FNUS73 KDVN 051410
FWSDVN

SPOT FORECAST FOR HAWKEYE WILDLIFE AREA...IADNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
910 AM CDT MON APR 5 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1055 CDT ON APRIL 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WARM FRONT OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL LIFT NORTH THROUGH THE AREA
BY LATE TONIGHT.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE FRONT
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL BE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT.  THE WARM FRONT WILL BE NORTH OF THE AREA BY TUESDAY
MORNING.  THIS WILL BRING WARM AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA TUESDAY
WITH A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
                    TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 68.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 42 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....WINDS NORTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST
                    5 TO 12 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
                    PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 1500 FT AGL LATE THIS MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 4700 FT AGL BY MID-AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 6 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 3 TO
                    9 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    13 TO 21 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....              CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............50     57     64     67     66
RH..............61     51     45     49     58
EYE LEVEL WIND..030/6  090/7  110/7  120/9  110/12
EYE LEVEL WIND..              10     15     15
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........EAST TO SOUTHEAST SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH LATE
                    TONIGHT.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 13 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 6 TO 10
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76.
MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
                    PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3900 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 12 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 22 TO 25 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...FERRY
REQUESTED BY...DAVID KUTZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100405.HAWKE.01/DVN