FNUS73 KDMX 131405 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAVER LAKE...IOWA DNR-USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 905 AM CDT WED APR 13 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON APRIL 13. 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... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST THIRD OF IOWA...FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST...WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE STATE TODAY REACHING FAR SOUTHEAST IOWA BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL SHIFT WINDS FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHEAST...DROPPING TEMPERATURES AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR RAIN OVER THE NORTHEAST HALF OF IOWA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70. MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 1 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 12 TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (62000 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (97900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........53 52 51 51 52 55 57 59 62 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............59 62 64 66 67 68 69 68 67 RH..............57 52 50 47 45 43 42 43 45 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 2.1 3.4 4.7 5.2 5.8 6.3 6.3 6.3 MIXNG WIND DIR..SE E E E E NE NE NE NE MIXNG WIND SPD..1 3 6 9 12 13 14 16 18 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47. MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........MISSING. MIXING HEIGHT.......6300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........ SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (107200 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO FAIR (43700 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........63 72 85 94 95 95 WEATHER COV..... LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............67 61 57 55 52 50 RH..............45 56 64 69 77 83 20 FT WIND......E 9 E 10 NE 10 NE 12 NE 13 E 13 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....6300 3600 1500 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 MIXNG WIND......M M M M M M HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M $$ FORECASTER...SMALL REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL STRAUSER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110413.BEAVE.01/DMX