FNUS73 KDMX 010344 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKIN SLOUGH...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1044 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 01. 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 WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO MINNESOTA. THIS WILL PUT CENTRAL IOWA IN VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND BREEZY CONDITIONS BY THE AFTERNOON. FUELS WILL LIKELY DRY QUICKLY IN THE AFTERNOON. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88. MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 16 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 16 TO 23 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-44000 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (66100-81800 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 16 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........19 17 17 17 17 17 18 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............79 82 84 85 87 86 85 RH..............54 51 46 43 39 40 43 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..13 14 15 16 16 16 15 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 20 25 20 20 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.9 10 11 11 11 11 11 EYE LVL WND GST.15 20 20 20 25 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.7 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.5 3.9 MIXNG WIND DIR..S S S S S S SE MIXNG WIND SPD..14 15 16 17 18 21 23 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 4 4 4 5 .SUNDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH. HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 900 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 16 TO 24 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (24400-69400 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR TO POOR (8300-11700 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........18 20 22 24 30 38 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............83 77 74 71 68 67 RH..............46 56 62 66 70 73 20 FT WIND......S 14 S 13 S 12 S 10 S 9 S 8 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 15 15 10 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 10 S 9 S 9 S 7 S 6 S 6 EYE LVL WND GST.20 15 15 15 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....3300 1700 900 900 900 900 MIXNG WIND......SE 24 SE 16 SE 13 SE 15 SE 13 SE 10 HAINES INDEX....5 4 3 3 4 5 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 5 TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 15 TO 21 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST 12 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 26 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (8800-41600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (53900-97900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........44 46 48 53 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC TEMP............65 69 74 76 RH..............78 78 64 48 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 5 W 4G5 NW 4G5 N 11G20 MIX HGT (FT)....900 1700 2700 4100 MIXNG WIND......SE 12 S 17 SW 14 W 15 HAINES INDEX....6 6 4 3 $$ FORECASTER...BOKSA REQUESTED BY...DAN PAULSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120401.LAKIN.01/DMX