FNUS73 KDMX 290014 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR UNION SLOUGH RX...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 714 PM CDT THU APR 28 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 29. 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... NO RAIN IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY WITH SOME HIGH CLOUDS MOVING OVERHEAD. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY DURING THE MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OUT OF THE STATE. THE WINDS WILL BE QUITE GUSTY BY LATE MORNING. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37. RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 16 TO 22 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 1 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 3 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10800 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........17 9 5 0 8 12 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............53 49 46 42 41 40 RH..............48 54 60 67 70 76 20 FT WIND......NW 13 W 8 W 5 S 5 S 6 S 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 MIX HGT (FT)....600 400 300 300 300 300 MIXNG WIND......NW 22 N 8 NE 1 S 6 S 7 S 8 HAINES INDEX....4 5 5 5 4 4 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........53 AT IGNITION...MAX 68. RH..................57 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 42 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 33 TO 41 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (12600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (169200 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 21 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........17 21 27 33 39 45 49 52 58 65 71 77 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............39 44 49 53 56 59 62 64 66 67 67 66 RH..............82 70 61 57 53 49 46 45 43 42 43 45 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 10 12 14 17 21 23 24 25 25 25 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 20 25 30 30 30 35 35 35 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.9 2.7 3.5 4.1 4.6 5.1 4.7 4.3 MIXNG WIND DIR..S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE MIXNG WIND SPD..10 14 17 22 25 29 31 33 36 38 40 41 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 $$ FORECASTER...COGIL REQUESTED BY...DAN PAULSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110429.UNION.01/DMX