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SPOT FORECAST FOR I-7 PRAIRIE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
640 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...HIGH LEVEL 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. HAVE A GOOD BURN.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58 AT IGNITION...MAX 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /11500 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /31700 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............58     65     69     71     68
RH..............43     36     32     30     36
20 FT WIND......S 5    S 6    SSE 7  SE 5    E 5
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     10
HAINES INDEX....5      6      6      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 42.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 76 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO POOR (2200-8200 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............66     56     52     49     45     44
RH..............40     58     64     70     79     76
20 FT WIND......E 5    E 6    E 7    E 6    E 7    E 8
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     10     10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....5      4      3      2      2      2

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FORECASTER...DAVIS
REQUESTED BY...SEAN SALLMANN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090418.I7PRA.01/MKX