PM CDT WED APR 1 2026
IAZ060-012100-
DES MOINES-POLK IA
41.54N 93.65W ELEV. 924 FT
128 PM 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 69 38 66
TEMP 49 46 44 43 42 46 53 66 67 57 47 44 40 40 47 56 64 64
DEWPT 38 39 40 41 42 45 52 59 56 48 41 39 37 37 42 49 54 56
RH 66 76 86 93100 96 96 78 68 72 79 82 89 89 83 77 70 75
WIND DIR E E E E E E SE S W W W NW NE E E E SE S
WIND SPD 16 14 13 13 13 12 13 16 19 14 10 5 5 6 10 12 13 13
WIND GUST 25 25 25 25 28 29 24
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B2 OV OV B2
POP 12HR 60 100 100 5 90
QPF 12HR 0.05 0.94 0.28 0 0.36
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS S L L D D D L C S L L D D L
TSTMS S C C S C C C S C C C
WIND CHILL 37 36 35
MIN CHILL 34 35 39 34 35
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 47 32 57 36 56 31 53
TEMP 46 36 44 46 38 32 50 55 42 37 53 54 40 32 48 51
DEWPT 41 32 31 30 29 27 30 34 34 32 34 31 29 27 29 30
PWIND DIR W W NW NW NW NW N E
WIND CHAR GN BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW CL CL FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 60 5 0 0 5 10 20 10
RAIN SHWRS L S S
TSTMS C
IAZ039-012100-
WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS-BLACK HAWK IA
42.55N 92.40W ELEV. 865 FT
128 PM 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 37 64 34 60
TEMP 51 47 41 39 37 39 44 56 63 57 45 40 36 36 42 53 58 57
DEWPT 30 30 34 35 36 38 43 52 56 50 42 37 34 33 37 43 48 51
RH 44 51 76 85 96 96 96 86 78 77 89 89 92 89 82 69 69 80
WIND DIR E E E E E E E SE SW W W W NW NE E E E E
WIND SPD 18 17 18 17 17 17 17 14 14 17 14 11 6 5 9 12 13 13
WIND GUST 27 28 29 29 28 27
CLOUDS B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV
POP 12HR 30 100 100 20 80
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.84 0.75 0.01 0.27
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS S C D D D D D C L S S S S D D D
TSTMS S S S S C C C C C
WIND CHILL 32 29 28 31 36 39 33 30 36
MIN CHILL 28 27 30 31 28 30
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 46 31 52 34 51 28 49
TEMP 50 37 43 43 34 31 48 51 38 34 48 48 35 29 46 47
DEWPT 48 36 33 31 28 26 29 32 31 30 31 29 28 24 27 29
PWIND DIR SW W NW NW NW NW N E
WIND CHAR GN BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC CL FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW SC
POP 12HR 80 10 0 0 5 10 10 10
RAIN SHWRS D S
TSTMS C
IAZ048-012100-
AMES-STORY IA
41.99N 93.62W ELEV. 936 FT
128 PM 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 64 35 62
TEMP 50 46 42 41 41 42 49 60 63 54 45 40 36 36 43 52 60 59
DEWPT 36 38 39 39 40 42 48 56 55 48 41 38 36 35 40 46 52 54
RH 58 73 89 92 96100 96 87 75 80 86 92100 96 89 80 75 83
WIND DIR E E E E E E SE S W W W NW NE E E E E E
WIND SPD 17 17 16 17 16 14 13 12 17 16 12 6 5 6 11 13 14 13
WIND GUST 27 28 27 25 24
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B2 OV B2 B2
POP 12HR 40 100 100 5 90
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.96 0.44 0 0.35
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS C L D D D D D C S C C D D L
TSTMS S S S S C C S S C C C
WIND CHILL 38 34 32 33 34 39 30 37
MIN CHILL 37 31 31 36 33 29 30
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 34 46 29 56 34 54 28 52
TEMP 43 34 43 44 36 30 50 54 40 35 51 51 36 30 46 49
DEWPT 41 32 32 32 29 27 30 35 33 32 34 31 28 26 29 30
PWIND DIR W W NW NW NW NW N E
WIND CHAR GN BZ BZ GN GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW CL FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 60 5 0 0 5 10 20 10
