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FNUS73 KDVN 251236
FWSDVN
SPOT FORECAST FOR RX STONY HILLS NATURE PRESERVE...PRAIRIE LAND CONSERVANCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
636 AM CST WED FEB 25 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 CST ON FEBRUARY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES AT (563) 386-3815.
DISCUSSION
LIGHT SNOW WILL BE SEEN SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 TONIGHT. A
SIGNIFICANT WARM-UP WILL BRING AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER
RISK ON FRIDAY FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF A DUBUQUE, IOWA
TO WILLIAMSBURG, IOWA LINE. WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 30 MPH
WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITY LEVELS DROPPING TO 30 PERCENT FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
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 (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...1 PERCENT.
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...N/A.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...21.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (34000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................2.
TIME (CST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........33 38 33 16 15 24 18 36 61 49 70
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............28 30 32 34 36 38 41 42 42 44 42
RH..............85 75 69 61 56 54 48 46 46 43 46
APARNT TMP (F)..21 22 25 27 30 32 36 38 38 41 38
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N
20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 10 9
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 1.2 1.6 1.9 2.2 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW N
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 15 15 14 14 14 14 13 12 9 9
GFDI............1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
SDSPL KT-FT/10007 16 21 23 27 32 34 31 29 22 19
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SNOW THROUGH THE
NIGHT. CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE
OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...3 PERCENT.
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...AFTER 8 PM.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 27.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...22.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NORTHEAST BECOMING EAST.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 6 TO 9 MPH BECOMING 6 TO 10 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3200 KNOT-FT).
GFDI................2.
TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........74 76 80 83 65 59
WEATHER COV..... CHANCE LIKELY DEFNTE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW FZDRZL
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 40 60 90 40 40
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............42 37 34 32 31 29
RH..............46 59 72 78 81 88
APARNT TMP (F)..39 32 29 26 25 23
20 FT WIND......N 5 NE 6 NE 6 NE 6 NE 6 E 6
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 9 9 9 9
EYE LEVEL WIND..N 3 NE 4 NE 4 NE 4 NE 4 E 4
EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (FT)....600 600 1000 1100 900 900
TRANSPORT WIND..N 6 NE 7 NE 7 NE 10 NE 6 NE 6
GFDI............2 2 2 1 1 1
SDSPL KT-FT/10003 4 6 10 4 5
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...N/A.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...23.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
WIND SHIFT..........LIGHT EAST SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 7 TO 14
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (38100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................3.
TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........48 51 45 28 21 14
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............29 30 35 42 47 49
RH..............85 81 78 67 60 58
APARNT TMP (F)..23 24 29 37 43 46
20 FT WIND......E 6 SE 6 S 7 S 8 SW 9 SW 8
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 12 13 14 13
EYE LEVEL WIND..E 4 SE 4 S 4 S 5 SW 5 SW 5
EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 7 8 8 8
MIX HGT (FT)....800 1000 1300 2300 2900 2300
TRANSPORT WIND..E 6 SE 6 SW 7 W 10 W 14 W 13
GFDI............1 1 2 3 4 3
SDSPL KT-FT/10004 5 8 21 34 25
FORECASTER...MCCLURE
REQUESTED BY...KIRSTEN BOESEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2603930.0/DVN
.DELDT 02/25/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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