FNUS73 KDVN 071350 FWSDVN SPOT FORECAST FOR SAND POINT...IA DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 850 AM CDT THU APR 7 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1330 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. TONIGHT RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA WITH CONTINUING EAST FLOW. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........53 AT IGNITION...MAX 55. RH..................63 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 57 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS EAST AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE EAST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR VERY LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1300-3100 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 700-900 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 15 TO 23 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............52 54 54 RH..............63 59 59 EYE LEVEL WIND..110/13 110/13 100/13 EYE LEVEL GUST..15 15 15 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. OCCASIONAL RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 44. RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 12 TO 15 MPH. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CWR.................80 PERCENT. LAL.................2. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 5 OR VERY LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 15 TO 24 MPH. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 59. RH..................MIN 64 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CWR.................20 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-2300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 14 TO 23 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 13 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...PIERCE REQUESTED BY...DAVID KUTZ TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110407.SANDP.01/DVN