FNUS73 KARX 161452 FWSARX SPOT FORECAST FOR GAYS MILLS UNIT...DRIFTLESS LAND STEWARDSHIP LLC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 952 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0955 CDT ON MARCH 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE. .DISCUSSION...SOUTH WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT FROM THE SOUTH AT IGNITION...AND THEN INCREASE AND BECOME BREEZY WITH SOME GUSTINESS ONCE THE LOW LEVEL INVERSION BREAKS BETWEEN 10 AND 11 AM. SKIES WILL BE CLOUD-FREE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........47 AT IGNITION...MAX 63. RH..................65 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH 3 TO 6 MPH AT IGNITION...THEN INCREASING TO SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH BY AFTERNOON. CWR.................NONE. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /2300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...EXCELLENT /78900 KNOT-FT/. $$ FORECASTER...DS REQUESTED BY...JAYE MAXFIELD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090316.GAYSM.02/ARX