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Spot Forecast for Saylorville Lake RX Fire...US Army Corps of Engineers
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
939 AM CST Fri Nov 14 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CST on November 14.
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...

Near record warmth is expected today with afternoon highs in the
low to mid 70s, however increasing dew points will help keep
minimum relative humidity values around 40 to 50 percent. It will
be breezy, with gusts of 20 to 25 mph at times.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Temperature.........66 at ignition...Max 73.
RH..................64 percent at ignition...Min 53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds south at 9 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    South winds 9 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 1900 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....South 14 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair /16400 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /32600 knot-ft/.
GFDI................2.

TIME (CST)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........6   5   6   7   12  12
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............66  70  72  73  70  66
RH..............64  59  55  53  59  65
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   10  10  10  9   9
20 FT wind gust.    18  18  20  18  16
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.5 1.9 1.7 0.9 0.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.15  16  20  18  15  14
GFDI............1   2   2   2   2   1
Smoke Dispersal.16  21  33  27  12  7
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

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Forecaster...Lee
Requested by...John Benjamin
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2525933.0/DMX
.DELDT 11/14/25
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.EMAIL John.R.Benjamin@usace.army.mil