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FWSMKX

SPOT FORECAST FOR MAYWOOD...WIS DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
920 AM CDT MON APR 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

THE POINT OF BURN WILL BE AFFECTED BY A LAKE BREEZE TODAY. RIGHT
NOW...WINDS ARE NNW BUT THEY SHOULD BECOME NNE AROUND 11 AM AND
THEN NE AROUND 1 PM...GIVE OR TAKE AN HOUR. WINDS ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE LAKE BREEZE WILL BE OUT OF THE NNW AROUND 14 MPH. THE
LAKE AIR WILL HAVE HIGHER RH VALUES THAN THE INLAND AIR...SO BE
AWARE THAT THE RH VALUES COULD CHANGE FROM 35 TO 45 PERCENT IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

A COOL AND DRY CANADIAN AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN TODAY INTO TONIGHT. MODERATELY LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES ARE EXPECT THIS AFTERNOON...NORTH WINDS BECOMING GUSTY LATER
THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM CLOSER TO
SEASONAL NORMALS TUESDAY...WITH LIGHTER WINDS AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AS WEAK RIDGING HOLDS BETWEEN DEEP
LOW PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND WEAKER LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTHERN
PLAINS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48 AT IGNITION...MAX 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3800-34800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT /106700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /106700 KNOT-FT/ EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO
                    EXCELLENT (92800-136700 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING DECREASING TO GOOD (48800 KNOT-FT) LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............48     48     50     50
RH..............47     47     42     42
20 FT WIND......NNE 9  NE 10  NE 9   N 9
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20     20     20
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5

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FORECASTER...CRONCE
REQUESTED BY...DAN WEIDERT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120423.MAYWO.01/MKX