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SPOT FORECAST FOR SCHWERSINSKI BURN...WISCONSIN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
751 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON APRIL 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

LOOK FOR MOSTLY SUNNY AND DRY CONDITIONS. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE
TO 5 TO 8 MPH BY IGNITION AND 8 TO 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW GUSTS
OF 15 MPH AFTER 2 PM...WITH THE GUSTS LASTING THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.

THE DRY AIR AND EXPECTED TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL DROP MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES TO BETWEEN 23 AND 28 PERCENT AT YOUR LOCATION. 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.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52 AT IGNITION...MAX 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 24 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /33300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /44800 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT
                    (37000-68700 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............48     55     60     60     55
RH..............49     35     27     25     30
20 FT WIND......NE 5   NE 5   NE 6   NE 8   NE 7
20 FT WIND GUST.              10     15     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5

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FORECASTER...REM
REQUESTED BY...JIM HOLZWART
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120404.SCHWE.01/MKX