FNUS73 KARX 051544 FWSARX SPOT FORECAST FOR NEW ALBIN REED CANARY...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 944 AM CST THU NOV 5 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0850 CST ON NOVEMBER 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND WILL PROVIDE QUIET AND SUNNY CONDITIONS. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE UNDER 10 MPH TODAY WITH THE DIRECTION SLOWLY TRANSITIONING THROUGH THE DAY FROM WEST/SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH. TEMPERATURES TODAY SHOULD TOP OUT IN THE MIDDLE 50S ALLOWING THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO BE BETWEEN 40 AND 45 PERCENT. THE HIGH WILL PUSH EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS. LOW CLOUDS WILL SPILL BACK INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF THE FRONT. A SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO PASS ACROSS THE REGION BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SHOULD SCOUR THE LOW CLOUDS OUT OF THE AREA. OTHERWISE...HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL TOP OFF IN THE UPPER 50S TO MIDDLE 60S AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........40 AT IGNITION...MAX 53. RH..................71 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT TOWARD EVENING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /9200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...GOOD /33300 KNOT-FT/. $$ FORECASTER...04 REQUESTED BY...TIM LOOSE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091105.NEWAL.01/ARX