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SPOT FORECAST FOR BONG REFUGE...WDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
644 AM CDT MON APR 2 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 CDT ON APRIL 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A PERSISTENT EAST FLOW BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER HUDSON BAY AND
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL DRIER DEWPOINTS FEEDING
INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.  AREAS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN WILL REMAIN
COOL...WHILE AREAS WEST OF MADISON REACH THE LOWER 60S.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AS
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS WISCONSIN.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50 AT IGNITION...MAX 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 53 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS EAST AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    EAST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 2.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /38400 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /43200 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............48     52     52     54     54
RH..............74     63     59     57     57
20 FT WIND......E 12   E 14   E 14   E 14   E 14
20 FT WIND GUST.20     21     24     25     25
HAINES INDEX....2      2      2      2      2

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN
                    BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50
                    PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 96 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (3000-25400 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....       CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............53     52     51     50     49     48
RH..............61     63     68     71     74     80
20 FT WIND......E 11   E 9    E 9    SE 8   SE 7   SE 6
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20     20     15     10     10
HAINES INDEX....2      2      2      2      2      2

$$
FORECASTER...HENTZ
REQUESTED BY...MARTY JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120402.BONGR.01/MKX