FNUS73 KDVN 071256 FWSDVN SPOT FORECAST FOR OFFICE PRAIRIE...LOUISA COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 756 AM CDT THU APR 7 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 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. 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.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........47 AT IGNITION...MAX 61. RH..................70 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 53 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS EAST AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 4 TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 60 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 6 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 22 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV..... LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............47 53 58 60 59 RH..............70 63 57 53 55 EYE LEVEL WIND..090/3 100/7 100/12 100/12 090/12 EYE LEVEL GUST..5 10 20 20 20 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. OCCASIONAL RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46. RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 12 TO 15 MPH. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CWR.................90 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 16 TO 24 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...LE REQUESTED BY...KATIE HAMMOND TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110407.OFFIC.01/DVN