FNUS73 KARX 152301
FWSARX

SPOT FORECAST FOR KICKAPOO VALLEY  2...BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
601 PM CDT WED APR 15 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1900 CDT ON APRIL 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE.

.DISCUSSION...A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER EASTERN
CANADA WILL CONTINUE THE FLOW OF VERY DRY AIR ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. WITH THE RIDGE AXIS MOVING EAST OF THE
AREA...THE GENERAL SURFACE WIND FLOW ACROSS THE AREA IS FROM THE
EAST...AND THIS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...WITH A GRADUAL TURN
TO THE SOUTHEAST LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. DUE TO THE DRY
EASTERLY FLOW...HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE SLOW THIS EVENING...AND
FAIR AT BEST FOR LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........65 AT IGNITION...MIN 34
RH..................22 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MAX 61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT BY MID EVENING...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 5 MPH TOWARD MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /30000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION MIN...POOR
                    /1300 KNOT-FT/ BY LATE EVENING.

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FORECASTER...RS
REQUESTED BY...DAVE PERGOLSKI
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090415.KICKA.02/ARX