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SPOT FORECAST FOR CALKINS PRAIRIE...HARDIN COUNTY CONSERVATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1259 PM CDT THU OCT 23 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON OCTOBER 23.
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
LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE
WIND MAY HAVE A FEW GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH
AFTER 5 PM AND WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER 6 PM.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (35900 KNOT-FT).
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........2 3 2 1 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............52 53 54 53 52
RH..............48 44 43 44 46
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 8 8 7
20 FT WIND GUST.
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 3.5 3.9 3.9 3.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 14 13 13
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0
SMOKE DISPERSAL.36 43 47 42 41
SMOKE CAT.......PR FR FR FR FR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST OVERNIGHT.
WIDESPREAD FROST AFTER 3 AM.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 6
MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2000 KNOT-FT).
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........2 2 2 1 3 4
WEATHER COV..... AREAS AREAS WIDSPD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE FROST FROST FROST
TSTM COV........
TEMP............51 43 39 37 35 33
RH..............48 67 76 82 89 92
20 FT WIND......NW 6 N 3 NE 3 NE 3 E 3 E 3
20 FT WIND GUST.8 5 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (FT)....500 400 400 400 400 400
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 8 N 7 NE 7 NE 7 E 6 E 6
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0
SMOKE DISPERSAL.3 2 2 2 2 2
SMOKE CAT.......POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
FORECASTER...DONAVON
REQUESTED BY...NICHOLAS STAVROPLUS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2524356.0/DMX
.DELDT 10/23/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL NSTAVROPLUS@HARDINCOUNTYIA.GOV
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