FNUS73 KMKX 051252 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR TRENTON-TOP...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 752 AM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MAY 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THERE IS AN AREA OF RAIN JUST NOW CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IT IS ALSO MOVING INTO A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS AND ITS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT IS LIFTING AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST. SO IT IS QUESTIONABLE JUST HOW MUCH RAIN WILL REACH YOU BEFORE WIPING OUT. IT CONTINUES TO EVAPORATE ON ITS LEADING EDGE. IF IT STAYS ALIVE...LOOK FOR SOME LIGHT RAIN BY NOON. ANY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD BE LESS THAN .05 OF AN INCH. THE DRY DEWPOINTS WILL ALSO BE ON THE RISE. WINDS SHOULD BE SOUTH...POSSIBLY A BIT SOUTHEAST AND GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. THERE IS A MUCH BETTER CHANCE RAIN LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL WAVE APPROACHES. THIS SHOULD HAVE MORE WATER IN IT. HAVE A GOOD BURN. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....64 AT IGNITION...MAX 67. MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2800-47000 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /61200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT /65400 KNOT-FT/ IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............64 66 66 RH..............44 45 47 20 FT WIND......S 8 S 8 S 8 20 FT WIND GUST.20 10 10 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...DAVIS REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090505.TRENT.01/MKX