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Spot Forecast for Wagner...USFWS
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
627 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on April 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

South to southwest winds will become gusty at 30 to 40 mph today.
Chances for precipitation return tonight and linger into Tuesday.
However, with fuels greening up rapidly, no hazardous fire weather
conditions are expected.

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) then becoming mostly
                    cloudy (65-75 percent). Areas of frost early in
                    the morning.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Begin/end of pcpn...None.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Min apparent temp...34.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to
                    around 17 mph shifting to the south 12 to 14
                    mph with gusts to around 22 mph late in the
                    morning.
Wind shift..........Southwest to south.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 12 to 23 mph shifting to the
                    south 22 to 23 mph with gusts to around 36 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Rising to 4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 16 to 25 mph increasing to 29 to 37
                    mph late in the morning.
GFDI................Low.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   10  18  19  33  63  63  67  76  71  71
Weather cov.....ARS
Weather type....FST
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............40  46  51  57  60  62  64  65  65  66  65
RH..............61  51  43  37  33  31  29  29  30  30  34
Aparnt tmp (F)..34  40  51  57  60  62  64  65  65  66  65
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   12  14  16  20  22  23  23  23  23  23
20 FT wind gust.10  14  18  29  29  31  35  35  36  36  36
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   7   8   10  12  13  14  14  14  14  14
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   8   11  17  17  19  21  21  22  22  22
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 1.2 2.0 3.9 4.6 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.5 3.5
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.16  18  23  25  29  32  33  36  37  36  35
GFDI............0   0   0   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers in the evening. Slight chance of
                    rain showers after 3 am.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Min temperature.....Around 48.
Max humidity........80 percent.
Max apparent temp...65.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds 8 to 13 mph with gusts to
                    around 20 mph decreasing to around 6 mph after
                    3 am.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 21 mph with gusts to
                    around 33 mph decreasing to around 10 mph after
                    3 am.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 22 to 31 mph shifting to the west 13
                    to 21 mph overnight.
GFDI................Low.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........68     69     67     69     68     70
Weather cov.....       S CHC  S CHC                S CHC
Weather type....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE   RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     20     20     10     10     20
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............65     61     60     56     54     51
RH..............35     42     49     59     66     74
Aparnt tmp (F)..65     61     60     56     54     51
20 ft wind......S 22   S 18   S 18   SW 18  SW 15  SW 10
20 ft wind gust.33     32     33     30     23     16
Eye level wind..S 13   S 11   S 11   SW 11  SW 9   SW 6
Eye lvl wnd gst.20     19     20     18     14     10
Mix hgt (ft)....2100   1000   600    500    500    400
Transport wind..SW 31  SW 25  SW 24  SW 21  W 17   W 14
GFDI............1      1      1      0      0      0
Haines index....5      4      4      4      5      5

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (10-20 percent). Slight chance of rain
                    showers in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Begin/end of pcpn...Rain in the area or just to the south through 11 AM.
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Max apparent temp...67.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 10 to 13 mph with gusts to around 19
                    mph in the afternoon.
Wind shift..........Going west to northwest between 1 and 2 PM.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 12 to 21 mph with gusts to around 32
                    mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 7900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 13 to 22 mph increasing to northwest 32 to
                    35 mph.
GFDI................Low.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........65     67     62     62     46     16
Weather cov.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).20     20     20     20     0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............49     52     59     64     66     67
RH..............80     61     51     38     32     30
Aparnt tmp (F)..45     52     59     64     66     67
20 ft wind......SW 10  SW 12  W 14   W 17   W 21   NW 21
20 ft wind gust.16     16     22     25     32     31
Eye level wind..SW 6   SW 7   W 8    W 10   W 13   NW 13
Eye lvl wnd gst.10     10     13     15     19     19
Mix hgt (ft)....400    500    1600   4700   6800   7900
Transport wind..W 13   SW 13  W 18   W 24   W 30   NW 35
GFDI............0      0      0      1      1      1
Haines index....5      5      5      5      5      5

$$
Forecaster...12
Requested by...Erik Acker
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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