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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIWAUKEE PRAIRIE...WDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
658 AM CDT WED APR 29 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 CDT ON APRIL 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE EAST CENTRAL ROCKIES
TO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY...TO NORTHERN MINNESOTA
TONIGHT...AND TO NORTHEAST ONTARIO CANADA ON THURSDAY. THE LOW
WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION.

INCREASING MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH THE FRONT
TO BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. THE BEST CHANCES
FOR RAIN WILL BE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. MILD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO
BE FOUND ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY...AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45 AT IGNITION...MAX 49.
MIN HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 76 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS EAST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /10100 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR
                    /10600 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............44     46     48     48     49
RH..............84     81     80     81     81
20 FT WIND......E 10   E 10   E 10   E 9    E 9
20 FT WIND GUST.10     12     12     12     10
HAINES INDEX....2      2      2      2      3

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FORECASTER...HENTZ
REQUESTED BY...MARTY JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090429.CHIWA.01/MKX