FNUS73 KMKX 181343 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR BONG SUZ...WISCONSIN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 843 AM CDT WED APR 18 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS WITH A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BY MID AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE FRONT. INCREASING MOISTURE UNDER THE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL KEEP MINIMUM RH VALUES AT A MODERATE LEVEL. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....53 AT IGNITION...MAX 66. MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 47 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /38000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /38000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (59900-103500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (98400-146000 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO GOOD (50800 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............53 61 66 66 65 RH..............61 53 48 50 54 20 FT WIND......S 14 S 15 SW 14 SW 12 SW 8 20 FT WIND GUST.25 30 25 25 15 HAINES INDEX....2 3 3 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 45. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 89 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO POOR (400-9700 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 S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............63 58 54 52 51 50 RH..............60 72 83 86 86 83 20 FT WIND......SW 6 SW 4 SW 3 SW 4 S 2 SE 2 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 5 10 5 5 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...DDV REQUESTED BY...MARTY JOHNSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120418.BONGS.01/MKX