FNUS73 KDMX 251410
FWSDMX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SCIECO...IDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
910 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0850 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.........46 AT IGNITION...MAX 56.
RH..................79 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 66 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4200 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO
                    1600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 7 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 13
                    TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (52500 KNOT-FT).
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY (%).........84  88  91  95  98  100 100 100 100 100 100
WEATHER COV.....        ISO ISO ISO NUM NUM NUM WID WID WID
WEATHER TYPE....        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
TEMP............45  46  47  50  51  53  53  54  54  54  54
RH..............79  79  76  71  68  66  66  66  66  69  69
20 FT WIND DIR..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE
20 FT WIND SPD..8   10  12  13  13  14  14  14  14  14  13
20 FT WIND GUST.10  15  15  15  15  20  20  20  20  20  15
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.7 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.4 3.8 4.2 2.9 1.6
MIXNG WIND DIR..NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
MIXNG WIND SPD..9   12  14  16  18  20  17  15  13  13  13
HAINES INDEX....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   3

$$
FORECASTER...COGIL
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL STRAUSER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110425.SCIEC.01/DMX