171  
FOUS53 KDMX 022312  
PFMDMX  
 
POINT FORECAST MATRICES  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
612 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2026  
 
IAZ060-030900-  
DES MOINES-POLK IA  
41.54N 93.65W ELEV. 924 FT  
612 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2026  
 
DATE 08/02/26 MON 08/03/26 TUE 08/04/26 WED  
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 63 87 66 87 64  
TEMP 80 72 68 65 65 77 84 87 85 75 71 68 68 78 85 86 82 73 70 66 64  
DEWPT 66 66 65 63 63 66 66 65 65 64 64 63 63 66 68 69 69 67 66 64 64  
RH 62 81 90 93 93 69 55 48 51 69 79 84 84 67 57 57 65 81 87 93100  
WIND DIR E E E SE SE S S SE SE SE S S S S S SE E E NE N NE  
WIND SPD 4 4 3 3 4 6 8 10 10 10 6 6 4 4 5 6 9 9 6 6 4  
CLOUDS FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 0 0 0 10 70  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.33  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S L L D  
TSTMS S S C C C  
 
DATE 08/05 THU 08/06/26 FRI 08/07/26 SAT 08/08/26 SUN 08/09/26  
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 77 60 82 62 85 66 89 70 90  
TEMP 74 74 65 62 79 79 67 63 82 83 70 67 85 86 74 70 87 87  
DEWPT 65 65 64 62 66 68 66 63 69 70 68 67 72 72 69 67 71 72  
PWIND DIR NE NE E SE S S S S S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW  
POP 12HR 80 50 5 10 5 10 5 20 10  
RAIN SHWRS D L C S S S  
TSTMS C C S S  
 

 
IAZ039-030900-  
WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS-BLACK HAWK IA  
42.55N 92.40W ELEV. 865 FT  
612 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2026  
 
DATE 08/02/26 MON 08/03/26 TUE 08/04/26 WED  
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 60 81 64 81 61  
TEMP 77 70 65 62 62 72 79 81 78 70 68 66 65 73 79 80 76 69 66 63 62  
DEWPT 66 66 63 61 61 65 66 66 66 64 63 63 63 67 70 69 67 66 64 62 61  
RH 69 87 93 97 97 79 64 60 67 81 84 90 93 81 74 69 74 90 93 97 97  
WIND DIR E SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE S S S S SW W NE NE N N NE  
WIND SPD 3 3 2 3 3 6 9 11 10 10 9 8 6 6 6 6 8 5 4 4 3  
CLOUDS FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 0 0 5 40 80  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.53  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C L L D D L  
TSTMS S S C C C C C  
 
DATE 08/05 THU 08/06/26 FRI 08/07/26 SAT 08/08/26 SUN 08/09/26  
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 75 57 80 60 82 64 84 67 85  
TEMP 72 72 62 59 76 77 65 61 78 79 67 65 80 80 71 67 81 81  
DEWPT 62 62 60 59 65 65 63 61 69 69 66 65 73 72 69 67 73 72  
PWIND DIR NE N SE S S S S S S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 SC  
POP 12HR 60 40 5 5 5 20 10 20 20  
RAIN SHWRS L L C S S S S  
TSTMS C S S S  
 

 
IAZ048-030900-  
AMES-STORY IA  
41.99N 93.62W ELEV. 936 FT  
612 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2026  
 
DATE 08/02/26 MON 08/03/26 TUE 08/04/26 WED  
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 62 85 65 84 62  
TEMP 78 70 66 64 64 75 82 84 82 73 70 67 67 76 82 83 78 70 67 64 62  
DEWPT 67 66 65 63 63 67 68 68 67 65 64 63 63 67 69 70 68 67 65 63 62  
RH 69 87 97 97 97 76 63 59 61 76 81 87 87 74 65 65 71 90 93 97100  
WIND DIR E SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE S S S S SW NE NE NE N N NE  
WIND SPD 3 4 3 3 4 8 10 11 11 10 8 6 4 5 4 6 10 6 5 5 4  
CLOUDS FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 0 0 5 30 90  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.65  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C C C D D L  
TSTMS S S C C C C C  
 
DATE 08/05 THU 08/06/26 FRI 08/07/26 SAT 08/08/26 SUN 08/09/26  
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 76 58 80 61 84 65 87 68 88  
TEMP 72 72 63 60 78 78 66 62 81 81 68 67 84 84 72 68 85 84  
DEWPT 64 64 63 60 66 67 65 62 70 70 68 66 73 73 70 68 73 73  
PWIND DIR NE NE E SE S S S S S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW  
POP 12HR 70 40 5 10 5 10 5 20 10  
RAIN SHWRS L L C S S  
TSTMS C S S S  
 

