FNUS73 KDMX 300933 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR GOOSE LAKE WMA...IOWA DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 433 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 30. 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... CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG WILL LIFT GRADUALLY THIS MORNING. PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE DAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 2 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1500-25700 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........70 76 35 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............55 61 64 RH..............74 58 50 20 FT WIND......N 6 N 5 N 3G5 EYE LEVEL WIND..N 4G5 N 4G5 N 2G5 MIX HGT (FT)....2700 4300 4900 MIXNG WIND......N 10 NW 5 NW 6 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...SCHUMACHER REQUESTED BY...DAVE WHITE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120330.GOOSE.02/DMX