FNUS73 KOAX 241450 FWSOAX Spot Forecast for Hargroves...Iowa DNR National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 950 AM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 24. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Temps will be cooler today with RH values slipping into the middle to upper 20 percents. Northerly winds at ignitiion time will run at 10-15 mph with occasional gusts of 20 mph. Westerly component of the winds picks up through the day with the wind becoming truly northwest around 4pm. Expect sunny skies. Strongest Possible 30 ft Wind Speeds on Day of Burn: 12 mph Lowest Possible Relative Humidity on Day of Burn: 23% .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). Max temperature.....Around 65. Min humidity........29 percent. Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 5 mph. Wind (30 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 9 mph. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 9 to 10 mph. Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 17 mph shifting to the west around 9 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Good (37100 knot-ft). GFDI................3. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........3 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............48 52 54 57 60 63 64 65 RH..............56 50 45 40 36 31 30 29 20 ft wind dir..N N N N NW NW NW NW 20 ft wind spd..7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 20 ft wind gust.12 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N N NW NW NW NW Eye lvl wnd spd.5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Eye lvl wnd gst.9 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 30 ft wnd dir...N N N N NW NW NW NW 30 ft wnd spd...9 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 30 ft wnd gst...15 14 14 13 12 12 12 12 Mix hgt (kft)...2.7 3.0 3.5 4.1 4.6 5.0 5.1 4.9 Transp wind dir.N N NW NW NW NW W W Transp wind spd.17 15 13 10 10 10 10 9 GFDI............2 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 SDspl kt-ft/100041 42 39 37 41 45 46 42 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Min temperature.....Around 42. Max humidity........79 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 6 to 8 mph shifting to the northeast 5 to 6 mph late in the evening. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........3 8 13 42 43 39 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............64 60 53 51 48 45 RH..............30 37 50 56 63 73 20 ft wind......N 5 E 5 E 5 SE 5 E 5 NE 5 20 ft wind gust.8 7 7 8 10 10 .SATURDAY... Max temperature.....Around 65. Min humidity........40 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph late in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Temp............44 46 53 59 63 65 RH..............76 71 54 45 41 40 20 ft wind......NE 6 E 6 E 7 E 8 E 8 E 8 20 ft wind gust.10 11 13 14 16 16 $$ Forecaster...Nicolaisen Requested by...Doug Chafa Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2611636.0/OAX .DELDT 04/24/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Doug.Chafa@dnr.iowa.gov