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Spot Forecast for Red Cedar Wheat...Iowa DNR
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
1012 AM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on August 21.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

No fire weather concerns are expected during the period.
High pressure will provide mainly dry conditions and
light winds through the day on Friday. Minimum relative
humidities will only bottom out around 50 to 60 percent
this afternoon. A cold front will bring shower chances
(20-40%) to areas mainly north and west of the Quad Cities
Friday night and Saturday morning.

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.........Partly sunny (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........53 percent.
Max apparent temp...82.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds around 4 mph.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 8 mph.
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........59  56  54  47  40  33  28
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............74  76  78  79  80  81  80
RH..............69  64  58  58  56  53  56
Aparnt tmp (F)..74  76  78  79  81  82  81
20 FT wind dir..E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.9   9   9   9   10  10  10
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   5   5   5   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.4 4.4 3.6
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   7   8   8   8
GFDI............0   0   0   0   0   0   0

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). Patchy fog after
                    3 am.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Min temperature.....Around 61.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Max apparent temp...79.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds around 3 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 7 mph shifting to the southeast 5 to
                    7 mph after 3 am.
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........24     18     16     15     16     20
Weather cov.....                                   PATCHY
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   FOG
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............79     73     69     65     63     62
RH..............60     76     84     97     100    97
Aparnt tmp (F)..79     73     69     65     63     62
20 ft wind......NE 5   NE 3   NE 3   NE 3   E 3    E 3
20 ft wind gust.7      6      6      6      6      6
Eye level wind..NE 3   NE 2   NE 2   NE 2   E 2    E 2
Eye lvl wnd gst.4      4      4      4      4      4
Mix hgt (ft)....3000   400    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..NE 7   NE 6   NE 7   E 7    E 6    SE 7
GFDI............0      0      0      0      0      0

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........59 percent.
Max apparent temp...86.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 3 to 5 mph shifting to the west 2 to
                    5 mph late in the morning.
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........33     30     49     43     36     41
Weather cov.....PATCHY PATCHY
Weather type....FOG    FOG    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............61     64     71     78     82     83
RH..............97     97     84     69     61     59
Aparnt tmp (F)..61     64     71     78     85     86
20 ft wind......E 2    N 0    S 1    SW 2   SW 2   SW 2
20 ft wind gust.3      2      3      5      6      6
Eye level wind..E 1    N 0    S 1    SW 1   SW 1   SW 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.2      1      2      3      4      4
Mix hgt (ft)....400    700    1300   3000   3900   4400
Transport wind..E 5    SE 3   S 3    W 3    W 5    W 3
GFDI............0      0      0      0      0      0

$$
Forecaster...Ervin
Requested by...Travis Russell
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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