FNUS73 KMKX 121346 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR BARABOO RIVER...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 746 AM CST THU NOV 12 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON NOVEMBER 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OF THE REGION TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION...WITH WINDS TAKING ON A GUSTY NATURE BY...OR SHORTLY AFTER THE NOON HOUR AS THE NEAR SURFACE LAYER MIXES UPWARD WITH THE HEAT OF THE DAY. GIVEN THE HIGHER TERRAIN JUST TO YOUR SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY SWIRL AS THEY MOVE AROUND THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HIGH CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THE DAY WHICH WILL LIMIT HIGH TEMPERATURES SOME. LOW TO MODERATE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....48 AT IGNITION...MAX 55. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH (170 DEGREES)AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH (180 DEGREES)10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /36400 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /47600 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CST) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............48 54 54 49 RH..............46 38 38 45 20 FT WIND......170/11 180/14 170/14 160/12 20 FT WIND GUST.15 25 25 20 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...REM REQUESTED BY...PAUL CHARLAND TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091112.BARAB.01/MKX