865
FNUS73 KDMX 081310
FWSDMX
SPOT FORECAST FOR BAYS BRANCH KINDRED...IOWA DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
810 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MAY 08.
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
DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES FALLING TO THE 30-35% RANGE BY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
BE OUT OF THE EAST TO NORTHEAST WITH SPEEDS UP TO 10 TO 15 MPH.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 12 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (21700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (58300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............56 59 62 65 67 70 72 72 72
RH..............66 60 54 48 45 39 35 34 33
20 FT WIND DIR..E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 13 13 13 16 17 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 1.8 2.1 2.6 3.0 4.0 4.5 4.9 5.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E NE E E NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 14 14 16 16 16 15 13 12
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SMOKE DISPERSAL.24 22 25 37 43 56 58 54 53
SMOKE CAT.......PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 8 TO
9 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (56000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2800 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........2 5 4 6 7 4 4 11 11 6 6 10
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............73 71 67 60 58 55 52 51 49 48 46 45
RH..............30 31 39 51 60 64 74 74 80 80 88 85
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 7 6 6 5 5 3 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 12 9 9 8 7 7 6 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.1 4.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE E E E E E E E SE SE E SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 14 10 13 12 12 12 9 9 9 8 8
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SMOKE DISPERSAL.56 50 5 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
SMOKE CAT.......FR FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 3 TO
6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (16000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........19 30 26 8 7 6 5 3 3 3 3 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............45 44 48 52 59 63 66 69 71 72 74 74
RH..............81 83 78 69 53 46 42 37 35 33 31 31
20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.8 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.5 3.8 4.0 3.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE E E E E NE NE E
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 6 7 6 5 6 5 3 3 3 5 6
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SMOKE DISPERSAL.2 2 4 6 7 12 12 10 10 13 16 15
SMOKE CAT.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...05
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.DELDT 05/08/25
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