FNUS73 KDMX 131704 FWSDMX Spot Forecast for Happel...RES p/Iowa NRCS National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1204 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1400 CDT on May 13. 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... Partly cloudy skies into this afternoon. A few stray sprinkles are possible, however rain is expected to remain south of the area. Temperatures this afternoon will top out in the low 70s with relative humidity around 30-35 percent. Wind will be out of the north-northeast at around 10 mph. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Haze late in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 73. Min humidity........31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 9 to 10 mph. Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 14 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (71900 knot-ft). GFDI................0. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........71 70 68 65 Weather cov..... DEF DEF DEF Weather type.... HAZ HAZ HAZ Tstm cov........ Temp............71 71 72 71 RH..............35 34 31 32 20 FT wind dir..N N N N 20 FT wind spd..9 9 10 10 20 FT wind gust.10 10 13 13 Mix hgt (kft)...6.0 6.4 6.4 6.2 Transp wind dir.N N N N Transp wind spd.14 15 15 16 GFDI............0 0 0 0 Haines index....4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100072 83 84 86 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Min temperature.....Around 45. Max humidity........76 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 8 to 10 mph. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 13 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (82200 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (4900 knot-ft) late in the night. GFDI................0. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........60 46 32 30 30 30 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............70 64 57 54 51 48 RH..............35 45 57 64 71 71 20 ft wind......N 10 N 9 N 8 N 9 NE 9 NE 9 20 ft wind gust.13 16 15 17 17 16 Mix hgt (ft)....5900 600 500 500 500 500 Transport wind..N 16 N 14 NE 14 NE 15 NE 16 NE 13 GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100082 8 6 6 7 5 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Max temperature.....Around 71. Min humidity........39 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 9 to 12 mph. Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 9 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7300 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (52600 knot-ft) in the afternoon. GFDI................0. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........30 30 30 30 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............47 55 63 69 RH..............76 64 52 42 20 FT wind......NE 9G16 E 10G16 E 12G16 E 10G15 Mix hgt (ft)....600 1700 3300 4700 Transport wind..NE 15 E 16 E 16 E 12 GFDI............0 0 0 0 Haines index....4 4 4 3 SDspl kt-ft/10007 23 45 49 $$ Forecaster...Hagenhoff Requested by...Danny Simcox Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413992.0/DMX .DELDT 05/13/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL dsimcox@res.us