 
IAZ004-030900-  
ESTHERVILLE-EMMET IA  
43.40N 94.75W ELEV. 1315 FT  
612 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2026  
 
DATE 08/02/26 MON 08/03/26 TUE 08/04/26 WED  
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 61 84 64 76 54  
TEMP 79 71 66 63 63 75 81 83 82 75 72 68 65 69 71 74 73 64 60 57 55  
DEWPT 65 63 63 62 61 65 66 67 67 66 64 64 63 64 60 60 59 59 57 53 52  
RH 62 76 90 97 93 71 60 59 61 74 76 87 93 84 68 62 62 84 90 86 90  
WIND DIR SE SE S S S S S S S S S SW NW N N N N N N N NE  
WIND SPD 6 6 9 11 12 17 20 23 21 18 14 11 10 11 10 8 5 3 2 2 1  
WIND GUST 31 34 32  
CLOUDS FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC  
POP 12HR 0 0 50 70 30  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.05 0.08 0.03  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C C L L C C  
TSTMS S S S S C  
 
DATE 08/05 THU 08/06/26 FRI 08/07/26 SAT 08/08/26 SUN 08/09/26  
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 77 54 81 58 83 62 85 64 84  
TEMP 72 72 58 56 77 79 64 59 80 81 67 63 82 82 69 65 80 82  
DEWPT 54 56 56 55 59 61 61 59 64 66 64 63 68 70 66 63 68 69  
PWIND DIR E S SW S SW S S S SE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW  
POP 12HR 10 5 5 5 10 20 10 30 20  
RAIN SHWRS S S S C S  
TSTMS S S S C  
 

 
IAZ035-030900-  
FORT DODGE-WEBSTER IA  
42.55N 94.18W ELEV. 1165 FT  
612 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2026  
 
DATE 08/02/26 MON 08/03/26 TUE 08/04/26 WED  
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 61 86 65 80 57  
TEMP 79 70 66 63 63 75 82 84 83 73 70 67 66 73 77 78 74 66 63 59 58  
DEWPT 66 65 64 62 62 67 66 67 68 66 64 63 64 67 67 66 64 64 62 59 58  
RH 64 84 93 97 97 76 58 57 61 79 81 87 93 81 71 67 71 93 97100100  
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE S S S SW N N N N N N NE  
WIND SPD 4 4 4 5 6 10 12 14 12 12 9 6 5 6 6 6 6 4 2 2 1  
CLOUDS FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1  
POP 12HR 0 0 10 60 80  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.07 0.64  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C L L D D D D C  
TSTMS S S S C C C C  
 
DATE 08/05 THU 08/06/26 FRI 08/07/26 SAT 08/08/26 SUN 08/09/26  
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 77 54 82 58 84 63 87 66 87  
TEMP 73 73 60 57 79 79 63 61 81 81 67 64 84 83 70 67 83 83  
DEWPT 60 62 59 57 64 66 63 61 68 70 67 64 73 73 68 66 72 73  
PWIND DIR NE N S S S S S S S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 50 20 0 5 5 10 10 30 10  
RAIN SHWRS C C S C S  
TSTMS C S  
 

 
IAZ094-030900-  
LAMONI-DECATUR IA  
40.63N 93.90W ELEV. 1125 FT  
612 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2026  
 
DATE 08/02/26 MON 08/03/26 TUE 08/04/26 WED  
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 63 86 65 88 66  
TEMP 80 72 68 65 65 76 83 85 84 75 70 67 67 77 86 88 86 76 71 68 66  
DEWPT 66 65 64 63 63 66 66 65 65 65 64 63 63 66 66 66 67 68 67 66 65  
RH 62 79 87 93 93 71 57 51 53 71 81 87 87 69 51 48 53 76 87 93 97  
WIND DIR NE E E SE SE S S S SE S S SE S S S S SE SE E NE NE  
WIND SPD 3 2 3 3 3 6 6 9 9 8 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 6 6 8 8  
CLOUDS FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2  
POP 12HR 0 0 0 5 50  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.06  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C L  
TSTMS C C C  
 
DATE 08/05 THU 08/06/26 FRI 08/07/26 SAT 08/08/26 SUN 08/09/26  
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 80 62 82 63 85 67 88 70 90  
TEMP 77 76 67 64 79 80 68 64 83 83 71 68 86 86 74 70 87 88  
DEWPT 67 67 67 64 67 67 67 64 68 68 68 67 70 69 69 67 70 69  
PWIND DIR E NE E SE S S S S S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW  
POP 12HR 70 70 20 20 20 20 5 10 10  
RAIN SHWRS L L L L S S S S  
TSTMS C C C C S S  
 

