FNUS73 KMKX 051252
FWSMKX

SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCKDALE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
752 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 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.....44 AT IGNITION...MAX 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH...GUSTING TO 19 MPH
                    AT TIMES BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (8500-47400 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT /119400 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /125200 KNOT-FT/ EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT
                    (37000-71200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....       S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............44     46     48     48
RH..............39     35     34     39
20 FT WIND......W 9    W 10   SW 10  SW 8
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     15     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      4

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