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SPOT FORECAST FOR HOEPPNER TRAINING BURN...WORTH COUNTY CONSERVATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
348 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1600 CDT ON MAY 20.
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
LIGHT WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHEAST WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO BE OUT OF
THE EAST-NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS BUT WILL REMAIN LIGHT,
GENERALLY UNDER 10 MPH. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON
WILL BE NEAR 45% WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHING TOWARDS 60.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 7 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (29800 KNOT-FT).
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........50 54
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............58 59
RH..............49 44
20 FT WIND DIR..N NE
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.8 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.9 5.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7
GFDI............0 0
SMOKE DISPERSAL.35 30
SMOKE CAT.......PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41.
MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING EAST 5 TO 7 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 7 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 12 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3300 KNOT-FT).
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........59 72 81 78 83 86 81 90 74 88 84 84
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............58 57 56 53 51 50 49 48 48 46 45 45
RH..............45 49 51 57 63 63 68 68 68 73 76 76
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E SE
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 7
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 10 12 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.8 3.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE E E E E E E E E SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SMOKE DISPERSAL.29 21 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6
SMOKE CAT.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...05
REQUESTED BY...BRETT BACKHAUS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2614107.0/DMX
.DELDT 05/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL BRETT.BACKHAUS@WORTHCOUNTYIOWA.GOV
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