FNUS73 KDVN 011301 FWSDVN SPOT FORECAST FOR INDIAN SLOUGH...LOUISA COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 801 AM CDT WED APR 1 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RETREATING TO THE NORTH WILL ALLOW WINDS TO DIMINISH LATER TODAY...THOUGH CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THIS MORNING. MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO INCREASING CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A NEW STORM SYSTEM MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. RAIN WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 57. RH..................39 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS WEST AT 20 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND SHIFT..........NO SIGNIFICANT SHIFTS. CWR.................10 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500-5000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5500-6500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 18 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO 23 TO 30 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 16 TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............50 54 56 55 RH..............39 35 35 40 EYE LEVEL WIND..250/20 240/18 240/16 230/10 WIND GUSTS......28 29 25 14 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 39. RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................60 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2100-3200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-1000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 5 TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO 15 TO 18 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. $$ FORECASTER...LE REQUESTED BY...KATIE HAMMOND TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090401.INDIA.01/DVN