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FOUS53 KDMX 020627  
PFMDMX  
 
POINT FORECAST MATRICES  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
127 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2026  
 
IAZ060-030900-  
DES MOINES-POLK IA  
41.54N 93.65W ELEV. 924 FT  
127 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2026  
 
DATE 09/01/26 WED 09/02/26 THU 09/03/26 FRI  
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 76 94 75 92 76  
TEMP 79 78 84 91 93 89 82 80 78 76 82 89 91 88 83 82 79 77  
DEWPT 67 66 68 69 70 71 68 67 67 67 70 72 72 72 70 70 69 68  
RH 67 67 59 49 47 56 63 65 69 74 67 57 54 59 65 67 72 74  
WIND DIR SW SW S SW SW S S S S S S SW S S SE S S S  
WIND SPD 9 6 8 10 9 5 8 8 8 5 8 9 11 8 9 8 6 5  
CLOUDS SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC CL FW FW FW SC  
POP 12HR 0 10 30 30 5  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C S  
TSTMS C C S  
HEAT INDEX 97 99 95 96 99 95 88  
MAX HEAT 83 83 98 100 94 84 96 99 94 85  
HEAT Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y  
 
DATE 09/04 SAT 09/05/26 SUN 09/06/26 MON 09/07/26 TUE 09/08/26  
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 93 74 92 72 90 70 87 70 88  
TEMP 90 90 79 74 89 89 77 74 87 86 75 72 84 84 75 71 85 84  
DEWPT 72 73 71 70 72 73 71 70 71 71 69 68 69 69 66 64 67 67  
PWIND DIR S S S SE SE SE SE SE S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC  
POP 12HR 20 10 10 20 30 20 20 20 20  
RAIN SHWRS S S S C S S S S S  
TSTMS S S S C S S S S  
 

 
IAZ039-030900-  
WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS-BLACK HAWK IA  
42.55N 92.40W ELEV. 865 FT  
127 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2026  
 
DATE 09/01/26 WED 09/02/26 THU 09/03/26 FRI  
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 88 72 87 73  
TEMP 73 73 79 85 87 84 78 76 74 72 79 83 86 83 79 77 75 73  
DEWPT 70 67 70 72 72 74 72 70 69 69 72 74 74 74 72 71 70 70  
RH 90 81 74 65 61 72 82 82 84 90 79 74 68 74 79 82 84 90  
WIND DIR S E SE SW S S SE SE S NW S S S SE S S S SE  
WIND SPD 5 4 6 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 5 8 9 8 9 6 5 4  
CLOUDS B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC  
POP 12HR 20 10 40 50 40  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0.02 0.05  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S C C C C C S  
TSTMS S C C C C C S  
HEAT INDEX 91 94 91 90 94 90  
MAX HEAT 91 94 90 91 95 86  
 
DATE 09/04 SAT 09/05/26 SUN 09/06/26 MON 09/07/26 TUE 09/08/26  
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 90 72 89 70 86 67 83 65 83  
TEMP 87 86 76 72 86 84 74 72 83 82 72 68 80 78 70 67 80 80  
DEWPT 75 76 73 71 75 74 71 70 72 71 68 67 70 68 65 63 68 68  
PWIND DIR S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC  
POP 12HR 20 10 10 20 40 30 30 20 20  
RAIN SHWRS S S S C C C C S S S S S  
TSTMS S S C S S S S S S S  
 

 
IAZ048-030900-  
AMES-STORY IA  
41.99N 93.62W ELEV. 936 FT  
127 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2026  
 
DATE 09/01/26 WED 09/02/26 THU 09/03/26 FRI  
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 72 92 73 92 74  
TEMP 74 75 80 88 91 87 80 77 75 74 80 86 91 87 81 79 77 75  
DEWPT 68 66 69 70 71 72 71 68 68 68 70 72 73 73 72 70 70 69  
RH 82 74 69 55 52 61 74 74 79 82 72 63 56 63 74 74 79 82  
WIND DIR SW S S SW S S S S S SE S S S S S S S S  
WIND SPD 6 5 6 9 9 4 4 5 5 4 6 9 10 8 8 6 5 4  
CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC CL FW FW SC SC  
POP 12HR 10 10 50 50 20  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0.01 0.02  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S C C C S S S  
TSTMS S C C C S S S  
HEAT INDEX 93 98 94 92 99 94 86  
MAX HEAT 94 98 92 92 100 92  
 
DATE 09/04 SAT 09/05/26 SUN 09/06/26 MON 09/07/26 TUE 09/08/26  
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 93 72 92 70 90 68 86 68 86  
TEMP 90 89 77 73 88 87 75 72 86 85 73 70 82 82 72 69 82 82  
DEWPT 73 75 72 70 73 73 71 70 72 72 70 68 69 70 67 64 68 68  
PWIND DIR S SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC  
POP 12HR 20 10 10 30 30 20 30 10 20  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C S S C S S  
TSTMS S S C C S S S S  
 

