FNUS73 KGRB 231231
FWSGRB

SPOT FORECAST FOR WILCOX KARNER...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
731 AM CDT MON APR 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN GREEN BAY.

...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...A NORTHERLY FLOW OF DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 25 PERCENT ARE LIKELY IN THE CENTRAL SANDS
REGION THIS AFTERNOON. DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALLOW WINDS ALOFT TO MIX TO THE
SURFACE...LEADING TO GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSION SHOULD
BE EXCELLENT BY MIDDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........49 AT IGNITION...MAX 60.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTH AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 9 TO 13 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7500 FT AGL THIS
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH AT IGNITION...THEN
                    INCREASING TO NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....20000 /FAIR/ AT IGNITION INCREASING TO 150000 /EXCELLENT/.

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............49     54     59     60     57
RH..............43     35     29     25     31
20 FT WIND......N 7    N 9    N 11   N 11   N 8
20 FT WIND GUST.13     17     20     20     20

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 73 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH BECOMING WEST 7 TO 12 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....150000 /EXCELLENT/ DECREASING TO 300 /POOR/.

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FORECASTER...KIECKBUSCH
REQUESTED BY...BEN HALVERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120423.WILCO.01/GRB