FNUS73 KDMX 151223 FWSDMX Spot Forecast for Eagle Lake Rx...WFS National Weather Service Des Moines IA 723 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 northwest winds remaining mainly light, outside of a few occasional gusts up to 10-15 knots and minimum RH values in the upper 30s to low 40s. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 69. Min humidity........39 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 8 mph increasing to around 8 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 10 mph shifting to the east around 9 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2800 knot-ft). GFDI................1. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........54 56 51 57 47 57 54 59 67 67 Weather cov..... SCH Weather type.... RW Tstm cov........ Temp............47 51 55 58 61 64 66 67 67 68 RH..............84 76 69 62 56 48 45 42 40 39 20 FT wind dir..N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E 20 FT wind spd..6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 20 FT wind gust.8 8 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 2.3 2.7 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.3 Transp wind dir.N NE N NE NE NE NE E E E Transp wind spd.8 8 8 8 9 8 9 9 10 9 GFDI............0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 Smoke Dispersal.3 6 9 11 18 19 25 27 33 26 Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (20-30 percent). Min temperature.....Around 47. Max humidity........80 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 8 mph shifting to the west around 6 mph overnight. Mixing height.......200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 7 to 9 mph shifting to the south 9 to 10 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1900 knot-ft). GFDI................2. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........60 52 62 71 67 62 51 48 30 15 13 6 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............67 66 63 58 56 55 54 52 51 50 49 48 RH..............43 45 50 62 64 66 69 74 77 77 80 80 20 FT wind dir..E E E NE NE NE NE NE W W W W 20 FT wind spd..8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.12 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 1.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E S S S S Transp wind spd.9 9 8 8 7 8 9 8 10 9 9 9 GFDI............2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Smoke Dispersal.20 10 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 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)........Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph shifting to the south 9 to 17 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 9 to 17 mph increasing to 22 to 26 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1900 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (93200 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to very good (117800 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. GFDI................4. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........6 8 18 12 6 4 3 1 1 2 2 3 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............47 47 50 54 60 65 69 72 74 76 77 77 RH..............83 89 80 74 64 54 47 41 38 34 33 33 20 FT wind dir..W W SW S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 16 17 17 16 20 FT wind gust.10 10 12 13 15 17 20 21 22 23 23 22 Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.3 2.1 3.3 4.4 4.7 5.0 5.4 4.1 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.9 10 12 13 13 17 22 24 25 26 25 23 GFDI............1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 Smoke Dispersal.2 2 3 8 14 32 61 93 106 114 118 83 Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR GD GD VGD VGD VGD GD $$ Forecaster...Bury Requested by...Logan Baird Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2610395.0/DMX .DELDT 04/15/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL lbaird@blm.gov,Kylerhatch@gmail.com,Jhiggins@nltfpd.net