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Spot Forecast for Muskrat Slough...Iowa DNR
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
925 AM CDT Sun Apr 21 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 21.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

Slightly warmer day with clear skies expected.  Chances for
precipitation return later on Monday and into Tuesday. RH
is the mid to upper 20s are expected today. 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 (0-5 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Begin/end of pcpn...None.
Max temperature.....Around 58.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Max apparent temp...57.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 6 to 9 mph.
Wind shift..........None.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......6900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 14 to 21 mph.
GFDI................2.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0   2   2   3   3   4   4   4
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............45  50  51  53  55  56  57  57
RH..............53  42  41  36  34  31  30  30
Aparnt tmp (F)..40  46  51  53  55  56  57  57
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..10  12  14  15  15  15  15  15
20 FT wind gust.16  17  21  23  23  23  23  23
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.6   7   8   9   9   9   9   9
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  10  13  14  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 4.8 5.3 5.8 6.3 6.5 6.9 6.9
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.14  17  20  20  21  21  21  21
GFDI............1   1   1   2   2   2   2   2
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent). Areas of frost after 3 am.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Begin/end of pcpn...None.
Min temperature.....Around 34.
Max humidity........72 percent.
Min apparent temp...32.
Eye level winds.....West winds up to 8 mph becoming late and variable
                    by late in the evening.
Wind shift..........West becoming light and variable.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 13 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 5 mph late in the evening.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 20 mph shifting to the west 9
                    to 10 mph early in the evening.
GFDI................1.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........4      0      0      0      0      0
Weather cov.....                                   AREAS
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   FROST
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............57     51     45     41     38     36
RH..............31     41     53     57     64     69
Aparnt tmp (F)..57     51     42     38     34     32
20 ft wind......NW 13  W 7    W 6    W 5    SW 5   SW 5
20 ft wind gust.20     10     9      7      7      7
Eye level wind..NW 8   W 4    W 4    W 3    SW 3   SW 3
Eye lvl wnd gst.12     6      5      4      4      4
Mix hgt (ft)....6400   500    400    300    300    300
Transport wind..NW 20  W 9    W 9    W 9    W 10   W 10
GFDI............1      0      0      0      0      0
Haines index....5      5      5      5      5      5

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent) then becoming partly sunny
                    (55-65 percent). Areas of frost early in the
                    morning.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Begin/end of pcpn...None.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Min apparent temp...30.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds up to 9 mph increasing to 10 to
                    13 mph in the afternoon.
Wind shift..........None.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 21 mph decreasing to 7 to
                    15 mph early in the morning, then increasing to
                    17 to 21 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 18 mph increasing to 23 to 32
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
GFDI................2.
Haines Index........5 to 6 or moderate to high potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........1      5      21     52     53     58
Weather cov.....AREAS
Weather type....FROST  NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      10     10
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............35     41     53     59     63     64
RH..............72     65     46     37     32     32
Aparnt tmp (F)..30     36     53     59     63     64
20 ft wind......SW 6   SW 7   SW 13  SW 15  SW 20  S 21
20 ft wind gust.9      10     18     23     28     30
Eye level wind..SW 4   SW 4   SW 8   SW 9   SW 12  S 13
Eye lvl wnd gst.5      6      11     14     17     18
Mix hgt (ft)....300    600    2100   3900   4600   4900
Transport wind..SW 12  SW 15  SW 23  SW 28  SW 31  SW 32
GFDI............0      0      1      2      3      3
Haines index....5      6      6      6      6      6

$$
Forecaster...McClure
Requested by...Nick McClimon
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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