FNUS73 KDVN 311359 FWSDVN SPOT FORECAST FOR CONE MARSH WMA...IOWA DNR - ODESSA WILDLIFE UNIT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 859 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON MARCH 31. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A THIN LAYER OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL FILTER THE SUN TODAY WHILE WINDS REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHEAST. A CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL RETURN TO THE AREA BY MID EVENING...LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........43 AT IGNITION...MAX 51. RH..................54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WIND SHIFT..........LIGHT EAST-SOUTHEAST BECOMING SOUTHEAST BY NOON. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6700-7300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV..... 5% WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE SPRINKLES TEMP............39 46 49 51 50 RH..............54 47 46 41 50 EYE LEVEL WIND..130/3 150/6 160/6 170/5 170/5 EYE LEVEL GUST..5 8 7 6 6 HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. LIGHT RAIN LIKELY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37. RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. WIND SHIFT..........BECOMING WEST BY 4 AM CDT. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......6400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 15 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. $$ FORECASTER...JDH REQUESTED BY...ANDY ROBBINS - NATURAL RESOURCES BIOLOGIST TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110331.CONEM.01/DVN