989
FNUS73 KDVN 221340
FWSDVN
SPOT FORECAST FOR MILLRACE FLATS - STRAWHACKERS...IOWA DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
840 AM CDT WED APR 22 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 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 (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...81.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO
AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 10
TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (23600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (58000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................2.
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........51 52 52 44 28 23 18 17 16
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............67 69 72 74 77 78 80 80 80
RH..............73 70 66 59 54 52 49 49 49
APARNT TMP (F)..67 69 72 74 77 78 81 81 81
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W SW SW SW SW S S
20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 14 15 16 16 17 18
EYE LVL WND DIR.W W W SW SW SW SW S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6
EYE LVL WND GST.8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 1.9 2.4 2.6 3.4 3.8 4.3 4.5 4.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W SW SW SW S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 15 12 10 10 13 13 15 15
GFDI............1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
SDSPL KT-FT/100031 24 24 24 31 42 48 58 57
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...79.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS UP TO 6 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (51200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (4500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
GFDI................2.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........12 15 15 19 5 11
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............79 73 66 64 62 60
RH..............50 62 75 81 84 90
APARNT TMP (F)..79 73 66 64 62 60
20 FT WIND......S 10 S 8 S 7 S 7 S 7 S 8
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 15 14 15 16
EYE LEVEL WIND..S 6 S 5 S 4 S 4 S 4 S 5
EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 9 8 9 10
MIX HGT (FT)....3900 600 500 500 400 400
TRANSPORT WIND..S 15 S 15 S 14 S 13 S 13 S 14
GFDI............2 1 1 1 1 1
SDSPL KT-FT/100051 8 6 5 5 5
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...81.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 17
MPH INCREASING TO 11 TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 23 MPH INCREASING TO 24 TO 30 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (101700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (97200
KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
GFDI................4.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........25 27 30 41 48 50
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 10 10
TEMP............58 62 71 77 80 81
RH..............93 81 64 54 49 46
APARNT TMP (F)..58 62 71 77 81 81
20 FT WIND......S 9 S 12 S 15 S 17 S 20 S 20
20 FT WIND GUST.17 20 24 28 30 30
EYE LEVEL WIND..S 5 S 7 S 9 S 10 S 12 S 12
EYE LVL WND GST.10 12 14 17 18 18
MIX HGT (FT)....500 1300 2500 4400 5700 5400
TRANSPORT WIND..S 14 S 21 S 24 S 26 S 29 S 30
GFDI............1 1 3 4 6 6
SDSPL KT-FT/10006 23 54 102 143 141
FORECASTER...ERVIN
REQUESTED BY...TRAVIS RUSSELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2611313.0/DVN
.DELDT 04/22/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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