392  
FOUS53 KDMX 030627  
PFMDMX  
 
POINT FORECAST MATRICES  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
127 AM CDT MON AUG 3 2026  
 
IAZ060-040900-  
DES MOINES-POLK IA  
41.54N 93.65W ELEV. 924 FT  
127 AM CDT MON AUG 3 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 64 88 67 86 64  
TEMP 66 66 78 85 88 85 75 71 69 68 78 84 85 80 72 68 66 64  
DEWPT 65 65 68 67 66 66 65 65 64 64 67 68 69 68 67 65 65 64  
RH 97 97 71 55 48 53 71 81 84 87 69 59 59 67 84 90 97100  
WIND DIR SE SE S S SE SE SE S S S SW W N N NE N N NE  
WIND SPD 4 4 8 9 11 10 9 6 6 4 4 5 8 11 9 6 5 4  
CLOUDS SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV OV  
POP 12HR 0 0 5 20 90  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.46  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C D D D  
TSTMS 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 60 81 62 85 66 89 71 91  
TEMP 71 72 64 61 78 79 66 64 82 83 70 67 86 86 74 72 88 89  
DEWPT 65 65 64 61 65 66 64 63 68 69 67 67 72 72 70 69 73 73  
PWIND DIR NE NE NE S S S S S SW  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW  
POP 12HR 80 40 0 5 5 5 5 10 10  
RAIN SHWRS D D C  
TSTMS S C S  
 

 
IAZ039-040900-  
WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS-BLACK HAWK IA  
42.55N 92.40W ELEV. 865 FT  
127 AM CDT MON AUG 3 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 82 65 81 61  
TEMP 63 63 74 80 81 78 71 68 67 66 74 78 79 74 69 66 63 61  
DEWPT 62 62 67 67 67 67 66 65 64 64 68 70 69 67 65 64 62 61  
RH 97 97 79 65 63 69 84 90 90 93 82 76 72 79 87 93 97100  
WIND DIR SE SE S S SE SE SE S S S SW W NW NW N N NE NE  
WIND SPD 3 4 8 9 11 10 10 9 9 6 8 6 9 9 6 5 4 3  
CLOUDS FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 0 0 10 60 90  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.01 0.83  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS D D D D C  
TSTMS C 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 74 56 79 60 82 64 84 68 87  
TEMP 71 71 61 57 76 77 64 62 79 79 68 65 81 81 72 70 83 83  
DEWPT 62 62 60 57 63 64 62 61 68 69 66 65 73 72 69 68 75 74  
PWIND DIR NE N W S S S S S S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC  
POP 12HR 50 30 0 0 0 20 5 20 10  
RAIN SHWRS C C C S S  
TSTMS S S S S  
 

 
IAZ048-040900-  
AMES-STORY IA  
41.99N 93.62W ELEV. 936 FT  
127 AM CDT MON AUG 3 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 66 83 61  
TEMP 65 65 77 83 85 82 73 70 68 68 76 81 80 75 69 66 63 62  
DEWPT 64 64 68 69 68 68 67 66 65 65 68 69 69 67 67 65 63 62  
RH 97 97 74 63 57 63 81 87 90 90 76 67 69 76 93 97100100  
WIND DIR SE SE S S SE SE SE S S S SW NW N N N N N NE  
WIND SPD 4 5 8 10 11 11 10 6 5 4 5 5 9 11 8 5 4 3  
CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 0 0 10 40 90  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.94  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S C C D D L  
TSTMS 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 74 57 81 61 84 65 87 69 90  
TEMP 70 71 62 58 78 78 65 62 81 81 68 66 84 84 73 70 87 86  
DEWPT 64 63 62 58 65 66 64 62 69 69 68 66 73 73 70 69 74 74  
PWIND DIR NE NE NE S S S S S SW  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC  
POP 12HR 70 30 0 0 5 5 5 10 10  
RAIN SHWRS L L C  
TSTMS C C  
 

