554 FNUS73 KDMX 101248 FWSDMX Spot Forecast for Weichers, Trapp...Iowa DNR National Weather Service Des Moines IA 748 AM CDT Mon Apr 10 2017 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 10. 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... Clouds return this afternoon to most of the region. Lingering showers over the southeast early with rain redeveloping in the north during the afternoon. Temperatures will be much cooler today and winds will be breezy from the northwest this afternoon. More wetting rainfall is expected Wednesday and again on Friday. The active weather pattern will remain through the weekend with temperatures rebounding to the 60s and lower 70s through the period. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of rain early in the afternoon. Chance of rain late in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 58. Min humidity........61 percent. Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 6 to 14 mph. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 14 mph. Mixing height.......1900-3800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 12 to 16 mph. Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........75 75 74 74 80 83 87 88 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN TSTM COV........ TEMP............54 55 56 57 56 56 55 55 RH..............80 77 74 72 72 66 66 61 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 10 12 13 13 14 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N NW NW NW EYE LVL WND SPD.6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 EYE LVL WND GST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.5 2.9 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 MIXNG WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N MIXNG WIND SPD..13 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 HAINES INDEX....3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of rain early in the evening. Min temperature.....Around 35. Max humidity........89 percent. Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 13 to 15 mph. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 13 to 15 mph. Mixing height.......2400-3800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 14 to 18 mph. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........88 85 78 75 70 63 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............53 47 43 41 39 36 RH..............64 74 76 76 79 85 20 FT WIND......NW 15 NW 15 NW 15 NW 14 NW 13 NW 13 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 15 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..NW 9 NW 9 NW 9 NW 8 NW 8 NW 8 EYE LVL WND GST.20 20 20 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....3800 3600 3100 3100 2900 2600 MIXNG WIND......N 14 N 15 NW 16 NW 17 NW 18 NW 18 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 2 2 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Max temperature.....Around 55. Min humidity........45 percent. Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 7 to 12 mph. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 12 mph. Mixing height.......2100-4000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 15 mph. Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth to or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........50 30 15 10 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............36 39 47 54 RH..............82 79 58 46 20 FT WIND......NW 12 NW 10G15 NW 10G15 NW 9G10 EYE LEVEL WIND..NW 7G10 NW 6G15 NW 6G15 NW 5G10 MIX HGT (FT)....2200 2400 3400 3900 MIXNG WIND......NW 15 NW 12 NW 12 NW 12 HAINES INDEX....2 2 3 4 $$ Forecaster...Vachalek Requested by...Justin clark Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 1706337.0/DMX .EMAIL justin.clark@dnr.iowa.gov