FNUS73 KARX 041213
FWSARX

SPOT FORECAST FOR OSR 28 TRIANGLE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
713 AM CDT MON MAY 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE.

.DISCUSSION...THE LOW LEVEL INVERSION SHOULD GIVE WAY BETWEEN 10
AND 11 AM...WITH THE LIGHT NORTHEAST/EAST WINDS BECOMING MORE
SUSTAINED FROM THE SOUTHEAST. SOME GUSTS OF 14 TO 18 MPH WILL BE
ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A FEW AFTERNOON CU COULD DEVELOP...OTHERWISE JUST
SOME HIGH THIN CLOUDS. ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME HIGHER WIND
GUSTS...THE MIXING COULD RESULT IN SOME DRYING FOR THE AFTERNOON. MIN
RH/S IN 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE ARE EXPECTED.

TUESDAY...A SURFACE BOUNDARY AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING
CLOUDS BACK TO THE REGION...ALONG WITH MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOR CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........51 AT IGNITION...MAX 71.
RH..................47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST AT
                    7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................NONE.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /26900 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /78100 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46.
RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND
                    5 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................NONE.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /2400 KNOT-FT/.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66.
RH..................MIN 54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...EXCELLENT /121700 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...TR
REQUESTED BY...TATE FISCHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090504.OSR28.01/ARX