FNUS73 KDMX 201331 FWSDMX Spot Forecast for Hooper...Iowa DNR National Weather Service Des Moines IA 831 AM CDT Mon Apr 20 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 20. 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... Sunny skies are expected today, with winds out of the south- southeast turning breezy, gusting to 20-25 mph and isolated to 30 mph on occasion. Minimum RH values will fall into the low to mid 30s into the afternoon. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Max temperature.....Around 67. Min humidity........35 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 13 mph. Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 16 to 21 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (16500 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (67100 knot-ft) in the afternoon. GFDI................2. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........2 1 2 2 2 1 1 12 10 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............45 49 52 56 60 63 65 67 67 RH..............55 50 46 42 37 35 37 36 39 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..8 10 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 20 FT wind gust.16 17 18 20 21 21 21 22 22 Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.8 2.4 2.6 3.1 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.7 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.16 17 17 18 18 20 20 20 21 GFDI............1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 Smoke Dispersal.17 28 35 42 50 59 64 65 67 Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR FR FR FR GD GD GD .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Min temperature.....Around 54. Max humidity........64 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9 to 17 mph shifting to the southwest 15 to 16 mph after 3 am. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 15 to 24 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (63300 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (6500 knot-ft) late in the night. GFDI................2. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........11 1 0 5 23 29 41 56 53 57 43 39 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............67 66 64 61 60 60 59 59 59 58 56 56 RH..............39 42 46 53 58 55 57 55 55 57 64 64 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..12 10 9 10 12 13 14 17 16 16 16 15 20 FT wind gust.22 21 17 20 22 24 24 24 24 24 24 23 Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.21 15 15 17 20 22 23 24 23 22 21 21 GFDI............2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Smoke Dispersal.63 9 7 8 11 14 14 13 12 12 13 14 Smoke Cat.......GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Max temperature.....Around 81. Min humidity........38 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 9 to 14 mph. Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 18 to 25 mph shifting to the westaround 15 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (12300 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (83000 knot-ft) in the afternoon. GFDI................2. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........14 14 13 9 4 9 13 18 16 14 12 12 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............55 54 57 61 66 70 73 76 78 80 81 81 RH..............66 74 72 67 61 57 53 48 45 41 38 38 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W 20 FT wind spd..14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 12 10 9 20 FT wind gust.23 21 21 21 21 21 20 18 17 16 15 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 1.3 1.8 2.1 2.6 3.2 3.7 4.5 5.1 5.1 3.7 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W Transp wind spd.21 21 24 25 25 23 21 18 18 18 18 15 GFDI............2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Smoke Dispersal.13 12 28 39 47 54 57 59 72 83 81 50 Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR GD GD GD FR $$ Forecaster...Bury Requested by...Casey Trine Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2610863.0/DMX .DELDT 04/20/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL casey.trine@dnr.iowa.gov