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SPOT FORECAST FOR BECKER...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
733 AM CDT MON APR 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN EXITING UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL END ANY LINGERING THE SNOW
THIS MORNING.  HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BECOME CENTERED OVER THE
NORTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION THIS AFTERNOON.  ANOTHER LOW DEVELOPING
OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL MOVES 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........55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 42 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS EAST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    EAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /30400 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /35500 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............40     42     44     45
RH..............55     53     47     47
20 FT WIND......E 6    E 6    E 5    E 5
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     10     10
HAINES INDEX....3      4      4      4

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FORECASTER...ZABEL
REQUESTED BY...PAUL CHARLAND
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110418.BECKE.01/MKX