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Spot Forecast for Lau House...Northwood Volunteer Fire Company
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
143 PM CDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1400 CDT on October 15.
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...

On and off showers are possible for the rest of today into
Thursday, with mostly cloudy skies and highs reaching the upper
50s. Minimum RH values will be quite high given the recent
rainfall, with values around 80%. Winds out of the east/southeast
will be slightly breezy with occasional gusts up to 15 knots.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers.
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 8 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 12 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (12300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (13000 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........95  94  92  92
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............56  56  56  57
RH..............82  84  85  84
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..8   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  15
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1
Transp wind dir.SE  E   E   E
Transp wind spd.13  12  12  13
GFDI............0   0   0   0
Smoke Dispersal.13  12  12  12
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  PR  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of rain showers.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........99 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 8 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 14 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5800 knot-ft).
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........91  92  94  95  91  93  91  89  88  86  84  80
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............56  55  54  53  53  52  53  53  53  53  53  53
RH..............91  93  95  97  96  99  98  97  96  97  96  98
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..9   8   9   8   9   9   9   9   9   10  10  12
20 FT wind gust.15  15  15  15  16  16  16  16  16  17  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.14  14  15  16  15  17  16  17  20  18  18  18
GFDI............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Smoke Dispersal.11  7   6   6   6   7   6   8   9   9   11  11
Smoke Cat.......PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...Bury
Requested by...Brett Backhaus 1st Asst. Chief
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523679.0/DMX
.DELDT 10/15/25
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.EMAIL brett.backhaus@worthcountyiowa.gov