Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
046 FNUS73 KDMX 230902 FWSDMX Spot Forecast for Soenksen Rx...Iowa DNR National Weather Service Des Moines IA 402 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on May 23. 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... Periods of wet weather will again occur over the region late tonight into early Friday; late Saturday night into Monday and possibly by next Thursday. Otherwise expect seasonal temperatures and continuing green up with a very low grassland fire risk. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Max temperature.....Around 76. Min humidity........43 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 15 to 17 mph. Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 20 to 23 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (42400 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (89700 knot-ft) in the afternoon. GFDI................0. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........4 2 3 2 8 8 10 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............69 72 73 75 76 76 75 RH..............59 53 49 46 43 43 45 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..15 16 16 17 17 17 17 20 FT wind gust.21 24 25 26 26 26 26 Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 3.2 3.9 4.3 4.4 4.5 2.9 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.20 20 22 22 23 23 23 GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100042 54 74 81 88 90 58 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Showers likely and chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers with thunderstorms likely overnight. Min temperature.....Around 57. Max humidity........100 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 13 to 17 mph shifting to the south around 13 mph early in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening and overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms after 3 am. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 20 to 24 mph shifting to the southwest 16 to 17 mph after 3 am. Smoke dispersal.....Good (49300 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (8900 knot-ft) late in the night. GFDI................0. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........4 22 43 63 82 97 Weather cov..... LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE Weather type....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY CHANCE Temp............76 71 65 63 61 60 RH..............43 55 73 84 93 100 20 ft wind......SE 17 SE 15 SE 15 SE 16 S 13 S 13 20 ft wind gust.26 23 23 25 20 20 Mix hgt (ft)....2500 600 600 600 800 700 Transport wind..S 23 S 20 SE 20 S 24 SW 22 S 17 GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100049 11 9 13 14 10 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Rain showers and chance of thunderstorms early in the morning. Max temperature.....Around 66. Min humidity........53 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 12 to 14 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the morning. Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 14 to 23 mph shifting to the northwest around 24 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (12600 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (89600 knot-ft) in the afternoon. GFDI................0. Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........84 44 29 19 Weather cov.....DEFNTE Weather type....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........CHANCE Temp............59 58 62 64 RH..............100 96 70 57 20 FT wind......SW 12G17 W 14G22 W 18G29 W 21G31 Mix hgt (ft)....1000 1900 3700 4200 Transport wind..W 15 W 21 W 23 NW 24 GFDI............0 0 0 0 Haines index....4 3 3 2 SDspl kt-ft/100013 35 75 90 $$ Forecaster...Vachalek Requested by...Kody Wohlers Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2414969.0/DMX .DELDT 05/23/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL kwohlers@inhf.org