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FNUS73 KDMX 221351
FWSDMX
SPOT FORECAST FOR CBG - DOT AND/OR HALE POND...POLK COUNTY CONSERVATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
851 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON OCTOBER 22.
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
NORTHWEST WIND WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED THIS MORNING. MIXING WILL
INCREASE AS WELL TO NEAR 4000 FT AND WILL LEAD TO THE WIND
BECOMING BREEZY LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. CURED
CROPS COMBINED WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND BREEZY WINDS, WILL RESULT
IN A HIGH CROPLAND FIRE DANGER TODAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 21 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (51400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (76800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........1 3 8 11 10 10
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............50 52 55 57 59 57
RH..............48 44 41 38 37 40
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 14 14 14 12
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 18 21 22 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.7 3.1 3.5 3.8 4.0 3.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 22 22 22 22 21
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0
SMOKE DISPERSAL.51 60 66 73 77 67
SMOKE CAT.......FR FR GD GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST AFTER 3 AM.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND
5 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3000 KNOT-FT).
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........3 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2
WEATHER COV..... ARS ARS
WEATHER TYPE.... FST FST
TSTM COV........
TEMP............56 52 49 45 44 42 41 40 39 38 36 35
RH..............42 48 56 65 65 73 76 76 79 82 89 89
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 10 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SMOKE DISPERSAL.8 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4
SMOKE CAT.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...DONAVON
REQUESTED BY...LAEL NEAL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2524187.0/DMX
.DELDT 10/22/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL LAEL.NEAL@POLKCOUNTYIOWA.GOV
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