FNUS73 KARX 091223 FWSARX SPOT FORECAST FOR PR 31...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 723 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON JUNE 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE. .DISCUSSION...CLOUD COVER HAS OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE REGION THIS MORNING AND WILL BE THE MAIN FACTOR IN HOW WARM TEMPERATURES GET TODAY. HAVE TRENDED A BIT COOLER SINCE EARLIER THIS MORNING DUE TO LOW LEVEL OVERCAST CONDITIONS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS YET ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH REGION. RAINFALL FROM THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM A QUARTER TO HALF INCH ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AROUND AN INCH NEAR THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR... AND 1 TO 2 INCHES SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. A COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE DRY WEATHER FROM SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE RAIN CHANCES WILL RETURN FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS MOISTURE RETURNS ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE RETREATING HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 65. RH..................75 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 56. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. CWR.................NONE. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /22000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...GOOD /43100 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (% OPAQUE)..88 88 83 78 78 79 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............53 55 59 63 65 65 RH..............86 77 69 58 56 56 20 FT WIND......NE 9 NE 9 NE 10 NE 10 NE 10 E 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 4 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47. RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CWR.................70 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...FAIR /19600 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (% OPAQUE)..81 81 92 97 97 97 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............63 57 53 51 49 47 RH..............60 72 77 77 80 89 20 FT WIND......E 9 E 9 E 8 E 8 E 8 E 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...HALBACH REQUESTED BY...DANIEL LABER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110609.PR31_.01/ARX