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FNUS73 KDVN 121314
FWSDVN

Spot Forecast for Main Prairie South...DNR
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
814 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on March 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

Dry and warmer weather is expected through Thursday. Fire
danger will become elevated on Friday due to gusty winds
and unseasonably warm temperatures, before storms arrive
late Friday afternoon and evening.

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 (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...0 percent
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Min apparent temp...34.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind shift..........shifting to the northeast after noon.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 8 mph.
GFDI................2.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2   0   2   5   7   7   11  12  10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....None None None None None None None None
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............37  40  44  49  55  58  61  63  61
RH..............69  69  64  62  52  49  48  43  47
Aparnt tmp (F)..34  38  44  49  55  58  61  63  61
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..3   3   2   2   2   2   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.7   7   6   6   5   5   6   6   5
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   2   1   1   1   1   2   2   2
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   4   4   3   3   4   4   3
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.7 2.2 2.5 2.4
Transp wind dir.E   SE  E   E   NE  NE  NE  E   E
Transp wind spd.8   7   5   5   6   6   7   7   7
GFDI............1   1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...None
Min temperature.....Around 38.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Min apparent temp...36.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming east around 3 mph
                    overnight, then becoming light overnight
                    becoming east around 3 mph after 3 am.
Wind shift..........shifting to the east between 3 AM and 5 AM.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming east around 5 mph
                    overnight becoming light becoming east around 5
                    mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 12 mph.
GFDI................2.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........23     29     33     20     7      2
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............61     53     49     46     44     40
RH..............45     61     68     73     76     84
Aparnt tmp (F)..61     53     48     45     42     37
20 ft wind......NE 3   NE 2   E 3    E 3    E 3    E 5
20 ft wind gust.6      5      7      7      8      8
Eye level wind..NE 2   NE 1   E 2    E 2    E 2    E 3
Eye lvl wnd gst.4      3      4      4      5      5
Mix hgt (ft)....2000   300    300    300    300    300
Transport wind..E 7    E 10   E 12   E 12   E 12   E 10
GFDI............2      1      1      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...Cousins
Requested by...Jason Dykstra
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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