FNUS73 KDMX 081444 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR USR SLASH PILES...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 844 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CST ON JANUARY 08. 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... SKIES WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY TODAY WITH ANY MORNING FOG BURNING OFF BY 9AM. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOTUHWEST AND BECOME GUSTY BY AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). AREAS OF DENSE FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........31 AT IGNITION...MAX 36. RH..................78 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 69 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 16 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 15 TO 17 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1000-24800 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 16 MPH. TIME (CST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........66 66 68 68 64 57 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............31 34 35 35 36 35 RH..............78 72 72 72 69 72 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..13 14 14 15 15 16 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 20 25 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S SW SW SW EYE LVL WND SPD.9 10 10 11 11 11 EYE LVL WND GST.15 15 20 20 20 25 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.4 0.9 MIXNG WIND DIR..S S S S S SW MIXNG WIND SPD..13 14 15 16 17 17 HAINES INDEX....4 4 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 21. RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 15 TO 16 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 9 TO 17 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO POOR (2100-7900 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 15 TO 16 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM SKY (%).........53 38 23 15 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............29 26 24 23 RH..............88 96 100 92 20 FT WIND......SW 16G25 W 16G25 W 16G25 W 16G20 EYE LEVEL WIND..SW 11G25 W 11G25 W 11G25 W 11G20 MIX HGT (FT)....500 300 300 300 MIXNG WIND......SW 17 SW 12 W 12 W 10 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 4 .WEDNESDAY... EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM 20 FT WIND......W 15G20 W 10G15 SW 7G10 EYE LEVEL WIND..W 11G20 W 7G15 SW 5G10 $$ FORECASTER...COGIL REQUESTED BY...BLAKE KNISLEY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130108.USRSL.01/DMX