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Spot Forecast for Dove plot...Madison County Conservation
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1035 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on August 22.
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...

Partly to mostly sunny skies are expected for much of today, with
light south-southeast winds and highs in the mid 80s. A few
showers and thunderstorms are possible into southern Iowa this
evening.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph late in the
                    morning becoming light.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 3 to 6 mph shifting to the west
                    around 5 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (13900 knot-ft).
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........18  24  29  31  32  33  40
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............76  78  81  83  84  85  84
RH..............69  64  59  55  53  51  53
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  S   SW  S   SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.        7   7   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...2.8 3.7 4.3 4.6 4.7 4.9 4.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
Transp wind spd.6   5   5   5   3   5   5
GFDI............0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Smoke Dispersal.14  15  17  18  14  20  18
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light, then becoming south
                    around 5 mph late in the evening shifting to
                    the west 5 to 6 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 6 mph early in the morning. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the late evening and overnight. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms after
                    3 am.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 9 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 7 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (13200 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2500 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........47  55  59  63  67  71  75  79  74  69  64  62
Weather cov.....            SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........            SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
Temp............84  82  77  73  72  71  70  69  69  68  67  65
RH..............55  58  71  79  84  84  87  90  90  93  93  100
20 FT wind dir..SE  S   SE  S   S   W   W   NW  NW  W   NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..5   5   3   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   8   8   8   8   7   7   8   8   9
Mix hgt (kft)...3.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   SE  S   S   SW  SW  W   W   W   NW  NW
Transp wind spd.5   6   6   8   7   9   8   8   8   8   7   7
GFDI............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Smoke Dispersal.13  3   3   4   3   4   4   4   4   4   3   3
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...Bury
Requested by...Tanner
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2520451.0/DMX
.DELDT 08/22/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL tdonovan@madisoncounty.iowa.gov