FNUS73 KDMX 220937 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR RATHBUN...US COE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 337 AM CST WED FEB 22 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON FEBRUARY 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. AN INITIAL OBSERVATION AT IGNITION AND A MID BURN OBSERVATION ARE REQUIRED... PLEASE RELAY THEM TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR EACH PRESCRIBED BURN. .DISCUSSION... A COUPLE OF WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL PASS OVER THE AREA TODAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND SOME WEAK INSTABILITY WILL BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOME DRIZZLE OR PERHAPS SOME VERY LIGHT RAIN THIS MORNING. THE AFTERNOON SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLOUDY BUT WE ARE NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION...EXCEPT FOR SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE POSSIBLE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT). AREAS OF DRIZZLE OR SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55. MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........WEST 2 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 17 TO 24 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MARGINAL (37800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (104700 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........54 57 59 62 67 70 72 76 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............44 47 51 52 53 54 52 50 RH..............60 53 48 48 48 46 50 54 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..13 14 14 15 15 15 13 12 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 EYE LVL WND DIR.W W W W W W W W EYE LVL WND SPD.9 10 10 11 11 11 9 9 EYE LVL WND GST.15 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.1 3.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 5.0 4.7 4.4 MIXNG WIND DIR..W W W W W W W SW MIXNG WIND SPD..8 14 18 22 24 24 22 17 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN. MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........78 80 83 85 87 89 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TSTM COV........ RH..............58 68 76 79 85 89 EYE LEVEL WIND..SW 6 SW 5 SW 5 SW 6 W 6 W 6 EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 10 10 15 15 $$ FORECASTER...BOKSA REQUESTED BY...JOHN PASA TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120222.RATHB.01/DMX