 
IAZ004-040900-  
ESTHERVILLE-EMMET IA  
43.40N 94.75W ELEV. 1315 FT  
127 AM CDT MON AUG 3 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 64 75 54  
TEMP 65 64 76 81 84 83 75 73 68 64 67 70 71 73 63 59 56 55  
DEWPT 63 63 66 66 66 67 66 64 64 61 61 59 58 59 59 57 54 53  
RH 93 97 71 60 55 59 74 73 87 90 81 68 63 62 87 93 93 93  
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S SW W N N N N NE N N N  
WIND SPD 9 12 16 19 23 21 18 16 12 12 12 11 9 6 3 3 2 2  
WIND GUST 29 34 32 28  
CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 0 0 30 40 30  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.02 0.11 0.01  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C S C C C C  
TSTMS S 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 77 54 82 61 84 64 87 68 88  
TEMP 72 75 59 55 77 80 65 62 81 82 68 65 83 84 72 69 84 85  
DEWPT 54 55 56 54 57 60 60 59 63 65 64 64 68 69 67 66 68 70  
PWIND DIR E S SW S SW S S S SW  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT GN GN GN GN BZ GN  
AVG CLOUDS SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW B1 SC  
POP 12HR 5 0 0 5 5 10 5 20 10  
RAIN SHWRS S  
TSTMS S  
 

 
IAZ035-040900-  
FORT DODGE-WEBSTER IA  
42.55N 94.18W ELEV. 1165 FT  
127 AM CDT MON AUG 3 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 86 66 80 57  
TEMP 64 64 76 83 85 83 74 71 68 68 73 76 78 74 65 62 59 58  
DEWPT 63 63 67 68 68 68 67 66 65 66 67 66 65 64 63 62 59 58  
RH 97 97 74 61 57 61 79 84 90 93 81 71 64 71 93100100100  
WIND DIR S S S S S SE SE S S S NW N N N N N N NE  
WIND SPD 5 6 10 12 14 12 11 9 6 4 6 9 8 6 4 2 2 1  
CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 0 0 20 80 90  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.22 0.33  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S C L D D L L C  
TSTMS S S C C C C S 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 77 54 82 60 85 64 88 68 90  
TEMP 72 73 59 55 79 79 64 61 82 82 68 65 84 84 72 70 85 87  
DEWPT 61 61 59 55 63 64 62 61 67 69 67 65 72 73 69 68 73 73  
PWIND DIR NE N SW S S S S S S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 40 10 0 0 5 20 5 20 10  
RAIN SHWRS C C S S  
TSTMS S S S S  
 

 
IAZ094-040900-  
LAMONI-DECATUR IA  
40.63N 93.90W ELEV. 1125 FT  
127 AM CDT MON AUG 3 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 66 88 65  
TEMP 65 65 77 84 86 84 75 70 68 67 78 86 87 85 75 70 67 65  
DEWPT 64 64 67 67 66 66 66 65 64 64 66 67 67 68 69 68 66 65  
RH 97 97 71 57 51 55 74 84 87 90 67 53 52 57 82 93 97100  
WIND DIR SE SE S S S SE SE S S S S S S NE E NE NE NE  
WIND SPD 3 4 8 8 9 9 8 6 6 5 5 4 4 5 9 8 9 8  
CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B2 B1  
POP 12HR 0 0 0 30 70  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.45  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C L L D  
TSTMS S S 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 77 62 81 62 84 66 87 70 91  
TEMP 74 74 66 63 78 78 66 64 82 82 70 68 85 85 74 71 88 89  
DEWPT 68 68 66 63 66 66 65 64 67 68 68 67 71 70 70 69 71 71  
PWIND DIR NE N NE E 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 FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW  
POP 12HR 90 70 10 5 10 5 5 5 10  
RAIN SHWRS D D L C  
TSTMS S C C S  
 

