667 FNUS73 KDMX 231626 FWSDMX Spot Forecast for Birge Lake...Iowa DNR National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1126 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2019 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1400 CDT on April 23. 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... Mostly sunny skies are expected today. Winds will be from the northeast at 10 to 20 mph and will be gusty at times. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). Temperature.........60 at ignition...Max 65. RH..................41 percent at ignition...Min 33 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 6 mph at ignition...otherwise Northwest winds around 6 mph shifting to the west late in the afternoon. Ridgetop wind....... CWR.................0 percent. LAL................. Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North around 3 mph shifting to the west 3 to 5 mph late in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........1 1 1 2 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 LAL.............M M M M Temp............60 62 64 65 RH..............41 38 34 33 20 FT wind dir..N NW W W 20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust. Ridge wind dir..M M M M Ridge wind spd..M M M M Mix hgt (kft)...5.3 5.7 5.9 5.9 Transp wind dir.N W W SW Transp wind spd.3 3 3 5 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent). Temperature.........Min 43. RH..................Max 79 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph. Ridgetop wind....... CWR.................0 percent. LAL................. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 6 to 14 mph. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........3 2 2 2 3 5 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............M M M M M M Temp............65 61 54 49 47 45 RH..............37 42 59 68 71 73 20 ft wind......W 6 S 5 S 6 S 6 S 7 S 8 20 ft wind gust. Ridgetop wind...M M M M M M Mix hgt (ft)....5500 400 400 400 400 400 Transport wind..SW 6 S 6 S 8 S 10 S 12 S 14 $$ Forecaster...Lee Requested by...Patterson Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 1900000.0/DMX .DELDT 04/23/19 .FormatterVersion 1.0.26 .EMAIL rob.patterson@dnr.iowa.gov