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SPOT FORECAST FOR SG RESEARCH PLOTS...USFWS-TNC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
715 AM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL PREVAIL TODAY. A HIGHER HUMIDITY AIRMASS WILL ARRIVE FROM
THE EAST FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58 AT IGNITION...MAX 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 22 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTHEAST AT 8 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST 7 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (4300-42200 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT /67400 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /89600 KNOT-FT/ IN THE LATE
                    MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............58     63     65     63
RH..............33     25     23     24
20 FT WIND......NE 8   NE 8   NE 8   NE 8
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     15     15
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 37.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 92 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (26600-75500 KNOT-FT)
                    DECREASING TO POOR TO POOR (1300-2100 KNOT-FT)
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............60     53     47     43     39     38
RH..............28     43     60     73     85     92
20 FT WIND......NE 7   NE 5   NE 5   NE 4   NE 3   NE 3
20 FT WIND GUST.15     10     10     10     5      5
HAINES INDEX....5      4      4      3      3      3

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 50 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1700-50200 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
                    GOOD TO GOOD (46100-57100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............43     52     58     60     62     62
RH..............82     61     53     51     52     54
20 FT WIND......NE 4   NE 5   NE 6   NE 8   NE 7   NE 7
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     15     15     15     15
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3      3      3      3

$$
FORECASTER...GEHRING
REQUESTED BY...ERIC MARK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110517.SGRES.01/MKX