FNUS73 KDMX 151323 FWSDMX Spot Forecast for Gabrielson WMA...Iowa DNR National Weather Service Des Moines IA 823 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 and even a few storms in the afternoon. 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. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 69. Min humidity........51 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds are possible near storms. Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 10 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7900 knot-ft). GFDI................1. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........44 48 56 56 68 61 62 68 Weather cov..... SCH CHC SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH Temp............57 60 64 66 67 69 67 67 RH..............77 72 60 56 54 51 54 54 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.9 10 10 10 10 12 10 10 Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 2.0 2.5 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.8 3.9 Transp wind dir.NE N N N NE NE NE NE Transp wind spd.7 7 7 8 9 8 9 10 GFDI............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Smoke Dispersal.8 12 15 22 29 27 31 35 Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Patchy fog after 3 am. Min temperature.....Around 47. Max humidity........93 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the north around 5 mph overnight and into the morning. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 6 to 10 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1600 knot-ft). GFDI................1. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........61 59 63 62 61 36 Weather cov..... PATCHY Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG Tstm cov........ Temp............67 61 56 55 52 49 RH..............56 72 83 86 89 93 20 ft wind......NE 7 E 6 NE 5 NE 5 N 5 N 5 20 ft wind gust.10 9 9 9 9 8 Mix hgt (ft)....2900 500 400 400 300 300 Transport wind..NE 10 E 10 E 10 E 7 NE 6 NE 6 GFDI............1 1 0 0 0 0 Smoke Dispersal.26 4 4 3 2 2 Smoke Cat.......POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Patchy fog early in the morning. Max temperature.....Around 74. Min humidity........43 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 7 mph in the morning, then shifting to the southwest 9 to 12 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East around 7 mph, shifting to the west 7 to 8 mph early in the morning. Winds shift again to the south 8 to 17 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1900 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to fair in the afternoon. GFDI................2. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM Sky (%).........20 12 2 Weather cov.....PATCHY Weather type....FOG NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............48 59 72 RH..............93 75 48 20 FT wind......N 3G8 NW 6G10 S 12G15 Mix hgt (ft)....300 1100 4100 Transport wind..E 7 SW 8 S 14 GFDI............0 1 2 Smoke Dispersal.2 8 48 Smoke Cat.......POOR POOR FAIR $$ Forecaster...Bury Requested by...Nate Mead Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2610414.0/DMX .DELDT 04/15/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL nate.mead@dnr.iowa.gov