FNUS73 KDMX 011201 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR 3 MILE...IOWA DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 701 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MAY 01. 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 BE FROM THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 T0 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL DURING THE MORNING...BOTTOMING OUT AROUND 60 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND POSSIBLY LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE IN LATE IN THE DAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN LIKELY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 58. RH..................69 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 55 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 20 TO 23 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 20 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 20 TO 23 MPH. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........66 68 76 90 97 97 98 99 99 100 WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC LKY WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN TSTM COV........ TEMP............55 56 56 56 56 57 58 58 55 49 RH..............69 69 69 69 69 64 57 55 59 71 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..20 20 20 20 20 20 21 22 23 23 20 FT WIND GUST.30 30 30 30 25 30 30 30 30 30 EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N EYE LVL WND SPD.14 14 14 14 14 14 15 16 16 16 EYE LVL WND GST.30 30 30 30 25 30 30 30 30 30 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN LIKELY EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SLEET EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 35. RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 22 TO 24 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TSTM COV........ TEMP............45 42 41 40 38 36 RH..............79 82 79 76 82 85 EYE LEVEL WIND..N 16 N 17 N 16 N 16 N 16 N 17 EYE LVL WND GST.30 35 35 30 35 35 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). RAIN AND SLEET EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY LATE IN THE MORNING. RAIN AND SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 37. RH..................MIN 72 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 20 TO 22 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........100 98 96 92 WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RNSN RNSN RNSN TSTM COV........ TEMP............36 36 37 37 RH..............85 82 75 75 EYE LEVEL WIND..N 16G30 N 16G30 N 16G30 N 14G30 $$ FORECASTER...LEE REQUESTED BY...NATURAL RESOURCE TECH 2 TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130501.3MILE.01/DMX