FNUS73 KDMX 272056 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR LOWER MORSE LAKE WPA...IA DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 356 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 28. 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 BE OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA SUNDAY MORNING. THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL MOVE EAST DURING THE DAY WHILE SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS IOWA. LOOK FOR WARMER TEMPERATURES...LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ...DEEP MIXING DEPTHS AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69. MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (0-53700 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........10 0 6 44 46 31 40 31 29 26 23 18 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............43 46 53 55 56 59 64 66 67 68 68 67 RH..............100 96 83 77 74 67 54 50 49 49 49 50 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW S SW S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..9 13 13 14 10 13 6 6 7 8 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 20 15 15 20 20 15 15 10 10 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S SW SW SW S SW S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.6 9 9 10 7 9 4 4 5 6 6 6 EYE LVL WND GST.15 15 15 20 15 15 20 20 15 15 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 4.6 5.3 6.0 6.7 6.2 5.7 MIXNG WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S MIXNG WIND SPD..7 8 9 10 10 9 10 10 9 9 9 9 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47. MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 9 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1200-41800 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........15 11 12 20 10 9 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............66 59 55 52 50 48 RH..............52 67 74 80 83 86 20 FT WIND......S 9 S 10 S 9 S 8 S 9 S 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 6 S 7 S 6 S 6 S 6 S 6 EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....5200 1900 300 300 300 300 MIXNG WIND......S 9 S 8 S 7 S 7 S 7 S 6 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 4 4 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76. MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4800 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 15 TO 18 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (1300-97600 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........13 14 17 26 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............47 64 70 76 RH..............89 58 51 42 20 FT WIND......S 8G10 S 12G15 S 14G20 S 14G20 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 6G10 S 9G15 S 10G20 S 10G20 MIX HGT (FT)....300 3000 3800 7000 MIXNG WIND......S 6 S 15 SW 15 SW 16 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...JOHNSON REQUESTED BY...TODD WALROD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130428.LOWER.01/DMX