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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIKEPATH ISLAND BP...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
538 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 CST ON MARCH 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TODAY...AND APPROACH THE AREA TONIGHT...MOVING THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY.
WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN WILL SEE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW LATER
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OUT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....33 AT IGNITION...MAX 37.
MIN HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 67 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS EAST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    EAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /14300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR
                    /28200 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CST)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............31     34     36     37     37
RH..............85     82     79     79     72
20 FT WIND......E 5    E 7    E 10   E 11   E 12
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     20     20     20
HAINES INDEX....3      3      2      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY LATE IN THE
                    EVENING. RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION NEAR 100 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 37.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 85 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO FAIR (23500-29200 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............37     38     38     38     37     37
RH..............70     82     85     82     85     85
20 FT WIND......E 14   E 14   E 14   E 14   E 14   E 14
20 FT WIND GUST.25     25     25     25     25     25
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3      2      2      2

$$
FORECASTER...10
REQUESTED BY...SEAN SALLMANN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110308.BIKEP.01/MKX