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SPOT FORECAST FOR BECKER-HILLSIDE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
726 AM CDT WED APR 14 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON APRIL 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AND BECOME BREEZY
IN THE WAKE OF A NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S
TO NEAR 80 ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
AROUND 30 PERCENT. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME AGGRESSIVE FIRE
BEHAVIOR WITH ANY BURNING ACTIVITIES.

A COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION LATER THURSDAY
INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...DESPITE CONTINUED WARM TEMPERATURES AND
BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71 AT IGNITION...MAX 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /59000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR
                    /19900 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO
                    EXCELLENT (101700-140400 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............65     74     78     79
RH..............45     35     32     31
20 FT WIND......SE 11  S 12   S 14   S 15
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     25     25
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (17500-62900 KNOT-FT)
                    DECREASING TO POOR TO POOR (4200-10900 KNOT-FT)
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............76     70     66     64     62     60
RH..............34     44     54     58     59     63
20 FT WIND......S 14   S 10   S 9    S 9    S 9    S 9
20 FT WIND GUST.25     15     10     10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      5

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FORECASTER...HENTZ
REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100414.BECKE.01/MKX