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Spot Forecast for Parlina Pierce Woodland...Hardin County Conservation
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
504 AM CST Thu Mar 9 2017

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CST on March 09. 
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...

Northeasterly winds today with winds picking up tonight 
and shifting to the north/northwest behind the passage
of a cold front. RH values falling to around 35 to 45 
percent this afternoon. Snow chances by Friday night.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). 
Max temperature.....Around 43. 
Min humidity........38 percent. 
Eye level winds.....North winds 8 to 14 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 8 to 14 mph. 
Mixing height.......300-1600 ft AGL increasing to 2300-3800 ft AGL 
                    in the late morning and afternoon. 
Transport winds.....North 10 to 18 mph. 
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth to or moderate potential 
                    for large plume dominated fire growth. 

TIME (CST)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 
SKY (%).........69  74  73  72  71  72  73  
WEATHER COV.....                            
WEATHER TYPE....                            
TSTM COV........                            
TEMP............39  41  43  43  42  41  39  
RH..............46  41  38  39  43  48  54  
20 FT WIND DIR..NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   
20 FT WIND SPD..13  13  14  14  14  14  13  
20 FT WIND GUST.15  15  15  15  15  15  15  
EYE LVL WND DIR.NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   
EYE LVL WND SPD.8   8   8   8   8   8   8   
EYE LVL WND GST.15  15  15  15  15  15  15  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.9 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.8 
MIXNG WIND DIR..NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   
MIXNG WIND SPD..10  10  10  12  14  16  18  
HAINES INDEX....5   5   5   4   4   4   4   

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming 
                    partly cloudy (25-35 percent). 
Min temperature.....Around 15. 
Max humidity........69 percent. 
Eye level winds.....North winds 13 to 16 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 13 to 16 mph. 
Mixing height.......2000-3900 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....North 21 to 24 mph. 
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth to or low potential for 
                    large plume dominated fire growth. 

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM   
SKY (%).........74     77     63     35     18     11     
WEATHER COV.....                                          
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   
TSTM COV........                                          
TEMP............37     33     29     26     22     18     
RH..............64     66     69     62     62     61     
20 FT WIND......N 13   N 14   N 15   N 16   N 16   N 16   
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     20     25     25     25     
EYE LEVEL WIND..N 8    N 8    N 9    N 10   N 10   N 10   
EYE LVL WND GST.15     20     20     25     25     25     
MIX HGT (FT)....3900   3400   2900   2500   2300   2100   
MIXNG WIND......N 21   N 23   N 24   N 23   N 24   N 24   
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      3      3      3      

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent) then becoming 
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). 
Max temperature.....Around 25. 
Min humidity........30 percent. 
Eye level winds.....North winds 8 to 16 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 8 to 16 mph. 
Mixing height.......1800-3300 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....North 14 to 23 mph decreasing to 9 to 13 mph in 
                    the afternoon. 
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth to or moderate potential 
                    for large plume dominated fire growth. 

TIME (CST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM      
SKY (%).........14        38        58        70        
WEATHER COV.....                                        
WEATHER TYPE....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE      
TSTM COV........                                        
TEMP............15        19        23        25        
RH..............55        40        31        30        
20 FT WIND......N 16G25   N 15G20   N 13G15   N 10G15   
EYE LEVEL WIND..N 10G25   N 9G20    N 8G15    N 6G15    
MIX HGT (FT)....1800      2600      3300      3300      
MIXNG WIND......N 23      N 17      N 14      N 12      
HAINES INDEX....4         4         4         5         

$$
Forecaster...Beerends
Requested by...Blake Harris
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 1703707.0/DMX
.EMAIL hardinccnrm@gmail.com