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FNUS73 KOAX 191115
FWSOAX
SPOT FORECAST FOR BURESH SOUTH...IOWA DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
615 AM CDT THU MAR 19 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MARCH 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER
70S TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF AROUND 85 PERCENT AS OF 9 AM WILL
FALL TO AROUND 25 PERCENT IN THE 4 PM TO 5 PM TIMEFRAME. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY THEN RECOVERS TO AROUND 30 PERCENT BY 7 PM AND 45 PERCENT
BY 9 PM. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTH TODAY AT 3 TO 7 MPH THIS
MORNING, INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
STRONGEST POSSIBLE WIND SPEEDS ON DAY OF BURN:
SUSTAINED - 10 MPH
GUST - 15 MPH
LOWEST POSSIBLE RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON DAY OF BURN: 23 TO 25 PERCENT
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (17700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................2.
TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........10 6 3 4 5 20 31
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............59 63 68 72 74 76 76
RH..............58 52 43 35 31 29 29
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NW W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 2 3 3 4 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 4 5 5 6 6
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N NW W W W
EYE LVL WND SPD.3 2 1 2 2 3 2
EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 3 4 4 4 4
SURFACE WND DIR.N N N NW W W W
SURFACE WND SPD.5 4 3 4 4 5 4
SURFACE WND GST.6 6 5 6 6 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.9 1.3 2.1 3.0 2.9 2.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N NW NW W W SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 3 3 6 7 7 8
GFDI............1 1 2 2 2 3 3
SDSPL KT-FT/10002 3 4 9 15 18 14
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 4 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH EARLY
IN THE EVENING.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN
THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 6
TO 7 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1200 KNOT-FT).
GFDI................3.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........41 48 43 32 27 24 23 37 16 17 10 13
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............76 73 69 64 62 60 58 57 55 54 52 51
RH..............30 32 38 47 52 53 57 57 62 66 65 68
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.5
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
EYE LVL WND SPD.2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.4 5 5 5 5
SURFACE WND DIR.SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
SURFACE WND SPD.4 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
SURFACE WND GST.6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW W
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 9 10 10 14 14 14 14 13 12 12
GFDI............2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2
SDSPL KT-FT/10008 2 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 2
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH UP TO 5 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).NORTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 18
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (59300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................4.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........5 8 8 9 10 12 14 16 22 28 34 30
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............50 48 49 52 57 62 67 72 75 77 78 77
RH..............68 71 70 67 61 55 47 42 38 34 32 33
20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST. 7 7 7 10 10 11 11 11 12 11 10
EYE LVL WND DIR.W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST. 5 5 5 7 8 8 8 8 9 8 8
SURFACE WND DIR.W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N
SURFACE WND SPD.8 8 8 8 6 8 8 9 9 8 8 8
SURFACE WND GST. 9 9 9 12 13 14 14 14 15 14 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.5 2.4 3.3 3.7 2.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW W NW NW N N N N N NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 8 10 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 18 14
GFDI............1 1 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 5
SDSPL KT-FT/10002 2 2 4 6 9 14 21 37 53 59 44
FORECASTER...PETERSEN
REQUESTED BY...KODY WOHLERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606492.0/OAX
.DELDT 03/19/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL KWOHLERS@INHF.ORG
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