FNUS73 KDVN 071305
FWSDVN

SPOT FORECAST FOR HAWKINS...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
805 AM CDT THU APR 7 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON APRIL 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
RAIN SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM
THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS
MISSOURI.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY BE LIMITED TO SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
80. LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL TURN TO EAST TO SOUTHEAST AND
INCREASE DURING THE DAY.  TOIGHT RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA WITH CONTINUING EAST FLOW.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........43 AT IGNITION...MAX 57.
RH..................66 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS EAST AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 3 TO 10 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 OR NONE.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR
                    LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1500-3000 FT AGL
                    FOR LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING
                    TO LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 14
                    TO 22 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....              CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............43     49     53     55     56
RH..............66     56     59     57     55
EYE LEVEL WIND..110/3  120/6  120/11 110/11 110/11
EYE LEVEL GUST..       10     15     15     15
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN OCCASIONAL RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 44.
RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 13 TO 15 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
CWR.................80 PERCENT.
LAL.................2
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
                    PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 15 TO 22 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 59.
RH..................MIN 64 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 12 TO 13 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........EAST WINDS SHIFTING SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................NONE.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400-2400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 13 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LE
REQUESTED BY...ERIK ACKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110407.HAWKI.01/DVN