FNUS73 KDMX 100906 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKE RED ROCK...US ARMY COE-REDROCK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 406 AM CDT TUE APR 10 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... THERE WILL BE LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN TODAY WITH ELONGATED HIGH PRESSURE FROM CANADA INTO THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. THIS WILL KEEP SUNNY SKIES...LOW HUMIDITIES AND BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS IN PLACE. WINDS TODAY WILL NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG AS MONDAY...BUT MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL STILL DIP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 16 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 6 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 26 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1300-28100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (139000-143900 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 16 MPH. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........8 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............40 44 47 49 52 53 55 56 55 54 RH..............46 39 35 34 31 27 23 20 22 25 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 8 10 13 15 16 16 16 16 15 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 15 15 20 25 25 25 25 20 EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW EYE LVL WND SPD.4 6 7 9 11 11 11 11 11 11 EYE LVL WND GST. 10 15 15 20 25 25 25 25 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 3.3 4.0 4.7 5.5 5.8 6.2 6.5 6.3 6.0 MIXNG WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW MIXNG WIND SPD..14 18 20 21 21 22 24 25 26 26 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 29. MAX HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 21 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (29800-125500 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR TO POOR (1500-4700 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........11 10 8 6 7 8 WEATHER COV..... AREAS WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE FROST TSTM COV........ TEMP............52 45 41 38 35 33 RH..............28 36 41 46 52 56 20 FT WIND......NW 14 N 9 N 7 N 7 N 6 N 6 20 FT WIND GUST.20 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..NW 10 N 6 N 5 N 5 N 4 N 4 EYE LVL WND GST.20 10 MIX HGT (FT)....5700 2300 400 300 500 600 MIXNG WIND......NW 25 N 15 N 8 N 7 N 6 N 6 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...SMALL REQUESTED BY...HUGH HOWE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120410.LAKER.01/DMX