FNUS73 KDMX 110337 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR BISON NORTH...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1037 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 11. 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... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE ON WEDNESDAY WITH MUCH LIGHTER WINDS THAN THE PAST FEW DAYS. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE NORTH AS SKIES REMAIN MOSTLY SUNNY. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST LATE IN THE NIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 23. RH..................MAX 74 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (CDT) 10 PM 1 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........15 7 1 WEATHER COV..... AREAS WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE FROST TSTM COV........ TEMP............40 34 29 RH..............42 56 69 EYE LEVEL WIND..N 5 N 4G5 N 4G5 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........39 AT IGNITION...MAX 56. RH..................46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH BY MID MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5800 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 6 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1500 KNOT-FT) IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO GOOD (48000 KNOT-FT) BY AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........7 9 10 10 10 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 WEATHER COV.....ARS ARS WEATHER TYPE....FST FST TSTM COV........ TEMP............25 30 34 39 43 46 49 51 54 55 54 54 RH..............74 63 54 46 41 37 34 32 28 29 30 30 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N N N N NE NE NE EYE LVL WND SPD.2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 1.2 2.1 3.1 3.7 4.4 5.0 5.2 5.5 5.8 5.5 5.3 MIXNG WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N NE NE E MIXNG WIND SPD..7 9 13 15 15 13 10 8 6 5 3 3 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...COGIL REQUESTED BY...JIM KRIZMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120411.BISON.01/DMX