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Spot Forecast for Badger Creek North Unit...Iowa DNR
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
648 AM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on August 26.
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...

Fog will likely burn off before the scheduled ignition time.
Winds from the northwest will prevail and will exceed 12 mph after
noon. Gusts between 20 and 25mph will be possible this afternoon.
RH values will drop into the upper 40s.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 9 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 13 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (14400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (88700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0   2   1   0   1   0   3   8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............74  77  79  81  82  82  82  83
RH..............74  67  62  56  54  52  52  52
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..9   10  12  13  13  14  14  12
20 FT wind gust.    16  17  20  20  21  20  18
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 2.2 3.5 4.6 5.0 5.4 5.5 5.2
Transp wind dir.NW  N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.13  15  16  18  18  18  18  17
GFDI............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Smoke Dispersal.14  29  49  74  80  86  89  77
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 61.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming northwest around
                    5 mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft).
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........8      10     9      6      9      7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............81     77     70     67     65     63
RH..............57     67     81     84     84     85
20 ft wind......NW 10  NW 6   NW 5   NW 3   NW 3   NW 5
20 ft wind gust.15     8      7      6      6      7
Mix hgt (ft)....3000   400    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..N 13   N 8    N 7    N 8    NW 7   NW 8
GFDI............0      0      0      0      0      0
Smoke Dispersal.33     3      2      3      3      3
Smoke Cat.......POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......6900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (68600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........5            3            3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............61           73           81
RH..............86           66           51
20 FT wind......NW 5G7       NW 5G8       N 8G13
Mix hgt (ft)....400          1600         6900
Transport wind..NW 7         N 8          N 10
GFDI............0            0            0
Smoke Dispersal.3            11           62
Smoke Cat.......POOR         POOR         GOOD

$$
Forecaster...Jimenez
Requested by...Jonathan Jones
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2620565.0/DMX
.DELDT 08/26/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jonathan.jones@dnr.iowa.gov