FNUS73 KARX 041250 FWSARX SPOT FORECAST FOR OSR 27...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 750 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON MAY 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL PROVIDE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS TODAY. DEEP MIXING THIS AFTERNOON WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL INTO THE 18 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. SOUTH WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE DAKOTAS. THE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY BRINGING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........36 AT IGNITION...MAX 63. RH..................64 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 20. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................NONE. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /3600 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...EXCELLENT /64000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (% OPAQUE)..0 0 0 14 14 20 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............30 42 51 58 62 63 RH..............75 55 37 25 20 22 20 FT WIND......SE 2 SE 2 SE 5 S 6 S 6 SE 6 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41. RH..................MAX 73 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT INCREASING TO 5 TO 6 MPH. CWR.................NONE INCREASING TO 28 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /2500 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (% OPAQUE)..38 38 43 58 58 73 WEATHER COV..... LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............60 52 48 46 43 42 RH..............31 44 54 58 62 67 20 FT WIND......SE 6 SE 6 SE 4 SE 5 SE 5 SE 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...TH REQUESTED BY...DANIEL LABER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110504.OSR27.01/ARX