538  
FOUS53 KDMX 040632  
PFMDMX  
 
POINT FORECAST MATRICES  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
132 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
IAZ060-050900-  
DES MOINES-POLK IA  
41.54N 93.65W ELEV. 924 FT  
132 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE 07/03/26 SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON  
CDT 3HRLY 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07  
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 70 85 67 84 66  
TEMP 72 71 77 83 85 84 77 73 69 69 77 81 84 82 75 71 68 67  
DEWPT 70 69 70 72 72 72 71 70 68 68 70 71 70 69 69 68 67 67  
RH 93 93 79 70 65 67 82 90 97 97 79 72 63 65 82 90 97100  
WIND DIR SE SE SW NW N NW N NW W NW NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  
WIND SPD 8 4 4 4 5 4 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 3 2 3 3  
CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 80 50 20 20 10  
QPF 12HR 0.62 0.03 0 0.10 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS L C C S S S  
TSTMS C C S S S S  
HEAT INDEX 89 91 90 86  
MAX HEAT 90 93 90 87 90 87  
FLOOD A  
 
DATE 07/06 TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
CDT 6HRLY 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MAX/MIN 85 66 87 67 90 70 87 67 86  
TEMP 83 83 71 68 85 86 73 69 87 88 75 71 83 84 72 69 82 84  
DEWPT 70 68 68 67 69 68 68 67 70 69 68 68 71 69 68 66 69 67  
PWIND DIR NE E SE SE S SW W NE E  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 10 5 0 5 30 50 30 30 10  
RAIN SHWRS S C C C C S C S  
TSTMS C C C C S C S  
 

 
IAZ039-050900-  
WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS-BLACK HAWK IA  
42.55N 92.40W ELEV. 865 FT  
132 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE 07/03/26 SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON  
CDT 3HRLY 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07  
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 69 84 66 83 64  
TEMP 69 70 75 80 82 82 74 70 68 68 74 79 82 81 73 69 66 66  
DEWPT 69 69 70 71 72 71 71 69 67 67 69 70 70 69 69 67 65 65  
RH 100 97 84 74 72 69 90 97 97 97 84 74 67 67 87 93 97 97  
WIND DIR NE N S W NW N NW N NW N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  
WIND SPD 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 4 3 3 3  
CLOUDS B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC FW SC  
POP 12HR 70 50 20 20 5  
QPF 12HR 0.14 0.11 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS L C C S S S S S S  
TSTMS C C C S S S S S  
HEAT INDEX 87  
MAX HEAT 85 90 87 83 88 85  
FLOOD A  
 
DATE 07/06 TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
CDT 6HRLY 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MAX/MIN 84 64 86 66 87 68 84 65 83  
TEMP 81 82 69 67 83 84 71 69 84 85 72 70 81 81 70 67 79 81  
DEWPT 68 68 67 66 69 70 68 66 72 72 69 67 70 69 66 64 67 67  
PWIND DIR NE E SE S S S W N NE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 10 0 0 0 20 50 30 30 10  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C C C C S  
TSTMS S C C S C S  
 

 
IAZ048-050900-  
AMES-STORY IA  
41.99N 93.62W ELEV. 936 FT  
132 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE 07/03/26 SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON  
CDT 3HRLY 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07  
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 69 85 66 84 65  
TEMP 71 71 76 82 84 83 75 71 68 68 76 81 83 82 74 70 67 66  
DEWPT 70 70 71 72 72 72 71 70 68 68 71 71 71 70 70 69 67 66  
RH 97 97 85 72 67 70 87 97100100 85 72 67 67 87 97100100  
WIND DIR S SW SW NW NW N N N NW NW NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  
WIND SPD 6 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 2 2  
CLOUDS OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 90 40 20 30 10  
QPF 12HR 0.56 0.03 0 0.09 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS L C S S C C  
TSTMS C C S S S S  
HEAT INDEX 89 89  
MAX HEAT 87 93 90 85 90 86  
FLOOD A  
 
DATE 07/06 TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
CDT 6HRLY 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MAX/MIN 85 65 87 67 89 68 85 65 85  
TEMP 81 84 70 67 84 85 72 69 86 86 73 70 82 83 71 67 80 83  
DEWPT 70 69 68 67 70 70 69 68 72 72 69 68 71 70 68 66 69 69  
PWIND DIR NE E SE SE S SW W N NE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 5 0 0 5 30 40 30 30 10  
RAIN SHWRS S C C C C S C S  
TSTMS S C C C C S S S  
 

