FNUS73 KDMX 032219 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKE RED ROCK...US ARMY COE-REDROCK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 519 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 04. 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... AN UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST AND BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO SOUTHERN IOWA ON WEDNESDAY. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. OTHERWISE...CLOUDY SKIES WITH EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH WILL PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 60. RH..................61 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 45 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1200 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........EAST 21 TO 26 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (21900-70800 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 14 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE EAST WINDS 12 TO 16 MPH. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........79 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............54 55 57 58 58 59 59 59 58 RH..............61 57 51 47 47 45 45 45 47 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..14 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E E E E EYE LVL WND SPD.10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 EYE LVL WND GST.20 20 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.4 2.9 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.2 2.2 1.2 MIXNG WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E MIXNG WIND SPD..26 25 23 22 21 21 21 21 21 HAINES INDEX....2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40. RH..................MAX 71 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........MISSING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........N/A SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO POOR (0-4300 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........80 79 79 78 65 48 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............56 51 49 46 44 43 RH..............51 59 63 71 70 67 20 FT WIND......E 15 E 12 E 10 E 12 E 12 E 13 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 15 15 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..E 11 E 9 E 7 E 9 E 9 E 9 EYE LVL WND GST.20 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....300 300 300 300 300 300 MIXNG WIND......M M M M M M HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M $$ FORECASTER...PODRAZIK REQUESTED BY...HUGH HOWE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120404.LAKER.02/DMX