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SPOT FORECAST FOR OSR 28 TRIANGLE...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
722 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE.

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL EXIT THE AREA BY
MID MORNING. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING AN
UNSEASONABLY WARM AND INCREASINGLY MOIST AIR MASS NORTHWARD INTO
THE AREA TODAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE
LOWER AND MID 80S. FORTUNATELY THE DEW POINTS WILL BE MUCH HIGHER
THIS AFTERNOON...AS A RESULT THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
ONLY FALL INTO THE 30 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE. WITH DAYTIME WARMING
AND MIXING...WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO BE BRISK
AND GUSTY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS
EVENING...AND THEN MEANDER ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
THIS FRONT WILL PROVIDE OFF AND ON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS EARLY
                    THIS MORNING. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
                    20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........69 AT IGNITION...MAX 83.
RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST
                    13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................NONE.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /26000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /147800 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 51.
RH..................MAX 97 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH BECOMING WEST 5 TO
                    10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /4200 KNOT-FT/.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
                    CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 55.
RH..................MIN 64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...EXCELLENT /62800 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...RS
REQUESTED BY...TATE FISCHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090424.OSR28.01/ARX