FNUS73 KDMX 071220 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR BISON NORTH PARTIAL...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 720 AM CDT WED OCT 7 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON OCTOBER 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PLEASE REMEMBER TO SUBMIT A MID BURN OBSERVATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR EACH PRESCRIBED BURN. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL MOVE EAST OF IOWA THIS MORNING WITH GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING BY THIS AFTERNOON. A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA WITH RAIN SPREADING INTO THE SOUTH HALF OF IOWA TONIGHT...AND RAIN OVER THE ENTIRE AREA THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 26 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (49700 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (74100 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........6 7 8 10 14 18 22 26 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............55 58 61 63 64 65 64 62 RH..............49 45 41 39 38 38 41 44 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.7 10 11 12 12 12 11 10 EYE LVL WND GST.15 20 25 25 25 25 25 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.1 2.7 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.4 1.7 MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S MIXNG WIND SPD..17 22 24 26 26 25 21 15 HAINES INDEX....4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46. MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 11 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT BECOMING LIGHT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 9 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8100 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........39 50 64 75 80 87 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............60 55 52 51 50 49 RH..............49 61 71 74 77 80 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 9 S 6 S 6 SW 4 S 2 S 2 EYE LEVEL WIND..15 15 15 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....900 500 300 300 300 300 MIXNG WIND......S 10 S 12 S 13 S 12 W 6 NW 6 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 4 4 4 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). RAIN LIKELY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54. MIN HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 6 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 13 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 23 TO 26 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (33100 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........92 94 95 96 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............48 48 48 48 RH..............83 89 93 89 EYE LEVEL WIND..NE 2G5 NE 5G10 N 5G10 N 7G15 MIX HGT (FT)....300 900 1400 1400 MIXNG WIND......NE 13 NE 20 NE 22 NE 26 HAINES INDEX....3 3 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...SCHUMACHER REQUESTED BY...JAMES KRIZMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091007.BISON.02/DMX