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Spot Forecast for Smiths Island...USACE
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
650 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on October 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

Unseasonably mild conditions continue with highs in the mid-to-upper
70s areawide today. An approaching cold front will produce breezy
conditions this afternoon with peak southerly gusts around 20
mph. With minimum RH values between 30-50%, there is an increased
threat of field fires, especially across portions of eastern Iowa.

Tonight, the cold front will bring scattered rain showers and isolated
storms to eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois, but rainfall amounts are
expected to be light, ranging from a trace to a tenth of an inch.


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 (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...2 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Max apparent temp...75.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 8 mph.
Wind shift..........None.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 16 mph increasing to 16 to 20 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (57200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
GFDI................1.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........6   11  13  15  13  9   8   8   7   7   6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............51  53  55  60  65  69  72  74  75  75  74
RH..............89  86  83  78  68  61  55  51  50  50  53
Aparnt tmp (F)..51  53  55  60  65  69  72  74  75  75  74
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   7   8   8   9   10  13  12  10
20 FT wind gust.8   9   10  12  13  14  16  18  20  20  20
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   3   3   4   5   5   5   6   8   7   6
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   5   6   7   8   8   10  11  12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.2 1.4 2.2 3.0 3.4 3.3 1.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.8   9   9   12  12  13  16  18  20  20  16
GFDI............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   1   1
SDspl kt-ft/10003   3   4   7   12  15  31  48  57  56  19

$$
Forecaster...Ervin
Requested by...TWS
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/28/26
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