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SPOT FORECAST FOR OSR6...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
953 AM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0914 CDT ON MAY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE.

.DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER COLORADO WILL SLOWLY MOVE
EAST TODAY INTO KANSAS. CLOUDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD
OF THIS SYSTEM...ALONG WITH INCREASING SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS INTO
THE AFTERNOON AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES. IN ADDITION TO
THE INCREASED PRESSURE GRADIENT WINDS...MIXING DURING THE
AFTERNOON WILL REACH AROUND 4000 FT...THUS EXPECTING GUSTS IN THE
25 TO 30 KT RANGE. RAIN WILL ALSO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE REGION
AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSSURE SYSTEM...HOWEVER SHOULD HOLD OFF OVER
THE SPOT AREA UNTIL AT LEAST MID AFTERNOON. ONCE THE RAIN MOVES
INTO THE AREA...IT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON
TUESDAY WHILE THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO MICHIGAN.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.  CHANCE OF RAIN TOWARD EVENING. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
                    TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 60.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 11 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH
                    INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................NONE INCREASING TO 16 PERCENT TOWARD EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /66100 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /161800 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (% OPAQUE)..47     47     66     82     82     89
WEATHER COV.....AREAS                              CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....FROST  NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RAIN
TEMP............38     50     54     56     59     60
RH..............89     61     48     43     37     36
20 FT WIND......E 5    E 5    SE 10  SE 14  SE 16  SE 15
20 FT WIND GUST.              15     25     28     27
HAINES INDEX....4      5      5      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN. CHANCE OF RAIN NEAR 100 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...GOOD /46000 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (% OPAQUE)..94     94     98     100    100    100
WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............57     50     46     44     42     41
RH..............42     58     73     82     89     89
20 FT WIND......E 12   E 12   E 14   E 15   E 15   E 14
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20     25     25     25     25
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      3      2      2

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FORECASTER...JLB
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL BELSKY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100510.OSR6_.01/ARX