Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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399 FNUS73 KDMX 192018 FWSDMX 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