FNUS73 KDMX 041408 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR 3 MILE NORTH END...IOWA DNR-USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 808 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON DECEMBER 04. 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 RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS KANSAS AND MISSOURI TODAY ...RESULTING IN WESTERLY WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH DURING THE DAY. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL ONCE AGAIN BE MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S TO NEAR 60S. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL ALSO RISE WITH THE WARMING TEMPERATURES AND PEAK ABOVE 5000FT BY MID AFTERNOON. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTHERLY OVERNIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN LIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........44 AT IGNITION...MAX 59. RH..................55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING...INCREASING TO 3400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING TO INCREASE TO 5500 FT AGL BY MID AFTERNOON. DECREASING TO 2000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 6 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 10 TO 16 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR IN THE MORNING...BECOMING EXCELLENT IN THE AFTERNOON (1200 KNOT-FT IN THE MORNING TO 77600 KNOT-FT IN THE AFTERNOON). WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........13 10 8 10 13 15 13 10 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............44 50 55 58 59 58 55 50 RH..............55 46 38 33 32 32 35 42 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 10 10 10 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 15 15 15 10 10 EYE LVL WND DIR.W W W W W W W W EYE LVL WND SPD.5 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 EYE LVL WND GST. 10 10 15 15 15 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.6 2.3 3.4 4.4 5.5 3.8 2.0 MIXNG WIND DIR..W NW NW NW NW W W W MIXNG WIND SPD..8 10 13 15 16 16 14 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 29. RH..................MAX 92 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST 5 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........8 11 16 19 20 21 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............46 42 39 37 34 32 RH..............49 57 64 72 75 81 EYE LEVEL WIND..W 4 W 4 NW 1 N 1 NE 4 E 4 EYE LVL WND GST. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 53. RH..................MIN 43 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 16 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........21 27 32 43 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............31 35 47 52 RH..............85 72 51 43 EYE LEVEL WIND..E 5 SE 7G15 S 10G20 SE 11G20 $$ FORECASTER...SKOW REQUESTED BY...NATURAL RESOURCE TECH 2 TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20121204.3MILE.01/DMX