FNUS73 KMKX 291130
FWSMKX

SPOT FORECAST FOR MDR - STATE PARKING LOT...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
630 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 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.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56 AT IGNITION...MAX 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 24 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 5 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /12000 KNOT-FT/ AT 8 AM. MAX...GOOD
                    /32800 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............37     49     56     60     63     60
RH..............74     46     34     27     24     30
20 FT WIND......NW 5   NW 4   W 2    SW 3   S 5    SE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     5      5      10     15
HAINES INDEX....5      5      6      6      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 76 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3400-39900 KNOT-FT).

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS 50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 59 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 16 TO 21 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (20100-69800 KNOT-FT)
                    INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (55000-97000
                    KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MBK
REQUESTED BY...SEAN SALLMANN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110429.MDRST.01/MKX