Spot Forecast Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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Spot Forecast for Ringgold North...Iowa DNR Grand River Wildlife Unit
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
608 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 25.
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...
Outside of some possible sprinkles to a light rain shower this
morning, expecting dry weather until this evening when a warm
front lifting into the state brings widespread rain and non-
severe storms into Friday. RH values are expected to decrease
into the 50s this afternoon, along with winds turning breezy out
of the southeast gusting to 25-30 mph.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers late in the morning, then chance
of rain showers late in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 14 to 21 mph.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 23 to 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (25600 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (54200 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........77 79 77 75 72 75 76 76 74
Weather cov.....SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............54 56 58 59 60 61 61 61 62
RH..............71 66 62 62 60 58 58 58 56
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..14 17 17 18 18 20 20 21 21
20 FT wind gust.18 26 26 26 28 29 29 29 31
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.6 1.9 2.1 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.5
Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.23 25 24 25 25 23 25 25 25
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/100026 34 39 45 47 39 49 53 54
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then
showers and thunderstorms overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 51.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 18 to 23 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms in the
evening and overnight. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms after 3 am.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 22 to 28 mph.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........73 78 93 95 97 98
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........ CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE
Temp............61 59 55 55 54 52
RH..............58 60 69 72 77 89
20 ft wind......SE 18 SE 18 SE 18 SE 21 SE 23 SE 23
20 ft wind gust.28 28 29 31 32 30
Mix hgt (ft)....1800 700 1200 1200 1100 900
Transport wind..SE 23 SE 22 SE 25 SE 26 SE 28 SE 26
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Showers and
thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........81 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Southeast winds 21 to 25 mph with gusts
to around 39 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 25 to 33 mph.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........97 90 93 84
Weather cov.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
Temp............52 53 60 65
RH..............93 100 90 84
20 FT wind......SE 21G32 SE 24G38 SE 23G38 S 24G38
Mix hgt (ft)....800 1100 1700 1700
Transport wind..SE 25 SE 30 SE 32 S 31
$$
Forecaster...Bury
Requested by...Josh Rusk
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/25/24
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.EMAIL josh.rusk@dnr.iowa.gov