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FNUS73 KDVN 221208
FWSDVN
SPOT FORECAST FOR RED FOX...IOWA RIVER WILDLIFE UNIT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
708 AM CDT WED APR 22 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES AT (563) 386-3815.
DISCUSSION
WARM CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN TODAY, WITH TEMPERATURES RISING
INTO THE UPPER 70S/LOW 80S AREA-WIDE. WEAK SOUTHWEST WINDS UNDER
10MPH ARE EXPECTED MUCH OF THE DAY, WITH NO PRECIPITATION.
AFTERNOON MINIMUM RH VALUES SHOULD RANGE BETWEEN 40 TO 50%.
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 (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...4 PERCENT.
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...82.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS UP TO 7 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 17 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (65000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................3.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........21 17 12 13 22 34 41 35
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............67 71 75 78 80 81 82 80
RH..............61 53 48 45 42 42 43 47
APARNT TMP (F)..67 71 75 78 80 81 82 81
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 9 10 10 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.9 10 13 14 15 16 17 18
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7
EYE LVL WND GST.5 6 8 8 9 10 10 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.7 2.3 3.3 3.5 4.1 4.3 4.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 9 9 12 13 16 17
GFDI............1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4
SDSPL KT-FT/10006 10 19 27 35 45 60 65
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...1 PERCENT.
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...81.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (62600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (9200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
GFDI................2.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........23 8 19 9 22 29
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............80 73 66 64 62 60
RH..............47 62 75 78 84 90
APARNT TMP (F)..81 73 66 64 62 60
20 FT WIND......S 12 S 10 S 10 S 10 S 10 S 10
20 FT WIND GUST.17 17 16 17 17 18
EYE LEVEL WIND..S 7 S 6 S 6 S 6 S 6 S 6
EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 10 10 10 11
MIX HGT (FT)....3900 800 700 600 700 800
TRANSPORT WIND..S 18 S 16 S 16 S 17 S 17 S 16
GFDI............3 2 2 2 1 1
SDSPL KT-FT/100063 11 9 10 11 11
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...31 PERCENT.
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...78.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO 30 TO 36 MPH
LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (11700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (84000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (93100
KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
GFDI................5.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........43 49 56 59 65 74
WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........ S CHC CHANCE
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 40 40
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 10 20 20 30
TEMP............59 61 68 74 77 78
RH..............93 84 65 55 50 47
APARNT TMP (F)..59 61 68 74 77 78
20 FT WIND......S 12 S 14 S 17 S 18 S 20 S 20
20 FT WIND GUST.20 22 25 28 29 29
EYE LEVEL WIND..S 7 S 8 S 10 S 11 S 12 S 12
EYE LVL WND GST.12 13 15 17 17 17
MIX HGT (FT)....700 1400 2500 4100 5100 4800
TRANSPORT WIND..S 18 S 22 S 26 S 32 S 36 S 33
GFDI............2 2 4 6 8 8
SDSPL KT-FT/100012 27 57 115 157 139
FORECASTER...ERVIN
REQUESTED BY...DAVID KUTZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2611287.0/DVN
.DELDT 04/22/26
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