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SPOT FORECAST FOR GROUSE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
751 AM CDT THU APR 1 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON APRIL 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN WISCONSIN TODAY. LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS
MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH AFTER
11 AM...WITH GUSTS INCREASING TO 25 MPH AFTER 2 PM. A FEW GUSTS
MAY REACH 30 MPH.

MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED IN THE MID 30 PERCENT RANGE EACH
DAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT SOME AGGRESSIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR
WITH ANY BURNING ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60 AT IGNITION...MAX 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE BECOMING SOUTH 11 TO 16 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH BY EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /6700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /47500 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO
                    EXCELLENT (60300-85100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............60     67     73     76     77
RH..............51     43     38     36     37
20 FT WIND......SE 5   S 8    S 11   S 14   S 14
20 FT WIND GUST.       15     20     25     25
HAINES INDEX....4      4      5      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (28900-66400 KNOT-FT)
                    DECREASING TO POOR TO FAIR (11700-19200
                    KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............74     68     65     63     61     60
RH..............43     54     60     65     70     72
20 FT WIND......S 10   S 10   S 11   S 12   S 11   S 10
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20     20     20     20     15
HAINES INDEX....5      4      4      4      4      4

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FORECASTER...REM
REQUESTED BY...SEAN SALLMANN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100401.GROUS.01/MKX