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Spot Forecast for McAndrews Wildlife Area...Clinton County Conservation
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
934 AM CDT Thu Apr 24 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on April 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

Active weather continues through the forecast period. There
are periodic chances of showers and storms through the
day on Friday with dry weather Friday night into Saturday.
Temperatures on Thursday will be in the 70 and 80s.  Cooler temperatures
are forecast Friday through Sunday. Minimum relative humidity values
on Thursday will range form 45 to 55 percent during the afternoon.
Fire danger is forecast to be low through the period.

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 sunny (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...May be in the vicinity off to the west.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Max apparent temp...77.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph.
Wind shift..........Some variance from east to southeast.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 8 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......Rising to 6600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 12 mph becoming around 10 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
GFDI................Low.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........38  42  44  36  38  29  38
Weather cov.....                    SCH SCH
Weather type....                    RW  RW
Tstm cov........                    SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  20  20
Temp............68  71  74  76  77  77  77
RH..............61  54  48  43  40  39  39
Aparnt tmp (F)..68  71  74  76  77  77  77
20 FT wind dir..E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..10  9   9   9   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.15  14  14  13  13  12  12
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.6   5   5   5   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.9   8   8   8   8   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...2.2 3.5 5.0 5.9 6.5 6.5 6.6
Transp wind dir.E   SE  SE  S   S   S   SE
Transp wind spd.12  10  9   10  10  10  10
GFDI............1   1   1   2   2   2   2

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Forecaster...12
Requested by...Darin Voss
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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