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Spot Forecast for Camp Dodge 4-25-2018...Dept Public Defense
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
646 AM CDT Wed Apr 25 2018
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 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...
Mostly sunny skies expected today. Winds should be 10 kts or less.
Combined with above normal fuel moisture and below normal ERCs,
fire weather conditions not favorable for fires becoming out of
control.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......1300-3200 ft AGL increasing to 6200-6500 ft
AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 16 mph shifting to the north
around 6 mph late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low potential for large plume
dominated fire growth or moderate potential for
large plume dominated fire growth.
TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........67 67 60 52 42 32 24 19 15 12 8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............47 47 50 52 55 57 60 62 64 65 65
RH..............70 68 61 54 48 42 37 33 30 28 28
20 FT wind dir..N N NE NE NE N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 6 5
20 FT wind gust.
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 2.0 2.6 3.2 4.0 4.8 5.6 5.9 6.2 6.5 6.3
Transp wind dir.N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N
Transp wind spd.14 15 16 16 15 13 10 8 7 6 6
Haines index....3 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
becoming light, then becoming southwest around
5 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......5800-6000 ft AGL decreasing to 300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 1 to 6 mph.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low potential for large plume
dominated fire growth or moderate potential for
large plume dominated fire growth.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........5 1 1 1 4 10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............64 60 54 50 47 43
RH..............30 35 43 52 58 65
20 ft wind......N 5 N 5 NW 2 NW 2 SW 3 SW 5
20 ft wind gust.
Mix hgt (ft)....6000 3900 300 300 300 300
Transport wind..N 6 NW 5 NW 1 W 2 SW 3 SW 5
Haines index....4 4 5 5 5 5
$$
Forecaster...Kotenberg
Requested by...andy roby
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 1807759.0/DMX
.EMAIL andy.roby@iowa.gov