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Spot Forecast for W FORK Wetland...PACCB
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1131 AM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on April 24.
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...

Breezy northwest winds late this morning will gradually diminish
this afternoon. Drier air will arrive today and will result in
minimum relative humidity values around 35%.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Temperature.........53 at ignition...Max 63.
RH..................52 percent at ignition...Min 38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 13 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Northwest winds 7 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4200 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 9 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /35000 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair
                    /40100 knot-ft/.
GFDI................2.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   3   2   1   2   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............53  56  58  61  62  63
RH..............52  47  45  42  41  38
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..13  12  10  9   8   7
20 FT wind gust.16  15  14  14  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 3.2 3.6 3.8 4.1 4.2
Transp wind dir.N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.14  14  13  12  10  9
GFDI............2   2   2   2   1   1
Smoke Dispersal.35  39  40  38  37  33
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  FR  PR  PR  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent).
Temperature.........Min 41.
RH..................Max 76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 7 mph shifting to the east
                    around 6 mph early in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 9 mph shifting to the northeast
                    7 to 10 mph early in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2600 knot-ft).
GFDI................1.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........3   3   4   6   5   6   14  26  36  48  39  53
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............62  61  58  53  51  49  47  45  44  44  42  42
RH..............39  39  44  52  56  58  63  68  70  70  76  76
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE
20 FT wind spd..7   7   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.12  12  10  10  9   10  9   10  10  10  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...4.1 2.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW  N   NE  NE  E   E   E   NE  E   E   E   NE
Transp wind spd.9   7   7   7   8   9   8   9   8   9   9   10
GFDI............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Smoke Dispersal.33  14  3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   4
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent).
Temperature.........Max 64.
RH..................Min 45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the east 8
                    to 12 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 10 to 12 mph shifting to the east 10
                    to 13 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (45600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
GFDI................2.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........57  59  64  68  71  74  76  79  78  77  76  79
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............42  41  43  48  53  56  59  61  62  63  64  64
RH..............73  79  79  68  59  55  49  48  46  46  45  46
20 FT wind dir..N   N   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..6   7   8   9   10  12  12  12  12  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.12  13  13  14  15  16  17  17  17  17  17  17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.8 1.3 1.9 2.5 3.0 3.4 3.9 4.2 4.1 3.5
Transp wind dir.NE  N   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.10  12  10  10  12  12  12  12  12  13  13  13
GFDI............1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Smoke Dispersal.5   6   8   12  19  25  30  34  41  46  46  37
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  PR

$$
Forecaster...Lee
Requested by...FFT2
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/24/26
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