FNUS73 KDMX 101408 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR EAGLE FLATS WMA...IA DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 908 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 10. 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 CONTINUE TO SLIDE EAST OF THE REGION TODAY...ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. INITIALLY...THESE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE RATHER LIGHT BUT WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS MIXING COMMENCES. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 21 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-59300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (68500-88900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........10 9 10 11 12 12 13 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............67 69 71 73 74 73 73 RH..............45 44 41 40 38 40 41 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 14 15 15 15 15 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 20 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.10 10 10 11 11 11 11 EYE LVL WND GST.20 20 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.3 4.8 5.0 5.1 5.3 5.1 4.9 MIXNG WIND DIR..S S S S S S S MIXNG WIND SPD..12 12 13 14 15 18 21 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56. MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 15 TO 22 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (25100-90500 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (5400-7300 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........14 20 23 24 37 42 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............72 67 64 62 59 58 RH..............42 52 60 62 72 75 20 FT WIND......S 15 S 14 S 13 S 14 S 15 S 15 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 20 20 20 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 11 S 10 S 9 S 10 S 11 S 11 EYE LVL WND GST.20 20 15 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....4800 1900 500 500 500 500 MIXNG WIND......S 22 S 15 S 12 S 15 S 15 S 15 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 4 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...DEITSCH REQUESTED BY...TODD WALROD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120510.EAGLE.01/DMX