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Spot Forecast for Redbird...DNR
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
752 AM CDT Wed May 14 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on May 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will be warmer today with widespread highs in
the mid to upper 80s Southeast winds will increase to around 10 knots
this morning and continue through the day. Minimum relative humidities
are forecast to range from 35 to 45 percent. Isolated showers and storms
are possible late this afternoon into this evening in far northwest
Illinois. Near record high temperatures are possible on Thursday with
widespread temperatures in the upper 80s to lower 90s. Minimum relative
humidity values are forecast to range from 30 to 40 percent. Afternoon showers
and storms are possible north of Interstate 80.

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 (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...None.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Max apparent temp...85.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 7 mph.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......7300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 17 mph.
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........7   4   12  25  32  42  40  34  34  31
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............67  71  76  78  80  82  83  84  86  86
RH..............78  71  62  56  52  47  46  43  39  39
Aparnt tmp (F)..67  71  76  78  81  82  83  84  85  85
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..6   7   9   10  12  12  12  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.        10  13  14  14  14  14  14  14
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   5   6   7   7   7   7   7   7
Eye lvl wnd gst.        6   8   8   8   8   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.8 3.6 4.6 5.5 6.1 6.3 7.1 7.3 7.0
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S
Transp wind spd.8   12  14  15  16  16  17  16  16  16
GFDI............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Chance of
                    showers and slight chance of thunderstorms
                    overnight.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Max apparent temp...84.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 9 to 13 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 12 to 16 mph.
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........25     14     25     40     46     43
Weather cov.....                     S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE
Tstm cov........                     S CHC  S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      10     20     20     10
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      10     10     10     10
Temp............84     79     72     71     67     66
RH..............41     50     64     71     87     93
Aparnt tmp (F)..84     79     72     71     67     66
20 ft wind......SE 12  SE 10  SE 9   SE 10  SE 10  SE 12
20 ft wind gust.14     13     10     13     13     14
Eye level wind..SE 7   SE 6   SE 5   SE 6   SE 6   SE 7
Eye lvl wnd gst.8      8      6      8      8      8
Mix hgt (ft)....6100   500    400    500    500    600
Transport wind..S 16   SE 12  E 14   SE 16  SE 15  SE 16
GFDI............0      0      0      0      0      0

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of thunder...None.
Begin/end of pcpn...
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Max apparent temp...88.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 8 to 11 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 13 mph late in the afternoon.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 13 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 21 to 22 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 17 to 24 mph shifting to the southwest 24
                    to 25 mph in the afternoon.
GFDI................0.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........56     51     29     23     19     24
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      10     10
Chc of thdr (%).M      M      M      M      M      M
Temp............65     70     76     84     88     87
RH..............100    84     76     53     39     32
Aparnt tmp (F)..65     70     76     86     88     85
20 ft wind......SE 13  SE 14  SE 17  S 18   S 21   SW 22
20 ft wind gust.16     23     24     28     30     31
Eye level wind..SE 8   SE 8   SE 10  S 11   S 13   SW 13
Eye lvl wnd gst.10     14     14     17     18     19
Mix hgt (ft)....600    1200   2200   3200   4500   6000
Transport wind..SE 17  SE 22  S 24   S 24   SW 25  SW 25
GFDI............0      0      0      0      0      0

$$
Forecaster...Gross
Requested by...Matt Shanklin
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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