FNUS73 KMKX 051140 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR GROUSE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 640 AM CDT MON APR 5 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 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 EASTERLY FLOW. THIS IS ALSO AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING STRONG WARM FRONT THAT WILL ENTER FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER TONIGHT...THEN HOLDS STATIONARY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. 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.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....53 AT IGNITION...MAX 66. MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON BECOMING LIGHT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /45800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /45800 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (45900-83300 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............53 60 64 66 64 RH..............57 42 35 33 38 20 FT WIND......W 7 W 7 W 6 SW 5 E 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 5 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. PERIODS OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 80 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 49. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 77 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (30100-65700 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............63 57 55 53 51 50 RH..............41 56 66 72 80 83 20 FT WIND......NE 4 NE 4 NE 5 E 8 E 10 E 10 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 15 15 15 HAINES INDEX....5 4 3 3 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...DAVIS REQUESTED BY...SEAN SALLMANN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100405.GROUS.01/MKX