FNUS73 KDVN 061336
FWSDVN

SPOT FORECAST FOR BECK SOUTH...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
836 AM CDT WED APR 6 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY WILL KEEP WINDS LIGHT THROUGH
TODAY...GRADUALLY SWITCHING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTH BY THIS AFTERNOON.
THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SHIFT SOUTH TONIGHT...ALLOWING
THE NORTH WINDS TO TURN EAST BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  THURSDAY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 63.
RH..................47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS NORTHEAST AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...
                    OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........LITTLE TO NO CHANGES.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................NONE.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-5500 FT AGL
                    BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............55     58     61     62     60
RH..............47     44     42     42     41
EYE LEVEL WIND..050/4  040/6  030/7  010/7  010/6
EYE LEVEL GUST..       10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....3      2      2      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40.
RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........LIGHT NORTHEAST BEOMING EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................NONE.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500-5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 3 TO 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 56.
RH..................MIN 59 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 9 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 20
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
CWR.................80 PERCENT.
LAL.................4 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR
                    LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1500-3500 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 8 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 29 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LE
REQUESTED BY...ERIK ACKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110406.BECKS.01/DVN