FNUS73 KDMX 271444
FWSDMX

SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKIN SLOUGH...IDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
944 AM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON APRIL 27.
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 AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING WILL DISSIPATE
THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTHWEST SURFACE FLOW DEVELOPS OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST
BY TONIGHT.  RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY WILL BE LOWER SUNDAY AFTERNOON COMPARED
TO THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 KNOT-FT).
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY (%).........40  33  30  28  24
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............65  67  67  66  66
RH..............56  52  52  54  54
20 FT WIND DIR..S   S   SE  SE  SE
20 FT WIND SPD..6   6   6   6   7
20 FT WIND GUST.
EYE LVL WND DIR.S   S   SE  SE  SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.4   4   4   4   5
EYE LVL WND GST.
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
MIXNG WIND DIR..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
MIXNG WIND SPD..7   7   6   6   7
HAINES INDEX....4   4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 KNOT-FT).
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........21     20     16     13     13     14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TSTM COV........
TEMP............65     59     54     51     49     47
RH..............56     67     77     83     86     89
20 FT WIND......SE 7   S 6    S 6    S 6    S 5    S 5
20 FT WIND GUST.
EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 5   S 4    S 4    S 4    S 4    S 4
EYE LVL WND GST.
MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100
MIXNG WIND......S 7    S 6    S 6    S 6    S 7    SW 7
HAINES INDEX....4      5      5      4      4      4

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 KNOT-FT).
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM      10 AM     1 PM      4 PM
SKY (%).........16        16        18        21
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
TSTM COV........
TEMP............48        63        72        75
RH..............86        60        49        45
20 FT WIND......S 5       S 9G10    S 12G15   S 12G15
EYE LEVEL WIND..S 4G5     S 6G10    S 9G15    S 9G15
MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100    BLW100    BLW100    BLW100
MIXNG WIND......SW 6      SW 10     SW 10     SW 10
HAINES INDEX....5         4         4         4

$$
FORECASTER...JOHNSON
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL STRAUSER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130427.LAKIN.01/DMX