RAIN SHWRS L S S
SNOWSHWRS S
TSTMS C
IAZ004-012100-
ESTHERVILLE-EMMET IA
43.40N 94.75W ELEV. 1315 FT
128 PM 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 33 40 29 44
TEMP 48 45 39 36 34 34 35 38 40 37 33 32 30 29 32 39 43 41
DEWPT 30 32 33 34 33 32 35 38 38 35 32 30 29 28 31 36 40 40
RH 49 60 79 92 96 92100100 92 92 96 92 96 96 96 89 89 96
WIND DIR E E E E E E NE NE N NW NW NW N NE NE E NE N
WIND SPD 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 14 14 13 11 9 9 10 12 13 13 13
WIND GUST 28 28
CLOUDS B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
POP 12HR 40 100 100 5 90
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.52 0.49 0 0.32
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS S L D D D D D C S L D D C
SNOWSHWRS L
TSTMS S S C S
WIND CHILL 37 30 26 23 23 25 29 32 28 24 24 22 20 23 31 36 33
MIN CHILL 35 37 26 21 21 28 22 18 19 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 30 41 26 52 31 47 24 48
TEMP 34 30 38 36 30 27 47 49 36 31 44 42 31 26 43 45
DEWPT 34 29 31 29 26 23 31 34 32 29 31 28 25 22 26 27
PWIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW N N SE
WIND CHAR BZ WY BZ BZ GN BZ GN BZ
AVG CLOUDS OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
POP 12HR 50 20 5 0 10 10 10 10
RAIN SHWRS C S S
SNOWSHWRS S S
TSTMS S
IAZ035-012100-
FORT DODGE-WEBSTER IA
42.55N 94.18W ELEV. 1165 FT
128 PM 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 53 32 54
TEMP 49 45 40 38 38 38 42 49 52 47 39 36 33 32 39 47 52 51
DEWPT 34 35 37 37 37 37 41 47 47 41 36 34 32 31 35 42 47 47
RH 56 68 89 96 96 96 96 93 83 79 89 92 96 96 85 83 83 86
WIND DIR E E E E E E E E NW NW W NW N NE E E E NE
WIND SPD 16 16 16 16 14 14 12 11 13 13 10 5 5 6 10 12 12 12
WIND GUST 26 27 27 27 26 23
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV
POP 12HR 50 100 100 5 90
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.67 0.62 0 0.42
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS C L D D D D D C C L L D D C
TSTMS S S C S S S C C
WIND CHILL 38 31 29 29 29 35 32 25 32
MIN CHILL 38 28 27 29 30 24 26
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 31 44 27 56 33 52 26 51
TEMP 38 32 41 41 33 28 49 53 38 33 49 48 33 28 46 49
DEWPT 37 30 32 30 27 25 30 34 32 31 32 29 26 25 27 28
PWIND DIR NW W NW NW NW N N SE
WIND CHAR GN BZ BZ GN GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 50 10 0 0 10 10 10 10
RAIN SHWRS C
TSTMS C
IAZ094-012100-
LAMONI-DECATUR IA
40.63N 93.90W ELEV. 1125 FT
128 PM 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 72 42 71
TEMP 48 47 45 46 47 53 62 69 69 61 50 46 43 44 53 65 70 67
DEWPT 42 42 43 45 47 53 60 60 54 49 44 42 41 42 51 59 61 58
RH 80 83 93 96100100 93 73 59 65 80 86 93 93 93 81 73 73
WIND DIR E E E E SE SE S SW W W NW N E E SE S S SW
WIND SPD 14 13 12 12 12 13 19 23 21 14 9 5 6 10 12 14 16 13
WIND GUST 24 23 33 36 33 26 27
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 OV OV B2 B2
POP 12HR 70 100 90 10 90
QPF 12HR 0.03 0.90 0.25 0 0.39
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS C L L D D D L C S L L D D L
TSTMS C C C C C C C S C C C C
WIND CHILL 39 38
MIN CHILL 37 38 39 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 35 49 30 57 36 57 32 55
TEMP 47 36 46 48 38 32 52 55 42 37 55 55 42 34 50 52
DEWPT 41 33 31 29 29 27 31 34 33 33 36 34 31 28 31 30
PWIND DIR W NW NW NW NW N NE E
WIND CHAR GN BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW CL CL FW FW B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR 60 5 0 0 5 10 20 10
