FNUS73 KMKX 051317 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR GRASS LAKE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 817 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. THE TIMING OF THIS FIRE PUTS YOU IN A MORE VARIABLE WIND SITUATION... POSSIBLY STARTING OUT WITH LIGHT WESTERTLY...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST. 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 CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....59 AT IGNITION...MAX 66. MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH...THEN SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /46900 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /46900 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (35800-76700 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO FAIR TO FAIR (16700-26200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............55 60 63 65 64 RH..............57 42 38 37 40 20 FT WIND......W 5 W 6 W 5 S 5 E 5 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 6 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 90 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 53. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 77 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (7100-33600 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.....PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............64 60 58 57 55 55 RH..............41 52 59 63 71 77 20 FT WIND......E 5 E 5 E 6 E 7 E 8 E 8 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....3 4 3 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...KAPELA REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100405.GRASS.02/MKX