FNUS73 KARX 031235 FWSARX SPOT FORECAST FOR 29A BLACKLINE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 735 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON APRIL 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE. .DISCUSSION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW WILL DOMINATE OVER THE PRESCRIBED BURN AREA TODAY...IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. THE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME GUSTY LATE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS OF UP TO 20 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. EXPECT THESE WINDS TO SLOWLY FILTER DRIER AIR INTO THE AREA...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO THE MID 40S PERCENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PLAN ON SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES TODAY TOO...PEAKING AROUND 60...DUE TO THE WINDS BRINGING IN COOLER AIR. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........59 AT IGNITION...MAX 60. RH..................52 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................NONE. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /52000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...GOOD /56000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (% OPAQUE)..40 70 83 81 81 60 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............49 52 55 58 60 60 RH..............71 67 61 55 48 44 20 FT WIND......NE 7 NE 7 N 11 N 11 N 11 N 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 20 20 20 10 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 2 3 $$ FORECASTER...AJ REQUESTED BY...DAN LABER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120403.29ABL.01/ARX