977  
FOUS53 KDMX 041727  
PFMDMX  
 
POINT FORECAST MATRICES  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
1227 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
IAZ060-042100-  
DES MOINES-POLK IA  
41.54N 93.65W ELEV. 924 FT  
1227 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON 07/06/26  
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 85 67 84 66 85  
TEMP 79 84 83 76 72 69 69 77 81 84 82 75 71 68 67 77 83 85 83  
DEWPT 72 72 72 71 70 68 68 70 71 70 69 69 68 67 67 69 70 69 68  
RH 79 67 70 85 93 97 97 79 72 63 65 82 90 97100 76 65 59 61  
WIND DIR W NW NE NE W N N N N N NE NE E E NE NE NE NE E  
WIND SPD 5 5 3 2 2 2 4 4 5 6 5 3 2 2 3 3 5 5 5  
CLOUDS B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 20 20 10 10 10  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.10 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S  
TSTMS S S  
HEAT INDEX 89 89 86  
MAX HEAT 84 91 88 87 90 87 88 91  
 
DATE TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
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 66 87 67 90 70 87 67 86  
TEMP 71 68 85 86 73 69 87 88 75 71 83 84 72 69 82 84  
DEWPT 68 67 69 68 68 67 70 69 68 68 71 69 68 66 69 67  
PWIND DIR E SE SE S SW W NE E  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 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  
 
 
IAZ039-042100-  
WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS-BLACK HAWK IA  
42.55N 92.40W ELEV. 865 FT  
1227 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON 07/06/26  
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 83 66 83 64 84  
TEMP 79 83 82 73 70 68 68 74 79 82 81 73 69 66 66 75 81 84 82  
DEWPT 71 72 71 71 69 67 67 69 70 70 69 69 67 65 65 68 68 67 68  
RH 77 70 69 93 97 97 97 84 74 67 67 87 93 97 97 79 65 57 63  
WIND DIR W NW NE NE NE N N NE NE NE NE E E E NE NE E E E  
WIND SPD 3 4 4 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 3 2 2 3 4 4 6 5  
CLOUDS B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW  
POP 12HR 20 40 30 5 10  
QPF 12HR 0.04 0 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S C C C C C S S S C  
TSTMS S C C S S S S S C  
HEAT INDEX 88  
MAX HEAT 83 89 86 83 88 85 84 88  
 
DATE TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
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 64 86 66 87 68 84 65 83  
TEMP 69 67 83 84 71 69 84 85 72 70 81 81 70 67 79 81  
DEWPT 67 66 69 70 68 66 72 72 69 67 70 69 66 64 67 67  
PWIND DIR E SE S S S W N NE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 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  
 
 
IAZ048-042100-  
AMES-STORY IA  
41.99N 93.62W ELEV. 936 FT  
1227 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON 07/06/26  
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 84 66 84 65 85  
TEMP 78 82 83 74 71 68 68 76 81 83 82 74 70 67 66 76 81 84 84  
DEWPT 72 72 72 71 70 68 68 71 71 71 70 70 69 67 66 70 70 69 69  
RH 82 72 70 90 97100100 85 72 67 67 87 97100100 82 69 61 61  
WIND DIR W NW NE NE NW N N NE N N NE E E E NE NE E E E  
WIND SPD 4 4 3 2 1 2 3 5 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 4  
CLOUDS SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC  
POP 12HR 20 20 20 10 5  
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0.09 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C C S S S S S S  
TSTMS C C C S S S S S  
HEAT INDEX 88 88  
MAX HEAT 83 91 87 85 90 86 86 91  
 
DATE TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
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 65 87 67 89 68 85 65 85  
TEMP 70 67 84 85 72 69 86 86 73 70 82 83 71 67 80 83  
DEWPT 68 67 70 70 69 68 72 72 69 68 71 70 68 66 69 69  
PWIND DIR E SE SE S SW W N NE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 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  
 
 
IAZ004-042100-  
ESTHERVILLE-EMMET IA  
43.40N 94.75W ELEV. 1315 FT  
1227 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON 07/06/26  
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 83 63 82 63 84  
TEMP 81 83 82 72 69 65 65 73 79 81 81 72 67 64 65 75 81 83 84  
DEWPT 70 70 70 69 67 65 65 68 69 69 68 68 67 64 65 69 68 68 69  
RH 69 65 67 90 93100100 84 72 67 65 87100100100 82 65 61 61  
WIND DIR SW NE NE NE W N N NE NE NE NE E SE SE E SE SE SE SE  
WIND SPD 4 4 5 4 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5  
CLOUDS B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC FW CL SC SC SC SC FW FW  
POP 12HR 20 20 10 0 0  
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.04 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S S S  
TSTMS S S S S  
 
DATE TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
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 64 86 66 85 65 81 61 83  
TEMP 69 66 83 84 71 68 83 82 70 66 78 79 67 63 78 81  
DEWPT 67 66 70 70 69 66 71 70 67 64 67 67 64 62 66 67  
PWIND DIR S S S SW SW NW NE SE  
WIND CHAR LT LT GN GN GN GN LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 5 5 20 30 60 20 10 5  
RAIN SHWRS S S C L C S  
TSTMS S S C C C  
 
 
IAZ035-042100-  
FORT DODGE-WEBSTER IA  
42.55N 94.18W ELEV. 1165 FT  
1227 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON 07/06/26  
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 84 65 84 64 85  
TEMP 81 84 83 73 69 67 67 75 80 83 82 72 67 65 66 76 82 84 83  
DEWPT 71 71 70 70 69 67 67 70 70 70 69 69 67 65 66 70 69 69 69  
RH 72 65 65 90100100100 84 72 65 65 90100100100 82 65 61 63  
WIND DIR W NW NE E N N N NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E  
WIND SPD 4 3 3 2 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 2 3 3 3 4  
CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 B2 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 20 20 10 0 0  
QPF 12HR 0 0.14 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C S S  
TSTMS C C S S  
 
