FNUS73 KDMX 050020 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKIN SLOUGH...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 720 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 05. 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... WINDS WILL BE FROM THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS ON THURSDAY. A FEW SPRINKLES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING...OTHERWISE NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL AFTER SUNRISE...BOTTOMING OUT AT AROUND 30 PERCENT BY AFTERNOON. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........52 AT IGNITION...MAX 60. RH..................41 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 12 TO 13 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 15 TO 23 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (9800-73300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (62400-89000 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE EAST WINDS 12 TO 13 MPH. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........36 35 34 33 32 29 22 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............52 55 57 59 60 60 60 RH..............41 38 34 32 29 31 32 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..13 13 13 13 13 13 12 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E E EYE LVL WND SPD.9 9 9 9 9 9 9 EYE LVL WND GST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.7 4.7 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.0 4.7 MIXNG WIND DIR..E E E E E E E MIXNG WIND SPD..23 22 21 18 17 16 15 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 3 3 3 3 .THURSDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37. RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 14 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (12700-53600 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR TO POOR (1400-2000 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........19 15 13 13 12 11 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............58 52 47 44 42 39 RH..............34 44 53 60 67 76 20 FT WIND......E 12 E 10 E 8 E 7 E 7 E 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..E 9 E 7 E 6 E 5 E 5 E 5 EYE LVL WND GST.15 10 MIX HGT (FT)....4500 1700 300 300 300 300 MIXNG WIND......E 14 E 9 E 6 E 7 SE 8 SE 9 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 62. RH..................MIN 35 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 22 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2300-49800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (61500-81200 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........10 7 15 17 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............37 44 56 61 RH..............79 60 40 36 20 FT WIND......SE 8G10 SE 12G15 SE 14G20 SE 15G20 EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 6G10 SE 9G15 SE 10G20 SE 11G20 MIX HGT (FT)....300 900 4400 4500 MIXNG WIND......SE 10 SE 20 SE 16 SE 17 HAINES INDEX....3 3 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...LEE REQUESTED BY...DAN PAULSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120405.LAKIN.01/DMX