FNUS73 KMKX 291413
FWSMKX

SPOT FORECAST FOR WITKOWSKI...WDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
913 AM CDT WED APR 29 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 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. MODEST
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND MAINLY LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND
THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50 AT IGNITION...MAX 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 59 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS EAST AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    EAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 2.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /30800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /36000 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............50     53     55     54
RH..............63     58     58     62
20 FT WIND......E 10   SE 10  E 11   E 10
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     20     15
HAINES INDEX....2      2      2      2

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FORECASTER...10
REQUESTED BY...DALE KATSMA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090429.WITKO.01/MKX