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Spot Forecast for Cedar River Crossing...Johnson County Conservation
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
726 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on March 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

Generally dry conditions are expected through Friday. Winds
will be light today with south to southeast winds at 10
to 25 MPH developing on Friday. Rain is forecast for late
Friday and Friday night.

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 (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 53.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Min apparent temp...26.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming northeast around 3 mph
                    late in the morning, then shifting to the south
                    late in the morning shifting to the west up to
                    4 mph in the afternoon.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast around 5 mph
                    late in the morning, then shifting to the south
                    late in the morning shifting to the west 5 to 6
                    mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 7 mph shifting to the west 6 to 9
                    mph in the afternoon.
GFDI................2.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........32  15  14  17  21  13  27  27  31
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............30  35  40  43  47  49  52  53  53
RH..............72  61  55  50  45  43  40  43  43
Aparnt tmp (F)..26  31  37  40  44  47  52  53  53
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  S   SW  W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..3   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.6   7   7   7   8   8   8   8   7
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  S   SW  W   W   W   W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   4   4   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.7 2.4 2.7 3.1 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.5
Transp wind dir.SE  S   SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.5   7   7   6   7   8   9   9   9
GFDI............1   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   2
Haines index....3   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Min temperature.....Around 34.
Max humidity........72 percent.
Min apparent temp...29.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming northeast up to 4 mph
                    early in the evening, then shifting to the east
                    around 4 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 6 mph early
                    in the evening, then shifting to the east 6 to
                    7 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 7 mph shifting to the east 9 to 14
                    mph in the late evening and overnight.
GFDI................2.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........29     22     19     23     30     49
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      10     10     0      10     0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............53     47     42     39     37     35
RH..............44     56     65     67     67     69
Aparnt tmp (F)..53     45     38     35     32     29
20 ft wind......NW 3   NE 5   NE 6   E 6    E 6    E 7
20 ft wind gust.6      7      8      10     10     13
Eye level wind..NW 2   NE 3   NE 4   E 4    E 4    E 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.4      4      5      6      6      8
Mix hgt (ft)....2400   400    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..W 7    NE 6   NE 9   E 12   E 13   E 14
GFDI............1      1      1      1      1      2
Haines index....4      3      3      3      3      3

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Min apparent temp...27.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph increasing to around
                    8 mph late in the afternoon.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 8 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 15 to 21 mph increasing to 17 to 21
                    mph late in the afternoon.
GFDI................5.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........57     72     55     71     79     80
Weather cov.....                            S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RAIN   RAIN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      20     20
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............34     35     43     52     59     62
RH..............69     72     67     60     57     56
Aparnt tmp (F)..27     28     37     52     59     62
20 ft wind......E 8    E 9    SE 10  SE 12  SE 14  SE 14
20 ft wind gust.14     14     14     18     21     22
Eye level wind..E 5    E 5    SE 6   SE 7   SE 8   SE 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.8      8      8      11     13     13
Mix hgt (ft)....500    600    1000   1600   1800   1600
Transport wind..E 15   E 16   E 16   SE 18  SE 21  SE 20
GFDI............2      2      3      4      7      7
Haines index....3      3      3      3      3      3

$$
Forecaster...Uttech
Requested by...Blake Harris
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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