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SPOT FORECAST FOR I - 10...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
924 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 ALLOW DRIER AIR TO
FEED INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ON EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS TODAY.
HIGHS SHOULD RISE TO AROUND 60 AT THE BURN LOCATION THIS
AFTERNOON.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS A
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS WISCONSIN. MODERATE RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...WITH WINDS SHIFTING
NORTH TO NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50 AT IGNITION...MAX 54.
MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 50 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 14 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 16
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /50100 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /50600 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............50     53     54     53
RH..............63     54     54     57
20 FT WIND......SE 14  SE 14  SE 14  SE 14
20 FT WIND GUST.25     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...THEN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 89 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (6200-34900 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............51     50     50     49     47     47
RH..............59     63     66     71     79     83
20 FT WIND......E 11   E 9    SE 8   SE 9   SE 9   SE 7
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20     15     15     15     10
HAINES INDEX....2      2      2      2      2      2

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 52 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 7 TO
                    12 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2300-50400 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
                    GOOD TO GOOD (52600-54800 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............47     51     56     60     60     58
RH..............86     77     66     60     55     52
20 FT WIND......S 5    W 1    NW 2   N 7    N 10   N 11
20 FT WIND GUST.                     10     20     20
HAINES INDEX....2      2      2      2      2      2

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FORECASTER...WOOD
REQUESTED BY...SEAN SALLMANN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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