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Spot Forecast for 3 Fires Park Seeding...Iowa DNR
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
713 AM CST Wed Jan 29 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on January 29.
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...

Skies should be sunny today with seasonal fire weather conditions
and no extremes in temperature, relative humidity, or wind. Winds
should be light from the west or northwest at less than 10 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 52.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    southwest late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 8 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 8 mph late in the afternoon.
GFDI................2.
Haines Index........MISSING.

TIME (CST)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   2   3   4   3   2   0   1   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............33  39  43  46  48  50  52  50  47
RH..............66  54  47  42  40  41  39  44  51
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..5   6   5   5   5   6   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.7   8   8   7   7   8   9   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 1.1 1.6 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.1 0.6
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.7   8   7   8   8   8   8   8   8
GFDI............1   1   1   2   2   3   3   2   2
Haines index....M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 30.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming south 5 to 6 mph
                    in the late evening and overnight.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 12 mph.
GFDI................1.
Haines Index........MISSING.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........3   3   4   4   9   6   13  18  25  29  44  48
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............40  39  37  35  34  33  33  32  32  32  32  33
RH..............67  67  72  78  82  82  82  85  81  85  85  82
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   3   5   5   5   6   6   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.9   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   8   9   10  12  12  12  12  12  10
GFDI............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Haines index....M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain in the morning, then rain likely in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 46.
Min humidity........79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the east
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 12 mph shifting to the east 7 to 9
                    mph late in the afternoon.
GFDI................1.
Haines Index........MISSING.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........49  50  72  80  86  89  91  91  90  90  91  94
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............33  32  33  36  39  42  44  45  45  45  44  43
RH..............85  88  92  92  89  82  79  79  82  82  86  89
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  E   E   NE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   5   6
20 FT wind gust.9   9   9   10  9   9   9   8   8   9   8   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.9   10  12  10  12  10  9   8   7   7   8   9
GFDI............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Haines index....M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M

$$
Forecaster...Small
Requested by...Dray Walter (WL Tech I)
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 01/29/25
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.EMAIL dray.walter@dnr.iowa.gov