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Spot Forecast for USFWS Spot Request...USFWS
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
243 PM CDT Tue Mar 10 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1500 CDT on March 10.
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...

Minimal fire weather concerns this afternoon with afternoon
humidity values near 80%, cool temperatures in the mid 50s, and
winds light to start but becoming out of the east to northeast and
increasing into tonight. Slight chance of rain late this afternoon
into evening, but may occur further south or east.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain late in the afternoon. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Chance of
                    rain late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 8 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (12500 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (21400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........89  89  83
Weather cov.....    SCH CHC
Weather type....    RN  RN
Tstm cov........    SCH SCH
Temp............56  55  56
RH..............80  86  83
20 FT wind dir..E   E   NE
20 FT wind spd..8   8   9
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 1.7 1.4
Transp wind dir.E   E   E
Transp wind spd.14  13  10
Smoke Dispersal.21  19  13
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms in the evening. Chance of rain
                    through the night.
Min temperature.....Around 33.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 9 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 12
                    mph after 3 am. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 12 to 17 mph increasing to 20 to 22 mph
                    after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (28100 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (10700 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........80  83  86  88  85  89  91  94  93  94  89  92
Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH                             SCH CHC
Weather type....RN  RN  RN                              RN  RN
Tstm cov........SCH
Temp............55  56  54  52  50  47  46  44  43  41  39  40
RH..............86  80  80  80  80  79  79  86  82  82  85  79
20 FT wind dir..NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..9   9   9   9   10  9   10  9   10  10  12  12
20 FT wind gust.14  16  16  17  17  16  17  16  17  18  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.7
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  N   N   NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.12  13  14  15  16  16  16  16  17  22  20  20
Smoke Dispersal.12  11  13  16  19  18  18  17  19  28  25  28
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Chance of rain
                    early in the morning. Chance of snow late in
                    the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 43.
Min humidity........53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 13 to 21 mph.
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 20 to 29 mph shifting to the northwest 30
                    to 35 mph late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (30800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (126700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (118300
                    knot-ft) late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........93  91  88  90  88  90  85  70  64  56  47  39
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RS
Tstm cov........
Temp............37  37  35  34  36  37  38  40  41  41  43  42
RH..............85  82  85  89  82  79  73  64  62  59  53  53
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..13  14  14  15  17  18  20  20  21  20  20  17
20 FT wind gust.21  22  23  24  26  29  29  29  30  30  29  26
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.7 3.0 3.4 3.8 4.2 4.6 4.4
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.20  22  22  26  29  30  30  32  33  35  33  31
Smoke Dispersal.31  38  40  52  61  71  79  96  111 127 135 118
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  PR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  VGD VGD VGD VGD

$$
Forecaster...05
Requested by...Ryan Harr
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605358.0/DMX
.DELDT 03/10/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Ryan_Harr@fws.gov