FNUS73 KDMX 112116 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR UNIT 5...US FWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 416 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1640 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... WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE TO CALM THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE QUITE LOW IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN INCREASE STEADILY AFTER SUNSET AS TEMPERATURES COOL. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........53 AT IGNITION...MAX 54. RH..................24 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 21 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 3 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-31300 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........6 5 5 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............53 52 51 RH..............21 24 27 20 FT WIND DIR..N NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 2 20 FT WIND GUST. EYE LVL WND DIR.N NE NE EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 1 EYE LVL WND GST. MIX HGT (KFT)...5.5 5.4 5.4 MIXNG WIND DIR..NE E E MIXNG WIND SPD..3 3 5 HAINES INDEX....5 6 6 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 29. RH..................MAX 78 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 10 PM 1 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........0 0 0 4 WEATHER COV..... PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE FROST FROST TSTM COV........ TEMP............53 42 34 31 RH..............23 37 56 69 EYE LEVEL WIND..E 1 SE 2G5 S 4G5 S 4G5 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 56. RH..................MIN 40 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........8 13 23 33 42 52 57 60 66 72 78 84 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............31 36 42 48 49 50 51 52 54 55 55 55 RH..............72 61 50 42 40 41 41 41 41 41 45 47 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S SE SE EYE LVL WND SPD.5 6 9 10 11 11 11 10 9 9 10 11 EYE LVL WND GST. 10 15 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 15 20 $$ FORECASTER...COGIL REQUESTED BY...CHAD LORETH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120411.UNIT5.01/DMX