FNUS73 KDMX 141456 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR LONGSPUR...FRANKLIN COUNTY CONSERVATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 956 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MARCH 14. 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... SOUTHERLY WINDS WITH SOME GUSTINESS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH INCREASING DEWPOINTS INTO THE UPPER 50S TO AROUND 60. NEAR RECORD OR RECORD WARM TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TODAY...WITH RH VALUES DROPPING TO AROUND 45 TO 50 PERCENT BY THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78. MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH. HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3600 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 15 TO 21 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (51000 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........39 39 40 41 38 31 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............71 73 75 77 75 73 RH..............57 53 50 47 50 53 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 13 12 9 7 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 15 10 10 EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW EYE LVL WND SPD.10 10 9 9 6 5 EYE LVL WND GST.20 20 15 15 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.7 3.0 3.3 3.6 2.6 1.6 MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW MIXNG WIND SPD..17 17 16 16 16 15 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 6 5 4 $$ FORECASTER...BEERENDS REQUESTED BY...JASON GOODER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120314.LONGS.01/DMX