FNUS73 KDMX 141558 FWSDMX Spot Forecast for BCC 56...Iowa DNR National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1058 AM CDT Tue Apr 14 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on April 14. 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... Warm and breezy again today, with light and variable winds around 10 mph or less. Relative humidity will bottom out around 50% this afternoon. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent) then becoming sunny (20-30 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Temperature.........64 at ignition...Max 78. RH..................68 percent at ignition...Min 50 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds northeast at 3 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 9 mph late in the afternoon, then shifting to the north around 9 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 9 to 12 mph shifting to the southwest around 13 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /14500 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...poor /39500 knot-ft/. GFDI................2. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........63 60 57 55 52 23 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC Temp............64 67 70 74 77 75 RH..............68 61 55 54 50 54 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE N 20 FT wind spd..3 5 6 8 9 9 20 FT wind gust.6 6 8 12 12 Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 2.2 2.3 2.9 3.6 3.6 Transp wind dir.NE E NE NE SW SW Transp wind spd.9 9 10 12 13 13 GFDI............1 1 1 1 2 2 Smoke Dispersal.15 18 21 29 40 39 Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the late evening and overnight. Temperature.........Min 54. RH..................Max 93 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 8 to 10 mph shifting to the northeast 6 to 7 mph overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 10 to 17 mph shifting to the northeast 8 to 13 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4600 knot-ft). GFDI................2. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........54 62 73 66 77 67 Weather cov.....CHANCE S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........CHANCE S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE Temp............74 67 62 59 57 56 RH..............59 68 72 80 90 90 20 ft wind......N 10 N 9 N 10 N 8 NE 7 NE 7 20 ft wind gust.12 13 13 12 10 10 Mix hgt (ft)....2800 600 700 700 800 700 Transport wind..NW 10 N 17 N 17 N 15 NE 13 N 8 GFDI............2 1 1 1 1 1 Smoke Dispersal.26 9 11 9 8 5 Smoke Cat.......POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the morning, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the morning. Chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the morning. Temperature.........Max 72. RH..................Min 55 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 10 mph shifting to the north around 10 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 14 mph shifting to the northwest around 14 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4600 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to fair (52600 knot-ft) in the afternoon. GFDI................2. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........58 72 61 52 Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE Temp............55 58 66 71 RH..............93 87 73 59 20 FT wind......NE 6G9 NE 7G10 NE 10G13 NE 10G14 Mix hgt (ft)....700 1200 2400 3700 Transport wind..N 8 NE 9 NE 14 N 13 GFDI............1 1 1 2 Smoke Dispersal.5 9 29 40 Smoke Cat.......POOR POOR POOR FAIR $$ Forecaster...Lee Requested by...Prairie Resource Unit Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2610309.0/DMX .DELDT 04/14/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL amber.oneill@dnr.iowa.gov,tyler.knight@dnr.iowa.gov,laura.miner@dnr.iowa.gov