FNUS73 KARX 161404
FWSARX

SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST KICKAPOO...BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
904 AM CDT THU APR 16 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 CDT ON APRIL 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE.

...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN BURNING TODAY...

.DISCUSSION...A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO
WILL BUILD INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING. ON THE
BACKSIDE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM...SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. WIND SPEEDS OF 10 TO
20 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA.
WITH FUELS REMAINING DRY OVER THIS AREA...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES IN THE 15 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.
A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS
CAN BE EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY.
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE ALLOWING
FOR THE FIRE DANGER TO REMAIN HIGH ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
DEWPOINTS AND MOISTURE WILL SLOWLY INCREASE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...AS
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS ON THE LEE SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS SATURDAY
NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL PROVIDE A GOOD CHANCE OF
RAIN OVER THE AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........47 AT IGNITION...MAX 67.
RH..................45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 14.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6
                    MPH INCREASING TO 7 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE EAST 6 TO 11 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST TOWARD EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /6800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...EXCELLENT
                    /73200 KNOT-FT/ IN AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...SB
REQUESTED BY...DAVE PERGOLSKI
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090416.EASTK.01/ARX