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SPOT FORECAST FOR OWENS...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
640 AM CDT MON APR 12 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON APRIL 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE STATE OF IOWA IS EXPECTED TO BREAK UP AND BECOME MORE
SCATTERED AS IT MOVES INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY MID MORNING.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THE
DAY AND THROUGH THE EVENING. SINCE PRECIPITATION WILL BE SCATTERED...CANNOT
BE FULLY CONFIDENT YOU WILL SEE RAIN AT THE BURN SITE OR THAT THE BURN
SITE WILL REMAIN DRY AS WELL. 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.....48 AT IGNITION...MAX 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 8 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 9-14
                    MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /6600 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /50100 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO FAIR TO GOOD
                    (20900-53400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............48     55     60     63     63
RH..............44     37     33     34     35
20 FT WIND......SE 7   SE 12  SE 12  S 12    SE 8
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     20     20     15
HAINES INDEX....5      5      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50
                    PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1700-14600 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..............39     53     63     66     71     74
20 FT WIND......E 7    E 6    E 5    E 4    NE 4   NE 4
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     10     10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....4      3      3      3      2      2

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FORECASTER...GEHRING
REQUESTED BY...SEAN SALLMANN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100412.OWENS.01/MKX