FNUS73 KDVN 061716
FWSDVN

SPOT FORECAST FOR WHIP-POOR-WILL SAVANNA...JOHNSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1216 PM CDT WED APR 6 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 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.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 64.
RH..................44 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS NORTHEAST AT 7 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NORTHEAST SHIFTING TO NORTH BY SUNSET.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
                    PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100-6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 2 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............60     62     63     61
RH..............44     43     44     46
EYE LEVEL WIND..040/7  030/7  010/6  010/6
EYE LEVEL GUST..
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41.
RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NORTH WIND GRADUALLY SHIFTING TO EAST BY SUNRISE.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000-5600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 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 17 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
CWR.................80 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
                    PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-2000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 22 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...PIERCE
REQUESTED BY...DAVID WEHDE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110406.WHIPP.02/DVN