FNUS73 KMKX 121436 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR BONG 11B...WDNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 936 AM CDT MON APR 12 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TODAY...AS A WARM FRONT SLIDES INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN SOUTHEAST AT THE BURN SITE THROUGH THE DAY...INCREASING A BIT BY AFTERNOON WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN ON THE LOW SIDE...THOUGH INCREASING SOME IN THE AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL THEREFORE ALSO REMAIN FAIRLY LOW...WITH VALUES IN THE LOWER 30S. WIND WILL REMAIN SOUTHEAST EARLY THIS EVENING...SWITCHING TO SOUTHWEST BY MIDNIGHT...AND THEN EAST TO NORTHEAST BY MORNING AS THE FRONT SAGS SOUTH OF THE BURN SITE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....55 AT IGNITION...MAX 68. MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 TO 34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 9 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /24500 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /45000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO GOOD TO GOOD (32800-56200 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............55 60 63 67 64 RH..............43 38 36 33 40 20 FT WIND......SE 8 SE 10 SE 10 SE 9 SE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 20 20 20 10 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH DECREASING CLOUDS BY MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 45. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING SOUTHWEST BY LATE EVENING AND THEN EAST TO NORTHEAST BY MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1300-21200 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............61 55 52 50 48 47 RH..............44 55 62 71 76 79 20 FT WIND......SE 7 SE 5 SE 3 SE 3 E 4 E 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...DDV REQUESTED BY...MARTY JOHNSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100412.BONG1.01/MKX