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Spot Forecast for Hawkeye WMA-Novotony...Iowa River Wildlife Unit
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
731 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on July 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures into the mid 70s today with dewpoints in the
mid 50s should yield minimum RH values in the 40 to 50
percent range this afternoon. light southeasterly winds
expected through the day, some increase in cloud cover
with developing cumulus this afternoon into tonight.

Entire Area Overview:
There are low chances for rain late tonight through Friday
night for areas south of an Ottumwa, IA to Galesburg, IL
line. Otherwise, heat and humidity returns for the weekend
and into next week.

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 78.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Max apparent temp...77.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming southeast around 3 mph
                    late in the morning.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph
                    late in the morning.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 6 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (19300 knot-ft).
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........14  13  25  28  21  26  28  40
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............69  71  72  74  75  77  77  77
RH..............61  57  55  50  48  45  45  47
Aparnt tmp (F)..69  71  72  74  75  77  77  77
20 FT wind dir..S   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.6   6   7   7   8   8   8   7
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   4   4   5   5   5   4
Mix hgt (kft)...4.3 4.8 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.3
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
GFDI............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
SDspl kt-ft/100021  19  21  22  22  23  22  21

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Max apparent temp...78.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds around 3 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (19900 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1800 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........51     78     75     57     65     73
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............78     74     68     66     64     62
RH..............43     55     65     68     73     78
Aparnt tmp (F)..78     74     68     66     64     62
20 ft wind......SE 5   SE 3   SE 3   SE 3   SE 3   SE 3
20 ft wind gust.7      5      6      6      6      6
Eye level wind..SE 3   SE 2   SE 2   SE 2   SE 2   SE 2
Eye lvl wnd gst.4      3      4      4      4      4
Mix hgt (ft)....5000   400    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..S 5    SE 5   SE 6   SE 8   S 9    S 8
GFDI............0      0      0      0      0      0
SDspl kt-ft/100020     2      2      3      4      3

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........60 percent.
Max apparent temp...76.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south up to 6 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 10 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming south 5 to 10 mph
                    in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (44900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........81     80     71     66     62     57
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............60     63     68     71     74     75
RH..............84     81     70     66     62     60
Aparnt tmp (F)..60     63     68     71     74     75
20 ft wind......SE 3   S 3    S 6    S 7    S 9    S 10
20 ft wind gust.5      6      10     13     15     16
Eye level wind..SE 2   S 2    S 4    S 4    S 5    S 6
Eye lvl wnd gst.3      4      6      8      9      10
Mix hgt (ft)....400    700    1700   3300   3800   3700
Transport wind..S 7    S 9    S 9    S 13   S 13   S 14
GFDI............0      0      0      0      0      0
SDspl kt-ft/10003      6      13     37     42     45

$$
Forecaster...Beerends
Requested by...David Kutz
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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