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Spot Forecast for Hillbilly Hill Lower...DNR
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
1015 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on April 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

Dry and less windy conditions will be on tap through tonight,
with frost possible in northwest Illinois by Thursday morning.
Humidity values will again drop into the low 30s and 20s this
afternoon influencing fire behavior.

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 (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...None.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Max apparent temp...60.
Eye level winds.....Northeast to east winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 10 mph.
GFDI................0.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........7   4   2   2   1   1   0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............50  52  55  57  58  59  60
RH..............46  43  38  34  33  32  31
Aparnt tmp (F)..47  52  55  57  58  59  60
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E
20 FT wind spd..8   8   8   7   7   6   6
20 FT wind gust.13  13  13  12  12  9   9
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   5   4   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   8   8   7   7   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...2.6 3.4 4.1 4.5 4.6 4.9 5.0
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.10  9   8   8   8   7   6
GFDI............0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...None.
Min temperature.....Around 39.
Max humidity........76 percent.
Min apparent temp...33.
Eye level winds.....East to southeast winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 14 mph.
GFDI................0.
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 (%).........0      5      11     22     33     49
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............60     54     46     43     41     40
RH..............32     40     53     60     67     73
Aparnt tmp (F)..60     54     43     39     36     35
20 ft wind......E 6    E 6    E 6    E 6    E 7    SE 8
20 ft wind gust.9      9      9      9      12     13
Eye level wind..E 4    E 4    E 4    E 4    E 4    SE 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.5      5      5      5      7      8
Mix hgt (ft)....4800   500    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..E 5    E 7    E 10   E 12   SE 13  SE 13
GFDI............0      0      0      0      0      0
Haines index....5      5      5      5      5      5

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...None.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Min apparent temp...33.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 9 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 14 to 22 mph.
GFDI................0.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........43     22     28     30     33     32
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      10     10
Temp............39     43     50     58     62     64
RH..............76     65     50     39     36     34
Aparnt tmp (F)..33     37     46     58     62     64
20 ft wind......SE 9   SE 10  SE 10  SE 13  SE 13  SE 13
20 ft wind gust.15     14     16     18     20     20
Eye level wind..SE 5   SE 6   SE 6   SE 8   SE 8   SE 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.9      8      10     11     12     12
Mix hgt (ft)....500    900    1600   3200   3700   3900
Transport wind..SE 14  SE 16  SE 17  SE 20  SE 20  SE 22
GFDI............0      0      0      0      0      0
Haines index....5      4      4      4      5      5

$$
Forecaster...Haase
Requested by...Jason Dykstra
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/24/24
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