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SPOT FORECAST FOR KUEHN SAVANNA BURNING...DALLAS COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
553 AM CST MON FEB 9 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON FEBRUARY 09.
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
MINOR FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS TODAY, WITH WARM, DRY AND BREEZY
CONDITIONS EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BEGIN LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST
THIS MORNING, THEN BECOME BREEZY AND MORE SOUTHWESTERLY THROUGH
THE DAY, WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DRY OUT INTO THE MID-30 PERCENTS
THIS AFTERNOON. A STEEP INVERSION WILL ALSO BE IN PLACE THIS
MORNING, LIMITING SMOKE DISPERSAL, BUT SHOULD STEADILY IMPROVE AS
THE MIXED LAYER GROWS THROUGH THE DAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 26 MPH
LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 17
TO 24 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (38600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................5 INCREASING TO 10 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........55 54 64 63 67 55 42 58 57
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............34 42 48 53 58 63 65 64 63
RH..............82 65 56 48 44 38 35 37 38
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 10 12 14 14 15 15 13 10
20 FT WIND GUST.14 17 20 24 25 26 25 24 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 14 16 20 23 24 22 20 17
GFDI............1 3 4 7 9 11 12 9 7
SMOKE DISPERSAL.5 9 16 26 34 39 36 27 17
SMOKE CAT.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 33.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST 13 TO 14 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 20
TO 24 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (24100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (11100 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
GFDI................4.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........66 50 58 37 34 24 31 29 44 52 65 72
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............58 55 53 52 50 47 45 43 41 38 36 35
RH..............47 53 59 63 66 74 73 76 79 85 89 92
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW W NW NW N N N NW
20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 10 10 10 12 13 13 13 14 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.20 18 20 18 20 20 21 22 22 23 22 22
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW W W NW N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 21 22 22 20 20 22 23 24 24 23 20
GFDI............5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
SMOKE DISPERSAL.16 16 14 11 11 12 14 18 21 23 24 22
SMOKE CAT.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (16200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (57900 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................4.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........76 62 70 71 61 56 54 45 32 20 14 14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............35 34 35 37 39 42 44 46 47 49 47 46
RH..............89 92 89 82 76 67 60 56 51 46 49 49
20 FT WIND DIR..NW N N N NW N N N NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 13 12 9 7
20 FT WIND GUST.21 20 20 20 21 21 20 21 21 18 16 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 1.4 1.6 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.1 1.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 18 21 24 23 22 20 22 23 23 20 15
GFDI............2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 3 2
SMOKE DISPERSAL.23 23 29 39 40 41 39 54 58 58 35 16
SMOKE CAT.......PR PR PR PR FR FR PR FR FR FR PR PR
FORECASTER...DODSON
REQUESTED BY...JIM UTHE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 02/09/26
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.EMAIL JIM.UTHE@DALLASCOUNTYIOWA.GOV
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