FNUS73 KMKX 121232 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR MANTHEY-CUL-DE-SAC...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 732 AM CDT MON APR 12 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON APRIL 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE OF IOWA IS EXPECTED TO BREAK UP AND BECOME MORE SCATTERED AS IT MOVES INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY MID TO LATE MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND THROUGH THE EVENING. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS DUE TO THE APPROACH OF A WARM FRONT FROM THE SOUTH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....55 AT IGNITION...MAX 64. MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /33300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /51800 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO FAIR TO GOOD (29000-53400 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............52 58 62 64 62 RH..............42 36 32 35 39 20 FT WIND......SE 10 SE 11 SE 11 S 10 SE 9 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 15 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 46. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 76 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (3100-16800 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.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............61 55 52 51 49 48 RH..............41 52 61 65 70 73 20 FT WIND......E 8 E 5 E 5 E 5 E 5 NE 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...GEHRING REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100412.MANTH.01/MKX