Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Quad Cities, IA IL
Issued by NWS Quad Cities, IA IL
786
FNUS73 KDVN 091250
FWSDVN
Spot Forecast for Big Sand Mound...The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
750 AM CDT Sun Mar 9 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on March 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.
.DISCUSSION...
Gusty southwest winds, mild temperatures and drying fuels will
lead to very high fire danger this afternoon and also Monday
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 (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...None.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Min apparent temp...35.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......700 ft increasing to 3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 16 mph increasing to 18 to 21 mph
late in the afternoon.
GFDI................6 increasing to 13 late in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........6 11 17 22 26 30 34 27
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............40 45 50 55 57 59 60 61
RH..............76 65 58 49 45 42 39 38
Aparnt tmp (F)..35 41 46 55 57 59 60 61
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW
20 FT wind spd..8 8 10 13 14 15 15 14
20 FT wind gust.13 13 16 20 21 23 23 21
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.5 5 6 8 8 9 9 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 10 12 13 14 14 13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.2 1.4 2.1 2.5 2.9 3.3 2.1
Transp wind dir.W W SW W W W W W
Transp wind spd.8 10 13 16 18 20 21 18
GFDI............2 3 5 8 10 13 14 12
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...None.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Min temperature.....Around 34.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Min apparent temp...31.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds up to 7 mph.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......800 ft decreasing to 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 15 mph.
GFDI................5.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........20 10 4 1 2 5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............58 49 45 42 39 36
RH..............42 56 65 73 79 85
Aparnt tmp (F)..58 46 41 38 34 31
20 ft wind......SW 12 SW 8 SW 8 SW 7 SW 7 SW 6
20 ft wind gust.17 13 13 10 10 9
Eye level wind..SW 7 SW 5 SW 5 SW 4 SW 4 SW 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.10 8 8 6 6 5
Mix hgt (ft)....800 600 500 500 400 400
Transport wind..W 14 SW 14 W 15 W 14 W 12 W 10
GFDI............8 4 3 2 2 1
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...None.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Min apparent temp...29.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds up to 8 mph increasing to
around 11 mph with gusts to around 18 mph late
in the afternoon.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 18 mph increasing to
around 18 mph with gusts to around 30 mph late
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......400 ft increasing to 3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 16 mph increasing to 21 to 26
mph late in the afternoon.
GFDI................6 increasing to 26.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........3 2 0 3 1 0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............35 35 47 58 68 70
RH..............89 92 71 57 39 34
Aparnt tmp (F)..30 30 44 58 68 70
20 ft wind......SW 6 SW 6 SW 6 SW 9 SW 14 SW 18
20 ft wind gust.9 9 9 14 22 30
Eye level wind..SW 4 SW 4 SW 4 SW 5 SW 8 SW 11
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 5 8 13 18
Mix hgt (ft)....400 400 700 1500 2400 3300
Transport wind..W 9 SW 7 SW 8 SW 12 SW 21 SW 26
GFDI............1 1 2 5 14 28
$$
Forecaster...Gunkel
Requested by...Dale Maxson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/09/25
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