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FNUS73 KOAX 201031
FWSOAX
SPOT FORECAST FOR BURESH NORTH...IOWA DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
531 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE LOWER 80S TODAY UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DECREASE INTO THE AFTERNOON,
REACHING MINIMUM VALUES IN THE 22 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. CALM,
NORTHERLY WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BACK TO NORTHWESTERLY INTO THE
AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 7-10 MPH
WITH GUSTS IN THE 14-17 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REBOUND TO THE 30-40% RANGE BY 7-9 PM. WINDS
WILL BECOME CALM AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT.
STRONGEST POSSIBLE WIND SPEEDS ON DAY OF BURN: 10 MPH SUSTAINED, 17
MPH GUSTS
LOWEST POSSIBLE RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON DAY OF BURN: 22 TO 25 PERCENT
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (46500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................6.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 9 10 6 11 16 13 24
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............60 65 70 74 77 80 81 81
RH..............53 51 47 38 33 28 26 25
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.11 10 10 10 10 10 11 12
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N NW NW NW
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.8 8 7 7 7 8 8 9
SURFACE WND DIR.N N N N N NW NW NW
SURFACE WND SPD.8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
SURFACE WND GST.14 13 12 12 12 13 14 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 2.3 3.2 4.2 4.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 10 10 10 12 13 14
GFDI............3 4 4 4 5 6 7 8
SDSPL KT-FT/10007 7 9 14 27 40 47 36
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MAX HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTH
AROUND 4 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTH
AROUND 6 MPH OVERNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTH
AROUND 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN
THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (18300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (0 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
GFDI................4.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........28 29 18 9 6 7 6 9 7 7 7 15
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............80 76 70 67 64 62 61 59 58 56 54 53
RH..............25 29 35 39 45 48 51 54 56 60 63 64
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW S S S S SE S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW S S S S SE S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.8 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5
SURFACE WND DIR.NW NW S S S S SE S S S S S
SURFACE WND SPD.6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
SURFACE WND GST.13 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW W S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 8 7 8 8 8 7 8 9 9 9 10
GFDI............6 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
SDSPL KT-FT/100018 3 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (59100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................6 INCREASING TO 26.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........5 6 5 7 8 8 9 9 7 5 3 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............52 51 53 57 63 70 76 82 86 88 90 89
RH..............66 67 61 57 50 39 31 25 21 18 17 16
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 12 12 13
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 8 8 10 11 10 11 13 18 19 19
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 9 9 10
EYE LVL WND GST.5 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 13 14 14
SURFACE WND DIR.S S SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
SURFACE WND SPD.6 6 8 6 8 8 8 9 10 15 15 16
SURFACE WND GST.9 10 10 10 13 14 13 14 16 22 24 24
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.5 2.5 3.5 3.9 3.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 12 14 15 15 14 12 10 13 15 17 17
GFDI............2 2 2 2 3 5 6 9 12 23 27 28
SDSPL KT-FT/10003 4 5 7 9 8 9 14 31 49 59 48
FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5
SUNDAY
MUCH COOLER. PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE
MID 60S. WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
MONDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTH
WINDS AROUND 16 MPH.
TUESDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
FORECASTER...WOOD
REQUESTED BY...IOWA DNR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606720.0/OAX
.DELDT 03/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL KWOHLERS@INHF.ORG
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