 
IAZ017-040900-  
MASON CITY-CERRO GORDO IA  
43.16N 93.33W ELEV. 1189 FT  
127 AM CDT MON AUG 3 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 82 64 77 55  
TEMP 64 63 74 79 80 80 71 69 67 65 70 72 72 75 65 62 58 56  
DEWPT 62 62 67 68 68 68 66 64 64 65 66 65 63 63 61 59 57 56  
RH 93 97 79 69 67 67 84 84 90100 87 79 73 66 87 90 96100  
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S SW NW NW N NW N N N N  
WIND SPD 5 6 11 13 16 13 13 11 9 6 9 9 6 5 4 2 2 1  
CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC  
POP 12HR 0 0 20 60 70  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.02 0.16  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C L L C C  
TSTMS 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 59 82 62 85 67 87  
TEMP 71 73 59 55 76 77 64 61 79 79 67 63 82 82 71 69 83 83  
DEWPT 58 59 57 55 61 64 61 61 67 69 65 63 72 73 68 67 73 74  
PWIND DIR NE SW SW S S S S S SW  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 20 5 0 0 5 20 10 20 10  
RAIN SHWRS S S S  
TSTMS S S S  
 

 
IAZ049-040900-  
MARSHALLTOWN-MARSHALL IA  
42.11N 92.91W ELEV. 972 FT  
127 AM CDT MON AUG 3 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 83 64 82 60  
TEMP 63 63 75 80 82 79 71 68 66 66 74 80 81 76 68 65 62 61  
DEWPT 62 62 68 68 67 67 65 64 64 64 68 70 70 67 65 64 62 61  
RH 97 97 79 67 61 67 81 87 93 93 82 72 69 74 90 97100100  
WIND DIR SE SE S S SE SE SE S S S SW W NW N NE N NE NE  
WIND SPD 3 3 6 8 10 9 10 8 6 5 5 4 5 9 6 5 4 3  
CLOUDS FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 OV B2  
POP 12HR 0 0 5 50 90  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.01 0.99  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C C D D L  
TSTMS C C 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 74 55 80 58 83 63 85 67 88  
TEMP 70 70 60 56 76 76 63 60 79 79 66 63 82 81 71 69 84 83  
DEWPT 63 62 60 56 64 65 62 60 68 69 66 63 73 72 69 68 75 74  
PWIND DIR NE N NE S 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 FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC  
POP 12HR 70 40 5 0 5 10 5 10 10  
RAIN SHWRS L L C  
TSTMS S C  
 

 
IAZ086-040900-  
OTTUMWA-WAPELLO IA  
41.11N 92.45W ELEV. 836 FT  
127 AM CDT MON AUG 3 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 64 88 65  
TEMP 64 64 77 81 84 82 72 68 66 66 78 86 88 84 74 71 67 66  
DEWPT 64 63 67 67 66 66 66 65 65 65 69 70 70 72 71 69 67 66  
RH 100 97 71 63 55 58 81 90 97 97 74 59 55 67 90 93100100  
WIND DIR SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SW S NE E E NE NE  
WIND SPD 3 3 4 4 6 8 9 6 8 5 6 4 4 6 8 6 6 5  
CLOUDS FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 0 0 0 30 60  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.43  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C L L L  
TSTMS S S C C S  
OBVIS PF  
HEAT INDEX 91 93 89  
MAX HEAT 85 87 93 94 84  
 
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 78 61 81 61 84 64 87 69 91  
TEMP 75 74 66 62 78 78 65 63 81 81 67 66 84 84 72 70 87 87  
DEWPT 69 69 66 62 68 68 65 63 69 70 67 66 73 73 71 70 75 74  
PWIND DIR NE N N SE S S S S SW  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW  
POP 12HR 90 70 10 5 10 10 5 10 10  
RAIN SHWRS L D L C S  
TSTMS S C C S S  
 

 
 
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