FNUS73 KDMX 161400 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR BAYS BRANCH...IDNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 900 AM CDT FRI MAR 16 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON MARCH 16. 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... WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG WILL BURN OFF DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS TODAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE STRONGER THIS AFTERNOON THAN YESTERDAY AND MIXING HEIGHTS WILL ALSO BE HIGHER. UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE THE NORM ONCE AGAIN TODAY. AREAS OF FOG WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........69 AT IGNITION...MAX 79. RH..................75 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 52 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 15 TO 17 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL AT IGNITION INCREASING TO 5300 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 6400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. DECREASING TO 2600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 24 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2500 KNOT-FT) AT IGNITION INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (54700-114900 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 15 TO 17 MPH. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........54 52 50 49 48 47 46 44 43 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............66 69 71 74 75 77 78 77 76 RH..............75 68 63 57 55 54 52 54 56 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 8 12 14 16 17 17 16 15 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 15 20 20 25 25 25 20 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.4 6 9 10 11 12 12 11 11 EYE LVL WND GST. 10 15 20 20 25 25 25 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 2.1 3.4 4.7 5.3 5.8 6.4 4.5 2.6 MIXNG WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S MIXNG WIND SPD..9 13 17 21 22 21 21 23 24 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... TEMPERATURE.........MIN 59. RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............74 70 68 66 64 62 RH..............59 71 76 78 81 87 20 FT WIND......S 13 S 10 S 12 S 13 S 12 S 12 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 9 S 7 S 9 S 9 S 9 S 9 EYE LVL WND GST.15 15 15 15 15 15 $$ FORECASTER...SKOW REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL STRAUSER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120316.BAYSB.01/DMX