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Spot Forecast for Calkins Brush Piles...Hardin County Conservation
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1226 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 CST on January 08.
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...

The west/southwest winds will gradually become more southwesterly
this afternoon and may be breezy at times in the 12-15 kt range.
Otherwise, no significant fire weather conditions are forecast.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 23.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 14 to 17 mph.
GFDI................0.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CST)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........7   4   10  16  28
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............18  20  21  21  19
RH..............49  49  49  52  59
20 FT wind dir..W   SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..10  10  12  13  10
20 FT wind gust.13  13  15  17  15
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.1
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   SW
Transp wind spd.15  17  17  17  14
GFDI............0   0   0   0   0
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 12.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 16 mph.
GFDI................0.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........34  37  34  51  46  59  62  59  59  60  55  55
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............16  15  15  15  14  13  12  12  12  12  13  13
RH..............70  73  73  77  76  84  87  91  91  96  91  91
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   9   9   9   9   10  10  12  12  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.13  13  13  13  13  15  15  16  16  16  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  13  13  14  14  14  16  16  16  16  15  14
GFDI............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

$$
Forecaster...Donavon
Requested by...Nicholas Stavroplus
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2500274.0/DMX
.DELDT 01/08/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nstavroplus@hardincountyia.gov