FNUS73 KDMX 121310 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR RINGGOLD...IOWA DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 810 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 12. 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... RATHER QUIET CONDITIONS FOR THE DAY. EXPECT WINDS TO GRADUALLY INCREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON...REMAINING LIGHT DURING THE MORNING. OTHERWISE LITTLE IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED FOR TODAY. NEXT WEEK POSES SOME CHALLENGES...HOWEVER. THE WEEK WILL BEGIN WITH COOL TEMPERATURES AND HIGH PRESSURE THROUGH THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO REBOUND BY MONDAY AS THE HIGH MOVES AWAY LEADING TO WARM ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WORK WEEK. THESE WARM AND RELATIVELY DRY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ON TUESDAY...WHICH LOOKS TO BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK. THE NEXT CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL NOT RETURN UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT THEY WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TO SOME DEGREE RIGHT ON INTO NEXT WEEKEND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1000-56700 KNOT-FT). WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........6 7 8 8 7 7 7 6 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............53 55 57 59 60 62 62 61 RH..............38 35 33 30 29 27 28 29 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST. EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW EYE LVL WND SPD.4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND GST. MIX HGT (KFT)...4.9 5.2 5.5 5.8 6.0 6.3 6.0 5.7 MIXNG WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW MIXNG WIND SPD..13 12 10 10 10 10 10 9 HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41. MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........6 11 13 13 21 26 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............60 54 48 44 42 41 RH..............32 41 51 62 70 76 EYE LEVEL WIND..NW 4 W 4 S 2 S 2 S 2 S 4 EYE LVL WND GST. 5 5 5 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73. MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........35 32 39 42 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............43 60 67 72 RH..............73 49 47 46 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 4G5 S 6G10 S 9G15 S 11G20 $$ FORECASTER...VACHALEK REQUESTED BY...NATURAL RESOURCE TECH 2 TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130512.RINGG.01/DMX