FNUS73 KDVN 131434 FWSDVN SPOT FORECAST FOR MILLRACE FLATS WMA...IOWA DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 934 AM CDT SAT APR 13 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON APRIL 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DRIER CONDITIONS WITH CONTINUED BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TODAY... BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH TONIGHT. MORE WETTING RAINS WILL RETURN BY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. COOL AND UNSETTLED CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MUCH OF NEXT WEEK AS THE COLD FRONT STALLS JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION. PERIODS OF MAINLY LIGHT RAIN OR SHOWERS ARE LIKELY EARLY NEXT WEEK. THEN...ANOTHER WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN EVENT APPEARS LIKELY AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM LIFTS OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX -GFDI- DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR PRECIPITATION THAT OCCURS OR ANY SNOW ON THE GROUND. PLEASE MAKE APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........44 AT IGNITION...MAX 52. RH..................59 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH. WIND SHIFT.......... HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3100-5000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY COVER.......CLEAR CLEAR MCLDY MCLEAR MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............40 47 49 52 51 RH..............59 51 46 44 50 EYE LEVEL WIND..W 10 W 11 W 11 W 10 SW 6 EYE LVL WND GST.20 20 20 20 10 MIX HGT (FT)....4700 4800 5000 5000 4500 TRANSPORT WIND..W 21 W 20 W 17 W 15 SW 10 HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42. RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH. WIND SHIFT.......... HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2900-4200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72. RH..................MIN 49 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 22 MPH. WIND SHIFT.......... HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-4700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 2000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO 32 TO 40 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO AROUND 28 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...FERRY REQUESTED BY...ANDY ROBBINS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130413.MILLR.01/DVN