Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Quad Cities, IA IL
Issued by NWS Quad Cities, IA IL
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FNUS73 KDVN 161342
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Spot Forecast for Rx Thistle Hills LWR Unit 6 & 7...Prairie Land Conservancy
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
742 AM CST Sun Nov 16 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CST on November 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.
.DISCUSSION...
Northwest winds of 10 to 15 mph, with some gusts up to 25
mph will continue today, especially in Illinois. Though GFDI
values are not expected to reach high levels, low humidity may
allow for somewhat more erratic fire behavior today.
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...0 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...None.
Max temperature.....Around 53.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Min apparent temp...31.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 5 mph.
Wind shift..........None.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 3000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 15 mph.
GFDI................2.
TIME (CST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2 0 12 16 4 10 10 6 9 16
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............37 42 46 48 50 51 52 53 51 48
RH..............57 48 40 35 30 28 27 25 28 33
Aparnt tmp (F)..31 36 42 44 47 51 52 53 51 46
20 FT wind dir..N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 8 6
20 FT wind gust.18 17 15 13 13 13 14 13 12 8
Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.11 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.3 1.9 2.3 2.6 3.0 3.0 2.9 1.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.N N N N N NW NW N NW NW
Transp wind spd.14 15 14 13 14 14 14 15 10 8
GFDI............1 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 1
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...None.
Min temperature.....Around 32.
Max humidity........63 percent.
Min apparent temp...32.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 4 mph shifting to the
east around 3 mph early in the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the east
around 5 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 9 mph shifting to the east
around 8 mph early in the morning.
GFDI................1.
TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........10 28 12 9 12 17
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............46 39 36 35 33 32
RH..............37 48 54 59 63 63
Aparnt tmp (F)..45 39 36 35 33 32
20 ft wind......NW 6 NW 5 NW 5 N 5 N 5 NE 5
20 ft wind gust.7 7 7 7 7 7
Eye level wind..NW 4 NW 3 NW 3 N 3 N 3 NE 3
Eye lvl wnd gst. 4 4 4 4 4
Mix hgt (ft)....400 400 400 400 400 400
Transport wind..NW 9 NW 9 NW 9 N 8 N 8 NE 7
GFDI............1 1 0 0 0 0
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...Rain showers after 4 PM.
Max temperature.....Around 55.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Min apparent temp...30.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming southeast up to 6 mph
early in the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 12 mph increasing to 13 to 17
mph late in the morning.
GFDI................2.
TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........27 34 42 39 56 68
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 10 10 10
Temp............32 36 45 52 54 54
RH..............63 59 41 29 27 27
Aparnt tmp (F)..32 32 41 52 54 54
20 ft wind......E 2 E 5 SE 7 SE 9 SE 10 SE 10
20 ft wind gust.8 10 13 14 16 17
Eye level wind..E 1 E 3 SE 4 SE 5 SE 6 SE 6
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 6 8 8 10 10
Mix hgt (ft)....400 400 1300 1900 1900 1500
Transport wind..E 8 SE 9 SE 12 SE 15 SE 15 SE 17
GFDI............0 1 2 3 4 4
$$
Forecaster...12
Requested by...Kirsten Boesen
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 11/16/25
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