FNUS73 KDMX 092210 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKE RED ROCK...U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 510 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON APRIL 10. 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... CONDITIONS FOR TUESDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO TODAY...WITH THE EXCEPTION IS THAT DEWPOINTS WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER MAKING RH VALUES SLIGHTLY HIGHER AND WINDS A BIT LESS AS WELL. HOWEVER DRY AIR WILL STILL BE IN PLACE WITH AFTERNOON RH VALUES IN THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE. SFC SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE A BIT LESS AROUND THE 15 KT RANGE WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 KTS OR A BIT HIGHER OUT OF THE NORTH NORTHWEST TO NORTH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56. MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 26 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1000-30800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (119900-149900 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........14 14 15 16 17 17 16 16 16 15 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............39 43 46 48 51 52 54 55 54 53 RH..............50 43 38 35 32 31 28 29 30 31 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 12 13 14 15 15 15 15 14 14 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW EYE LVL WND SPD.6 9 9 10 11 11 11 11 10 10 EYE LVL WND GST.10 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.6 3.8 4.4 5.1 5.7 6.0 6.2 6.5 6.3 6.1 MIXNG WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW MIXNG WIND SPD..14 18 21 23 24 25 26 26 26 26 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 .TUESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30. MAX HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 15 TO 24 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (29600-123200 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR TO POOR (3300-4800 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........15 16 16 17 16 14 WEATHER COV..... AREAS WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE FROST TSTM COV........ TEMP............52 45 41 38 36 34 RH..............32 40 46 50 54 61 20 FT WIND......NW 13 N 10 N 8 N 6 N 6 N 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..NW 9 N 7 N 6 N 4 N 4 N 4 EYE LVL WND GST.15 15 10 MIX HGT (FT)....5900 2300 500 600 600 600 MIXNG WIND......NW 24 N 15 N 8 N 7 N 7 N 7 HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...BEERENDS REQUESTED BY...HUGH HOWE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120410.LAKER.01/DMX