Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Quad Cities, IA IL
Issued by NWS Quad Cities, IA IL
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FNUS73 KDVN 271522
FWSDVN
Spot Forecast for Wapello Bottoms wheat...DNR
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
1022 AM CDT Thu Aug 27 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on August 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.
.DISCUSSION...
High pressure will move from the eastern Dakotas today into
the southern Great Lakes by Friday night. This will bring quiet
weather to the area through the end of the week. Minimum relative
humidity values today and Friday will range from 45 to 55 percent.
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 (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Max apparent temp...84.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 4 mph.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......6300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (16200 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (52300 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0 3 8 15 24 18 30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............76 78 80 81 81 83 81
RH..............66 63 56 54 54 52 54
Aparnt tmp (F)..76 78 82 82 83 84 83
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW N NW NW N
20 FT wind spd..5 6 7 6 6 6 5
20 FT wind gust.9 10 12 12 12 10 9
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW NW NW N NW NW N
Eye lvl wnd spd.3 4 4 4 4 4 3
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 6 7 7 7 6 5
Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 3.6 5.2 5.8 6.3 5.3 4.7
Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N
Transp wind spd.8 9 9 10 9 8 8
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/100016 29 42 52 50 37 33
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Max apparent temp...82.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds around 3 mph early in the
evening becoming light.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph early in the
evening becoming light.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1200 knot-ft).
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........27 28 21 15 16 11
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............81 73 68 64 62 60
RH..............55 73 84 93 97 100
Aparnt tmp (F)..82 73 68 64 62 60
20 ft wind......NW 5 NW 1 NW 1 N 0 N 0 W 1
20 ft wind gust.7 5 3 2 2 3
Eye level wind..NW 3 NW 1 NW 1 N 0 N 0 W 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.4 3 2 1 1 2
Mix hgt (ft)....1800 400 400 400 400 300
Transport wind..N 6 N 6 N 6 NW 5 N 3 NW 5
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/10009 2 2 2 1 1
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Max apparent temp...84.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 3 to 5 mph shifting to the southwest
around 5 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (900 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (21100 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........18 9 6 13 26 22
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............59 64 74 79 82 83
RH..............99 98 71 58 50 49
Aparnt tmp (F)..59 64 74 81 83 84
20 ft wind......N 0 N 0 W 1 W 3 W 3 SW 2
20 ft wind gust.2 3 3 6 6 6
Eye level wind..N 0 N 0 W 1 W 2 W 2 SW 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.1 2 2 4 4 4
Mix hgt (ft)....400 300 1500 4000 5100 4600
Transport wind..NW 3 NW 3 W 3 W 5 W 5 SW 5
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/10001 1 5 16 21 19
$$
Forecaster...Gross
Requested by...Travis Russell
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 08/27/26
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