FNUS73 KMKX 021240 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR STENSASS SOUTHEAST 2...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 740 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MAY 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE LOW TO MID 60S TODAY ...WITH DEEP MIXING BRINGING LOW DEW POINT TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 20S. LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED AROUND 3 PM. WEST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AT TIMES LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. SIMILAR TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL TURN NORTHWEST LATE IN THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....61 AT IGNITION...MAX 64. MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 20 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3100-51200 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /241200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT /246700 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............61 62 63 64 63 62 RH..............27 25 23 22 23 25 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 12 11 10 8 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 20 20 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 42. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 73 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (198300 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR TO POOR (1400-2200 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............60 56 53 50 49 48 47 45 44 44 43 43 RH..............28 33 39 45 50 55 59 65 67 67 72 74 20 FT WIND DIR..W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 65. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 27 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR LOW TO OR MODERATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1800-42100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (63100-105100 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............44 52 59 63 65 65 RH..............73 49 36 29 26 27 20 FT WIND......SW 5 W 6 W 7 NW 7 NW 6 NW 5 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...REM REQUESTED BY...BRAD BERGMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090502.STENS.02/MKX