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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