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SPOT FORECAST FOR BREAKNECK...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
719 AM CDT MON APR 2 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 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.....51 AT IGNITION...MAX 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 52 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 16
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /50400 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /50700 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............51     53     53     52
RH..............61     54     54     56
20 FT WIND......SE 14  SE 14  SE 14  SE 14
20 FT WIND GUST.24     25     25     25
HAINES INDEX....3      2      2      2

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN
                    BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 92 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (10000-37900 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 LIKELY LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............52     50     49     49     48     47
RH..............54     61     68     68     74     79
20 FT WIND......SE 12  SE 10  SE 7   SE 7   SE 8   SE 8
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20     10     10     15     15
HAINES INDEX....2      2      2      2      2      2

$$
FORECASTER...HENTZ
REQUESTED BY...BEN HALVERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120402.BREAK.01/MKX