 
IAZ004-030900-  
ESTHERVILLE-EMMET IA  
43.40N 94.75W ELEV. 1315 FT  
127 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2026  
 
DATE 09/01/26 WED 09/02/26 THU 09/03/26 FRI  
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 65 86 69 88 71  
TEMP 66 67 73 80 85 82 73 72 71 69 76 83 86 84 77 75 73 71  
DEWPT 66 66 69 71 71 72 70 69 67 66 69 71 72 72 71 69 67 67  
RH 100 97 87 74 63 72 90 90 87 90 79 67 63 67 82 82 81 87  
WIND DIR E E SE S S E E SE W SE S S S S S S S S  
WIND SPD 6 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 8 9 11 12 12 8 9 9 9 8  
CLOUDS B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B2 B1 SC SC FW CL CL FW FW SC  
POP 12HR 90 20 50 40 30  
QPF 12HR 0.15 1.26 0.03 0.01 0.05  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS L S C C C C C S  
TSTMS C S C C C C S S  
HEAT INDEX 90 87 88 92 90  
MAX HEAT 85 90 83 88 94 86  
SVR TSTORM A  
 
DATE 09/04 SAT 09/05/26 SUN 09/06/26 MON 09/07/26 TUE 09/08/26  
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 88 70 87 68 85 66 81 65 81  
TEMP 86 85 74 70 85 84 72 69 82 81 70 67 78 77 69 67 79 78  
DEWPT 72 73 70 69 73 73 69 69 70 70 67 66 69 69 64 63 67 68  
PWIND DIR S S S S S SE SE SE S  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT LT LT GN GN BZ  
AVG CLOUDS SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 20 20 20 30 40 40 30 30 20  
RAIN SHWRS S S S S C C S C C S S C S S  
TSTMS S S S S C C S S S S S C S S  
 

 
IAZ035-030900-  
FORT DODGE-WEBSTER IA  
42.55N 94.18W ELEV. 1165 FT  
127 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2026  
 
DATE 09/01/26 WED 09/02/26 THU 09/03/26 FRI  
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 89 70 89 73  
TEMP 71 71 76 84 88 85 77 75 73 71 77 84 88 86 79 77 75 73  
DEWPT 69 67 69 70 70 72 72 69 68 68 71 72 73 73 72 69 68 68  
RH 93 87 79 63 55 65 85 82 84 90 82 67 61 65 79 76 79 84  
WIND DIR NE E SE S S S SE S S W S S S S S S S S  
WIND SPD 5 4 4 5 5 3 3 4 5 5 8 10 9 5 6 5 6 5  
CLOUDS B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 FW FW CL FW FW SC B1  
POP 12HR 20 30 50 50 40  
QPF 12HR 0 10.00 0.04 0.02 0.04  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C C C C C C C  
TSTMS S S C C C C C C C S  
HEAT INDEX 93 91 90 96 92  
MAX HEAT 88 94 88 90 96 90  
 
DATE 09/04 SAT 09/05/26 SUN 09/06/26 MON 09/07/26 TUE 09/08/26  
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 91 71 91 70 89 67 85 66 85  
TEMP 88 87 75 72 87 86 74 71 85 84 72 69 82 80 71 68 81 81  
DEWPT 73 74 71 70 74 73 70 70 72 71 68 67 70 70 66 63 69 69  
PWIND DIR S SE S SE SE SE SE SE S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 30 10 10 30 40 40 30 20 20  
RAIN SHWRS C S C C S S C C S S S  
TSTMS S S C C S S C S S S  
 

 
IAZ094-030900-  
LAMONI-DECATUR IA  
40.63N 93.90W ELEV. 1125 FT  
127 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2026  
 
DATE 09/01/26 WED 09/02/26 THU 09/03/26 FRI  
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 75 94 76 93 75  
TEMP 77 77 84 91 93 89 84 81 78 76 83 90 92 88 83 81 78 76  
DEWPT 66 65 67 68 66 67 66 66 66 66 69 70 70 68 69 69 68 68  
RH 69 67 57 47 41 48 55 60 67 71 63 52 49 52 63 67 71 76  
WIND DIR S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW S S S S S S S  
WIND SPD 8 8 11 11 11 8 8 8 8 6 10 11 11 9 8 6 6 5  
CLOUDS SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC  
POP 12HR 0 5 10 5 0  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
HEAT INDEX 96 98 93  
MAX HEAT 96 98 90 83 97 98 91 83  
HEAT Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y  
 
DATE 09/04 SAT 09/05/26 SUN 09/06/26 MON 09/07/26 TUE 09/08/26  
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 92 74 92 72 90 70 88 70 88  
TEMP 91 89 79 74 89 88 77 74 88 86 75 72 85 84 75 72 86 85  
DEWPT 70 70 69 68 70 70 69 69 69 69 69 68 68 67 66 63 66 66  
PWIND DIR S S S SE S SE SE SE S  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 5 5 10 20 20 20 20 20 20  
RAIN SHWRS S S S S S S S S S  
TSTMS S S S S S S S S  
 

