FNUS73 KMKX 051251
FWSMKX

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTHRUP KING...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
751 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 CDT ON APRIL 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE PASSES OVERHEAD THIS MORNING. LOOK FOR
WEST WINDS TO TURN SOUTHWEST BY AFTERNOON AND COULD BE A BIT GUSTY
DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY EAST OF MADISON
ON ON THE HILLTOPS. EXPECT DEWPOINTS TO MIX LOWER TODAY.  CLOUDS
SPILL IN FROM THE WEST AS A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES.
THIS MAY GENERATE SOME LIGHT RAIN OR SPRINKLES IN THE AFTERNOON.
ANY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD BE LIMITED TO AROUND /.01/.  CLOUDS
THICKEN TONIGHT WITH A LITTLE BETTER CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT RAIN...
CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45 AT IGNITION...MAX 53.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 24 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH...GUSTING TO 18 MPH
                    AT TIMES BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2100-36100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT /130000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.


TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....       S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............43     47     51     52
RH..............45     35     30     32
20 FT WIND......W 8    W 9    SW 10  SW 10
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     15     15
HAINES INDEX....4      5      5      5

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FORECASTER...DAVIS
REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110405.NORTH.01/MKX