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Spot Forecast for Van Steinburg...Worth County Conservation
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
718 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

An initial observation at ignition and a mid burn observation are required.

Please relay them to the National Weather Service for each prescribed burn.

.DISCUSSION...

Light northeast to east winds are expected this morning becoming
southeast into the afternoon. Relative humidity values are
expected to drop to around 30 percent by mid afternoon.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Temperature.........Max 65.
RH..................Min 35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 9 to 18 mph.
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 16 to 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (9300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (100400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
GFDI................1.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........41        38        47        35
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............40        46        59        64
RH..............70        65        47        38
20 FT wind......SE 9G16   SE 13G18  SE 17G22  SE 18G25
Mix hgt (ft)....700       1600      3400      4400
Transport wind..S 16      S 20      S 22      S 24
GFDI............0         1         1         2
Haines index....4         4         4         4
SDspl kt-ft/10009         28        64        94

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Forecaster...Cogil
Requested by...Dustin Doty
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411948.0/DMX
.DELDT 04/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL dustin.doty@worthcountyiowa.gov