FNUS73 KDMX 070921 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR HANLONTOWN SLOUGH...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 421 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 07. 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... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL REACH WESTERN IOWA BY LATE THIS EVENING AND AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF IOWA ON WEDNESDAY. WETTING RAINS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THURSDAY AS A STORM TRACKS JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA. SOME PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE DRY FRIDAY PRIOR TO ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SOME RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3900 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 7800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 5400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 1 TO 2 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (500-46800 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........25 25 26 27 27 29 32 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............66 69 71 72 73 73 72 RH..............54 47 42 41 38 38 39 20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 10 10 10 EYE LVL WND DIR.SE S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND GST. 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.9 5.4 6.2 7.0 7.8 5.4 3.0 MIXNG WIND DIR..SE S S S S S S MIXNG WIND SPD..5 6 7 7 7 6 6 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51. MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO POOR (1000-2400 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........34 45 50 54 60 68 WEATHER COV..... S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR NONE TSTM COV........ S CHC TEMP............69 64 59 56 54 53 RH..............42 58 75 80 86 89 20 FT WIND......S 7 S 6 S 6 S 5 S 3 SE 3 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 5 S 4 S 4 S 4 S 2 SE 2 EYE LVL WND GST. 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....600 400 300 300 300 300 MIXNG WIND......S 5 SE 5 SE 5 S 6 S 6 SE 6 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68. MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 3700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 14 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-51900 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD TO GOOD (34300-58100 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........76 78 84 89 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY TEMP............53 65 66 67 RH..............89 65 65 63 20 FT WIND......SE 5 S 8G10 S 12G15 S 8G10 EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 4G5 S 6G10 S 9G15 S 6G10 MIX HGT (FT)....300 4900 4600 5700 MIXNG WIND......SE 6 S 9 S 14 S 12 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...VACHALEK REQUESTED BY...DAN PAULSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130507.HANLO.01/DMX