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Spot Forecast for Sac and Fox Prairie Rx 2025...Bureau of Indian Affairs
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
729 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 04.
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...

Cloudy skies can be expected today with chances for light rain returning
by midday and slowly increasing into the afternoon. Winds will be
relatively light from the east or southeast. Near normal temperatures
can be anticipated with relative humidities higher than seasonal
levels.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Slight chance of rain
                    early in the afternoon. Chance of rain late in
                    the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 50.
Min humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 7 to 9 mph shifting to the northeast
                    around 7 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (16500 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (30300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
GFDI................3.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........84  85  88  89  91  92  95  95
Weather cov.....        SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....        RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............43  45  48  48  49  49  50  49
RH..............70  65  60  62  64  63  63  66
20 FT wind dir..E   E   SE  SE  E   E   E   NE
20 FT wind spd..9   8   8   9   9   8   7   7
20 FT wind gust.13  12  12  13  13  12  9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.9 2.4 2.8 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.4
Transp wind dir.E   E   SE  SE  SE  E   E   NE
Transp wind spd.15  12  13  13  9   8   9   8
GFDI............3   3   3   3   3   2   2   2
Smoke Dispersal.20  19  27  30  25  20  23  17
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of rain in the
                    evening and overnight, then slight chance of
                    rain overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 36.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    north 7 to 15 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 9 to 13 mph shifting to the north 14
                    to 20 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (21500 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (4500 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
GFDI................3.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........96  98  97  95  96  96  96  95  91  87  83  82
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............48  48  45  44  44  44  43  43  43  42  40  38
RH..............66  71  74  79  82  86  89  93  93  96  96  92
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   NW
20 FT wind spd..8   7   7   6   7   7   7   9   9   12  13  15
20 FT wind gust.12  9   9   8   9   9   9   13  13  16  17  21
Mix hgt (kft)...2.2 1.1 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.8 1.0
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  E   E   NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.12  12  12  9   10  10  10  13  13  14  16  20
GFDI............2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   4
Smoke Dispersal.22  11  9   5   5   7   5   7   5   10  12  17
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 47.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 17 to 22 mph.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 23 to 30 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (29700 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (93200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
GFDI................10 increasing to 15 late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........80  71  60  48  40  41  46  51  48  41  34  28
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............39  37  36  37  39  40  42  44  45  45  46  45
RH..............92  89  85  75  67  59  51  45  38  35  34  32
20 FT wind dir..NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  N
20 FT wind spd..17  18  20  22  21  21  20  18  20  20  20  18
20 FT wind gust.24  25  28  31  29  29  28  25  28  28  28  25
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.7 2.0 2.4 2.7 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 3.6
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.24  26  28  29  30  26  24  23  23  24  24  23
GFDI............5   5   5   7   8   9   10  11  13  14  15  14
Smoke Dispersal.30  40  49  59  70  76  78  82  85  90  93  72
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD

$$
Forecaster...Small
Requested by...Martin Cassellius
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508851.0/DMX
.DELDT 04/04/25
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.EMAIL martin.cassellius@bia.gov