FNUS73 KMKX 061248
FWSMKX

SPOT FORECAST FOR TRENTON-OAKWOOD...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
748 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A MID LEVEL LOW CENTERED NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL SAG INTO NORTHERN
LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON.  THE LOW MAY BRING ISOLATED SHOWERS
MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON.  WITH THE DAYTIME HEATING AND RATHER STEEP
LAPSE RATES DUE TO THE COLD AIR ALOFT...WINDS SHOULD BECOME GUSTY.

A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM THE DAKOTAS TONIGHT...AND INTO
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SATURDAY EVENING.  THIS WILL BRING INCREASING
CHANCES FOR RAIN SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT WEST OF MADISON WITH SHOWERS
LIKELY SATURDAY.  COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE CLOUDS
AND LIGHT EAST WINDS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.
                    ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS 20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56 AT IGNITION...MAX 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
                    GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2300-45900 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT /109600 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /109600 KNOT-FT/ LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO
                    EXCELLENT (151600-195200 KNOT-FT) IN THE
                    AFTERNOON DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (133100
                    KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....       ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............56     61     63     62
RH..............52     39     35     36
20 FT WIND......W 10   W 12   W 12   W 9
20 FT WIND GUST.20     25     25     20
HAINES INDEX....4      5      5      5

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FORECASTER...HENTZ
REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110506.TRENT.01/MKX