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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Quad Cities, IA IL

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FNUS73 KDVN 251337
FWSDVN

Spot Forecast for Lost Nation Public Hunting Area...Clinton County Conservation
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
837 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

A dry low humidity day today with increasing southeasterly
winds. Then rain chances and stronger winds will ramp up late
tonight and especially on Friday ahead of a large storm system
moving across the plains and Midwest.

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 (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Begin/end of pcpn...None.
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Max apparent temp...62.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 7 to 8 mph.
Wind shift..........None.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 12 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 14 to 17 mph.
GFDI................1.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........58  64  38  30  22  24  40  41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............49  52  55  57  59  61  61  62
RH..............46  43  37  34  32  29  29  28
Aparnt tmp (F)..44  52  55  57  59  61  61  62
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..12  12  12  12  13  13  13  13
20 FT wind gust.14  17  17  17  20  20  20  20
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.7   7   7   7   8   8   8   8
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   10  10  10  12  12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 2.2 3.1 3.6 3.9 4.3 4.3 4.4
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  E   SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.14  15  15  16  16  16  16  17
GFDI............0   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

$$
Forecaster...Haase
Requested by...Darin Voss
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412445.0/DVN
.DELDT 04/25/24
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