 
IAZ004-050900-  
ESTHERVILLE-EMMET IA  
43.40N 94.75W ELEV. 1315 FT  
132 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE 07/03/26 SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON  
CDT 3HRLY 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07  
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 66 83 63 82 63  
TEMP 67 67 74 79 83 81 72 68 65 65 73 79 81 81 72 67 64 65  
DEWPT 67 67 69 70 70 70 69 67 65 65 68 69 69 68 68 67 64 65  
RH 100100 84 74 65 69 90 97100100 84 72 67 65 87100100100  
WIND DIR SE N E NW N N N NW NW N NE NE NE NE E E SE E  
WIND SPD 2 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 6 4 4 4 5  
CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC  
POP 12HR 20 30 40 10 0  
QPF 12HR 0.03 0.07 0.04 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S C S C  
TSTMS S S S S S  
 
DATE 07/06 TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
CDT 6HRLY 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MAX/MIN 84 64 86 66 85 65 81 61 83  
TEMP 81 84 69 66 83 84 71 68 83 82 70 66 78 79 67 63 78 81  
DEWPT 68 69 67 66 70 70 69 66 71 70 67 64 67 67 64 62 66 67  
PWIND DIR SE S S S SW SW NW NE SE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT GN GN GN GN LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 0 5 5 20 30 60 20 10 5  
RAIN SHWRS S S C L C S  
TSTMS S S C C C  
 

 
IAZ035-050900-  
FORT DODGE-WEBSTER IA  
42.55N 94.18W ELEV. 1165 FT  
132 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE 07/03/26 SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON  
CDT 3HRLY 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07  
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 68 85 65 84 64  
TEMP 70 69 75 81 83 83 73 69 67 67 75 80 83 82 72 67 65 66  
DEWPT 69 69 70 71 71 70 70 69 67 67 70 70 70 69 69 67 65 66  
RH 97100 84 72 67 65 90100100100 84 72 65 65 90100100100  
WIND DIR SE SW SW NW NW N N NE NW N N NE NE NE NE NE NE E  
WIND SPD 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 4 2 2 1 2  
CLOUDS OV OV B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC  
POP 12HR 50 30 30 10 0  
QPF 12HR 0.24 0.02 0.14 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C S C  
TSTMS C S S C  
HEAT INDEX 89 88  
MAX HEAT 85 91 87 85 88 85  
FLOOD A  
 
DATE 07/06 TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
CDT 6HRLY 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MAX/MIN 85 64 87 66 87 67 84 63 84  
TEMP 82 83 68 67 84 85 71 68 84 85 72 69 80 82 69 65 80 82  
DEWPT 69 69 68 67 70 70 69 68 72 71 68 67 69 69 66 65 68 68  
PWIND DIR E SE S S S SW NW NE SE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT GN LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC  
POP 12HR 0 0 5 20 20 60 30 20 5  
RAIN SHWRS S S S L C C S S S  
TSTMS S S C C S S S S  
 

 
IAZ094-050900-  
LAMONI-DECATUR IA  
40.63N 93.90W ELEV. 1125 FT  
132 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE 07/03/26 SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON  
CDT 3HRLY 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07  
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 71 85 68 83 66  
TEMP 72 71 77 83 84 83 75 71 69 70 76 81 83 81 73 69 67 68  
DEWPT 70 69 71 72 72 72 72 70 69 68 70 70 69 69 69 68 67 68  
RH 93 93 82 70 67 70 90 97100 93 82 69 63 67 87 97100100  
WIND DIR E SE SW W NW N N NW N N NE N N NE NE NE N N  
WIND SPD 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 5 4 3 3 4  
CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 50 50 10 10 5  
QPF 12HR 0.19 0.05 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C S  
TSTMS C C S  
HEAT INDEX 89 90 88  
MAX HEAT 84 90 92 90 86 88 83  
 
DATE 07/06 TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
CDT 6HRLY 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MAX/MIN 84 66 86 67 88 70 86 68 85  
TEMP 82 82 69 68 84 84 71 69 86 86 73 71 84 83 71 69 82 83  
DEWPT 68 68 67 67 68 68 67 67 70 69 69 68 71 70 68 67 68 68  
PWIND DIR NE E E SE S S SW E E  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 10 5 5 5 20 40 30 30 20  
RAIN SHWRS S S S C C S C C S S  
TSTMS S S C C S C S S S  
 

