FNUS73 KARX 071616 FWSARX SPOT FORECAST FOR LEOLA...WISCONSIN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1116 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1115 CDT ON MAY 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA LATE THIS MORNING...AND WAS RESULTING IN CLOUDS AND SOME SHOWERS. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. NO RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR THE PRESCRIBED BURN AREA...BUT EXPECT A GOOD COVER OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS AFTER ABOUT 1 PM. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD EVENING. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........69 AT IGNITION...MAX 72. RH..................49 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 13 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................NONE. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /103000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT /185400 KNOT-FT/. $$ FORECASTER...MW REQUESTED BY...DEB JOHNSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090507.LEOLA.02/ARX