FNUS73 KDMX 151244 FWSDMX Spot Forecast for Cheever Lake Rx...WFS National Weather Service Des Moines IA 744 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on April 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... Partly cloudy skies are expected today, with a low chance for a few rain showers in the afternoon. Any thunderstorms developing over Iowa are expected to remain further south today. Highs in the upper 60s are expected, along with northeast winds remaining mainly light, outside of a few occasional gusts up to 10-15 knots, paired with minimum RH values in the upper 30s to low 40s. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 69. Min humidity........40 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 7 to 9 mph shifting to the east around 9 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 9 mph shifting to the east around 9 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3200 knot-ft). GFDI................2. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........53 52 54 60 52 59 56 62 65 64 Weather cov..... SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW Tstm cov........ Temp............47 51 54 57 60 64 65 66 67 68 RH..............85 78 71 67 60 48 46 45 42 40 20 FT wind dir..N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E 20 FT wind spd..7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 20 FT wind gust.8 9 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.3 2.7 Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E Transp wind spd.9 8 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 GFDI............1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 Smoke Dispersal.3 6 8 11 16 20 24 26 26 21 Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Min temperature.....Around 47. Max humidity........77 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 7 to 8 mph shifting to the west around 7 mph overnight. Mixing height.......200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 7 to 10 mph shifting to the south 9 to 10 mph after 3 am. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft). GFDI................1. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........60 55 67 68 70 63 48 46 31 13 15 8 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............67 66 63 58 56 55 54 52 51 50 49 49 RH..............45 47 52 62 64 66 69 74 77 77 77 77 20 FT wind dir..NE E E E NE NE NE NE W W W W 20 FT wind spd..8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.12 12 12 12 10 10 10 12 10 10 10 10 Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 1.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E NE E SE S S Transp wind spd.10 9 8 7 8 7 9 8 10 10 9 9 GFDI............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Smoke Dispersal.15 13 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Max temperature.....Around 77. Min humidity........33 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 9 mph shifting to the south 10 to 17 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 9 to 16 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (101000 knot-ft) in the early afternoon, then increasing to very good (114300 knot-ft) later in the afternoon. GFDI................4. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........8 9 19 13 6 5 3 2 2 1 1 2 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............47 47 50 55 60 65 68 71 74 76 77 77 RH..............83 89 80 72 64 54 49 42 38 34 33 33 20 FT wind dir..W W SW SW S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..7 8 9 10 10 12 14 15 16 17 17 16 20 FT wind gust.12 12 13 14 16 18 21 22 23 24 24 23 Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.1 2.1 3.2 4.4 4.7 4.9 5.2 3.9 Transp wind dir.S S SW S S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.9 10 13 13 13 16 20 23 25 25 25 24 GFDI............1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 7 7 6 Smoke Dispersal.2 2 4 7 12 29 56 88 101 110 114 81 Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD VGD VGD VGD GD $$ Forecaster...Bury Requested by...Logan Baird Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2610406.0/DMX .DELDT 04/15/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL lbaird@blm.gov,Kylerhatch@gmail.com,Jhiggins@nltfpd.net