FNUS73 KDVN 181423
FWSDVN

SPOT FORECAST FOR CANYON RIDGE BURN...IDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
923 AM CDT WED MAR 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 CDT ON MARCH 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FOLLOWING A COLD FRONT
THAT DROPPED SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION LAST NIGHT. A WEAKER SECONDARY COLD
WILL DROP SOUTH INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. TODAY...A WEAK MID LEVEL SYSTEM
WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED VERY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS EASTERN IOWA
AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...OTHERWISE
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL. WINDS WILL BE NORTH TO NORTHEAST FROM
10 TO 15 MPH. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL FOLLOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURE.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 53.
RH..................55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...AFTERNOON MINIMUM 48 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS NORTH AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............50     51     52     49
RH..............56     54     48     52
EYE LEVEL WIND..010/7  320/5  290/6  300/6
EYE LEVEL WIND..10            10
HAINES INDEX....2      2      2      2

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FORECASTER...SHEETS
REQUESTED BY...JEFF HENSAL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090318.CANYO.01/DVN