FNUS73 KDMX 241311 FWSDMX Spot Forecast for 12 Mile East...Iowa DNR National Weather Service Des Moines IA 811 AM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 25. 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... Winds will come around to the east on Saturday and gradually increase during the morning, with speeds of 10-15 MPH and occasional gusts by the afternoon. Dry conditions will continue, with relative humidity falling to around 40% in the afternoon. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Temperature.........51 at ignition...Max 68. RH..................77 percent at ignition...Min 47 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds east at 9 mph at ignition...otherwise East winds 9 to 10 mph. Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 10 to 14 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /14300 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...poor /38500 knot-ft/. GFDI................1. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........40 45 51 57 63 63 64 64 66 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............51 56 60 63 65 67 68 68 68 RH..............77 66 60 54 50 47 47 47 47 20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E E E 20 FT wind spd..9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT wind gust.14 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.8 2.3 2.8 3.2 3.8 4.3 4.3 3.3 Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E Transp wind spd.14 14 13 12 10 10 10 10 10 GFDI............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Smoke Dispersal.14 22 26 28 29 34 38 39 29 Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .SATURDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of rain showers. Temperature.........Min 49. RH..................Max 77 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 8 to 9 mph. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 10 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3500 knot-ft). GFDI................1. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........68 70 74 77 81 79 76 74 72 70 68 66 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Temp............67 66 63 60 57 56 55 55 54 53 52 51 RH..............49 50 56 62 69 72 74 74 74 77 77 77 20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E E E 20 FT wind spd..9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 20 FT wind gust.15 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 15 Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E E E E Transp wind spd.10 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 16 16 GFDI............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Smoke Dispersal.16 6 4 4 7 7 7 7 8 10 11 10 Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Slight chance of rain showers in the morning, then chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Temperature.........Max 72. RH..................Min 51 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 10 to 18 mph. Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 16 to 25 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8800 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (79900 knot-ft) in the afternoon. GFDI................2. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........63 61 55 50 44 54 63 73 75 78 80 82 Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Temp............50 50 52 56 60 63 66 69 70 71 71 71 RH..............80 80 77 69 64 60 56 53 51 51 51 51 20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..10 10 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 18 18 20 FT wind gust.15 16 17 18 20 21 21 22 24 25 26 26 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.7 2.5 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.0 2.5 Transp wind dir.E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Transp wind spd.16 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 24 24 24 25 GFDI............1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 Smoke Dispersal.9 10 13 20 30 47 66 80 80 72 62 56 Smoke Cat.......PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD FR $$ Forecaster...Lee Requested by...Dray Walter Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2611595.0/DMX .DELDT 04/25/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL dray.walter@dnr.iowa.gov