Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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Spot Forecast for asche west...Iowa DNR
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
818 AM CDT Tue May 6 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on May 06.
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 and dry today with minimum relative humidity values
falling to near 30% this afternoon. Light and variable winds this
morning become out of the west to northwest to north through the
day today but remain under 10 mph.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 6 mph late in the morning
becoming light.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 9 mph shifting to the north 5 to 6
mph late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (10700 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (25900 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............58 64 67 69 72 75 75 76 77
RH..............72 63 52 47 39 34 32 30 30
20 FT wind dir..W W W W NW NW N N N
20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 5 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust. 6 6 6 6 6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.8 4.1 5.0 5.2 5.7 6.2 6.5 6.4
Transp wind dir.W W N N N N N N N
Transp wind spd.9 8 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smoke Dispersal.11 12 20 25 21 23 25 26 26
Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........77 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 5 mph shifting to the
southeast early in the evening, then shifting
to the southwest 7 to 9 mph in the late evening
and overnight shifting to the west 7 to 8 mph
after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (23900 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (2000 knot-ft) late in the
night.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........5 6 9 12 15 17 18 20 22 25 27 33
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............75 75 71 67 64 61 59 57 55 54 54 53
RH..............32 33 39 45 52 58 62 67 72 74 74 77
20 FT wind dir..N NE E SE SE S S SW SW W W W
20 FT wind spd..3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.6 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...6.0 2.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Transp wind dir.N NE E S S S SW SW SW W W W
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 5 7 8 9 9 8 8 8 7
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smoke Dispersal.24 10 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in
the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......6600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 9 mph shifting to the northeast
7 to 16 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2600 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (61100 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................1.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........39 44 38 32 26 33 39 46 48 51 54 57
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............52 53 56 61 68 72 74 77 77 77 78 76
RH..............80 80 74 67 57 49 46 40 40 39 37 40
20 FT wind dir..W N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..2 2 3 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 13 14 14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.4 3.4 5.0 6.6 6.1 5.6 5.1 4.2
Transp wind dir.NW NW NW N N NE NE E E NE NE NE
Transp wind spd.8 9 7 8 8 7 8 9 10 13 14 16
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Smoke Dispersal.3 3 3 6 10 20 32 53 56 59 61 57
Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR GD FR
$$
Forecaster...05
Requested by...Adam Kulow
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2513196.0/DMX
.DELDT 05/06/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL adam.kulow@dnr.iowa.gov