FNUS73 KDMX 150916 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST EDGE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 416 AM CDT FRI OCT 15 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON OCTOBER 15. 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 BE LIGHTER TODAY...GENERALLY 10 MPH OR LESS AT THE SURFACE. WIND DIRECTION WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS MORNING THEN BECOME VARIABLE BEFORE TURNING TO SOUTH BY THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY AFTER SUNRISE...BOTTOMING OUT BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66. MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4200 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 1600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 1 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (21000 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........4 5 6 8 7 5 4 3 3 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............53 58 60 62 63 64 65 65 62 RH..............57 47 46 43 41 40 38 37 41 EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N NW W W SW SW S EYE LVL WND SPD.3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 2.2 3.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 2.9 1.6 MIXNG WIND DIR..NE N NW W W W W SW S MIXNG WIND SPD..5 3 2 1 2 5 6 6 6 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...LEE REQUESTED BY...JAMES KRIZMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101015.WESTE.01/DMX