FNUS73 KMKX 181419
FWSMKX

SPOT FORECAST FOR ATR - EAST...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
919 AM CDT MON APR 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BECOME CENTERED OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES
REGION THIS AFTERNOON.  ANOTHER LOW DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO
WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
AS THIS LOW APPROACHES PRECIPITATION WILL AGAIN MOVE NORTHEAST INTO
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN POSSIBLY LATE TONIGHT BUT MORE LIKELY ON TUESDAY.

THIS LOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO LOWER MICHIGAN BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...BRINGING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.
A RAIN SNOW MIX IS EXPECTED...TRENDING TOWARD MAINLY SNOW...ESPECIALLY
TOWARDS THE DELLS AND ACROSS MARQUETTE AND GREEN LAKE COUNTIES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40 AT IGNITION...MAX 45.
MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS EAST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    EAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /30200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /42100 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........CLOUDY MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............40     44     45     42
RH..............57     49     47     53
20 FT WIND......E 6    E 7    E 8    E 7
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     15     15
HAINES INDEX....4      4      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20
                    PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 33.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 85 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO FAIR (20700-29200 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....                     S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............40     37     35     34     34     33
RH..............57     61     64     64     69     82
20 FT WIND......E 6    E 5    E 6    E 7    NE 7   NE 7
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     15     15     15     15
HAINES INDEX....5      4      4      4      4      4

$$
FORECASTER...10
REQUESTED BY...SEAN SALLMANN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110418.ATREA.01/MKX