 
IAZ017-050900-  
MASON CITY-CERRO GORDO IA  
43.16N 93.33W ELEV. 1189 FT  
132 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE 07/03/26 SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON  
CDT 3HRLY 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07  
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 66 83 63 82 62  
TEMP 68 68 75 79 81 82 72 69 66 66 74 79 81 80 72 68 65 64  
DEWPT 67 67 69 70 70 69 68 67 66 66 67 68 68 68 67 66 65 64  
RH 97 97 82 74 69 65 87 93100100 79 69 65 67 84 93100100  
WIND DIR E S NW NW NW N N NW NW N NE NE NE NE NE NE E E  
WIND SPD 2 3 4 4 3 4 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2  
CLOUDS OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC  
POP 12HR 40 40 30 20 5  
QPF 12HR 0.09 0.17 0.04 0.01 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C C S S C S S S  
TSTMS S C C S S S S S  
 
DATE 07/06 TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
CDT 6HRLY 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MAX/MIN 83 63 85 65 86 65 82 61 82  
TEMP 80 83 68 67 82 84 71 68 83 83 71 67 79 80 68 65 78 80  
DEWPT 67 68 66 66 69 70 68 67 71 71 67 66 68 67 64 63 66 67  
PWIND DIR E SE S S S SW NW NE SE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT GN GN GN LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 5 5 0 20 40 50 30 30 5  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C C C S C S  
TSTMS S C S C S S S  
 

 
IAZ049-050900-  
MARSHALLTOWN-MARSHALL IA  
42.11N 92.91W ELEV. 972 FT  
132 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE 07/03/26 SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON  
CDT 3HRLY 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07  
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 68 84 65 83 64  
TEMP 69 70 75 80 82 82 74 70 67 67 75 79 82 81 72 68 65 66  
DEWPT 69 69 70 72 72 72 70 69 67 67 70 70 70 70 69 67 65 66  
RH 100 97 84 77 72 72 87 97100100 84 74 67 69 90 97100100  
WIND DIR W W W W NW N NW N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  
WIND SPD 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 3 2 2 3  
CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 90 50 10 10 5  
QPF 12HR 0.53 0.07 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS L C S S S  
TSTMS C C S S S  
HEAT INDEX 88 87  
MAX HEAT 85 92 87 83 88 83  
FLOOD A  
 
DATE 07/06 TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
CDT 6HRLY 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MAX/MIN 84 64 86 65 87 67 84 64 83  
TEMP 80 82 67 66 83 84 70 68 84 85 72 69 80 82 69 66 79 81  
DEWPT 69 68 67 66 70 70 67 66 72 72 68 67 70 69 66 65 68 68  
PWIND DIR NE E SE SE S SW W N NE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1  
POP 12HR 10 0 0 20 20 40 30 30 10  
RAIN SHWRS S S S C C C S C S  
TSTMS S C C C S S S  
 

 
IAZ086-050900-  
OTTUMWA-WAPELLO IA  
41.11N 92.45W ELEV. 836 FT  
132 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE 07/03/26 SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON  
CDT 3HRLY 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07  
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 70 86 67 84 66  
TEMP 71 72 78 84 84 84 76 72 69 69 77 81 83 82 74 70 67 68  
DEWPT 71 70 72 73 73 72 73 71 69 69 71 72 72 70 71 69 67 68  
RH 100 93 82 70 70 67 90 97100100 82 74 70 67 90 97100100  
WIND DIR S SW S NW NW NW N NW NW NW NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  
WIND SPD 5 8 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 4 5 6 8 6 4 3 4 4  
CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 50 60 10 20 10  
QPF 12HR 0.05 0.14 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C L C S S S S  
TSTMS C C C S S S S  
HEAT INDEX 90 91 90 88  
MAX HEAT 91 94 90 87 90 85  
FLOOD A  
 
DATE 07/06 TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
CDT 6HRLY 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19  
UTC 6HRLY 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MAX/MIN 85 65 87 66 89 69 88 67 86  
TEMP 82 83 69 68 84 85 71 69 87 87 75 71 84 85 72 69 81 84  
DEWPT 70 68 68 67 69 68 67 67 71 70 69 69 72 70 69 68 69 69  
PWIND DIR NE NE E SE S S SW NW NE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 10 5 5 5 20 40 30 30 20  
RAIN SHWRS S C C C S C C S  
TSTMS S C C C S C S S  
 

 
 
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