FNUS73 KMKX 151729 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR BARABOO...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1129 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CST ON NOVEMBER 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEAST THROUGH MINNESOTA AND CONSOLIDATING NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE ONE MORE DAY OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TODAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....52 AT IGNITION...MAX 57. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /55700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /55700 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (73400-108700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO POOR TO GOOD (3400-38500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............52 57 49 43 RH..............46 40 46 51 20 FT WIND......SW 13 SW 15 SW 14 W 10 20 FT WIND GUST.25 30 25 25 $$ FORECASTER...WOOD REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111115.BARAB.01/MKX