FNUS73 KMKX 101226 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG LAKE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 726 AM CDT MON MAY 10 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MAY 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES SLOWLY TO THE EAST. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH INCREASING CLOUDS AND SOUTHEAST WINDS. STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS EVENING...TO JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA TUESDAY...THEN EAST OF THE REGION BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL BRING RAIN TO THE REGION...SPREADING NORTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE RAIN SHOULD REACH YOUR AREA BY MID TO LATE EVENING. THE RAIN WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT...AS THE LOW MOVES OUT OF THE AREA. COOL TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THIS TIME. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....45 AT IGNITION...MAX 56. MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /26400 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /50100 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (101100-116400 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............45 50 54 54 54 RH..............56 48 43 42 42 20 FT WIND......SE 8 SE 10 SE 12 SE 12 SE 14 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 20 20 20 HAINES INDEX....4 4 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR 100 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 41. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 19 TO 24 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (53600-91900 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO FAIR TO EXCELLENT (28000-74500 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (80800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............53 48 46 44 43 42 RH..............45 58 67 76 82 86 20 FT WIND......E 14 E 14 E 16 E 19 E 19 E 20 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 25 30 30 35 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 3 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...DAVIS REQUESTED BY...SEAN SALLMANN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100510.BIGLA.01/MKX