FNUS73 KMKX 141153 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR COLLIEN S DITCH SOUTH 12...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 653 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MARCH 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WARMER AND MORE MOIST AIR INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. ANY LAKE BREEZE WOULD NOT PUSH TOO FAR INLAND. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE HOW QUICK THE DEWPOINTS RISE. HAVE DROPPED DEWPOINTS SOME...AND IF THE MOIST AIR IS SLOWER...MORE MIXING WOULD DROP RH VALUES EVEN MORE. SHOULD BE A SLIGHT SOUTHWEST COMPONENT OF THE WIND. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH LATE TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BUT MORE LIKELY IT WILL REMAIN DRY. HIGH PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR SHOULD BRING LAKE COOLING INLAND WITH THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES WEST OF MADISON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....71 AT IGNITION...MAX 75. MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3000-45200 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (83900-119000 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MCR PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............71 74 75 75 75 RH..............46 43 40 45 48 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..10 11 14 14 12 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 25 25 25 HAINES INDEX....5 5 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. AREAS OF FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 54. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 96 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (600-48800 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC AREAS AREAS WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR FOG FOG TEMP............72 67 64 62 60 57 RH..............57 70 75 81 84 86 20 FT WIND......SW 10 SW 7 S 5 SW 4 SW 2 NW 1 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 10 5 5 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 3 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 64. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 63 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (800-18100 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....AREAS WEATHER TYPE....FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............55 54 56 62 64 61 RH..............90 93 86 72 65 67 20 FT WIND......NW 1 N 4 NE 6 NE 7 NE 6 N 5 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 15 15 15 10 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...HENTZ REQUESTED BY...BRAD BERGMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120314.COLLI.02/MKX