FNUS73 KMKX 291208 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR BONG GRASSLAND REFUGE...WISCONSIN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 708 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0130 CDT ON MARCH 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...QUIET WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST THIS MORNING...TURNING EAST BY AFTERNOON...THOUGH LIKELY KEEPING A NORTH OF EAST COMPONENT. RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS EVENING...LIKELY REACHING THE BURN SITE BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS WILL THEN LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 49. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 53 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 9 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (4200-25100 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....FROST NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............36 40 44 46 48 46 RH..............85 76 65 60 56 55 20 FT WIND......NE 3 NE 6 E 8 E 7 E 8 E 8 20 FT WIND GUST.5 15 15 15 15 15 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR 100 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 38. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 99 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (12000-33900 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............41 39 39 39 40 42 RH..............62 73 79 82 89 89 20 FT WIND......E 6 E 5 E 5 E 5 SE 6 E 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 15 20 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 3 2 2 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 70 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 50. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 67 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (13100-44200 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP............43 44 46 48 50 49 RH..............96 96 93 86 71 71 20 FT WIND......E 10 E 7 E 5 N 5 N 7 N 8 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 10 10 15 15 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...DDV REQUESTED BY...MARTY JOHNSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120329.BONGG.01/MKX