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Spot Forecast for Crowe-Puhl...FWS
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
806 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on April 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

Rain will eventually overspread the area with total amounts
ranging from 0.10 to 0.25 inches of rain.  A cold front
is expected later today bringing cooler and drier air to the
area for the weekend.  Very High GFDI is possible Saturday
as winds increase.

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.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers late in the morning. Chance of
                    rain showers early in the afternoon, then rain
                    showers likely late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...Begin around noon.
Max temperature.....Around 50.
Min humidity........68 percent.
Min apparent temp...33.
Eye level winds.....East winds 5 to 7 mph.
Wind shift..........Becoming more northeast by mid afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 8 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 2100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 15 mph.
GFDI................Low.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........66  80  98  96  94  95  100 100 100 100
Weather cov.....            SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  20  30  40  50  60  70  60
Chc of thdr (%).M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Temp............39  42  44  47  49  50  50  50  50  50
RH..............85  79  79  71  68  68  68  71  71  71
Aparnt tmp (F)..33  36  38  42  45  46  46  46  46  46
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE
20 FT wind spd..8   9   10  10  10  10  10  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.14  15  15  16  16  16  17  17  18  18
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   6   6   6   6   6   7   7   7
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   9   9   10  10  10  10  10  11  11
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.7 1.3 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.6
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE
Transp wind spd.13  14  15  15  14  13  10  12  14  15
GFDI............1   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain showers likely in
                    the evening, then chance of rain showers
                    overnight.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 39.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Min apparent temp...35.
Eye level winds.....North winds 6 to 8 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 10 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 15 to 17 mph becoming 16 to 17 mph after
                    3 am.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........100    100    100    100    100    86
Weather cov.....CHANCE LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).50     60     50     40     20     10
Temp............50     49     46     45     44     43
RH..............74     77     86     89     89     93
Aparnt tmp (F)..46     44     41     40     38     36
20 ft wind......NE 12  NE 12  NE 10  N 10   N 12   N 14
20 ft wind gust.18     18     18     18     20     23
Eye level wind..NE 7   NE 7   NE 6   N 6    N 7    N 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.11     11     11     11     12     14
Mix hgt (ft)....1400   1000   900    800    600    600
Transport wind..NE 16  NE 16  NE 17  N 16   N 15   N 16

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 48.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Min apparent temp...31.
Eye level winds.....North winds 9 to 12 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 15 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 4200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 18 to 26 mph increasing to 22 to 29 mph
                    in the late morning and afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........79     64     73     56     73     65
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
Temp............41     40     41     43     46     48
RH..............89     85     79     65     47     37
Aparnt tmp (F)..33     31     32     35     38     41
20 ft wind......N 15   N 17   N 18   N 20   N 20   N 20
20 ft wind gust.24     26     28     28     28     28
Eye level wind..N 9    N 10   N 11   N 12   N 12   N 12
Eye lvl wnd gst.14     16     17     17     17     17
Mix hgt (ft)....800    1600   2500   3300   3900   4200
Transport wind..N 18   N 23   N 29   N 23   N 23   N 24

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Forecaster...12
Requested by...Matt Okrasinski
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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