989
FNUS73 KDVN 171433
FWSDVN

Spot Forecast for North Snowmobile Timber...Iowa DNR
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
833 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CST on November 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

Cloudy skies will keep fire danger rather low today, with humidity
increasing over the region this afternoon and tonight. Winds
will be southeast to east today, then turn east to northeast
tonight and Tuesday.

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 cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of rain
                    late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 50.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Min apparent temp...36.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 6 to 7 mph.
Wind shift..........None.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 10 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 15 to 17 mph.
GFDI................4.

TIME (CST)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........74  75  75  80  84  89  86  82
Weather cov.....                            CHC
Weather type....                            RN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   10  10  30
Temp............41  44  47  48  50  50  50  50
RH..............48  43  38  37  33  34  34  36
Aparnt tmp (F)..36  39  43  43  46  46  46  46
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  10  10  12  10  12
20 FT wind gust.14  16  17  18  21  21  20  20
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E   E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.6   6   6   6   6   7   6   7
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   10  10  11  13  13  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.0 0.7
Transp wind dir.E   SE  SE  SE  E   SE  E   E
Transp wind spd.15  15  15  15  16  17  15  15
GFDI............2   3   3   4   5   5   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain.
Chance of pcpn......90 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...Off and on all night, decreasing
                    toward dawn.
Min temperature.....Around 39.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Min apparent temp...36.
Eye level winds.....East winds 6 to 8 mph.
Wind shift..........Southeast to east after midnight.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 10 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 16 to 24 mph.
GFDI................3.

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........87     96     96     96     97     97
Weather cov.....CHANCE DEFNTE LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE CHANCE
Weather type....RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).40     80     70     80     90     40
Temp............49     46     44     43     43     42
RH..............37     49     62     70     79     89
Aparnt tmp (F)..45     41     38     37     37     36
20 ft wind......E 10   E 13   E 13   E 14   E 14   E 13
20 ft wind gust.18     20     20     20     20     20
Eye level wind..E 6    E 8    E 8    E 8    E 8    E 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.11     12     12     12     12     12
Mix hgt (ft)....800    800    900    1100   1100   1200
Transport wind..E 16   E 18   SE 23  SE 22  SE 21  E 20
GFDI............4      3      3      3      2      2

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of rain in the
                    morning.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 46.
Min humidity........79 percent.
Min apparent temp...35.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds 5 to 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 8 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 1800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 13 to 17 mph.
GFDI................2.

TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........98     95     92     80     79     79
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).40     40     40     10     10     10
Temp............41     41     42     44     45     46
RH..............93     93     96     89     82     79
Aparnt tmp (F)..35     35     36     38     40     41
20 ft wind......E 10   E 10   E 10   NE 10  NE 10  NE 9
20 ft wind gust.17     17     17     17     17     15
Eye level wind..E 6    E 6    E 6    NE 6   NE 6   NE 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.10     10     10     10     10     9
Mix hgt (ft)....1100   1200   1200   1400   1700   1600
Transport wind..E 17   E 17   E 13   E 14   E 14   E 14
GFDI............1      1      1      2      2      1

$$
Forecaster...12
Requested by...Jason Dykstra
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526118.0/DVN
.DELDT 11/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0