FNUS73 KDMX 051052 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKIN SLOUGH...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 552 AM CDT THU APR 5 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... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF IOWA WILL CONITNUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST. SOME LIGHT SPRINKLES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN IOW UNTIL THE LOW SHIFTS FAR ENOUGH EAST. SURFACE WIND FLOW WILL BE OUT OF THE EAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 15 TO 22 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (6900-71600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (59400-83500 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........35 31 31 31 32 30 26 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............55 58 60 62 62 61 60 RH..............35 32 29 26 26 28 29 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 15 15 14 13 12 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 15 15 EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E E EYE LVL WND SPD.11 11 11 11 10 9 9 EYE LVL WND GST.20 20 20 20 20 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.9 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.3 4.8 4.3 MIXNG WIND DIR..E E E E E E E MIXNG WIND SPD..21 20 18 17 16 16 16 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36. MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-50300 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........24 9 6 5 6 5 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............58 50 46 44 41 40 RH..............33 50 58 62 76 79 20 FT WIND......E 10 E 8 E 7 E 8 SE 10 SE 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..E 7 E 6 E 5 E 6 SE 7 SE 7 EYE LVL WND GST.15 10 10 10 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....3900 1500 300 300 300 300 MIXNG WIND......E 15 E 9 E 6 E 7 SE 9 SE 9 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 17 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 9 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 23 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (2000-66200 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (77300-94200 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 17 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........6 9 11 15 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............38 48 57 62 RH..............82 56 42 38 20 FT WIND......SE 9G10 SE 14G20 SE 15G20 SE 15G20 EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 6G10 SE 10G20 SE 11G20 SE 11G20 MIX HGT (FT)....300 2300 4500 5300 MIXNG WIND......SE 9 SE 20 SE 20 SE 20 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 3 $$ FORECASTER...BOKSA REQUESTED BY...DAN PAULSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120405.LAKIN.01/DMX