FNUS73 KDVN 051251
FWSDVN

SPOT FORECAST FOR WETLAND SITE 4 WETLAND SITE 5 EAST AND WEST...JOHNSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
751 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0745 CDT ON APRIL 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTHWEST RETURN FLOW WILL BEGIN TODAY.  WINDS WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT
THIS MORNING...BUT INCREASE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SOME CLOUDS THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE DAY.  CLOUDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM
PASSES NORTH OF THE AREA.  A FEW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........34 AT IGNITION...MAX 59.
RH..................78 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO
                    16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND SHIFT..........WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING MAY VARY BETWEEN
                    WEST AND SOUTHWEST UNTIL 9 AM
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................NONE.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
                    PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-3500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 8000-10000 FT AGL BY EARLY AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO AROUND 4000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 24 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR PCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............30     38     46     53     57     57
RH..............78     57     43     33     31     34
EYE LEVEL WIND..260/5  240/7  230/11 220/15 230/18 230/13
EYE LEVEL GUST..       10     15     22     26     24
HAINES INDEX....5      4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42.
RH..................MAX 73 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 10 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................NONE.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
                    PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 12 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66.
RH..................MIN 45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........WINDS SHIFTING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST
                    IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................NONE.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
                    PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 TO 2500 FEET IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    3000-4000 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 7 TO 16 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LE
REQUESTED BY...DAVID WEHDE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110405.WETLA.01/DVN