FNUS73 KDMX 140938 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR CABBAGE...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 438 AM CDT THU OCT 14 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON OCTOBER 14. 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... WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AND INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY LATE MORNING...THEN TURN TO NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY AFTER SUNRISE...BOTTOMING OUT AT AROUND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 11 TO 16 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 4400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST 23 TO 32 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO AROUND 17 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (52900 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (110900 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........24 26 26 24 22 19 15 11 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............59 63 67 69 71 71 70 66 RH..............40 36 33 32 30 31 33 38 EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW SW W W W W EYE LVL WND SPD.8 10 11 12 13 12 10 9 EYE LVL WND GST.15 20 25 25 25 25 25 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 2.4 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.4 3.0 1.6 MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W W W MIXNG WIND SPD..18 25 30 32 31 29 23 17 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...LEE REQUESTED BY...JIM KRIZMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101014.CABBA.01/DMX