FNUS73 KDMX 220218 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR WOODDUCK MARCH...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 918 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 22. 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... A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MAY BRING A STRAY SHOWER TO NORTHERN IOWA THROUGHOUT THE DAY SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING BEFORE SOME CLEARING IS POSSIBLE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH ARE FORECAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY SUNDAY. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 56. RH..................58 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 47 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 3 TO 9 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3500-49800 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........75 67 63 61 56 54 54 54 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW TSTM COV........ TEMP............50 51 53 54 55 55 55 54 RH..............58 59 54 50 49 47 49 50 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 6 8 9 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 10 EYE LVL WND DIR.NE NE N N N N N N EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 EYE LVL WND GST. 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...5.0 5.5 6.1 6.4 6.7 6.9 6.4 5.8 MIXNG WIND DIR..E NE NE N N N N N MIXNG WIND SPD..6 5 3 5 7 8 9 9 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 .SUNDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 36. RH..................MAX 85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........54 44 39 34 33 30 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............53 48 44 42 40 39 RH..............54 63 73 79 82 82 20 FT WIND......N 9 N 6 N 5 N 5 NW 3 NW 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 63. RH..................MIN 39 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7800 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 6 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 12 TO 16 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1300-21800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (66300-98800 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........24 20 28 24 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............38 49 58 62 RH..............85 58 44 39 20 FT WIND......NW 6 NW 8G10 N 8G10 NW 12G15 MIX HGT (FT)....300 3000 7000 7800 MIXNG WIND......NW 6 N 15 N 16 N 14 $$ FORECASTER...PODRAZIK REQUESTED BY...JIM GONZALEZ TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120422.WOODD.01/DMX