622  
FNUS73 KDMX 051711  
FWSDMX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR SAYLORVILLE LAKE RX FIRE...US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
1111 AM CST WED NOV 5 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON NOVEMBER 05.  
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
 
 
WARM AND SUNNY TODAY WITH A HIGH AROUND 57 DEGREES. WINDS WILL BE  
OUT OF THE NORTH-NORTHWEST TODAY AT AROUND 15 MPH AND GUSTING OVER  
25 MPH TO START. WINDS WILL ACTUALLY DECREASE INTO THE AFTERNOON  
WITH GUSTS UNDER 15 MPH AFTER 3 PM. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO  
AROUND 40% THIS AFTERNOON.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.  
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 26 MPH  
LATE IN THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 14 TO 23 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 8 TO 9  
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (53400 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
GFDI................1.  
 
TIME (CST) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........9 4 2 2 2 4 4  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............51 53 54 56 55 55 52  
RH..............63 54 50 43 43 40 44  
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 13 12 8 7 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.26 24 20 16 14 12 8  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.5 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.1 0.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 22 20 17 14 9 8  
GFDI............1 1 1 1 1 0 0  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.49 53 51 45 36 16 4  
SMOKE CAT.......FR FR FR FR PR PR PR  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.  
MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE  
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST  
AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
 
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........3 1 5 6 5 7 12 35 39 32 27 35  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............49 46 44 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 36 35  
RH..............52 58 62 67 67 70 73 73 75 75 75 82  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW SW S SE SE SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 5 3 2 2 3 5 6 7 9  
 

 
FORECASTER...HAGENHOFF  
REQUESTED BY...JOHN BENJAMIN  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2525200.0/DMX  
.DELDT 11/05/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JOHN.R.BENJAMIN@USACE.ARMY.MIL  
 
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