FNUS73 KMKX 041143
FWSMKX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOMMERS ROAD SOUTH-PRAIRIE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
643 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXTEND ACROSS WISCONSIN TODAY.
FAIRLY GOOD MIXING IS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL LEAD TO
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING INTO THE 20S.  LIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME
NORTHEAST TO EAST...THEN SOUTHEAST LATE BY THIS AFTERNOON ON THE BACKSIDE
OF THE HIGH PRESSURE. LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY...
BRINGING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52 AT IGNITION...MAX 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTH AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST THEN SOUTHEAST AROUND
                    5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /14200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /43400 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............43     52     57     58     58
RH..............62     44     34     32     32
20 FT WIND......NW 3   N 3    NE 2   E 3    SE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5      5      10
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 39.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 73 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1700-29200 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............58     54     46     43     40     39
RH..............33     38     53     62     70     70
20 FT WIND......S 5    S 5    S 4    S 4    S 4    S 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     10     10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      5

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 58 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (6500-52600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
                    GOOD TO EXCELLENT (57900-92200 KNOT-FT) IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....       CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............40     45     50     52     54     56
RH..............73     65     61     63     64     64
20 FT WIND......S 6    S 9    S 12   S 14   S 14   S 12
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     25     25     25     25
HAINES INDEX....4      4      3      2      2      3

$$
FORECASTER...HENTZ
REQUESTED BY...SEAN SALLMANN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110504.SOMME.01/MKX

WATCH OUT FOR WIND DIRECTION.  THE CENTER OF THE HIGH MOVES OVER SO
WINDS COULD BE QUITE VARIABLE...BUT I TRIED TO GIVE THE BEST
ESTIMATE OF WIND DIRECTION.