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Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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FNUS73 KDMX 251508
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Spot Forecast for Jordan Wildlife Area...Story County Conservation
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1008 AM CDT Sat Apr 25 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on April 25.
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...
East northeast winds of around 10 MPH this morning will turn a
bit to east southeast this afternoon. Relative humidity will
continue to fall through the afternoon, with minimum values around
40% late in the day.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Temperature.........61 at ignition...Max 71.
RH..................57 percent at ignition...Min 42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds east at 9 mph at ignition...otherwise
Southeast winds 9 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5600 ft
AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 12 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /30900 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
/73000 knot-ft/.
GFDI................2.
TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........45 47 52 45 42 34 43
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............61 63 66 68 69 70 70
RH..............57 52 48 45 44 42 42
20 FT wind dir..E E E SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..9 9 9 10 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust.10 10 14 13 13 14 14
Mix hgt (kft)...2.6 3.0 3.3 4.0 4.6 5.1 5.6
Transp wind dir.E E E SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.14 13 13 12 13 14 15
GFDI............1 1 1 1 2 2 2
Smoke Dispersal.31 33 37 40 50 61 73
Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR FR GD GD
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (40-50 percent).
Temperature.........Min 49.
RH..................Max 80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 13 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (91300 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (6900 knot-ft) late in the
night.
GFDI................1.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........28 55 63 57 69 63 67 57 61 65 47 38
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............71 69 65 61 59 58 57 56 55 53 51 51
RH..............41 45 54 62 67 69 69 72 74 77 80 77
20 FT wind dir..SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE SE E
20 FT wind spd..9 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7
20 FT wind gust.13 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 12
Mix hgt (kft)...6.1 1.1 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.SE E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.17 15 13 15 16 16 15 14 16 18 17 17
GFDI............2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
Smoke Dispersal.91 14 7 9 9 9 8 9 9 10 10 10
Smoke Cat.......GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers in the afternoon.
Temperature.........Max 73.
RH..................Min 44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 7 to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 14 to 23 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8200 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (88700 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................3.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........44 26 38 47 55 58 62 65 66 66 67 73
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............51 49 51 55 59 63 67 70 72 73 73 72
RH..............74 80 74 66 62 58 54 51 48 46 44 46
20 FT wind dir..E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..7 8 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 16 16
20 FT wind gust.12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 23 24 24
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.4 2.0 2.6 3.3 3.9 4.4 4.4 3.8
Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.16 15 15 15 15 15 14 15 17 21 23 23
GFDI............1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 4
Smoke Dispersal.9 8 12 15 18 25 33 43 60 78 89 77
Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD
$$
Forecaster...Lee
Requested by...Brandon Clough
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2611716.0/DMX
.DELDT 04/25/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bclough@storycountyiowa.gov