FNUS73 KDVN 031343
FWSDVN

SPOT FORECAST FOR POLE BARN PRAIRIE...PORT LOUISA NWR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
843 AM CDT WED NOV 3 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON NOVEMBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SURFACE TROUGH WITH A WIND SHIFT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION
LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY LATER THIS MORNING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MILD TODAY THEN COLDER WEATHER RETURNS TONIGHT AND
ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 62.
RH..................62 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND SHIFT..........SOUTHWEST TO WEST THIS MORNING THEN NORTHWEST THIS
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
                    PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-3900 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO
                    3800-5200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO 1900 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 7 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 15
                    TO 24 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............45     54     60     61     56
RH..............62     50     44     41     47
EYE LEVEL WIND..250/9  300/13 310/15 310/15 310/14
EYE LEVEL WIND..15     20     20     25     20
HAINES INDEX....4      5      5      5      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 38.
RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 14 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
                    PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0-300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 50.
RH..................MIN 50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 21 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
                    PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-4500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    4600-5900 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO
                    2900 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 21 TO 26 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HAASE
REQUESTED BY...ERIK ACKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101103.POLEB.01/DVN