 
IAZ017-030900-  
MASON CITY-CERRO GORDO IA  
43.16N 93.33W ELEV. 1189 FT  
127 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2026  
 
DATE 09/01/26 WED 09/02/26 THU 09/03/26 FRI  
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 67 85 69 85 70  
TEMP 68 68 75 81 84 81 74 72 71 70 77 81 84 81 76 75 72 71  
DEWPT 68 67 70 71 71 73 71 70 69 68 71 73 73 73 72 70 69 69  
RH 100 97 84 72 65 77 90 93 93 93 82 77 70 77 87 84 90 93  
WIND DIR N E S SW S SE SE SE S E SE S S SE S S S S  
WIND SPD 6 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 4 5 8 9 9 8 8 6 6 5  
CLOUDS B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC CL FW FW FW SC SC  
POP 12HR 60 30 50 60 50  
QPF 12HR 0.05 10.00 0.04 0.03 0.10  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C S C C L S C C C  
TSTMS C C S C C C S C C S  
HEAT INDEX 89 86 86 90 86  
MAX HEAT 85 90 86 90 84  
SVR TSTORM A  
 
DATE 09/04 SAT 09/05/26 SUN 09/06/26 MON 09/07/26 TUE 09/08/26  
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 88 70 87 68 85 66 81 63 80  
TEMP 85 85 74 71 84 83 72 70 82 80 70 67 78 77 67 65 77 76  
DEWPT 74 75 72 70 74 73 70 70 71 70 67 67 69 68 65 63 68 68  
PWIND DIR S SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 30 10 10 30 50 40 30 30 30  
RAIN SHWRS C S C C S C C C S S C C S  
TSTMS S S C C S S S S S S C S S  
 

 
IAZ049-030900-  
MARSHALLTOWN-MARSHALL IA  
42.11N 92.91W ELEV. 972 FT  
127 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2026  
 
DATE 09/01/26 WED 09/02/26 THU 09/03/26 FRI  
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 72 91 72 90 73  
TEMP 74 74 81 88 90 85 78 76 74 73 79 85 89 85 80 77 75 74  
DEWPT 67 66 69 69 70 72 70 68 67 67 71 72 72 72 71 70 69 68  
RH 79 76 67 54 52 65 76 76 79 81 77 65 57 65 74 79 82 82  
WIND DIR S E S SW SW S S S S S S S S SE S S S S  
WIND SPD 6 5 6 9 8 4 4 5 5 3 5 6 9 6 8 6 5 4  
CLOUDS B1 FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC CL FW FW FW SC  
POP 12HR 10 10 40 40 20  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C S S S S  
TSTMS C C S S S S  
HEAT INDEX 96 91 91 96 91  
MAX HEAT 83 92 96 89 91 97 88  
 
DATE 09/04 SAT 09/05/26 SUN 09/06/26 MON 09/07/26 TUE 09/08/26  
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 92 71 91 69 89 67 85 66 85  
TEMP 89 87 75 72 87 86 74 71 85 83 72 69 81 80 70 67 81 80  
DEWPT 73 74 72 70 73 73 70 70 71 71 68 66 68 68 65 63 68 67  
PWIND DIR S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 20 10 10 20 30 30 30 20 20  
RAIN SHWRS S S S C S C C S S S S  
TSTMS S S S C S S S S S S  
 

 
IAZ086-030900-  
OTTUMWA-WAPELLO IA  
41.11N 92.45W ELEV. 836 FT  
127 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2026  
 
DATE 09/01/26 WED 09/02/26 THU 09/03/26 FRI  
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 73 95 77 92 76  
TEMP 77 78 85 91 94 89 83 80 79 77 84 89 91 88 82 80 78 77  
DEWPT 68 68 71 71 71 71 70 69 68 69 72 73 73 73 72 71 70 70  
RH 74 71 63 52 47 56 65 69 69 76 67 59 56 61 72 74 76 79  
WIND DIR S SW SW SW SW S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S S  
WIND SPD 8 8 10 11 10 6 8 6 6 5 8 9 9 6 6 5 5 5  
CLOUDS SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC  
POP 12HR 0 5 10 5 5  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
HEAT INDEX 90 99101 95 89 97100 96 87  
MAX HEAT 100 101 93 83 97 100 92  
HEAT Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y  
 
DATE 09/04 SAT 09/05/26 SUN 09/06/26 MON 09/07/26 TUE 09/08/26  
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 93 74 92 72 90 70 87 69 88  
TEMP 91 89 77 74 89 87 76 74 86 85 74 72 84 83 73 70 84 84  
DEWPT 73 74 72 72 74 74 71 72 73 72 70 69 70 70 67 65 69 69  
PWIND DIR SW S S SE SE SE S SE S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC  
POP 12HR 10 10 20 20 30 20 20 20 20  
RAIN SHWRS S S S C S S S S S S  
TSTMS S S S C S S S  
 

 
 
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