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Spot Forecast for Dixon Waterfowl Refuge - Sandy Hollow South...The Wetlands Initiative
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
952 AM CST Tue Jan 28 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CST on January 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

West southwest to west winds will again gust up to 45 mph this
afternoon. The strong winds in combination with low humidity and mild
temperatures will result in a very high fire danger. Any
fires that develop will spread quickly.

The strongest wind gusts currently look to occur between 1 and
4:30 PM this afternoon.

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.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Begin/end of pcpn...N/A.
Max temperature.....Around 48.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Min apparent temp...32.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds 9 to 12 mph with gusts to
                    around 22 mph.
Wind shift..........None.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to
                    around 37 mph.
Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 23 to 31 mph.
GFDI................14 increasing to 18 late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (CST)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2   5   3   1   4   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............40  46  47  48  48  46
RH..............51  43  43  46  48  51
Aparnt tmp (F)..32  39  40  41  41  39
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..15  17  18  20  20  17
20 FT wind gust.28  30  31  35  37  31
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.9   10  11  12  12  10
Eye lvl wnd gst.17  18  19  21  22  19
Mix hgt (kft)...2.1 2.5 2.6 2.5 1.6 1.1
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.23  26  31  31  29  25
GFDI............10  16  17  20  21  14
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Begin/end of pcpn...N/A
Min temperature.....Around 32.
Max humidity........77 percent.
Min apparent temp...25.
Eye level winds.....West winds 7 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 31 mph.
Wind shift..........West wind shifting to northwest around dawn.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 12 to 17 mph. Gusts up to 31 mph.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 18 to 24 mph.
GFDI................10 decreasing to 4 after 3 am.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........17     17     8      0      0      8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............45     41     40     39     37     34
RH..............52     61     64     64     68     75
Aparnt tmp (F)..38     33     32     32     29     26
20 ft wind......W 17   W 16   W 14   W 13   W 13   W 12
20 ft wind gust.31     26     23     22     22     22
Eye level wind..W 10   W 10   W 8    W 8    W 8    W 7
Eye lvl wnd gst.19     16     14     13     13     13
Mix hgt (ft)....1100   900    800    800    1000   1100
Transport wind..W 24   W 23   W 21   W 20   NW 20  NW 18
GFDI............14     9      7      6      5      4
Haines index....4      4      4      4      4      4

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Begin/end of pcpn...N/A
Max temperature.....Around 45.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Min apparent temp...23.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 7 mph.
Wind shift..........None.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 15 to 24 mph decreasing to 9 to 12
                    mph late in the afternoon.
GFDI................4.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........26     46     24     10     5      4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............33     34     38     42     45     43
RH..............75     73     67     54     47     51
Aparnt tmp (F)..24     25     31     36     39     38
20 ft wind......W 12   NW 12  NW 12  NW 12  NW 10  NW 8
20 ft wind gust.20     20     20     20     17     14
Eye level wind..W 7    NW 7   NW 7   NW 7   NW 6   NW 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.12     12     12     12     10     8
Mix hgt (ft)....1100   1300   2600   3300   3200   2300
Transport wind..NW 17  NW 20  NW 23  NW 22  NW 17  NW 12
GFDI............4      4      5      6      6      4
Haines index....4      4      4      4      4      4

$$
Forecaster...Pierce
Requested by...Peter Goodspeed
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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