FNUS73 KMKX 151222 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR BARABOO RIVER-CASCADE MTN...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 722 AM CDT THU APR 15 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON APRIL 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS CONTINUE TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. THIS COMBINED WITH LOW RH VALUES MAY APPROACH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. BEHIND THE COLD RH VALUES REMAIN LOW WITH A DRY AIR MASS MOVING IN. BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN ON FRIDAY. WINDS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ON SATURDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....71 AT IGNITION...MAX 81. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /92300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /41700 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (228200-254900 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR TEMP............70 75 79 80 RH..............46 38 35 35 20 FT WIND......SW 11 SW 15 SW 18 SW 18 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 30 30 HAINES INDEX....4 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 49. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 77 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (174800-201500 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR TO FAIR (3800-26900 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE TEMP............78 69 61 58 55 52 RH..............36 53 72 77 80 83 20 FT WIND......SW 15 SW 11 SW 8 W 7 W 7 NW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.27 20 10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...HENTZ REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100415.BARAB.01/MKX