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SPOT FORECAST FOR I-7 PRAIRIE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
702 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 CDT ON APRIL 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING ANOTHER DAY OF MUCH WARMER
THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...NEARING 70 AT YOUR LOCATION...AND WILL
ALSO KEEP THE DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE. EXPECT RH VALUES TO FALL INTO
THE UPPER 20S BY LATE MORNING...AND THE LOW 20S THIS AFTERNOON AT YOUR
LOCATION. LIGHT WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TURN SOUTHWEST AROUND
4 MPH AT IGNITION AND INCREASE TO 5 TO 9 MPH LATER IN THE MORNING AND
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

AN APPROACHING SYSTEM WILL INCREASE MOISTURE ON SATURDAY...PUSHING
MINIMUM RH VALUES BACK ABOVE 30 PERCENT. RAIN SHOWERS AND COOLER
TEMPERATURES ARE THEN LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT...WITH LINGERING SHOWERS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47 AT IGNITION...MAX 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 22 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 4 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...INCREASING SLIGHTLY TO 5 TO 9 MPH
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /4600 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /37400 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............42     52     60     66     68     66
RH..............46     35     28     23     21     25
20 FT WIND......S 3    SW 5   SW 7   SW 8   SW 8   SW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5             10     15     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      6      6

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 43.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 76 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1300-23200 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............64     55     52     49     46     45
RH..............29     40     46     56     65     72
20 FT WIND......SW 4   S 4    S 5    S 5    SW 4   SW 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5                    5      5
HAINES INDEX....6      5      5      5      4      4

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FORECASTER...REM
REQUESTED BY...SEAN SALLMANN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090417.I7PRA.02/MKX