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SPOT FORECAST FOR REDHEAD LAKE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
613 AM CDT MON MAR 29 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MARCH 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE AREA WILL RESULT IN DRIER
CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LIGHT WINDS ARE FORECAST TODAY
AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS WISCONSIN GRADUALLY SHIFTING
THE WINDS FROM NORTH TO THE SOUTH.

WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ON TUESDAY BRINGING
INCREASING TEMPERATURES. MINIMUM RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO
30 TO 35 PERCENT FOR TUESDAY.

TEMPERATURES REMAIN WARM THROUGH THE WEEK WITH BREEZY SOUTHERLY
WINDS ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOONS WITH LOW RH VALUES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....42 AT IGNITION...MAX 52.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /18500 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR
                    /19200 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............42     47     51     50
RH..............47     37     33     34
20 FT WIND......NE 5   E 3    SE 3   SE 3
20 FT WIND GUST.       5      7      7
HAINES INDEX....4      4      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 33.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT...THEN BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (2200-15800 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............49     45     41     39     37     36
RH..............37     44     53     58     63     70
20 FT WIND......SE 4   SE 4   SE 4   SE 5   S 5    S 4
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5                    5
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      5

$$

THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS WISOCSNIN TODAY WILL KEEP
WINDS LIGHT.  AT THE FIRE SITE WE EXPECT THE LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS
THROUGH THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING EAST JUST AFTER NOON TIME...
THEN SOUTHEAST AROUND OR JUST AFTER 3 PM.  ANY GUSTS WOULD BE LATE
THIS MORNING AS THE HEATING BREAKS THE LOW LEVEL INVERSION.  GUSTS
WOULD ONLY BE AROUND 10 MPH.

FORECASTER...HENTZ
REQUESTED BY...SEAN SALLMANN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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