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Spot Forecast for Office Prairie...FWS
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
744 AM CST Thu Feb 27 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CST on February 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

Winds will increase this morning with gusts up to 35 mph in
the afternoon.

The Grassland Fire Danger Index -GFDI- does not account for
precipitation that occurs or any snow on the ground. Please
make appropriate adjustments.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...N/A.
Begin/end of pcpn...N/A
Max temperature.....Around 53.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Min apparent temp...28.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 8 to 13 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph
                    especially in the afternoon.
Wind shift..........None.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 13 to 21 mph. Gusts up to 35
                    mph especially in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 18 to 26 mph increasing to 29 to 32
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon, then
                    decreasing to around 21 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
GFDI................10 increasing to 20 late in the afternoon.

TIME (CST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........12  16  37  50  32  1   1   0   14  5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Temp............37  40  43  45  46  51  52  52  52  51
RH..............84  77  70  65  60  48  44  43  43  44
Aparnt tmp (F)..28  31  35  37  38  51  52  52  52  51
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..16  17  18  20  20  21  21  21  17  13
20 FT wind gust.25  28  30  31  31  33  35  33  28  21
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.10  10  11  12  12  13  13  13  10  8
Eye lvl wnd gst.15  17  18  19  19  20  21  20  17  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.6 2.2 2.9 3.5 4.0 4.6 5.3 5.4 1.3
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.18  26  29  30  31  30  31  32  30  21
GFDI............6   8   11  13  14  21  23  23  16  9

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...N/A.
Begin/end of pcpn...N/A
Min temperature.....Around 35.
Max humidity........79 percent.
Min apparent temp...29.
Eye level winds.....West winds up to 8 mph shifting to the
                    southwest in the late evening and overnight.
Wind shift..........Northwest wind shifting to southwest by
                    midnight.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 14 mph increasing to southwest around
                    23 mph.
GFDI................3.

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........0      3      2      11     24     24
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).M      M      M      M      M      M
Temp............46     41     38     36     36     38
RH..............53     65     73     79     75     70
Aparnt tmp (F)..41     37     34     30     29     30
20 ft wind......NW 9   W 6    SW 5   SW 7   SW 9   SW 13
20 ft wind gust.15     9      8      10     14     18
Eye level wind..NW 5   W 4    SW 3   SW 4   SW 5   SW 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.9      5      5      6      8      11
Mix hgt (ft)....600    400    300    300    500    600
Transport wind..W 14   W 10   W 10   SW 13  SW 16  SW 21
GFDI............4      2      1      2      3      4

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...N/A.
Begin/end of pcpn...N/A
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Min apparent temp...30.
Eye level winds.....Breezy. Southwest winds 10 to 13 mph with gusts
                    to around 20 mph shifting to the northwest 13
                    to 17 mph with gusts to around 26 mph late in
                    the morning.
Wind shift..........Southwest shifting to northwest by 12 PM.
Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Southwest winds around 16 mph shifting
                    to the west with gusts to around 33 mph in the
                    morning, then shifting to the northwest 21 to
                    28 mph with gusts to around 44 mph late in the
                    morning.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 23 to 29 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 30 to 38 mph late in the afternoon.
GFDI................11 increasing to 50 late in the afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........24     46     40     52     35     26
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).M      M      M      M      M      M
Temp............39     44     51     57     60     57
RH..............70     57     50     42     37     38
Aparnt tmp (F)..30     36     51     57     60     57
20 ft wind......SW 16  W 18   W 21   W 22   W 26   NW 26
20 ft wind gust.25     30     33     35     43     43
Eye level wind..SW 10  W 11   W 13   W 13   W 16   NW 16
Eye lvl wnd gst.15     18     20     21     26     26
Mix hgt (ft)....700    900    1800   3700   4700   4400
Transport wind..SW 23  W 25   W 28   NW 36  NW 37  NW 35
GFDI............7      13     20     27     49     46

$$
Forecaster...Pierce
Requested by...Matthew Okrasinski
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 02/27/25
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