FNUS73 KMKX 031230
FWSMKX

SPOT FORECAST FOR ROWE-DRAKE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
730 AM CDT MON MAY 3 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON MAY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY AFTER 3 PM AS A MID LEVEL TROUGH MOVES
ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. ANY AMOUNTS WOULD BE LIGHT.  QUIET
WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE
TAKES OVER FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE MID 30S ARE EXPECTED TODAY. WARMER
AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES IN THE LOW 30S.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE
                    OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60 AT IGNITION...MAX 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
                    MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /71600 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...GOOD /43100 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (195000-228200 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....              S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............58     61     63     64
RH..............53     48     41     37
20 FT WIND......W 6    SW 8   SW 11  W 14
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     25     30
HAINES INDEX....5      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN
                    THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
                    20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 43.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (183300-198300 KNOT-FT)
                    DECREASING TO POOR TO POOR (1600-6600 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............62     57     52     49     46     45
RH..............39     52     65     69     75     77
20 FT WIND......W 12   W 9    SW 5   SW 4   SW 4   SW 4
20 FT WIND GUST.20     10            5      5      5
HAINES INDEX....4      4      3      4      4      4

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FORECASTER...HENTZ
REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100503.ROWED.01/MKX