FNUS73 KDMX 071321 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR MAYNES CREEK...FRANKLIN COUNTY CONSERVATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 821 AM CDT THU APR 7 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON APRIL 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 CLOUDS TO GRADUALLY LOWER INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES. THIS WILL BRING CHANCES FOR LIGHT RAIN BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME MORE EAST SOUTHEAST WITH TIME...AND SOME GUSTINESS IS POSSIBLY BY LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 23 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MARGINAL (37100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (102700 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........59 63 66 68 70 75 80 84 89 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW TEMP............47 50 52 54 55 56 57 57 56 RH..............50 46 44 43 41 40 38 42 45 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..9 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 1.5 2.3 3.1 3.8 4.5 5.1 4.8 4.5 MIXNG WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE MIXNG WIND SPD..16 17 18 20 21 23 23 22 21 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...WILKINS REQUESTED BY...JASON GOODER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110407.MAYNE.01/DMX