Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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Spot Forecast for Dove Plots...Madison County Conservation
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
Issued by National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
802 AM CDT Tue Aug 25 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on August 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
South southeast winds will slowly become southwest late this
afternoon. While the current forecast is dry, we cannot fully rule
out the possibility of an isolated shower or storm developing late
this afternoon or evening.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (14500 knot-ft).
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........66 54 60 53 59 57
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............77 80 82 84 84 85
RH..............74 72 69 67 67 65
20 FT wind dir..S S S SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.8 8 9 10 9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...2.1 2.7 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.4
Transp wind dir.S S S SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.8 7 7 8 9 9
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0
Smoke Dispersal.15 16 19 25 31 27
Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (35-45 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 68.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph early in the
evening becoming light, then becoming west 5 to
6 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3100 knot-ft).
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........60 52 66 50 45 30 34 43 41 43 33 53
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............83 83 79 75 74 73 72 72 71 70 70 69
RH..............70 72 82 90 90 93 97 93 97 100 97 97
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W
20 FT wind spd..5 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 6
20 FT wind gust.8 7 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.SW SW W SW SW W SW W W W W W
Transp wind spd.9 9 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smoke Dispersal.19 8 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 9 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3500 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (82300 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........33 37 23 16 13 12 4 1 0 0 1 4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............68 68 70 72 76 78 80 81 82 83 84 82
RH..............97 97 90 87 76 71 65 63 61 59 55 58
20 FT wind dir..W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..6 5 6 6 7 8 9 10 12 12 12 10
20 FT wind gust.10 9 12 10 12 13 15 16 17 18 18 17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.4 2.4 3.7 4.5 5.1 5.5 5.5 5.7
Transp wind dir.W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.12 9 9 10 10 13 15 16 15 15 17 15
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smoke Dispersal.4 4 4 8 12 27 48 62 67 72 82 74
Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD
$$
Forecaster...NWS DVN
Requested by...Tanner Donovan
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2620485.0/DMX
.DELDT 08/25/26
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.EMAIL tdonovan@madisoncounty.iowa.gov