FNUS73 KDMX 251411 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR NCIECO WEST...IDNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 911 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 25. 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... SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FROM THE EAST AND GRADUALLY BECOME NORTHEAST WITH TIME. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........52 AT IGNITION...MAX 55. RH..................66 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 64 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4600 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 7 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 12 TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (50300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD (57800 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 14 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........98 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....ISO NUM NUM NUM WID WID WID WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............52 54 54 54 54 54 54 RH..............66 64 64 64 64 66 69 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 14 14 14 13 13 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.1 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.6 3.1 1.7 MIXNG WIND DIR..E E E E E E E MIXNG WIND SPD..18 20 18 15 13 12 12 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 4 4 4 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43. RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 13 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 23 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6000 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 12 TO 13 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 10 PM 1 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............53 49 47 45 RH..............74 74 76 82 20 FT WIND......NE 12G15 NE 12G15 N 12G15 N 12G15 MIX HGT (FT)....300 400 300 300 MIXNG WIND......NE 13 NE 16 NE 18 N 23 $$ FORECASTER...COGIL REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL STRAUSER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110425.NCIEC.01/DMX