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Spot Forecast for Cherry Glen/Prairie Flower...USACE
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1036 AM CST Mon Dec 11 2023
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CST on December 11.
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...
Sunshine and light winds will prevail as winds from the east-southeast
become from the southwest late today. The mixing height will
continue to grow through the morning into the afternoon peaking
between 1500 and 2000 feet.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 43.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph late in the
morning becoming light, then becoming southwest
around 5 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 7 mph shifting to the southwest
late in the afternoon.
GFDI................2.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
plume dominated fire growth.
TIME (CST) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........9 7 6 4 2 6 9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............31 34 36 37 39 40 38
RH..............69 61 59 56 54 52 57
20 FT wind dir..ESE SE S S S SW SW
20 FT wind spd..5 3 3 3 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust. 6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.3 1.7 1.8 1.6 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.ESE S S SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.7 6 6 7 6 6 6
GFDI............1 1 1 2 2 1 1
Haines index....3 4 4 4 4 4 4
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 22.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the
northwest 7 to 10 mph late in the evening.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 12 mph shifting to the northwest 13
to 16 mph late in the evening.
GFDI................2.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
plume dominated fire growth.
TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........13 12 15 23 31 33
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............36 32 31 30 28 27
RH..............61 72 75 75 81 85
20 ft wind......SW 5 SW 5 W 6 W 8 NW 9 NW 10
20 ft wind gust.6 6 8 10 13 15
Mix hgt (ft)....300 400 400 400 500 500
Transport wind..SW 6 W 9 W 12 NW 14 N 16 N 15
GFDI............1 1 1 1 2 2
Haines index....5 5 5 4 4 4
$$
Forecaster...Ansorge
Requested by...Coty Thompson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 12/11/23
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.EMAIL coty.a.thompson@usace.army.mil