FNUS73 KDMX 291210
FWSDMX

SPOT FORECAST FOR RAINSBARGER AREA...HARDIN COUNTY CONSERVATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
710 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 29.
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...
LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN KANSAS WILL MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST AS A WARM FRONT
EXTENDING EAST FROM THE LOW LIFTS INTO SOUTHERN IOWA.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 17 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 12 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 24
                    TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (7300-52300 KNOT-FT).
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 17 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY (%).........63  73  84  90  89  88  87  86  85
WEATHER COV.....            ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE....            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
TSTM COV........            ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT
TEMP............52  54  56  58  59  61  61  61  60
RH..............63  61  62  59  60  56  58  58  62
20 FT WIND DIR..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT WIND SPD..15  16  17  17  17  17  17  16  16
20 FT WIND GUST.20  25  25  25  25  25  25  25  20
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.11  11  12  12  12  12  12  11  11
EYE LVL WND GST.20  25  25  25  25  25  25  25  20
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 1.7 1.0
MIXNG WIND DIR..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
MIXNG WIND SPD..24  25  25  24  24  24  24  25  25
HAINES INDEX....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

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FORECASTER...SCHUMACHER
REQUESTED BY...ROB ALLEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120329.RAINS.01/DMX