FNUS73 KDVN 231405 FWSDVN SPOT FORECAST FOR HICKORY HILL WOODLAND...JOHNSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 905 AM CDT THU APR 23 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... PARTLY SUNNY...BREEZY AND WARMER CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND TODAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE IN THE RANGE OF 15 TO 30 MPH. AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS A SURFACE WARM FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST. WINDS WILL STAY UP FROM THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT AT 10 TO 20 MPH. WINDY AND WARMER CONDITIONS ARE ON TAP FRIDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........63 AT IGNITION...AFTERNOON MAXIMUM 78. RH..................40 PERCENT AT IGNITION...AFTERNOON MINIMUM 35 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 16 MPH AT IGNITION...GRADUALLY VEERING TO THE SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. WIND SHIFT..........GRADUAL SHIFT FROM SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. CWR.................5 PERCENT IN THE MORNING. 20 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................3 HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............63 70 74 77 76 RH..............36 33 34 35 40 EYE LEVEL WIND..140/15 160/17 160/18 160/19 170/16 EYE LEVEL WIND..25 25 30 30 25 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MINIMUM 59. RH..................MAXIMUM 78 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. LAL.................3 HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH DIMINISHING AND BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAXIMUM 83. RH..................MINIMUM 46 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 24 MPH. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................1 HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR VERY LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3800 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...SHEETS REQUESTED BY...DAVID WEHDE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090423.HICKO.01/DVN