560
FNUS73 KOAX 261451
FWSOAX
SPOT FORECAST FOR TURIN SAVANNAH...IOWA DNR- WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
951 AM CDT WED AUG 26 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 CDT ON AUGUST 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS REMAIN LOW. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY.
SURFACE WINDS WILL STAY OUT OF THE NORTH, INCREASING TO AROUND
10MPH THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE LOW- TO-MID
80S WITH HUMIDITY DROPPING TO 40-50 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.
CONDITIONS AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE SIMILAR ON THURSDAY. WINDS
WILL BE WEAKER BUT STILL GENERALLY OUT OF THE NORTH. NEXT CHANCE
FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS WON'T BE UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT FOR NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND WEST-CENTRAL IOWA.
STRONGEST POSSIBLE 30 FT WIND SPEEDS ON DAY OF BURN: 23
LOWEST POSSIBLE RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON DAY OF BURN: 47%
REST OF TODAY
TEMPERATURE.........81 AT IGNITION...MAX 81.
RH..................55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 6 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 21 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (30 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 21 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 8 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9
MPH. GUSTS UP TO 21 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5800 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /86200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
MAX...EXCELLENT /86200 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM
TEMP............81 81 81
RH..............55 55 57
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 6
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 13
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW NW
EYE LVL WND SPD.6 6 4
EYE LVL WND GST.13 12 10
30 FT WND DIR...NW NW NW
30 FT WND SPD...10 10 8
30 FT WND GST...21 20 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.7 5.8 5.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW N
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 16 15
SDSPL KT-FT/100086 81 61
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 57.
RH..................MAX 94 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........1 7 2 15 13 10 6 5 11 12 6 14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............80 79 76 72 69 67 65 64 63 61 59 59
RH..............58 61 68 73 78 81 84 87 87 90 92 91
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..6 4 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 FT WIND GUST.10 7 5 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 82.
RH..................MIN 50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........12 21 18 14 13 0 1 0 1 2 3 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............58 57 60 64 71 75 77 80 80 81 81 82
RH..............94 92 93 86 73 64 60 54 54 50 50 51
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N NW NW NW NW N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.1 1 2 2 2 4 4 5 5 6 6 5
FORECASTER...NICOLAISEN
REQUESTED BY...DOUG CHAFA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2620597.0/OAX
.DELDT 08/26/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL DOUG.CHAFA@DNR.IOWA.GOV
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