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Spot Forecast for Unionville Wildfire...Iowa Department of Natural Resources
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
712 AM CST Mon Mar 2 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 CST on March 02.
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...

Cloudy today with higher dew points lifting into Iowa. This will
keep relative humidity values above 50 percent.Light wind this
morning will become sustained southeast by mid to late morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 45.
Min humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 6 mph early
                    in the morning, then shifting to the southeast
                    7 to 8 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (10500 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (20200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
GFDI................2.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south around 5 mph early
                    in the morning, then shifting to the southeast
                    around 6 mph in the late morning and afternoon.

TIME (CST)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........100 100 100 99  97  96  95  93  92  90  88
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............31  31  33  35  36  38  40  43  43  43  43
RH..............78  81  78  75  75  73  67  60  65  65  67
20 FT wind dir..W   S   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E
20 FT wind spd..2   6   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   7   7
20 FT wind gust.8   10  16  16  15  15  15  15  15  14  14
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   S   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   8   13  13  12  12  12  12  12  11  11
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.2
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  E   SE
Transp wind spd.12  13  14  13  14  14  13  12  10  12  13
GFDI............1   1   2   2   2   2   2   3   2   2   2
Smoke Dispersal.11  13  16  16  19  20  19  18  17  16  14
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Slight chance of
                    drizzle overnight. Chance of drizzle overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 36.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 10 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4500 knot-ft).
GFDI................2.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 5 mph.

TIME (CST)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........86        89        93        97
Weather cov.....                    S CHC     CHANCE
Weather type....NONE      NONE      DRZL      DRZL
Tstm cov........
Temp............42        40        39        38
RH..............70        73        82        92
20 FT wind......E 6G13    SE 6G13   SE 6G12   E 5G10
Eye level wind..E 5G10    SE 5G10   SE 5G10   E 4G8
Mix hgt (ft)....600       800       600       500
Transport wind..E 13      SE 13     SE 12     E 12
GFDI............2         2         1         1
Smoke Dispersal.6         9         6         5
Smoke Cat.......POOR      POOR      POOR      POOR

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Chance of drizzle in
                    the morning, then chance of rain in the
                    afternoon. Rain likely late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 48.
Min humidity........80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the northeast
                    6 to 7 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4200 knot-ft).
GFDI................2.
Eye level winds.....East winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 5 to 6 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........96           92           91
Weather cov.....CHANCE       CHANCE       CHANCE
Weather type....DRZL         DRZL         RAIN
Tstm cov........
Temp............37           42           47
RH..............96           89           83
20 FT wind......SE 6G12      E 6G12       E 7G13
Eye level wind..SE 5G10      E 5G10       E 6G10
Mix hgt (ft)....500          800          1400
Transport wind..E 10         SE 8         E 7
GFDI............1            1            2
Smoke Dispersal.5            5            8
Smoke Cat.......POOR         POOR         POOR

$$
Forecaster...Donavon
Requested by...Matthew Gannon
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2604461.0/DMX
.DELDT 03/02/26
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.EMAIL matthew.gannon@dnr.iowa.gov