FNUS73 KMKX 051250 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR BUSS CE-SOUTH...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 750 AM CDT MON APR 5 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON APRIL 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LOOK FOR SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS GENERALLY UNDER 10 MPH INTO THE AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING BY MID AFTERNOON AS A RIDGE AXIS MOVES OVERHEAD. ONCE THE AXIS PASSES BY...AROUND 4 PM THIS AFTERN00N... WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT AROUND TO A LIGHT SOUTHEAST FLOW. THIS IS ALSO AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING STRONG WARM FRONT THAT WILL ENTER FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER TONIGHT...IT THEN HOLDS STATIONARY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. LOOK FOR DRY WEATHER TODAY WITH INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS BY AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD RAIN DEVELOPS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES OFF AND ON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HAVE A GOOD BURN. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING...INCREASING AFTERNOON CLOUDS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....63 AT IGNITION...MAX 67. MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON BECOMING LIGHT SOUTHEAST TO EAST. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2700-40300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /96300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT /96300 KNOT-FT/ IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............63 65 66 RH..............36 34 34 20 FT WIND......W 6 SW 5 S 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 80 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 53. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 80 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 6 TO 11 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (13100-48100 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............64 60 58 57 55 54 RH..............41 53 62 66 74 77 20 FT WIND......E 4 E 5 E 7 E 10 E 10 E 9 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 20 15 10 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...DAVIS REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100405.BUSSC.01/MKX