FNUS73 KDMX 210939 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR HANLONTOWN-MAR-DAN...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 439 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 21. 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... LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TURN TO SOUTH AND INCREASE TO NEAR 15 MPH WITH INTERMITTENT HIGHER GUSTS BY MIDDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNRISE...BOTTOMING OUT AT AROUND 60 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY LATE IN THE MORNING. PERIODS OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 51. RH..................69 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 66 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4200 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 23 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-54100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (55300-82000 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 16 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........89 96 100 99 97 96 94 92 WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY PDS PDS PDS PDS PDS PDS WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV........ TEMP............45 45 45 46 48 49 50 51 RH..............69 70 73 73 68 68 66 66 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 15 15 16 15 14 12 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.1 3.2 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.6 3.1 MIXNG WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S MIXNG WIND SPD..17 20 21 22 23 23 22 21 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37. RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST 6 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........91 91 92 92 91 90 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ TEMP............51 45 41 40 38 37 RH..............66 82 92 96 100 100 20 FT WIND......SE 9 S 7 W 5 E 6 E 7 E 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 56. RH..................MIN 48 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 12 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (18400-46800 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........88 82 71 63 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ TEMP............38 45 52 55 RH..............94 70 52 49 20 FT WIND......NE 7 NE 7 NE 6 N 8G10 MIX HGT (FT)....1100 3100 6400 7700 MIXNG WIND......SE 20 SE 12 E 8 NE 7 $$ FORECASTER...LEE REQUESTED BY...JIM GONZALEZ TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120421.HANLO.01/DMX