FNUS73 KARX 261248
FWSARX

SPOT FORECAST FOR KICKAPOO RIVER WA...WISCONSIN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
748 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MARCH 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND WEAK SURFACE COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE CLOUDS
AND WEST WINDS IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY
CLOUDY TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY BUT IT WILL REMAIN DRY AS A WEAK
AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS ACROSS THE REGION. STRONG LOW
PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO SOUTHERN
MISSOURI FRIDAY NIGHT. CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE NORTH INTO
THE AREA AHEAD OF THE LOW...BUT ANY PRECIPITATION SHOULD STAY
SOUTH. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN LIFT NORTHEAST FROM
MISSOURI INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA ON SATURDAY. A LARGE SHIELD OF
PRECIPITATION WILL WRAP AROUND THIS LOW AND WILL GIVE THE AREA A
CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. THE BEST CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE
SOUTHEAST OF A LIEN FROM BLACK RIVER FALLS AND LA CROSSE
WISCONSIN...TO CHARLES CITY IOWA. COLDER AIR WILL FILTER IN BEHIND
THE LOW AS IT PULLS INTO LOWER MI SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CHANGE
THE RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE TO ALL SNOW WITH POSSIBLY SOME ACCUMULATING
SNOW MAINLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT LOOKS DRY AS AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA.
THIS WILL BE SHORT-LIVED HOWEVER AS ANOTHER POTENT LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS FOR YET ANOTHER ROUND OF
PRECIPITATION.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........42 AT IGNITION...MAX 48.
RH..................64 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...WEST 10 TO 12 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /39900 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /111800 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...SB
REQUESTED BY...DAVE MATHEYS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090326.KICKA.01/ARX