FNUS73 KMKX 071549
FWSMKX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BECKER-WENDLICK...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1049 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1330 CDT ON MAY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS
AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTH OF BARABOO...PORTAGE AND BEAVER DAM. FOR
THE BURN SITE...LOOK FOR AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND THE POSSIBILITY
OF A FEW SPRINKLES.

OTHERWISE...EXPECT ANOTHER WARM DAY WITH GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS. DEWPOINTS WILL DROP INTO THE LOW 40S EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
AS THE AIR MIXES OUT. THESE LOW DEWPOINTS WILL COMBINE WITH THE
CONTINUED MILD TEMPERATURES TO DROP RH VALUES TO THE MID 30S.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72 AT IGNITION...MAX 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...WIND
                    GUSTS TO 20 MPH DEVELOPING EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /69100 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...GOOD /55400 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT /69100 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /100500 KNOT-FT/ IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............72     73     73
RH..............48     38     34
20 FT WIND......W 10   W 10   W 9
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     15
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5

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FORECASTER...CRONCE
REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090507.BECKE.01/MKX