Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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Spot Forecast for Camp Dodge Hazmat...Iowa Fire Service Training Bureau
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
800 AM CDT Fri Oct 10 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 CDT on October 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...
Stratus clouds will continue to break apart over the next 2 hours,
yielding sunny skies for today. Moisture from rain last night will
keep RH values from bottoming out this afternoon, mainly staying
in the 40 percentage range. While winds are out of the southwest
this morning, there will be a wind shift by noon for the burn
site. Winds will become north-northwesterly with 20mph gusts
possible through the afternoon.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Max apparent temp...75.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 8 to 9 mph shifting to the northwest
9 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wind shift..........
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL.
SUNSET..............
MOONLIGHT...........
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........59 44 32 21 9 7 3 2 0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............62 65 68 71 73 74 75 75 73
RH..............90 87 78 71 66 59 54 48 48
Aparnt tmp (F)..62 65 68 71 73 74 75 75 73
Surface wnd dir.W W W NW NW NW N N N
Surface wnd spd.8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 9
Surface wnd gst.9 10 12 13 13 14 14 14 12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.3 1.9 2.4 3.2 3.9 4.1 4.0 3.7
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 43.
Max humidity........83 percent.
Max apparent temp...71.
Surface winds (mph).North winds around 8 mph decreasing to 5 to 6
mph in the evening and overnight, then becoming
light overnight.
Wind shift..........
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
SUNRISE.............
MOONLIGHT...........
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........0 1 1 4 6 3 7 11 12 14 15 19
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............71 66 61 58 56 54 53 51 50 48 46 45
RH..............47 50 58 60 62 64 66 68 71 77 83 82
Aparnt tmp (F)..71 66 61 58 56 54 53 51 49 47 45 44
Surface wnd dir.N N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE
Surface wnd spd.8 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 3
Surface wnd gst.9 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Max apparent temp...69.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 9 mph early
in the morning.
Wind shift..........
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL.
SUNSET..............
MOONLIGHT...........
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........23 27 31 27 29 24 29 34 33 32 31 30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............44 43 45 48 53 57 61 64 67 68 69 68
RH..............86 89 86 83 71 64 58 52 47 45 44 45
Aparnt tmp (F)..42 41 43 45 53 57 61 64 67 68 69 68
Surface wnd dir.E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Surface wnd spd.3 3 5 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 9
Surface wnd gst.6 7 7 8 10 12 13 14 15 16 16 15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.1 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.7 1.9
$$
Forecaster...Jimenez
Requested by...Chris Jennings
Type of request...HAZMAT
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.DELDT 10/10/25
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.EMAIL cjennings@centerville-ia.org