FNUS73 KARX 091637 FWSARX SPOT FORECAST FOR REED CANARY GRASS PLOTS...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1037 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 CST ON NOVEMBER 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE DISTRICTS TODAY AND WILL THEN INFLUENCE THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THIS WEEK. UNDER THE HIGH...THE WEATHER WILL BE DRY WHILE PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE IS EXPECTED. ALSO...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL AS HIGHS TODAY SHOULD REACH THE UPPER 50S AND LOW 60S. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY DROP THROUGH THE WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 50S EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. DEWPOINTS WILL ALSO DROP OFF IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS WITH UPSTREAM READINGS IN THE TEENS AND 20S. THESE LOWER DEWPOINTS...COMBINED WITH THE WARMER TEMPERATURES...WILL BRING MINIMUM RH VALUES TO THE UPPER 20S AND LOW 30S. THE NEXT RAIN CHANCES FOR THE DISTRICTS WILL COME ON FRIDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT WORKS ITS WAY EAST INTO THE REGION. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 61. RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 39. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH TOWARD EVENING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /48200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...GOOD /48300 KNOT-FT/. $$ FORECASTER...JR REQUESTED BY...TIM LOOSE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091109.REEDC.01/ARX