FNUS73 KARX 261450 FWSARX SPOT FORECAST FOR POLANDER ISLANDS...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 950 AM CDT MON APR 26 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL CHURN ACROSS IOWA...CONTINUING INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT. THE BULK OF THE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DISTURBANCE WILL STAY WELL WEST OF THE AREA OF CONCERN...BUT HIGH...THIN CLOUDS COULD STAY FAIRLY PLENTIFUL INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A LAX PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD RESULT IN FAIRLY LIGHT WINDS...BUT AFTERNOON MIXING COULD LEAD TO SOME GUSTS OF 10 TO 15 MPH. THE MIXING COULD ALSO LEAD TO FALLING DEW POINTS...AND AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 62. MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................NONE. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /40200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...GOOD /57400 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (% OPAQUE)..64 64 58 60 60 52 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............48 50 55 59 62 62 RH..............68 50 40 33 28 28 20 FT WIND......N 3 N 3 NE 5 NE 4 NE 4 N 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 5 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....39. MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................NONE. HAINES INDEX........MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /1700 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (% OPAQUE)..45 45 29 19 19 10 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............59 50 47 44 41 40 RH..............32 46 53 60 67 67 20 FT WIND......N 4 N 4 NE 5 NE 4 NE 4 NE 2 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 5 5 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....61. MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................NONE. HAINES INDEX........MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...EXCELLENT /84000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (% OPAQUE)..5 5 7 9 9 15 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............40 47 53 58 61 61 RH..............64 45 32 26 23 22 20 FT WIND......NE 4 NE 4 NE 6 N 6 N 6 N 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...TR REQUESTED BY...LISA REID TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100426.POLAN.01/ARX