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SPOT FORECAST FOR OAKFIELD...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
744 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 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.....60 AT IGNITION...MAX 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 22 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 8 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /27800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /38300 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............60     66     68     66
RH..............28     23     21     26
20 FT WIND......SW 7   SW 8   SW 8   SW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     15
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      6

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 43.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 76 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL EARLY
                    MORNING BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1700-24500 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     66     72
20 FT WIND......SW 5   S 5    S 5    SW 5   SW 4   SW 4
20 FT WIND GUST.                            5      5
HAINES INDEX....6      5      5      5      4      4

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FORECASTER...REM
REQUESTED BY...BEN HALVERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090417.OAKFI.01/MKX