FNUS73 KARX 071512
FWSARX

SPOT FORECAST FOR PILE RX...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
912 AM CST MON MAR 7 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CST ON MARCH 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE.

.DISCUSSION...SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...WITH
AFTERNOON WARMING CHANGING ANY LIGHT PRECIPITATION OVER TO RAIN OR
A RAIN SNOW MIX. DON/T EXPECT MUCH FOR ACCUMULATION OF RAIN OR SNOW.
A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL HANG JUST WEST OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...WHICH SHOULD KEEP WINDS FROM A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION.
WINDS WILL ALSO BE RELATIVELY LIGHT AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS
WEAK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF RAIN EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 90 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........30 AT IGNITION...MAX 35.
RH..................72 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 64.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH
                    DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH TOWARD EVENING.
CWR.................27 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /14700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...FAIR
                    /27300 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (% OPAQUE)..96     96     96     96     96     96
WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....SNOW   SNOW   SNOW   SNOW   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............24     26     29     32     35     35
RH..............88     78     72     66     64     69
20 FT WIND......SE 5   SE 5   SE 5   S 5    S 5    SE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3      3      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW. CHANCE OF SNOW
                    30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 25.
RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST AROUND 5
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /2200 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (% OPAQUE)..93     93     93     93     93     93
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....SNOW   SNOW   SNOW   SNOW   SNOW   SNOW
TEMP............32     30     29     28     26     26
RH..............85     88     92     92     100    96
20 FT WIND......SE 5   SE 5   SE 5   SE 4   SE 4   E 5
20 FT WIND GUST.                     5      5
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3      4      3      3

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 37.
RH..................MIN 72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................NONE.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...FAIR /27300 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (% OPAQUE)..83     83     63     59     59     89
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............25     26     31     34     37     37
RH..............100    100    88     85     72     72
20 FT WIND......E 5    E 5    E 7    E 8    E 8    E 9
20 FT WIND GUST.              10     15     15     15
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3      4      3      3

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FORECASTER...TR
REQUESTED BY...DANIEL LABER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110307.PILER.01/ARX