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FNUS73 KDVN 272201
FWSDVN
SPOT FORECAST FOR GORSCH...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
501 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1700 CDT ON MARCH 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES AT (563) 386-3815.
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT SATURDAY
DISCUSSION
CONDITIONS FOR THIS EVENING: WINDS WILL REMAIN FROM THE
NORTHWEST, STARTING SUSTAINED AROUND 15 MPH, GUSTS AROUND
25 MPH, BUT THEN GRADUALLY WEAKENING FROM THERE THROUGH THE
EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY TURN MORE NORTHERLY AROUND 9 PM
TONIGHT.
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 (0-5 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...40.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 17 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 33 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (178100 KNOT-FT).
GFDI................16.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
SNOWFALL AMOUNT.....0.0 INCHES.
VISIBILITY..........10.
SUNSET..............
TIME (CDT) 5PM
SKY (%).........1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0
CHC OF THDR (%).0
TEMP............47
RH..............27
APARNT TMP (F)..40
20 FT WIND DIR..NW
20 FT WIND SPD..17
20 FT WIND GUST.26
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW
EYE LVL WND SPD.10
EYE LVL WND GST.16
MIX HGT (KFT)...6.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.33
GFDI............16
SDSPL KT-FT/1000178
VISIBILITY (SM).10
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 20.
MAX HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...21.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH AROUND 3 MPH OVERNIGHT, THEN BECOMING
LIGHT OVERNIGHT.
WIND SHIFT..........
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH AROUND 5 MPH OVERNIGHT, THEN BECOMING
LIGHT OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 26 TO 32 MPH BECOMING NORTH 13 TO 20
MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN DECREASING TO 3
TO 7 MPH OVERNIGHT SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (71200 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO FAIR
(23200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING
TO POOR (1200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE NIGHT EARLY
IN THE EVENING.
GFDI................9 DECREASING TO 1 LATE IN THE EVENING.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
SNOWFALL AMOUNT.....0.0 INCHES.
VISIBILITY..........10.
SUNRISE.............
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........0 0 2 2 2 2
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............46 39 35 29 23 21
RH..............28 35 40 51 62 71
APARNT TMP (F)..40 32 28 24 23 21
20 FT WIND......NW 15 NW 10 N 8 N 5 N 2 W 1
20 FT WIND GUST.25 21 15 10 7 3
EYE LEVEL WIND..NW 9 NW 6 N 5 N 3 N 1 W 1
EYE LVL WND GST.15 13 9 6 4 2
MIX HGT (FT)....6000 1400 1200 800 500 400
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 32 NW 20 N 17 N 15 N 7 N 3
GFDI............13 7 4 2 1 0
SDSPL KT-FT/1000167 23 18 10 3 1
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...18.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 11 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 18 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 18 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 15 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON
INCREASING TO 17 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO
30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (90700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (104400
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
GFDI................5 INCREASING TO 24.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
SNOWFALL AMOUNT.....0.0 INCHES.
VISIBILITY..........10.
SUNSET..............
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........3 4 2 3 30 22
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............20 23 33 44 51 54
RH..............71 62 39 26 20 18
APARNT TMP (F)..20 18 25 37 51 54
20 FT WIND......S 2 S 3 S 9 S 15 S 17 S 18
20 FT WIND GUST.5 8 16 22 28 30
EYE LEVEL WIND..S 1 S 2 S 5 S 9 S 10 S 11
EYE LVL WND GST.3 5 10 13 17 18
MIX HGT (FT)....400 600 1900 2800 3500 4100
TRANSPORT WIND..S 5 S 8 S 15 S 20 S 25 SW 30
GFDI............1 1 4 11 21 27
SDSPL KT-FT/10002 4 24 48 77 106
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10
FORECASTER...SCHULTZ
REQUESTED BY...MATT OKRASINSKI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2608194.0/DVN
.DELDT 03/27/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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