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Spot Forecast for NWS Des Moines Test - Small...NWS
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
946 PM CDT Fri Sep 13 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 2300 CDT on September 13.
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...

TEST...TEST...TEST

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Chance of showers and
                    slight chance of thunderstorms overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph late in the
                    evening becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 12 mph.
GFDI................0.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........95  99  98  100 99  99  96
Weather cov.....    SCH CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........        SCH SCH SCH
Temp............68  68  68  68  66  66  65
RH..............84  86  88  90  97  97  100
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  E   E   SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   3   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.10  8   8   8   8   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  S   S   SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.10  12  12  9   9   8   8
GFDI............0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent) then becoming partly
                    sunny (60-70 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 10 mph.
GFDI................0.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........99        92        81        69
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............65        69        75        80
RH..............100       93        76        65
20 FT wind......E 3G7     SE 5G8    SE 7G8    SE 8G12
Mix hgt (ft)....700       1100      2400      3300
Transport wind..SE 8      SE 8      S 9       S 10
GFDI............0         0         0         0
Haines index....3         3         3         3

$$
Forecaster...Small
Requested by...Brad Small
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2422434.0/DMX
.DELDT 09/13/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bradley.small@noaa.gov