FNUS73 KDMX 201509 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE WING...FWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1009 AM CDT FRI APR 20 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON APRIL 20. 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... LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES AREA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST PULLING LOW CLOUDS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF IOWA WITH IT. IT WILL BE BREEZY TODAY WITH A NORTH WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55. MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 9 TO 15 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 14 TO 23 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (6800-31000 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (81200-104500 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 9 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........14 14 13 13 16 22 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............51 52 53 55 54 54 RH..............48 46 46 43 45 45 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 14 13 12 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 15 15 15 EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N EYE LVL WND SPD.10 10 10 9 9 7 EYE LVL WND GST.20 20 20 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...5.8 6.2 6.5 6.9 6.8 6.7 MIXNG WIND DIR..N N N N N N MIXNG WIND SPD..21 18 17 15 14 14 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38. MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......6700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 6 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 2 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 3 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (11100-73300 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR TO POOR (600-1700 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........25 28 34 39 59 70 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............54 50 44 40 39 39 RH..............45 52 65 76 79 79 20 FT WIND......N 9 NE 5 E 5 SE 7 S 8 S 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..N 6 NE 4 E 4 SE 5 S 6 S 6 EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....6700 2500 300 300 300 300 MIXNG WIND......N 13 NE 6 E 2 S 5 S 6 S 7 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58. MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5200 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2100 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 9 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 22 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2000-42800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO FAIR TO EXCELLENT (29500-84200 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 20 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........83 90 96 86 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ TEMP............39 48 54 57 RH..............79 63 59 57 20 FT WIND......S 12G15 S 17G25 S 20G30 S 16G25 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 9G15 S 12G25 S 14G30 S 11G25 MIX HGT (FT)....300 4400 4400 5200 MIXNG WIND......S 9 S 20 S 22 S 17 $$ FORECASTER...BOKSA REQUESTED BY...TODD FREEMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120420.BLUEW.01/DMX