FNUS73 KARX 031517 FWSARX SPOT FORECAST FOR QUI NCY...WI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 917 AM CST TUE NOV 3 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON NOVEMBER 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE. .DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE TRACKING FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT WILL INCREASE CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN PRODUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF LIGHT RAIN THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SOME DIFFERENCES WERE NOTED WITH THE SPOT TEMP/DEWPOINT /HIGHER/ VERSUS SURROUNDING OBSERVATIONS IN THE AREA WHICH MAY HAVE TO DO WITH LOCAL AFFECTS AND THE SLIGHT HIGHER POINT /HILL/ THE BURN AREA APPEARS TO BE LOCATED ON. HOWEVER...BELIEVE THE LATER MORNING AND AFTERNOON SPOT FORECAST WILL BE REFLECTIVE OF CONDITIONS SEEN. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........40 AT IGNITION...MAX 46. RH..................48 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 4 TO 5 MPH AT IGNITION...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST TOWARD EVENING. CWR.................NONE. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /26700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...GOOD /31500 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CST) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (% OPAQUE)..0 0 30 55 55 M WEATHER COV..... M WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE M TEMP............33 40 45 46 42 M RH..............72 48 41 40 48 M 20 FT WIND......W 4 W 4 W 5 SW 5 SW 5 M 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 M HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 5 5 M $$ FORECASTER...DAN BAUMGARDT REQUESTED BY...DEB JOHNSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091103.QUINC.01/ARX