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Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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Spot Forecast for Woodland Mounds...WCCB
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
224 PM CDT Fri Mar 27 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0000 CDT on March 30.
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.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT SATURDAY...
.DISCUSSION...
Monday will be warm and dry. High temperatures in the low to
mid-80s are forecast, with relative humidity falling below 35% in
the afternoon. South to southwest winds of 15-20 MPH are expected,
with gusts to 25 MPH or higher. These conditions may result in an
elevated fire weather risk.
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Temperature.........56 at ignition...Min 49.
RH..................64 percent at ignition...Max 83 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds south at 7 mph at ignition...otherwise
South winds around 7 mph.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /4400 knot-ft/ at ignition. Min...poor
/3500 knot-ft/.
GFDI................2.
TIME (CDT) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........11 11 10 8 7 13
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............56 55 54 52 51 50
RH..............64 69 74 80 83 83
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT wind gust.12 12 12 10 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.15 15 15 14 14 13
GFDI............2 2 2 2 1 1
Smoke Dispersal.4 4 4 4 4 4
Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Temperature.........Max 82.
RH..................Min 39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 21 mph increasing to 23 to 25 mph
late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3600 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (88400 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................5 increasing to 13 late in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........19 25 32 40 47 54 62 69 68 66 65 63
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............49 49 53 58 63 68 73 77 80 81 81 81
RH..............86 86 80 72 65 57 49 43 41 39 39 39
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..7 7 8 9 10 12 12 13 14 15 16 16
20 FT wind gust.10 12 13 14 15 16 18 20 21 22 22 21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 3.0
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.13 13 14 15 17 18 20 21 23 24 25 24
GFDI............1 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 11 13 14 13
Smoke Dispersal.4 4 7 11 16 25 35 45 59 75 88 65
Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD
.MONDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Chance of rain.
Temperature.........Min 60.
RH..................Max 61 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 14 to 18 mph.
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 20 to 29 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (61200 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (20500 knot-ft) late in the
night.
GFDI................11.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........62 60 57 55 52 52 51 51 52 54 55 58
Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............80 78 77 75 74 73 73 72 71 69 68 67
RH..............39 45 47 52 53 55 55 57 57 61 61 61
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..15 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 18 18 18 17
20 FT wind gust.20 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 25 25 25 24
Mix hgt (kft)...2.1 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.4
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.23 22 21 20 20 21 22 24 26 28 29 29
GFDI............12 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 9
Smoke Dispersal.42 21 22 24 26 31 38 46 51 55 59 61
Smoke Cat.......FR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR GD
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Chance of rain.
Temperature.........Max 70.
RH..................Min 53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 16 to 18 mph shifting to the
northwest 18 to 20 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 28 to 35 mph shifting to the
northwest 28 to 32 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (59100 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (88200 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................10.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........60 63 66 70 73 74 75 76 76 75 75 78
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............66 65 64 64 64 64 64 64 62 60 58 56
RH..............63 63 63 63 60 58 56 54 56 55 55 53
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW W W W W NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..17 16 17 17 18 18 17 17 18 18 20 20
20 FT wind gust.23 23 24 24 25 25 24 24 25 25 26 26
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.0 2.5 3.1 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.6 2.6
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW W W W W W NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.29 29 31 33 35 32 30 28 28 29 30 32
GFDI............8 8 9 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 11 11
Smoke Dispersal.63 65 64 63 59 72 81 88 79 73 68 71
Smoke Cat.......GD GD GD GD FR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD
$$
Forecaster...Lee
Requested by...Kato
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/27/26
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.EMAIL mankatos@warrencountyia.org