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Spot Forecast for Beetle Prarie...DNR
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
1112 AM CDT Thu Apr 3 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on April 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

Quiet today as high pressure moves across the area. Breezy
west winds of 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph will
continue through this morning before diminishing during the
afternoon. Clouds will increase during the afternoon. Minimum
relative humidities this afternoon are forecast to range from
45 to 55 percent across the area. There is a low chance of rain
showers Thursday night south of a Fairfield to Galesburg line.

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 cloudy (70-80 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...None.
Begin/end of pcpn...None.
Max temperature.....Around 54.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Max apparent temp...54.
Eye level winds.....West winds up to 10 mph.
Wind shift..........None.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 16 mph.
GFDI................4.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........81  83  79  77  71  73
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).M   M   M   M   M   M
Temp............46  48  51  53  54  54
RH..............64  63  56  52  50  52
Aparnt tmp (F)..41  43  51  53  54  54
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   NW
20 FT wind spd..12  12  10  9   8   7
20 FT wind gust.18  16  15  14  12  9
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   W   W   W   W   NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.7   7   6   5   5   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.11  10  9   8   7   5
Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 3.3 3.7 3.8 4.0 3.9
Transp wind dir.NW  W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.16  14  12  10  8   8
GFDI............5   4   4   4   3   3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...None.
Begin/end of pcpn...None.
Min temperature.....Around 38.
Max humidity........92 percent.
Min apparent temp...35.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds around 3 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light, then becoming northeast
                    up to 4 mph overnight.
Wind shift..........Northwest to northeast after midnight.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light, then becoming northeast
                    5 to 6 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 6 mph shifting to the northeast 7
                    to 13 mph early in the evening.
GFDI................2.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........66     72     65     62     33     36
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      10     10     10     10     10
Chc of thdr (%).M      M      M      M      M      M
Temp............54     50     46     44     42     40
RH..............52     63     73     76     86     89
Aparnt tmp (F)..54     50     45     42     39     36
20 ft wind......NW 5   N 2    NE 3   NE 3   NE 5   NE 6
20 ft wind gust.7      5      6      7      10     10
Eye level wind..NW 3   N 1    NE 2   NE 2   NE 3   NE 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.4      3      4      4      6      6
Mix hgt (ft)....3300   500    400    400    400    500
Transport wind..NW 6   NE 7   NE 7   E 9    E 12   E 13
GFDI............2      1      1      1      1      1

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Chance of thunder...None.
Begin/end of pcpn...Rain begins after 12 pm.
Max temperature.....Around 54.
Min humidity........63 percent.
Min apparent temp...33.
Eye level winds.....East winds up to 6 mph.
Wind shift..........None.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 13 to 17 mph.
GFDI................3.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........36     41     79     86     85     85
Weather cov.....                            CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     10     10     50     50
Chc of thdr (%).M      M      M      M      M      M
Temp............38     41     45     49     52     52
RH..............92     79     76     71     63     66
Aparnt tmp (F)..34     36     40     45     52     52
20 ft wind......NE 6   E 7    E 9    E 10   E 10   E 10
20 ft wind gust.12     14     15     16     16     17
Eye level wind..NE 4   E 4    E 5    E 6    E 6    E 6
Eye lvl wnd gst.7      8      9      10     10     10
Mix hgt (ft)....600    800    1200   1900   2200   2300
Transport wind..E 13   E 16   E 17   E 15   E 16   E 16
GFDI............1      2      3      3      4      4

$$
Forecaster...Haase
Requested by...Jason Dykstra
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/03/25
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