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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIWAUKEE PRAIRIE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1102 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES AND MILD TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. HIGH
TEMPERATURES AROUND 68 DEGREES...A DRY AIRMASS AND DEEP
MIXING WILL LEAD TO VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...BOTTOMING OUT
AROUND 20 PERCENT AT 3 PM. LOOK FOR WEST WINDS OF 8 TO 13
MPH...GUSTING TO 20 TO 25 MPH AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON.

THE WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST...AND BECOME LIGHTER ON SUNDAY.
WINDS WILL THEN TURN ONSHORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND WILL BRING
COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR THE LAKE.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY AT IGNITION...BECOMING PARTLY
                    SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64 AT IGNITION...MAX 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 20 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /54300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /85200 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (116100-161700 KNOT-FT)
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (109600 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON DECREASING TO GOOD (57500 KNOT-FT)
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............64     66     68     66
RH..............37     25     20     22
20 FT WIND......W 10   W 10   W 9    W 9
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     20     20
HAINES INDEX....6      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 76 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO POOR (800-5400 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............59     49     45     44     42     42
RH..............30     54     67     72     75     77
20 FT WIND......W 8    SW 5   SW 5   SW 5   SW 5   SW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      6      6      6

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 42 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    LIGHT...THEN NORTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR VERY LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2100-40700 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
                    FAIR TO GOOD (23200-59400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO POOR TO POOR
                    (5100-8400 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............45     52     57     58     58     56
RH..............72     53     45     46     46     47
20 FT WIND......SW 5   W 6    W 5    NW 4   NE 3   E 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     10     5      5      5
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      4      4

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FORECASTER...WOOD
REQUESTED BY...ERIC MARK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090502.CHIWA.01/MKX