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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIWAUKEE PRAIRIE...WDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
640 AM CST THU NOV 17 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1045 CST ON NOVEMBER 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

LOOK FOR ONE MORE DRY AND COOLER THAN NORMAL DAY...WITH GUSTY
WESTERLY WINDS THIS MORNING EASING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE
AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS WILL REACH 20 MPH OR BETTER AT YOUR LOCATION
UNTIL MID-AFTERNOON.

DEW POINTS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS OVER MOST OF SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN...WITH THE COOL TEMPERATURES HOLDING MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 30 AND 35 PERCENT.

LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE REACHED THIS EVENING...WITH SLOWLY RISING
TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WITH WARM AIR ADVECTION AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE
TRACKING ALONG THE U.S./CANADIAN BORDER. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY
INCREASE FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...AND
GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH DURING THE DAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....32 AT IGNITION...MAX 37.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 16 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    WEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (42500-73300 KNOT-FT)
                    INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /123900 KNOT-FT/ AT
                    IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT /144100 KNOT-FT/
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (154500-164900 KNOT-FT)
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (111200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO GOOD (57500 KNOT-FT) DECREASING
                    TO POOR (3800 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............31     34     36     35     32
RH..............43     39     32     33     45
20 FT WIND......W 14   W 14   W 14   W 10   W 7
20 FT WIND GUST.25     25     23     19     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 29.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 63 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO POOR (3400-6800 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CST)      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............31     30     31     31     32     33
RH..............48     51     53     59     61     56
20 FT WIND......W 6    SW 7   SW 8   SW 10  S 14   S 14
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     15     20     25     25
HAINES INDEX....4      4      5      5      5      5

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FORECASTER...REM
REQUESTED BY...MARTY JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111117.CHIWA.01/MKX