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SPOT FORECAST FOR ANDERSON PRAIRIE FLEMING TRACT...IOWA DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
949 PM CDT MON APR 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 CDT ON APRIL 24.
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...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXIT THE REGION TONIGHT. A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH INCREASING EAST SOUTHEAST WINDS BY LATE AFTERNOON.
NO RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 5
                    MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH 3 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1800-24100 KNOT-FT).
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM      10 AM     1 PM      4 PM
SKY (%).........28        25        22        28
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
TSTM COV........
TEMP............46        60        70        75
RH..............71        49        41        36
20 FT WIND......S 7       SE 7      SE 7      E 7
EYE LEVEL WIND..S 5       SE 5      SE 5      E 5
MIX HGT (FT)....300       1300      2500      4700
MIXNG WIND......S 8       S 5       E 5       N 6
HAINES INDEX....4         4         5         5

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FORECASTER...VACHALEK
REQUESTED BY...DAVE WHITE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120424.ANDER.01/DMX