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SPOT FORECAST FOR I- 8...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
701 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

LOOK FOR SUNNY AND DRY CONDITIONS...WITH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE
TODAY OF 59 DEGREES TO BE REACHED EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SLOWLY
COOLING TEMPERATURES AFTER 3 PM. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 8 TO
10 MPH AFTER SUNRISE THIS MORNING...WITH DAYTIME MIXING PRODUCING GUSTS
OF 15 TO 20 MPH BY 3 PM...LASTING THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.

BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN.
LOW-LYING AREAS WILL SEE PATCHY FROST...BUT WINDS WILL STAY UP TONIGHT...
BETWEEN 8 AND 10 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS OF 15 MPH.

THE DRY AIR AND EXPECTED TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL DROP MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT AT YOUR LOCATION. AS
WITH THE BABBITT WEST SITE...WILL BE WATCHING DEW POINTS CAREFULLY FOR HIGHER
MIXING HEIGHT INTO MUCH DRIER AIR ALOFT...THAT WOULD DROP DEW POINTS AND LOWER
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES INTO THE LOWER 20S.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56 AT IGNITION...MAX 59.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTHEAST AT 7 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1700-41000 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
                    GOOD /52100 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /63100 KNOT-FT/ LATE IN THE
                    MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............56     59     57     52
RH..............35     29     29     35
20 FT WIND......NE 6   NE 7   NE 9   E 8
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     20     15
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 30.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 88 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (10300-23000 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....                                   PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   FROST
TEMP............49     43     38     36     33     31
RH..............39     53     62     64     75     85
20 FT WIND......E 7    E 7    NE 7   NE 6   NE 6   NE 6
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     15     15     15     15
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      4      4

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