FNUS73 KDMX 220853 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR RATHBUN...US COE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 353 AM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 22. 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 WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW ACROSS FAR WESTERN IOWA THROUGH EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEGLIGIBLE. CLOUD COVER WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED NORTH WITH SNOW STILL ON THE GROUND. A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT IOWA THIS WEEKEND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3600 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........EAST 2 TO 7 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1500-21200 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........73 75 80 83 85 88 90 90 90 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............28 31 33 36 37 37 37 37 37 RH..............66 58 53 47 46 48 48 50 52 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST. EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E E E E EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST. MIX HGT (KFT)...1.9 2.5 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 2.5 1.4 MIXNG WIND DIR..E E E E E SE SE SE E MIXNG WIND SPD..5 6 7 7 6 3 2 3 6 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........91 78 74 71 72 74 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ RH..............56 66 72 78 81 84 EYE LEVEL WIND..E 4 NE 4 NE 4 NE 4 NE 4 NE 4 EYE LVL WND GST. $$ FORECASTER...BOKSA REQUESTED BY...JOHN PASA TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130322.RATHB.01/DMX