Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Quad Cities, IA IL
Issued by NWS Quad Cities, IA IL
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FNUS73 KDVN 281657
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Spot Forecast for Wapello Bottoms wheat field...DNR
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
1157 AM CDT Fri Aug 28 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on August 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.
.DISCUSSION...
High pressure is forecast to shift to the east today with
another quiet weather day across the region. Winds are expected
to be light through the day. Minimum relative humidity values
this afternoon will range from 40 to 50 percent. A storm system
is forecast to pass to our north tonight with decaying showers
and storms moving into the early after sunrise on Saturday. Rainfall
amounts are expected to be less than 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 (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Max apparent temp...85.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 3 to 6 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (13100 knot-ft).
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2 6 6 8 9 9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............80 82 82 83 83 83
RH..............60 55 54 52 52 52
Aparnt tmp (F)..82 83 84 85 85 85
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.5 6 6 6 6 5
Eye lvl wnd dir.W W W W W W
Eye lvl wnd spd.1 1 1 1 1 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.3 4 4 4 4 3
Mix hgt (kft)...3.6 4.8 5.3 5.4 4.8 4.4
Transp wind dir.W NW W W W W
Transp wind spd.6 6 6 6 5 3
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/100018 24 27 27 19 13
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Max apparent temp...83.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south up to 4 mph
overnight.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
becoming light, then becoming south 5 to 6 mph
overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 3 to 12 mph increasing to around 13 mph
early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1800 knot-ft).
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........8 7 7 10 24 42
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............81 74 69 67 65 65
RH..............55 67 78 81 84 81
Aparnt tmp (F)..83 76 69 67 65 65
20 ft wind......S 2 SE 2 S 3 S 3 S 5 S 6
20 ft wind gust.3 5 8 8 12 13
Eye level wind..S 1 SE 1 S 2 S 2 S 3 S 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.2 3 5 5 7 8
Mix hgt (ft)....1900 400 400 400 400 400
Transport wind..SW 3 S 6 S 8 S 10 S 12 S 12
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/10006 2 3 4 4 4
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........58 percent.
Max apparent temp...87.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 8 mph.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (45500 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........50 59 69 66 61 58
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............65 68 75 79 81 83
RH..............82 87 71 67 63 60
Aparnt tmp (F)..65 67 75 81 85 87
20 ft wind......S 6 S 7 S 8 S 10 S 13 S 13
20 ft wind gust.14 16 18 20 22 23
Eye level wind..S 4 S 4 S 5 S 6 S 8 S 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 10 11 12 13 14
Mix hgt (ft)....400 500 1100 1900 2500 2300
Transport wind..S 12 S 12 S 12 S 14 S 17 S 17
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/10004 5 11 23 38 34
$$
Forecaster...Gross
Requested by...Trenton Gebhardt
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 08/28/26
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