FNUS73 KDVN 091616
FWSDVN

Spot Forecast for Fairport Rec Area...Iowa DNR
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
1116 AM CDT Thu Apr 9 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on April 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the
National Weather Service Quad Cities at (563) 386-3815.

.DISCUSSION...

A few rounds of showers and storms will move through the area
this afternoon and through tonight, resulting in a widespread
soaking rainfall. Prior, we will also see increasing humidity and
light/variable winds. Thus, fire danger remains low throughout the
area through the end of the week.

The Grassland Fire Danger Index -GFDI- does not account for
precipitation that occurs or any snow on the ground. Please
make appropriate adjustments.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Chance of showers
                    early in the afternoon. Showers likely with a
                    slight chance of thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Chance of thunder...24 percent.
Begin/end of pcpn...Mainly after 2 PM.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Max apparent temp...66.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming north around 5 mph late in
                    the afternoon.
Wind shift..........Light and variable becoming light north.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north around 5 mph late in
                    the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 6 mph shifting shifting
                    to the north around 9 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (12100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (18600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
GFDI................1.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........49  65  77  79  82  78
Weather cov.....        CHC LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....        RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  30  60  60  60
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  20  20
Temp............60  61  63  66  64  62
RH..............43  41  39  39  45  53
Aparnt tmp (F)..60  61  63  66  64  62
20 FT wind dir..N   NW  W   W   W   N
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   3   5
20 FT wind gust.7   6   6   7   8   9
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   NW  W   W   W   N
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   1   1   1   2   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   4   4   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.2 1.5
Transp wind dir.NW  W   W   W   W   N
Transp wind spd.6   6   7   8   8   9
GFDI............0   1   1   1   1   1
SDspl kt-ft/100012  13  16  19  15  12

$$
Forecaster...McClure
Requested by...Ben Marcus
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2609831.0/DVN
.DELDT 04/09/26
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