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Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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Spot Forecast for Kiowa West...Iowa DNR
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1000 AM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on April 24.
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...
Breezy northwest winds late this morning will gradually diminish
this afternoon. Drier air will arrive today and will result in
minimum relative humidity values around 35%.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Temperature.........49 at ignition...Max 64.
RH..................58 percent at ignition...Min 35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 14 mph at ignition...otherwise
Northwest winds 7 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4200 ft
AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 9 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /29900 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...poor
/38700 knot-ft/.
GFDI................1.
TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4 3 3 2 2 2 2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............49 52 55 58 61 62 63
RH..............58 52 47 44 39 36 35
20 FT wind dir..N N N NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..14 13 12 9 8 7 7
20 FT wind gust.18 15 13 12 12 12 10
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 2.8 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.9 4.2
Transp wind dir.N N NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.14 13 13 13 12 9 9
GFDI............1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Smoke Dispersal.30 31 36 39 37 32 34
Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent).
Temperature.........Min 42.
RH..................Max 76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 6 mph shifting to the
northeast early in the evening, then shifting
to the east 6 to 7 mph in the late evening and
overnight shifting to the northeast around 7
mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 7 mph shifting to the east 6 to 12
mph early in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1800 knot-ft).
GFDI................1.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........2 7 7 22 48 37
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............64 58 51 48 45 43
RH..............33 45 59 63 70 76
20 ft wind......NW 6 E 6 E 6 E 6 E 6 E 7
20 ft wind gust.10 8 9 9 9 12
Mix hgt (ft)....3900 400 300 300 300 400
Transport wind..NW 7 E 6 E 8 SE 9 E 10 NE 10
GFDI............1 1 1 1 0 1
Smoke Dispersal.23 2 2 3 3 3
Smoke Cat.......POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers in the afternoon.
Temperature.........Max 64.
RH..................Min 43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 8 to 13 mph shifting to the
east 12 to 13 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 12 to 14 mph shifting to the
southeast 13 to 14 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5000 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (48200 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................2.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........58 69 75 79
Weather cov..... S CHC
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Temp............43 48 58 63
RH..............76 68 49 44
20 FT wind......NE 8G12 E 10G14 E 13G18 E 13G18
Mix hgt (ft)....500 900 2900 4400
Transport wind..NE 12 SE 13 SE 13 SE 13
GFDI............1 1 2 3
Smoke Dispersal.5 11 34 48
Smoke Cat.......POOR POOR POOR FAIR
$$
Forecaster...Lee
Requested by...Jeff Feisel
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2611639.0/DMX
.DELDT 04/24/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jeffrey.feisel@dnr.iowa.gov