754 FNUS73 KDVN 211226 FWSDVN Spot Forecast for Chinkapin Bluffs Wildflowers...Louisa County Conservation National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL 726 AM CDT Wed Mar 21 2018 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on March 21. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815. .DISCUSSION... Cool northerly flow will continue over the area today, with winds generally under 15 mph through the day. Rain and snow continue to forecast for Friday and Saturday in this region. The Grassland Fire Danger Index -GFDI- does not account for precipitation that occurs or any snow on the ground. Please make appropriate adjustments. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Begin/end of pcpn...N/A. Max temperature.....Around 46. Min humidity........33 percent. Apparent temp.......20. Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 6 to 7 mph. Wind shift..........N/A. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......900-2200 ft AGL increasing to 2900-4700 ft AGL in the late morning and afternoon. Transport winds.....Northwest 9 to 15 mph. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth to or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. GFDI..........Low. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........10 8 7 7 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 Temp............33 39 44 46 RH..............51 39 33 35 Aparnt tmp (F)..25 33 39 42 20 ft wind......N 6 N 6 NW 6 NW 5 20 ft wind gust.10 10 10 10 Eye level wind..N 4 N 4 NW 4 NW 4 Eye lvl wnd gst.10 10 10 10 Mix hgt (ft)....2900 3700 4400 4700 Transport wind..N 15 N 14 N 12 NW 9 Haines index....4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). Min temperature.....Around 29. Max humidity........81 percent. Eye level winds.....Northwest winds around 5 mph early in the evening becoming light. Wind shift..........N/A. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph early in the evening becoming light. Mixing height.......2400-3900 ft AGL decreasing to 300-1400 ft AGL in the late evening and overnight. Transport winds.....Northwest 1 to 9 mph. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth to or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. GFDI..........Low. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........9 10 15 22 25 25 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............45 41 37 34 32 30 RH..............40 50 59 66 72 78 20 ft wind......NW 4 N 2 N 2 W 2 W 2 SW 2 20 ft wind gust.5 5 5 Eye level wind..NW 3 N 2 N 1 W 1 W 1 SW 2 Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 5 Mix hgt (ft)....3900 2400 300 300 300 300 Transport wind..NW 9 NW 6 NW 1 W 1 W 2 NW 3 Haines index....4 4 4 3 3 3 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 51. Min humidity........50 percent. Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph in the afternoon. Wind shift..........N/A. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......300-2200 ft AGL increasing to 1900-3600 ft AGL in the late morning and afternoon, then decreasing to 1500 ft AGL late in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Northeast 2 to 3 mph shifting to the southwest 3 to 6 mph in the afternoon. Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth to or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. GFDI..........Low. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........44 45 57 72 78 80 Weather cov..... S CHC S CHC Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE RAIN RAIN Tstm cov........ Temp............29 34 42 47 50 51 RH..............81 69 55 51 50 50 20 ft wind......S 2 S 2 S 2 S 3 S 5 S 5 20 ft wind gust. 5 5 Eye level wind..S 1 S 1 S 2 S 2 S 4 S 4 Eye lvl wnd gst. 5 5 Mix hgt (ft)....300 1300 3200 3500 3000 1900 Transport wind..N 2 NE 2 NE 2 S 3 SW 6 SW 6 Haines index....4 4 4 3 2 3 $$ Forecaster...Speck Requested by...Katie Hammond Type of request...Prescribed .TAG 1804645.0/DVN