FNUS73 KMKX 181319 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR BARABOO RIVER...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 819 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TODAY...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL RUN WELL ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN...BUT INCREASED MOISTURE SHOULD KEEP AFTERNOON RH VALUES MAINLY ABOVE 30 PERCENT. RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA TONIGHT WITH SHOWERS THEN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....58 AT IGNITION...MAX 72. MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING SOUTH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /4000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR /26000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............58 65 70 71 69 RH..............49 42 38 36 39 20 FT WIND......SW 4 SW 5 S 5 S 5 E 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 4 $$ FORECASTER...10 REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090418.BARAB.01/MKX