DATE TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
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 64 87 66 87 67 84 63 84  
TEMP 68 67 84 85 71 68 84 85 72 69 80 82 69 65 80 82  
DEWPT 68 67 70 70 69 68 72 71 68 67 69 69 66 65 68 68  
PWIND DIR SE S S S SW NW NE SE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT GN LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC  
POP 12HR 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  
 
 
IAZ094-042100-  
LAMONI-DECATUR IA  
40.63N 93.90W ELEV. 1125 FT  
1227 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON 07/06/26  
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 84 68 83 66 84  
TEMP 78 82 81 74 71 69 70 76 81 83 81 73 69 67 68 76 82 84 82  
DEWPT 72 72 72 72 70 69 68 70 70 69 69 69 68 67 68 69 68 67 68  
RH 82 72 74 93 97100 93 82 69 63 67 87 97100100 79 63 57 63  
WIND DIR W NW NW N NW NW N N N N N NE NE NE N NE NE NE NE  
WIND SPD 6 4 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 5  
CLOUDS B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 20 30 10 10 10  
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S C  
TSTMS S S  
HEAT INDEX 87 86  
MAX HEAT 83 90 86 86 88 83 85 87  
 
DATE TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
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 66 86 67 88 70 86 68 85  
TEMP 69 68 84 84 71 69 86 86 73 71 84 83 71 69 82 83  
DEWPT 67 67 68 68 67 67 70 69 69 68 71 70 68 67 68 68  
PWIND DIR E E SE S S SW E E  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 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  
 
 
IAZ017-042100-  
MASON CITY-CERRO GORDO IA  
43.16N 93.33W ELEV. 1189 FT  
1227 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON 07/06/26  
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 82 63 82 62 83  
TEMP 80 82 81 72 69 66 66 74 79 81 80 72 68 65 64 75 80 82 83  
DEWPT 70 70 69 68 67 66 66 67 68 68 68 67 66 65 64 67 67 67 68  
RH 72 67 67 87 93100100 79 69 65 67 84 93100100 76 65 61 61  
WIND DIR W N NE NE N N NE E NE NE E E E E E E E E SE  
WIND SPD 3 3 4 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 5 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4  
CLOUDS SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 20 20 20 0 5  
QPF 12HR 0.14 0.04 0.01 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S C S S C S S  
TSTMS S C S S S S S  
 
DATE TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
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 63 85 65 86 65 82 61 82  
TEMP 68 67 82 84 71 68 83 83 71 67 79 80 68 65 78 80  
DEWPT 66 66 69 70 68 67 71 71 67 66 68 67 64 63 66 67  
PWIND DIR SE S S S SW NW NE SE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT GN GN GN LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 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  
 
 
IAZ049-042100-  
MARSHALLTOWN-MARSHALL IA  
42.11N 92.91W ELEV. 972 FT  
1227 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON 07/06/26  
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 83 65 83 64 84  
TEMP 78 81 81 73 69 67 67 75 79 82 81 72 68 65 66 75 80 84 82  
DEWPT 72 72 72 70 69 67 67 70 70 70 70 69 67 65 66 68 69 68 68  
RH 82 74 74 90100100100 84 74 67 69 90 97100100 79 69 59 63  
WIND DIR W NW N NE N N N N NE NE NE NE E E NE NE E E E  
WIND SPD 4 5 3 2 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 3  
CLOUDS B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW  
POP 12HR 20 20 40 5 10  
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C S C S S S S C S C  
TSTMS C S C S S S S C  
HEAT INDEX 86  
MAX HEAT 89 84 83 88 83 85 88  
 
DATE TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
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 64 86 65 87 67 84 64 83  
TEMP 67 66 83 84 70 68 84 85 72 69 80 82 69 66 79 81  
DEWPT 67 66 70 70 67 66 72 72 68 67 70 69 66 65 68 68  
PWIND DIR E SE SE S SW W N NE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1  
POP 12HR 0 0 20 20 40 30 30 10  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C C S C S  
TSTMS S C C C S S S  
 
 
IAZ086-042100-  
OTTUMWA-WAPELLO IA  
41.11N 92.45W ELEV. 836 FT  
1227 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
DATE SAT 07/04/26 SUN 07/05/26 MON 07/06/26  
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 86 67 84 66 85  
TEMP 79 83 84 74 72 69 69 77 81 83 82 74 70 67 68 76 82 85 83  
DEWPT 73 73 72 73 71 69 69 71 72 72 70 71 69 67 68 69 70 69 68  
RH 82 72 67 97 97100100 82 74 70 67 90 97100100 79 67 59 61  
WIND DIR NW NW N NE SE NW N N N N NE NE NE E NE NE NE NE NE  
WIND SPD 5 5 3 3 2 3 4 5 6 8 6 4 3 3 4 5 6 6 6  
CLOUDS SC SC B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 10 20 30 10 10  
QPF 12HR 0.02 0 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S S S S S  
TSTMS S S S S S  
HEAT INDEX 89 90 88  
MAX HEAT 84 91 88 87 90 85 86 90  
 
DATE TUE 07/07/26 WED 07/08/26 THU 07/09/26 FRI 07/10/26  
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 65 87 66 89 69 88 67 86  
TEMP 69 68 84 85 71 69 87 87 75 71 84 85 72 69 81 84  
DEWPT 68 67 69 68 67 67 71 70 69 69 72 70 69 68 69 69  
PWIND DIR NE E SE S S SW NW NE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 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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