FNUS73 KDMX 191140 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR KELLERTON...IOWA DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 640 AM CDT TUE MAR 19 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MARCH 19. 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... WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND NORTHWESTERLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING THE CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON TUESDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED SPRINKLES IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41. MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 1700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 16 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (3000-62600 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........56 59 60 59 58 56 54 53 WEATHER COV..... SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV........ TEMP............30 34 36 39 40 41 40 39 RH..............49 41 38 35 36 37 41 44 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 EYE LVL WND DIR.W W W W W W W W EYE LVL WND SPD.6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 2.6 3.1 3.5 4.0 4.5 3.1 1.7 MIXNG WIND DIR..NW NW W W W W W W MIXNG WIND SPD..10 10 10 13 15 16 16 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 18. MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........52 47 35 27 22 16 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............36 29 26 23 21 20 RH..............52 75 81 81 77 71 EYE LEVEL WIND..W 5 NW 5 NW 6 N 7 N 9 NW 9 EYE LVL WND GST. 10 10 15 15 15 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35. MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 16 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........11 12 12 15 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............18 24 32 35 RH..............67 50 36 33 EYE LEVEL WIND..NW 9G15 NW 11G20 NW 11G20 NW 11G20 $$ FORECASTER...AWB REQUESTED BY...NATURAL RESOURCE TECH 2 TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130319.KELLE.01/DMX