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Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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FNUS73 KDMX 022032
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Spot Forecast for Fire Department Station...EFD
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
332 PM CDT Sat May 2 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1600 CDT on May 02.
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...
It is a dry afternoon with relative humidity around 25% and near
the lowest value of the day. Sunshine will give way to increasing
clouds into tonight and there could be a few sprinkles or a
passing shower plus or minus 3 hours of midnight. Winds from the
west around 10 to 15 mph with occasional gusts up to 20 mph will
become from the southwest this evening. While an inversion will
develop by mid-evening between 500 and 1000 feet and limit smoke
dispersion, the wind speeds will stay up between 10 up to 20 mph.
Winds will become from the northwest behind a cold front near or
shortly after sunrise Sunday.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 12 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......7400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (96600 knot-ft) to very good
(118400 knot-ft).
GFDI................1.
TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........27 47
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............64 64
RH..............27 28
20 FT wind dir..W SW
20 FT wind spd..12 13
20 FT wind gust.16 17
Mix hgt (kft)...7.4 7.4
Transp wind dir.W W
Transp wind spd.15 18
GFDI............1 1
Smoke Dispersal.97 118
Smoke Cat.......GD VGD
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of rain
showers late in the evening into the early hours
of Sunday morning.
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the
northwest around 13 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 16 to 20 mph shifting to the
northwest early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good (120500 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (8400 knot-ft) early
in the evening.
GFDI................1.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........52 73 89 86 86 73
Weather cov..... CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............64 59 55 52 49 48
RH..............28 34 41 46 52 58
20 ft wind......SW 13 SW 10 S 12 SW 14 SW 14 W 13
20 ft wind gust.20 21 21 21 22 20
Mix hgt (ft)....7100 700 600 700 700 700
Transport wind..W 20 SW 16 SW 16 SW 17 SW 18 NW 16
GFDI............1 1 1 1 1 1
Smoke Dispersal.121 10 8 10 11 10
Smoke Cat.......VYGD POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 12 to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 16 to 23 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (11400 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (80300 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................2.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........50 26 8 12
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............46 52 60 66
RH..............68 61 42 29
20 FT wind......NW 12G18 NW 15G22 NW 16G23 NW 15G22
Mix hgt (ft)....800 1900 3700 4800
Transport wind..NW 16 N 21 N 21 NW 18
GFDI............1 1 1 2
Smoke Dispersal.11 35 67 76
Smoke Cat.......POOR POOR GOOD GOOD
$$
Forecaster...Ansorge
Requested by...Nick Steinle
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/02/26
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.EMAIL steinleguys@hotmail.com