Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Quad Cities, IA IL
Issued by NWS Quad Cities, IA IL
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Spot Forecast for Nenawakwa Wood Pile Burn...Prairie Land Conservancy
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
847 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on August 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.
.DISCUSSION...
No fire weather concerns or hazardous fire weather conditions
are expected through the period. Shower and storm chances
will be increasing throughout the day on Tuesday into
Tuesday evening ahead of a cold front. A few strong storms
and locally heavy rain are possible.
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.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........67 percent.
Max apparent temp...79.
Eye level winds.....North winds up to 4 mph.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8000 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (47300 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........18 22 25 27 30 37 35 32 15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............70 72 74 76 77 77 77 79 77
RH..............93 87 82 76 71 71 71 67 74
Aparnt tmp (F)..70 72 74 76 77 77 77 79 77
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N NW
20 FT wind spd..5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 6
20 FT wind gust.13 12 12 13 13 14 14 13 12
Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N N N N N N NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 2.2 3.1 3.8 4.2 4.7 4.9 4.4 4.0
Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N
Transp wind spd.8 9 10 10 12 12 10 10 10
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/10008 18 28 34 42 47 44 40 36
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
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...77.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 8 mph shifting to the southwest
3 to 7 mph late in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (21800 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (1300 knot-ft) late in the
night.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........17 29 29 18 20 23
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............77 73 69 66 65 63
RH..............74 84 90 97 97 100
Aparnt tmp (F)..77 73 69 66 65 63
20 ft wind......NW 3 NW 1 N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0
20 ft wind gust.9 6 3 3 3 6
Eye level wind..NW 2 NW 1 N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 4 2 2 2 4
Mix hgt (ft)....3100 400 400 400 400 400
Transport wind..N 8 NW 5 NW 5 SW 5 SW 6 SW 7
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/100022 2 2 2 2 2
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms late in the
afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of thunder...17 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........74 percent.
Max apparent temp...85.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming southwest up to 4 mph in
the late morning and afternoon.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph early in the morning
becoming light, then becoming southwest 5 to 6
mph in the late morning and afternoon. Gusty
and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (33400 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........25 29 45 27 25 26
Weather cov..... S CHC
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR
Tstm cov........ S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 10 20
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 10 20 20
Temp............62 67 74 78 80 80
RH..............100 97 82 76 74 77
Aparnt tmp (F)..62 67 74 78 83 84
20 ft wind......N 0 SW 2 SW 5 SW 6 SW 6 SW 6
20 ft wind gust.6 8 12 13 13 13
Eye level wind..N 0 SW 1 SW 3 SW 4 SW 4 SW 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.4 5 7 8 8 8
Mix hgt (ft)....400 600 1600 2700 3100 3000
Transport wind..SW 7 SW 9 SW 12 W 12 W 10 W 12
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/10002 5 16 27 28 30
$$
Forecaster...Gross
Requested by...kirsten boesen
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 08/17/26
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