FNUS73 KMKX 141121 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR COLLIEN S DITCH SOUTH...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 621 AM CDT WED APR 14 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 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 TO UPPER 70S AWAY FROM THE LAKE 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.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....63 AT IGNITION...MAX 77. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 16 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /25700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR /25700 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (83500-122900 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............61 72 76 76 RH..............46 34 32 32 20 FT WIND......SE 11 S 12 S 14 S 14 20 FT WIND GUST.22 22 25 25 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 57. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 67 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (4200-53700 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............74 69 64 62 60 59 RH..............35 46 56 58 62 67 20 FT WIND......S 14 S 11 S 9 S 10 S 9 S 8 20 FT WIND GUST.25 20 10 15 15 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 76. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (4600-43400 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (84600-125800 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (139800-167100 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (106700 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............58 61 67 73 75 74 RH..............69 64 55 47 43 42 20 FT WIND......SW 9 SW 11 SW 14 SW 15 SW 16 SW 15 20 FT WIND GUST.10 20 25 30 30 25 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...HENTZ REQUESTED BY...SEAN SALLMANN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100414.COLLI.01/MKX