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Spot Forecast for Prescribed Burn...Waverly FD
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
318 PM CDT Mon Oct 19 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0000 CDT on October 20.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A dry night ahead with humidity recoveries near 100 percent. There
may be some patchy fog by morning as well, although confidence
isn`t high enough to include here. Winds will be light tonight and
smoke dispersal poor as a result. Another dry, sun-drenched day
ahead for Tuesday. Winds will again be light with seasonally wam
temperatures continuing.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 43.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2700 knot-ft).
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      MIDNGT       4 AM
Sky (%).........13           14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............45           43
RH..............100          100
20 FT wind......SE 3G7       SE 3G7
Mix hgt (ft)....400          400
Transport wind..SE 9         SE 8
GFDI............0            0
Smoke Dispersal.3            3
Smoke Cat.......POOR         POOR

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2500 knot-ft).
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........11           0            2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............44           50           65
RH..............96           89           52
20 FT wind......E 3G6        SE 6G9       SE 9G13
Mix hgt (ft)....400          600          3000
Transport wind..SE 7         SE 9         S 15
GFDI............0            0            0
Smoke Dispersal.3            4            39
Smoke Cat.......POOR         POOR         POOR

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 46.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3300 knot-ft).
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........3   3   0   2   0   4   9   12  23  28  24  22
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............63  58  53  52  50  49  48  47  47  47  46  46
RH..............54  69  83  89  93  96  100 100 100 100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   6   6   6   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.10  10  9   9   9   9   9   9   8   8   8   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  12  12  12  12  12  10  10  10  9
GFDI............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Smoke Dispersal.5   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...Hahn
Requested by...Nick Joss
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624074.0/DMX
.DELDT 10/19/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nkjoss@msn.com