FNUS73 KDMX 030235 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKE RED ROCK...U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 935 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 CDT ON APRIL 03. 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 STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE PUSHING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...THE WIND WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST THEN NORTH AFTER 10AM. A LOW AND/OR MID LEVEL CLOUD DECK WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AND SHOULD REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69. MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 16 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 7 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 15 TO 18 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1500-37900 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 16 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........52 58 61 63 65 67 67 67 67 67 67 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............58 60 61 63 64 65 66 67 67 66 65 RH..............86 81 78 70 67 65 63 61 61 61 60 20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW NW NW N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 15 16 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 15 15 15 20 20 20 25 EYE LVL WND DIR.W W NW NW NW N N N N N N EYE LVL WND SPD.4 5 6 6 7 9 9 10 11 11 11 EYE LVL WND GST. 10 10 15 15 15 20 20 20 25 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.4 2.7 2.9 2.0 1.1 MIXNG WIND DIR..NW N N N N NE NE N N NE NE MIXNG WIND SPD..10 14 17 18 18 17 16 15 15 16 18 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46. MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 17 TO 23 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3800-35400 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........67 64 58 54 62 74 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............64 59 55 53 51 49 RH..............60 64 69 71 74 77 20 FT WIND......N 16 NE 15 NE 13 NE 12 NE 10 NE 10 20 FT WIND GUST.25 20 15 15 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..N 11 NE 11 NE 9 NE 9 NE 7 NE 7 EYE LVL WND GST.25 20 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....300 1300 1600 1400 600 300 MIXNG WIND......NE 21 NE 23 NE 22 NE 20 NE 17 NE 17 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...BOKSA REQUESTED BY...HUGH HOWE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120403.LAKER.01/DMX