FNUS73 KMKX 101344 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR GADWALL SWAMP-KEGONSA...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 844 AM CDT SAT APR 10 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 CDT ON APRIL 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY...AND WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BURN SITE AT AROUND THE TIME OF IGNITION...WITH BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS GRADUALLY BECOMING WEST BEHIND THE FRONT...DECREASING BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...ALONG WITH SMALL CHANCES FOR LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS. IN ADDITION TO THE BREEZY WINDS...MILD TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60 AT IGNITION...MAX 65 TO 67. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 TO 39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST SOUTHWEST AT 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 19 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /46300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /53600 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (39900-69000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............59 63 65 62 RH..............46 43 39 42 20 FT WIND......SW 12 W 12 W 10 NW 7 20 FT WIND GUST.25 20 15 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 4 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY TOWARD MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 30 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 41. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 82 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING CALM. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (400-25500 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............60 53 49 48 45 43 RH..............46 59 69 72 78 77 20 FT WIND......NW 5 NW 4 NW 3 NW 0 N 0 N 0 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...DDV REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100410.GADWA.01/MKX