Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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920 FNUS73 KDMX 061652 FWSDMX Spot Forecast for Fisher...RES - p/ Iowa NRCS National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1152 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1400 CDT on May 06. 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... Southeast winds are expected through the afternoon, gusty at times. Relative humidity minimum values are expected to be around 50 percent in the mid afternoon. No rain is expected until well after dark. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Temperature.........68 at ignition...Max 72. RH..................54 percent at ignition...Min 49 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds southeast at 18 mph at ignition...otherwise Southeast winds 18 to 21 mph. Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 26 to 29 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent /82400 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...excellent /107500 knot-ft/. GFDI................0. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth at ignition...max 3. TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........66 65 55 55 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............68 70 71 72 RH..............54 51 51 49 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..18 20 21 21 20 FT wind gust.26 28 29 28 Mix hgt (kft)...3.6 3.8 4.3 4.0 Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE Transp wind spd.26 28 29 29 GFDI............0 0 0 0 Haines index....3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/100082 92 108 99 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then showers and thunderstorms overnight. Temperature.........Min 54. RH..................Max 93 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 13 to 21 mph with gusts to around 33 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the evening. Mixing height.......700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 22 to 29 mph shifting to the south 17 to 20 mph after 3 am. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (86100 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (10100 knot-ft) late in the night. GFDI................0. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........64 62 67 85 96 96 Weather cov..... LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE Weather type....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE Temp............71 67 62 62 59 57 RH..............51 59 72 75 90 93 20 ft wind......SE 20 SE 17 SE 18 SE 21 SE 17 SE 14 20 ft wind gust.29 28 29 32 28 21 Mix hgt (ft)....3400 800 800 800 700 700 Transport wind..SE 29 SE 25 SE 24 SE 28 S 22 S 20 GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 Haines index....3 3 3 3 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100086 18 17 19 14 12 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Temperature.........Max 69. RH..................Min 45 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 13 mph shifting to the southwest in the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......7100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 16 to 25 mph shifting to the southwest 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (10700 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (100000 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (117900 knot-ft) in the afternoon. GFDI................0. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........92 70 35 32 Weather cov.....CHANCE S CHC S CHC Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE RNSHWR Tstm cov........CHANCE S CHC Temp............56 59 63 67 RH..............93 80 62 47 20 FT wind......S 13G21 S 13G18 SW 15G22 SW 17G26 Mix hgt (ft)....800 2000 4300 6500 Transport wind..S 16 S 21 SW 28 SW 30 GFDI............0 0 0 0 Haines index....4 4 4 5 SDspl kt-ft/100011 36 100 166 $$ Forecaster...Cogil Requested by...Danny Simcox Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413265.0/DMX .DELDT 05/06/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL dsimcox@res.us