101 FNUS73 KDMX 281510 FWSDMX Spot Forecast for ESP Timber food plot burn...Hancock County Conservation Board National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1010 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2019 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on March 28. 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... Surface winds will be from the northeast today behind a cold front. A few isolated showers will be possible by late morning into the afternoon. Relative humidity values will drop to around 50 percent by mid afternoon. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Slight chance of rain showers late in the afternoon. Temperature.........44 at ignition...Max 52. RH..................73 percent at ignition...Min 54 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 14 mph at ignition...otherwise North winds 9 to 15 mph. Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 2400-3200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 13 to 20 mph decreasing to 10 to 12 mph late in the afternoon. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth at ignition...max 4. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........66 69 66 73 64 62 62 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Temp............44 46 48 50 52 52 51 RH..............73 71 65 61 56 56 54 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..14 15 15 13 10 10 9 20 FT wind gust.18 21 21 16 13 13 10 Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.1 Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N Transp wind spd.18 20 20 17 13 10 12 Haines index....4 4 4 3 3 2 2 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Temperature.........Min 32. RH..................Max 85 percent. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........66 73 70 63 56 58 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............50 46 42 39 37 35 RH..............56 65 76 82 85 78 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Temperature.........Max 47. RH..................Min 42 percent. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........66 63 74 77 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............32 36 42 46 RH..............81 67 55 45 $$ Forecaster...Cogil Requested by...Cale Edwards Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 1904838.0/DMX .DELDT 03/28/19 .EMAIL cale.edwards@hancockcountyia.org