FNUS73 KDMX 310137 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR 4 MILE LAKE...IOWA DNR-USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 837 PM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON OCTOBER 31. 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... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH LIGHT WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 56. RH..................40 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1300 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST 2 TO 8 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (500-23300 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........44 46 48 50 52 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............54 55 55 55 53 RH..............40 40 41 41 46 20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST. EYE LVL WND DIR.W W NW NW NW EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST. MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 3.1 3.3 2.3 1.3 MIXNG WIND DIR..NW NW W W W MIXNG WIND SPD..8 8 8 6 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 4 .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37. RH..................MAX 85 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 2 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 14 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO POOR (500-3000 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........53 58 65 69 68 67 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............50 45 43 41 39 38 RH..............52 62 67 76 82 82 20 FT WIND......NW 5 NW 2 NW 1 NW 3 N 5 N 6 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 EYE LEVEL WIND..NW 4 NW 1 NW 1 NW 2 N 4 N 4 EYE LVL WND GST. 5 MIX HGT (FT)....300 300 300 300 300 300 MIXNG WIND......SW 2 S 2 S 3 S 5 SW 3 W 9 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...PODRAZIK REQUESTED BY...DAVE WHITE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20121031.4MILE.01/DMX