Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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773 FNUS73 KDMX 140246 FWSDMX Spot Forecast for NWS Des Moines Test - Small...NWS National Weather Service Des Moines IA 946 PM CDT Fri Sep 13 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 2300 CDT on September 13. 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... TEST...TEST...TEST .REST OF TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms overnight. Min temperature.....Around 65. Max humidity........100 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph late in the evening becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms overnight. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 12 mph. GFDI................0. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........95 99 98 100 99 99 96 Weather cov..... SCH CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH Temp............68 68 68 68 66 66 65 RH..............84 86 88 90 97 97 100 20 FT wind dir..SE SE E E SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..5 5 3 2 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.10 8 8 8 8 7 7 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 Transp wind dir.SE SE S S SE SE SE Transp wind spd.10 12 12 9 9 8 8 GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent) then becoming partly sunny (60-70 percent). Max temperature.....Around 81. Min humidity........65 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 10 mph. GFDI................0. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........99 92 81 69 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............65 69 75 80 RH..............100 93 76 65 20 FT wind......E 3G7 SE 5G8 SE 7G8 SE 8G12 Mix hgt (ft)....700 1100 2400 3300 Transport wind..SE 8 SE 8 S 9 S 10 GFDI............0 0 0 0 Haines index....3 3 3 3 $$ Forecaster...Small Requested by...Brad Small Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2422434.0/DMX .DELDT 09/13/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL bradley.small@noaa.gov