659  
FNUS73 KDMX 271745  
FWSDMX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR CALKINS BRUSH PILES...HARDIN COUNTY CONSERVATION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
1245 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MAY 27.  
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
 
 
SCATTERED ON AND OFF RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON TO EVENING,  
WITH A VERY LOW CHANCE FOR THUNDER OR WEAK STORM AS WELL. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT  
OUT OF THE NORTHEAST FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, WITH MIN RH VALUES ABOVE 50%.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
THROUGH THE DAY.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.  
MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10 TO 13 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (27200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (39900 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
GFDI................0.  
 
TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........91 89 87 88 91  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH  
TEMP............62 61 61 61 62  
RH..............54 53 51 53 52  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E NE NE NE  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 7 7 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 12 10 10  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.4 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E NE NE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 12 12 10  
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.38 40 39 37 27  
SMOKE CAT.......PR PR PR PR PR  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.  
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 TO 12 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (23100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (4000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
GFDI................0.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........92 94 94 94 92 94 95 86 92 90 86 87  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
TEMP............61 59 58 55 54 53 53 53 53 52 52 52  
RH..............56 62 64 74 80 83 83 86 83 86 86 89  
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 12 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N NE N N N N N N  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 12 12 12 10 10 12 12 12 12 12  
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.23 9 7 7 6 6 4 5 5 5 5 5  
SMOKE CAT.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
 

 
FORECASTER...BURY  
REQUESTED BY...NICHOLAS STAVROPLUS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2514815.0/DMX  
.DELDT 05/27/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL NSTAVROPLUS@HARDINCOUNTYIA.GOV  
 
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