FNUS73 KMKX 171424 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR WOLLENBERG...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 824 AM CST THU NOV 17 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 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. DEW POINTS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE COOL TEMPERATURES HOLDING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 30 TO 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.....31 AT IGNITION...MAX 33. MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON BECOMING LIGHT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (20400-65400 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /70800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT /70800 KNOT-FT/ LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO POOR (1300 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............30 32 31 28 RH..............41 31 32 42 20 FT WIND......W 11 W 9 W 5 SW 3 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 5 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 25. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 60 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1600-16200 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............27 26 27 28 29 29 RH..............46 52 53 56 60 63 20 FT WIND......SW 3 S 4 S 5 S 6 S 9 S 11 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 15 20 20 HAINES INDEX....4 5 4 4 4 3 $$ FORECASTER...CRONCE REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111117.WOLLE.01/MKX