RAIN SHWRS L S S S
TSTMS C
IAZ017-012100-
MASON CITY-CERRO GORDO IA
43.16N 93.33W ELEV. 1189 FT
128 PM 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 34 49 30 51
TEMP 49 46 40 35 34 35 38 44 49 45 38 35 32 31 36 44 50 49
DEWPT 29 29 32 33 33 33 37 42 46 42 36 33 31 30 33 39 44 46
RH 46 51 73 92 96 92 96 93 89 89 92 92 96 96 89 82 80 89
WIND DIR E E E E E E E E NW NW W W NW NE E E E E
WIND SPD 18 18 19 19 18 17 17 12 12 14 13 10 6 6 10 13 13 13
WIND GUST 31 29 28
CLOUDS B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
POP 12HR 30 100 100 20 90
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.68 0.75 0.01 0.31
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS S C D D D D D C C S S C C D D L
TSTMS S S S C C
WIND CHILL 39 30 24 23 25 29 38 38 29 27 26 25 29 38
MIN CHILL 38 24 23 24 37 26 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 32 41 27 51 32 48 25 47
TEMP 41 32 38 38 32 28 46 49 36 32 45 44 32 27 43 45
DEWPT 41 32 31 30 27 24 29 33 31 30 31 29 25 22 26 28
PWIND DIR NW W NW NW NW NW N SE
WIND CHAR GN BZ BZ GN GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW SC
POP 12HR 70 10 5 0 10 10 10 10
RAIN SHWRS L S
TSTMS C
IAZ049-012100-
MARSHALLTOWN-MARSHALL IA
42.11N 92.91W ELEV. 972 FT
128 PM 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 65 34 62
TEMP 50 46 41 39 38 40 47 60 64 56 43 40 35 35 42 53 60 58
DEWPT 33 34 36 36 37 40 47 56 57 50 41 36 33 33 38 45 50 53
RH 52 63 82 89 96100100 87 78 80 93 85 92 92 86 74 69 83
WIND DIR E E E E E E SE S SW W W NW N NE E E E E
WIND SPD 18 17 17 17 16 16 14 16 18 18 13 9 5 5 10 13 13 13
WIND GUST 27 27 28 26 25 28
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 OV B2 B2
POP 12HR 30 100 100 10 90
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.93 0.60 0 0.32
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS S L D D D D D C C C C D D L
TSTMS S C S S C C C S C C C
WIND CHILL 39 32 30 30 32 37 34 36
MIN CHILL 39 30 29 33 33 28 30
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 45 29 52 33 52 27 49
TEMP 46 35 42 43 34 29 47 50 38 33 49 48 35 29 45 47
DEWPT 44 33 33 31 27 25 29 34 31 30 33 30 27 25 27 28
PWIND DIR W W NW NW NW NW N E
WIND CHAR GN BZ BZ GN LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 70 5 0 0 5 10 20 10
RAIN SHWRS L S S S
SNOWSHWRS S
TSTMS C
IAZ086-012100-
OTTUMWA-WAPELLO IA
41.11N 92.45W ELEV. 836 FT
128 PM 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 73 42 72
TEMP 46 44 43 43 44 50 59 69 71 64 53 46 43 43 51 63 70 69
DEWPT 39 40 41 42 44 50 59 63 61 54 48 43 41 41 47 54 60 59
RH 76 86 93 96100100100 81 71 70 83 89 93 93 86 72 71 70
WIND DIR E E E E E SE S S SW W W NW NE E E SE SE S
WIND SPD 17 16 16 13 13 14 17 23 24 18 13 8 5 5 10 13 13 13
WIND GUST 27 26 25 26 39 40 28 24
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B2 OV B2 B2
POP 12HR 60 100 100 20 80
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.92 0.32 0.01 0.26
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS C L L D D D L C C S S C C D D D
TSTMS C C C C C C C C C C C
WIND CHILL 39 37 35 36 38
MIN CHILL 36 36 35 37 36 39
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 39 49 32 54 35 57 31 53
TEMP 53 40 46 48 38 34 50 52 41 36 54 53 40 33 48 51
DEWPT 49 38 34 31 30 29 31 34 33 33 36 34 30 28 30 29
PWIND DIR SW W NW NW W NW N E
WIND CHAR GN BZ BZ GN LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 80 10 0 0 0 10 20 10
RAIN SHWRS D C S S
TSTMS C S
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