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FNUS73 KDMX 031515
FWSDMX
SPOT FORECAST FOR SLEEPY HOLLOW...STORY COUNTY CONSERVATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1015 AM CDT THU APR 3 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 03.
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
IT SHOULD BE DRY TODAY WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. WINDS
WILL BE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THROUGH THE DAY WITH NO EXTREMES IN
TEMPERATURE OR HUMIDITY EXPECTED. WIND DIRECTION SHOULD BE FAIRLY
SIMILAR FROM THE NORTHWEST INTO THE AFTERNOON.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (15700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (35600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................2.
TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........58 53 48 56 55 58
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............46 48 50 51 52 52
RH..............60 56 54 52 53 54
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 8 8 7 6
20 FT WIND GUST.17 14 12 10 9 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.8 3.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 12 9 7 6 5
GFDI............3 3 3 2 2 1
SMOKE DISPERSAL.36 30 25 21 19 16
SMOKE CAT.......PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHEAST 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 6 TO 14
MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (14100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2800 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
GFDI................2.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........64 68 73 58 49 63
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
TEMP............53 49 43 40 39 37
RH..............54 63 76 85 89 96
20 FT WIND......N 6 NE 6 NE 6 E 7 NE 7 E 8
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 8 9 9 10
MIX HGT (FT)....3500 600 500 500 500 600
TRANSPORT WIND..N 5 NE 6 NE 8 E 10 E 10 E 13
GFDI............2 2 1 1 1 1
SMOKE DISPERSAL.14 3 4 4 5 6
SMOKE CAT.......POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 12 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (28300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................3.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
SKY (%).........66 69 84 94
WEATHER COV..... S CHC CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RAIN RAIN
TSTM COV........
TEMP............35 41 50 53
RH..............100 86 71 64
20 FT WIND......E 9G12 E 10G14 E 10G14 E 9G12
MIX HGT (FT)....600 1000 2000 2500
TRANSPORT WIND..E 14 E 15 E 15 E 12
GFDI............1 2 3 3
SMOKE DISPERSAL.7 14 26 26
SMOKE CAT.......POOR POOR POOR POOR
FORECASTER...SMALL
REQUESTED BY...BRANDON CLOUGH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/03/25
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