FNUS73 KMKX 051245 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR GRASS LAKE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 745 AM CDT MON APR 5 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 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.....58 AT IGNITION...MAX 66. MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WINDS BACKING TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH AFTER MID AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /51200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /51200 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (45100-92200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............55 62 63 64 64 RH..............59 44 41 41 45 20 FT WIND......W 8 W 8 W 7 S 5 SE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY 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 83 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (5900-51200 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............63 60 58 57 55 55 RH..............48 57 62 67 77 79 20 FT WIND......E 6 E 5 E 5 E 6 E 7 E 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....5 4 3 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...DAVIS REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100405.GRASS.01/MKX