FNUS73 KMKX 291226 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR BARABOO...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 726 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 CDT ON APRIL 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...NEARBY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING A DRY AND WARMER DAY TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES WILL PEAK IN THE LOW TO MID 60S THIS AFTERNOON...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDIFIES LOWERING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT. COOLER TEMPERATURES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON WILL KEEP THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY SLIGHTLY HIGHER. A WINDY DAY IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY HOWEVER THE STRONG WINDS WILL PULL DEEPER MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN RESULTING IN HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDIFIES DURING THE DAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS RETURN ON SUNDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....59 AT IGNITION...MAX 64. MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 19 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /17100 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /48100 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............57 61 64 62 RH..............31 25 22 27 20 FT WIND......SW 2 S 5 S 7 SE 7 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 HAINES INDEX....6 6 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...KAVINSKY REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110429.BARAB.01/MKX