FNUS73 KDVN 061743
FWSDVN

SPOT FORECAST FOR GENESIS PRAIRIE...RISWCD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1243 PM CDT WED APR 6 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 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.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 64.
RH..................38 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS NORTHEAST AT 3 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN
                    BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND SHIFT..........LIGHT AND VARIABLE DUE TO PROXIMITY OF FRONT.
                    WIND TO BECOME EAST OR EAST NORTHEAST ONCE THE
                    FRONT PASSES. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SHIFT TO
                    NORTHEAST AND EVENTUALLY NORTH AROUND SUNSET.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR VERY LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR
                    LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST
                    8 TO 14 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............62     62     62
RH..............38     41     44
EYE LEVEL WIND..060/3  020/5  020/5
EYE LEVEL GUST..5
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4

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FORECASTER...PIERCE
REQUESTED BY...MATT SCHRAMM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110406.GENES.02/DVN