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Spot Forecast for Ingham-High Wetland Complex...Iowa Department of Natural Resources
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
859 AM CDT Thu May 7 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on May 07.
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...

Winds from the southwest this morning will rotate and become from
the northwest by sunset today. Speeds will range from around 10
mph this morning increasing to 10 to 15 mph by early this
afternoon with occasional gusts up to around 20 mph. Relative
humidity will fall to between 20 and 25% this afternoon under a
mostly sunny sky.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 9 to 14 mph becoming around 12 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......9300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (9600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to very good (111200 knot-ft) late
                    in the afternoon.
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........18  3   1   1   1   5   7   9   10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............46  50  53  56  58  61  62  63  63
RH..............55  48  38  32  30  26  25  24  23
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..9   10  9   9   10  12  13  14  12
20 FT wind gust.10  12  12  15  16  17  17  20  21
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 3.8 5.9 7.4 8.1 8.6 8.9 9.3 9.1
Transp wind dir.W   NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.8   10  13  14  14  15  15  16  16
GFDI............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Smoke Dispersal.10  35  65  88  97  111 116 130 127
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  GD  GD  GD  VGD VGD VGD VGD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 37.
Max humidity........64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 12 mph shifting to the
                    north 5 to 6 mph late in the evening, then
                    becoming south after 3 am.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 9 to 16 mph shifting to the south 6
                    to 8 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good (107000 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
                    (1600 knot-ft) early in the evening.
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........4      4      14     28     41     45
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............64     58     48     44     41     39
RH..............22     30     44     51     57     62
20 ft wind......NW 12  NW 7   N 5    E 3    SE 5   S 5
20 ft wind gust.22     12     7      6      7      8
Mix hgt (ft)....8800   800    400    400    300    300
Transport wind..W 16   NW 9   N 6    E 6    S 6    S 8
GFDI............0      0      0      0      0      0
Smoke Dispersal.124    7      2      2      2      2
Smoke Cat.......VYGD   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent)
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 14 to 15 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......9400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 10 mph increasing to west around
                    23 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2500 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (184500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........44           23           44
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............38           57           67
RH..............67           40           27
20 FT wind......S 6G9        SW 8G13      W 13G20
Mix hgt (ft)....300          3000         8200
Transport wind..S 9          W 13         W 20
GFDI............0            0            0
Smoke Dispersal.3            33           140
Smoke Cat.......POOR         POOR         VYGD

$$
Forecaster...Ansorge
Requested by...Lucas Straw
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2613065.0/DMX
.DELDT 05/07/26
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.EMAIL lucas.straw@dnr.iowa.gov