 
IAZ017-030900-  
MASON CITY-CERRO GORDO IA  
43.16N 93.33W ELEV. 1189 FT  
612 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2026  
 
DATE 08/02/26 MON 08/03/26 TUE 08/04/26 WED  
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 59 82 63 78 56  
TEMP 77 69 65 62 62 73 79 79 78 71 68 66 66 71 74 75 73 65 62 59 57  
DEWPT 65 65 63 61 61 66 67 67 68 65 63 62 63 67 66 65 63 62 59 57 56  
RH 67 87 93 97 97 79 67 67 71 81 84 87 90 87 76 71 71 90 90 93 96  
WIND DIR E SE SE S S S S S S S S S SW SW NW NW N N N N NE  
WIND SPD 4 4 3 4 5 10 13 14 12 13 10 9 8 8 8 6 6 4 3 2 1  
CLOUDS FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 0 0 20 60 70  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.04 0.58  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C L L L L L L  
TSTMS S S C C C S  
 
DATE 08/05 THU 08/06/26 FRI 08/07/26 SAT 08/08/26 SUN 08/09/26  
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 76 54 80 58 82 61 84 64 84  
TEMP 71 71 59 57 76 77 64 59 78 79 66 63 80 80 69 65 80 80  
DEWPT 58 60 57 57 63 66 62 59 68 69 66 63 71 73 68 65 71 72  
PWIND DIR E SW SW S SW S S S S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 30 20 0 5 5 20 10 30 20  
RAIN SHWRS C S S S S C S  
TSTMS S S C S  
 

 
IAZ049-030900-  
MARSHALLTOWN-MARSHALL IA  
42.11N 92.91W ELEV. 972 FT  
612 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2026  
 
DATE 08/02/26 MON 08/03/26 TUE 08/04/26 WED  
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 59 82 63 83 60  
TEMP 77 69 64 61 61 73 80 82 78 70 67 65 65 74 80 82 77 69 66 63 61  
DEWPT 66 65 63 61 61 66 66 66 66 64 63 62 62 67 70 70 68 66 64 62 61  
RH 69 87 97100100 79 62 58 67 81 87 90 90 79 72 67 74 90 93 97100  
WIND DIR E E E SE SE S S SE SE SE S S S S SW N NE NE N N NE  
WIND SPD 4 4 2 2 3 6 8 9 9 9 8 6 5 5 4 4 8 6 5 5 4  
CLOUDS FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 0 0 0 20 90  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.55  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C D D L  
TSTMS S S C C C C C  
 
DATE 08/05 THU 08/06/26 FRI 08/07/26 SAT 08/08/26 SUN 08/09/26  
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 76 56 80 59 82 63 85 66 86  
TEMP 72 72 61 59 77 77 64 60 79 79 66 65 81 81 70 67 82 81  
DEWPT 63 63 61 59 65 66 63 60 69 70 66 65 73 73 68 66 73 73  
PWIND DIR NE NE E S S S S S S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 70 40 5 5 10 10 5 20 20  
RAIN SHWRS L L C S S S  
TSTMS C S S S  
 

 
IAZ086-030900-  
OTTUMWA-WAPELLO IA  
41.11N 92.45W ELEV. 836 FT  
612 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2026  
 
DATE 08/02/26 MON 08/03/26 TUE 08/04/26 WED  
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 61 84 63 88 66  
TEMP 78 71 66 62 63 75 81 83 82 72 68 65 65 77 85 88 84 75 71 68 66  
DEWPT 65 65 64 62 62 66 65 64 65 64 63 62 63 67 70 69 72 70 68 67 67  
RH 64 81 93100 97 74 58 53 56 76 84 90 93 71 61 54 67 84 90 97104  
WIND DIR NE NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S E E SE SE N  
WIND SPD 6 4 2 2 1 4 4 6 8 8 6 6 5 5 4 4 5 6 5 5 5  
CLOUDS FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B2 B2  
POP 12HR 0 0 0 5 50  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.09  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C L  
TSTMS S C C  
OBVIS PF  
HEAT INDEX 90 90  
MAX HEAT 82 84 86 91 93 87  
 
DATE 08/05 THU 08/06/26 FRI 08/07/26 SAT 08/08/26 SUN 08/09/26  
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 79 62 81 62 84 66 88 68 90  
TEMP 77 76 66 64 79 79 66 64 82 82 68 68 84 84 72 70 86 85  
DEWPT 69 69 66 64 69 70 66 64 70 71 68 67 73 73 71 68 72 74  
PWIND DIR NE N NE SE S S S S SW  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW  
POP 12HR 70 70 20 20 10 20 5 10 10  
RAIN SHWRS L L L L S S S S  
TSTMS C C C S S S S  
 

 
 
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