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Spot Forecast for Hawkeye WMA-Round Pond...DNR
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
800 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on May 06.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

Spring green-up continues with wet weather on an off in the
next week. Fire conditions will remain low.

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 (35-45 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Max apparent temp...75.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 6 to 8 mph.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 10 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 16 to 22 mph.
GFDI................0.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........29  42  43  45  46  48  50  50
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............63  66  69  71  73  75  75  75
RH..............54  50  51  51  49  48  50  50
Aparnt tmp (F)..63  66  69  71  73  75  75  75
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..12  10  10  12  13  14  14  14
20 FT wind gust.17  17  16  17  18  20  21  21
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.7   6   6   7   8   8   8   8
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  10  10  10  11  12  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 2.7 3.3 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.7 4.6
Transp wind dir.E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.18  17  16  16  17  20  20  22
GFDI............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Haines index....3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Showers and
                    chance of thunderstorms overnight.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms until 0100, then 9-15 strikes.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Max apparent temp...76.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 8 to 11 mph shifting to the
                    south 8 to 10 mph after 3 am, then shifting to
                    the southeast around 8 mph early in the
                    morning. Gusts up to 29 mph.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 14 to 18 mph shifting to the
                    south 14 to 16 mph after 3 am, then shifting to
                    the southeast around 14 mph early in the
                    morning. Gusts up to 29 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 16 to 24 mph shifting to the south
                    around 13 mph early in the morning.
GFDI................0.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........51     54     61     75     88     99
Weather cov.....                            DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                            CHANCE CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      10     90     100
LAL.............1      1      1      1      3      3
Temp............76     71     67     65     64     61
RH..............48     59     70     81     87     97
Aparnt tmp (F)..76     71     67     65     64     61
20 ft wind......SE 14  SE 14  SE 16  SE 18  SE 18  S 14
20 ft wind gust.21     20     24     28     26     22
Eye level wind..SE 8   SE 8   SE 10  SE 11  SE 11  S 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.13     12     14     17     16     13
Mix hgt (ft)....4200   600    500    600    800    600
Transport wind..SE 23  SE 18  SE 20  SE 21  SE 24  S 16
GFDI............0      0      0      0      0      0
Haines index....4      3      3      3      3      3

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Rain showers and
                    chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then
                    slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
LAL.................9-15 strikes until 1000, then 1-8 strikes until
                    1300, then No Tstms.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........45 percent.
Max apparent temp...74.
Eye level winds.....South winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 7 to 12 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms late in the morning.
Mixing height.......6100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 21 mph increasing to 21 to 22
                    mph late in the afternoon.
GFDI................1.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........97     86     66     44     25     11
Weather cov.....DEFNTE CHANCE S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE S CHC  S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).100    40     20     20     10     10
LAL.............3      3      2      2      1      1
Temp............59     60     65     69     74     74
RH..............96     96     84     68     48     46
Aparnt tmp (F)..59     60     65     69     74     74
20 ft wind......SE 12  S 10   SW 13  SW 14  SW 20  SW 18
20 ft wind gust.18     16     18     21     28     28
Eye level wind..SE 7   S 6    SW 8   SW 8   SW 12  SW 11
Eye lvl wnd gst.11     10     11     13     17     17
Mix hgt (ft)....600    1100   2400   3500   4900   6100
Transport wind..S 14   S 13   SW 16  SW 18  SW 21  SW 22
GFDI............0      0      0      0      1      1
Haines index....3      5      5      5      5      5

$$
Forecaster...Uttech
Requested by...David Kutz
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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