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FNUS73 KDMX 061714
FWSDMX
SPOT FORECAST FOR OTTER CREEK LAKE AND PARK...TAMA COUNTY CONSERVATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1214 PM CDT MON APR 6 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON APRIL 06.
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
SKIES TURNING MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON, WITH TEMPERATURES
REACHING INTO THE MID 40S. WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH-NORTHWEST ARE
EXPECTED TO GUST UP TO 15-20 MPH, WITH ISOLATED VALUES UP TO 25
MPH, PAIRED WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES IN THE MID 40S.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 14 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 18 TO 21 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (65100 KNOT-FT).
GFDI................6.
TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........20 46 73 79 82
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............43 43 43 43 43
RH..............53 53 51 47 45
20 FT WIND DIR..NW N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 14 14 14
20 FT WIND GUST.23 23 22 21 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.7 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 21 20 18 18
GFDI............6 6 6 6 6
SMOKE DISPERSAL.66 69 68 65 69
SMOKE CAT.......GD GD GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 24.
MAX HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHEAST 8 TO 9 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 14 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 14
TO 17 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (65500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (19200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
GFDI................4.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........80 87 85 82 86 85 87 87 85 82 81 75
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............43 41 38 37 35 34 33 31 29 29 26 26
RH..............41 42 46 48 49 51 49 51 53 53 60 57
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..12 10 10 9 9 9 9 10 9 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.20 18 16 14 14 14 15 15 14 14 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.1 3.2 2.1 2.1 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.5 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE E
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 16 14 14 14 15 17 18 17 17 16 14
GFDI............5 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2
SMOKE DISPERSAL.66 45 25 26 19 24 28 24 28 27 23 19
SMOKE CAT.......GD FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...BURY
REQUESTED BY...DUSTIN HORNE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2609155.0/DMX
.DELDT 04/06/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL DHORNE@TAMACOUNTY.ORG
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