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FNUS73 KOAX 161335
FWSOAX
SPOT FORECAST FOR BADGER LAKE KOENIG...IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
835 AM CDT WED APR 16 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON APRIL 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
WINDS ARE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING AND WILL VEER MORE TO
THE SOUTH LATER THIS MORNING, WITH GUSTS GENERALLY 20 TO 25 MPH
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. COULD SEE A FEW ISOLATED GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
TEMPERATURE WILL TOP OUT AROUND 76 THIS AFTERNOON WITH HUMIDITY
FALLING TO AROUND 24 PERCENT. SMOKE DISPERSAL SHOULD BECOME
EXCELLENT THIS AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN DOESN'T ARRIVE UNTIL
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, AND IS LOW ONLY AROUND A 20 PERCENT CHANCE,
WITH THE BETTER CHANCE FARTHER SOUTH.
STRONGEST POSSIBLE WIND SPEEDS ON DAY OF BURN: 35 MPH
LOWEST POSSIBLE RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON DAY OF BURN: 23 PERCENT
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 11 MPH.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 22 TO 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (25700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (100500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................8.
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........44 30 28 18 7 4 2 9 14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............49 56 61 66 69 72 74 76 76
RH..............44 37 32 28 27 26 24 24 25
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..11 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 14
20 FT WIND GUST.17 20 20 19 19 20 20 20 19
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.8 9 10 10 11 11 11 11 11
EYE LVL WND GST.13 15 15 14 14 15 15 15 14
SURFACE WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S
SURFACE WND SPD.14 15 16 16 18 18 19 19 18
SURFACE WND GST.21 25 25 24 24 25 25 25 24
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.9 2.4 3.5 3.9 4.5 4.8 4.9 5.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 23 24 24 24 24 23 23 22
GFDI............3 6 7 8 9 10 12 12 11
SDSPL KT-FT/100026 37 52 68 81 93 101 99 82
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3 AM.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHEAST WINDS 14 TO 16 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 14 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 15 TO 21 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (58800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (6900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
GFDI................7.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........9 12 17 19 47 31 46 28 56 64 56 55
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH
TEMP............76 74 70 65 63 62 60 58 57 57 56 56
RH..............25 27 32 40 44 48 55 62 67 69 73 79
20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..13 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
EYE LVL WND DIR.S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
EYE LVL WND GST.14 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
SURFACE WND DIR.S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
SURFACE WND SPD.16 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
SURFACE WND GST.23 22 20 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.0 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 21 15 17 18 18 20 18 18 18 17 16
GFDI............10 8 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
SDSPL KT-FT/100059 36 23 14 9 7 9 11 11 10 10 7
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 14
MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
24 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
19 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 23 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
AROUND 14 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (59500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................4.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........42 36 65 59 60 55 58 64 62 55 49 47
WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH CHC CHC
TEMP............56 55 57 61 66 70 73 76 78 79 79 78
RH..............82 87 86 80 70 61 55 48 43 42 40 40
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S S S S S S S S SW
20 FT WIND SPD..11 11 11 12 12 12 11 11 12 12 10 7
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 18 19 19 18 18 18 17 16 14 14
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE SE S S S S S S S S S SW
EYE LVL WND SPD.8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 8 5
EYE LVL WND GST.13 13 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 12 11 11
SURFACE WND DIR.SE SE S S S S S S S S S SW
SURFACE WND SPD.14 14 14 15 15 15 14 14 15 15 13 9
SURFACE WND GST.22 22 23 24 24 23 22 22 21 20 18 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.9 1.1 2.1 2.4 2.7 3.1 3.3 4.0 4.4 3.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 20 21 23 21 21 20 18 16 15 14
GFDI............2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 5 4
SDSPL KT-FT/10005 8 17 30 42 48 51 53 57 60 58 47
FORECASTER...NWS OMAHA/VALLEY
REQUESTED BY...LIAM BELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2510656.0/OAX
.DELDT 04/16/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL LIAM.BELL@DNR.IOWA.GOV
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