FNUS73 KDMX 151316 FWSDMX Spot Forecast for Good Neighbors Mtn Mid...Iowa DNR National Weather Service Des Moines IA 816 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 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 low 50s. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Chance of rain showers late in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 68. Min humidity........52 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 8 mph. Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 10 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (9000 knot-ft). GFDI................1. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........47 47 53 60 59 57 64 66 Weather cov..... SCH CHC Weather type.... RW RW Tstm cov........ Temp............57 59 62 63 65 66 67 67 RH..............75 72 65 62 56 54 52 52 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..6 6 7 8 8 8 8 7 20 FT wind gust.10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.9 2.3 2.6 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.1 Transp wind dir.N N N N N NE NE NE Transp wind spd.8 8 7 8 9 9 10 10 GFDI............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Smoke Dispersal.9 13 14 18 24 24 32 28 Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly to mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after 3 am. Min temperature.....Around 47. Max humidity........93 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 7 to 12 mph shifting to the southeast around 8 mph early in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft). GFDI................1. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........60 58 64 66 52 32 Weather cov..... PATCHY Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG Tstm cov........ Temp............66 62 55 55 52 49 RH..............54 65 86 83 86 93 20 ft wind......NE 7 NE 6 NE 5 NE 5 NE 5 NE 5 20 ft wind gust.10 10 9 9 9 9 Mix hgt (ft)....1700 400 400 300 300 300 Transport wind..NE 9 E 8 E 8 E 7 E 7 E 7 GFDI............1 1 0 0 0 0 Smoke Dispersal.14 3 3 2 2 2 Smoke Cat.......POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Patchy fog early in the morning. Max temperature.....Around 75. Min humidity........41 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West/northwest winds around 5-10 mph in the morning shifting to the south 9 to 13 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 8 mph shifting to the west around 9 mph early in the morning, then shifting to the south 10 to 18 mph in the late morning and early afternoon increasing to around 21 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1600 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to fair in the afternoon. GFDI................2. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM Sky (%).........17 13 2 Weather cov.....PATCHY Weather type....FOG NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............48 60 73 RH..............89 75 46 20 FT wind......W 5G9 W 6G12 S 12G17 Mix hgt (ft)....300 1100 4200 Transport wind..SE 8 S 10 S 16 GFDI............0 1 3 Smoke Dispersal.2 10 59 Smoke Cat.......POOR POOR FAIR $$ Forecaster...Bury Requested by...Nate Mead Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2610412.0/DMX .DELDT 04/15/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL nate.mead@dnr.iowa.gov