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FNUS73 KDVN 182133
FWSDVN
SPOT FORECAST FOR OHIO WILDFIRE...BUREAU COUNTY EM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
333 PM CST WED FEB 18 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1600 CST ON FEBRUARY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES AT (563) 386-3815.
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING
DISCUSSION
WIDESPREAD EXTREME GFDI VALUES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING
AS STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW RH ALSO CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA. THE WINDS WILL BE WEAKER ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH HIGHER
LEVELS OF HUMIDITY AS A SYSTEM BRINGS A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED
TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...NONE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........13 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...63.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO AROUND 30 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 22 TO 28 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO AROUND 37 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 35 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 23 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (146400 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO GOOD
(30900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
GFDI................59 DECREASING TO 34 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
SNOWFALL AMOUNT.....0.0 INCHES.
VISIBILITY..........10.
SUNSET..............540 PM.
TIME (CST) 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........11 16
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0
TEMP............63 63
RH..............17 20
APARNT TMP (F)..63 63
20 FT WIND DIR..W SW
20 FT WIND SPD..26 20
20 FT WIND GUST.37 32
EYE LVL WND DIR.W SW
EYE LVL WND SPD.18 15
EYE LVL WND GST.30 25
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.9 1.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.35 23
GFDI............59 34
SDSPL KT-FT/1000146 31
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...NONE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37.
MAX HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...33.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST AND DECREASING OVERNIGHT, THEN BECOMING LIGHT AFTER
3 AM.
WIND SHIFT..........GOING LIGHT NORTHWEST BY MIDNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH DECREASING TO 5
TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT BECOMING
LIGHT AFTER 3 AM BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT, THEN SHIFTING
TO THE NORTH AROUND 6 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1300 KNOT-FT).
GFDI................7.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
SNOWFALL AMOUNT.....0.0 INCHES.
VISIBILITY..........10.
SUNRISE.............
TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........3 28 67 64 60 56
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............58 51 46 43 40 38
RH..............23 30 38 47 55 59
APARNT TMP (F)..58 51 42 39 37 34
20 FT WIND......SW 20 SW 9 SW 7 SW 6 NW 5 NE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.18 16 13 9 8 8
EYE LEVEL WIND..SW 15 SW 5 SW 4 SW 4 NW 3 NE 3
EYE LVL WND GST.11 10 8 5 5 5
MIX HGT (FT)....600 600 400 400 300 300
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 17 SW 17 SW 15 W 13 NW 8 N 6
GFDI............11 7 4 3 2 2
SDSPL KT-FT/100010 8 6 4 2 1
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10
FORECASTER...HLADIK
REQUESTED BY...BUREAU COUNTY EM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2603115.0/DVN
.DELDT 02/18/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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