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Spot Forecast for Ringgold North...Iowa DNR Grand River Wildlife Unit
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
608 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 25.
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...

Outside of some possible sprinkles to a light rain shower this
morning, expecting dry weather until this evening when a warm
front lifting into the state brings widespread rain and non-
severe storms into Friday. RH values are expected to decrease
into the 50s this afternoon, along with winds turning breezy out
of the southeast gusting to 25-30 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers late in the morning, then chance
                    of rain showers late in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 14 to 21 mph.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 23 to 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (25600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (54200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........77  79  77  75  72  75  76  76  74
Weather cov.....SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............54  56  58  59  60  61  61  61  62
RH..............71  66  62  62  60  58  58  58  56
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..14  17  17  18  18  20  20  21  21
20 FT wind gust.18  26  26  26  28  29  29  29  31
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.6 1.9 2.1 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.5
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.23  25  24  25  25  23  25  25  25
GFDI............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
SDspl kt-ft/100026  34  39  45  47  39  49  53  54

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then
                    showers and thunderstorms overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 51.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 18 to 23 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    evening and overnight. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms after 3 am.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 22 to 28 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........73     78     93     95     97     98
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........       CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE
Temp............61     59     55     55     54     52
RH..............58     60     69     72     77     89
20 ft wind......SE 18  SE 18  SE 18  SE 21  SE 23  SE 23
20 ft wind gust.28     28     29     31     32     30
Mix hgt (ft)....1800   700    1200   1200   1100   900
Transport wind..SE 23  SE 22  SE 25  SE 26  SE 28  SE 26

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Showers and
                    thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........81 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Southeast winds 21 to 25 mph with gusts
                    to around 39 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 25 to 33 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........97        90        93        84
Weather cov.....DEFNTE    DEFNTE    DEFNTE    DEFNTE
Weather type....RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR
Tstm cov........DEFNTE    DEFNTE    DEFNTE    DEFNTE
Temp............52        53        60        65
RH..............93        100       90        84
20 FT wind......SE 21G32  SE 24G38  SE 23G38  S 24G38
Mix hgt (ft)....800       1100      1700      1700
Transport wind..SE 25     SE 30     SE 32     S 31

$$
Forecaster...Bury
Requested by...Josh Rusk
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412376.0/DMX
.DELDT 04/25/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL josh.rusk@dnr.iowa.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
