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FNUS73 KDMX 091445
FWSDMX
SPOT FORECAST FOR CADET...IOWA DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
845 AM CST MON FEB 9 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 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
THIS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE LOW 60S WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITY BOTTOMING OUT NEAR 35-40%. WIND WILL BECOME BREEZY AND
SOUTHWESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON, GUSTING 20-25+ MPH. WINDS SHIFT
LATE OVERNIGHT TO OUT OF THE NORTHWEST, REMAINING BREEZY THROUGH
TUESDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (11300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (31200 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................6.
TIME (CST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........67 73 67 55 63 58
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............48 54 58 61 59 57
RH..............56 46 42 41 45 49
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..13 14 14 14 13 12
20 FT WIND GUST.20 22 23 23 22 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.4 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 20 22 20 17 14
GFDI............4 6 8 8 6 5
SMOKE DISPERSAL.19 24 31 31 21 11
SMOKE CAT.......PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........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)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST 14 TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING,
THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 21 TO 23 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (24200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (5500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
GFDI................3.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........59 58 32 39 38 26 37 41 54 57 67 67
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............55 52 48 47 45 44 42 41 38 37 35 35
RH..............55 59 71 76 79 79 82 79 85 89 92 92
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW W NW NW NW N N N NW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 7 8 8 10 12 13 14 15 14 12
20 FT WIND GUST.16 14 14 13 15 18 21 23 21 23 23 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW SW W NW NW N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 16 16 14 16 20 22 22 22 23 21
GFDI............3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2
SMOKE DISPERSAL.10 8 7 6 6 9 12 16 18 20 24 24
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 (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 15
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (15500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (62800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................4.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........72 62 72 75 56 59 52 41 31 24 20 19
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............35 33 35 36 39 40 44 45 47 48 46 44
RH..............89 96 89 85 73 70 58 55 51 47 51 53
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 12 12 13 14 13 14 14 13 10 8
20 FT WIND GUST.21 20 20 21 22 22 21 21 21 20 17 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.2 3.0 2.8 2.7 1.9 1.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 20 21 24 24 25 24 24 24 24 21 15
GFDI............2 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 2
SMOKE DISPERSAL.26 25 29 39 41 46 46 63 61 57 34 16
SMOKE CAT.......PR PR PR PR FR FR FR GD GD FR PR PR
FORECASTER...HAGENHOFF
REQUESTED BY...SARAH KLEIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2602149.0/DMX
.DELDT 02/09/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL SARAH.KLEIN@DNR.IOWA.GOV
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